Arcserve celebrates independence one year on

Arcserve is commemorating its first year of operation as an independent company. Since the spinout from CA Technologies, Arcserve established a new headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, launched Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) for virtual, physical and cloud in both a software and appliance form-factor, hired over 170 new employees globally and expanded its reach to over 45,000 end users in 150 countries.

According to a recent survey of 138 IT professionals conducted by Arcserve, 65% of respondents have needed to utilise their data recovery solutions in the past year, highlighting the importance of this technology for business continuity. Not surprisingly, the widespread adoption of Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP), an easy-to-use data protection and recovery solution for physical, virtual and cloud systems, has contributed to the company’s robust growth. In less than a year, its customer base has nearly tripled, with the UK, France and Germany representing 45% of the customer footprint.

On the heels of the UDP launch, Arcserve introduced the first all-in-one data protection appliance in early 2015. The Arcserve UDP 7000 Appliance, powered by UDP, simplifies disaster recovery for SMB and mid-market organisations that want a true “set and forget” solution. With a unique combination of agile capabilities and unmatched simplicity, the UDP Appliance is ideal for businesses that are looking for cost-effective, comprehensive protection, a fact underscored by its 700% sales growth over the last fiscal year. In addition to the current series, organisations now have more options with an expanded offering that includes six appliances to protect up to 90 terabytes of data.

“Backups are worthless without the ability to recover data. UDP gives me confidence that I can perform system restores one after another and it works well,” said Mark K Mueller, senior electronic delivery analyst at San Mateo Credit Union. “I was pleased to find the UDP Appliance very easy to configure, yet powerful…it blows me away.”

In autumn 2015, the company is set to launch Arcserve Cloud to provide off-site disaster recovery and business continuity for organisations without the resources for up-front investment and maintenance of secondary sites, infrastructure and personnel. Arcserve Cloud is fully integrated with the UDP Appliance and provides users with Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) capabilities, including long-term data storage options and application failover testing. The solution is well-positioned for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs) as an extension to their data protection solution portfolios.

“Organisations are struggling with a combination of issues related to data growth, compliance requirements, security threats and limited resources, causing many to seek new solutions for protection and recovery,” said Mike Crest, CEO, Arcserve. “In fact, nearly 20% of companies that have utilised recovery solutions in the past year failed to get back all of their data, according to our recent survey results. Since emerging as an independent, private data protection company one year ago, we’ve focused squarely on resolving these issues for our customers through the development of feature-rich solutions that are easy to deploy and manage.”

Looking ahead, Arcserve is well positioned to accelerate its business upmarket by further enhancing the simplicity and usability of Arcserve UDP particularly for MSP partners, introducing additional geographic coverage for the Arcserve Cloud and releasing larger capacity appliances. Continuing its momentum, the company is on target to exceed its fiscal year 2016 growth plans and is aggressively looking at additional offerings for its solution portfolio.

“During the past year, Arcserve has established itself as an independent data protection solutions provider in Europe. The company aims to continue driving growth with its Unified Data Protection (UDP) solution highlighting the merging of simplicity and comprehensiveness,” said Carla Arend, Program Director, European Software at IDC.