Symantec and HP Sign Disaster Recovery as-a-Service Agreement for HP Helion OpenStack(R) - Seite 2

The DRaaS solution will support and address industry specific client standards for disaster recovery, such as PCI in the retail industry, HIPAA in the healthcare industry, or FedRAMP and FISMA in the US public sector.

Pricing and availability
Pricing is based on a monthly subscription fee according to the size/type of server and amount of storage to be protected. This as-a-Service pricing model is projected to achieve up to 50 percent cost reduction over an equivalent in-house solution.

The DRaaS solution will be managed within the HP Helion Managed Cloud Services portfolio and Symantec's Information Availability portfolio. Co-selling will be executed exclusively for three years following worldwide general availability in 2015.

Information about HP Helion Continuity and other HP cloud solutions is available at www.hp.com/enterprise/continuity and Symantec's Information Availability portfolio is available at www.symantec.com/businesscontinuity.

Visit us at HP Discover Barcelona to learn more about the partnership and the intended solution. Specific sessions include:
https://h30550.www3.hp.com/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=6511
https://h30550.www3.hp.com/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=6018

About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. With the broadest technology portfolio spanning printing, personal systems, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP delivers solutions for customers' most complex challenges in every region of the world. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.

About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is an information protection expert that helps people, businesses and governments seeking the freedom to unlock the opportunities technology brings -- anytime, anywhere. Founded in April 1982, Symantec, a Fortune 500 company, operating one of the largest global data-intelligence networks, has provided leading security, backup and availability solutions for where vital information is stored, accessed and shared. The company's more than 20,000 employees reside in more than 50 countries. Ninety-nine percent of Fortune 500 companies are Symantec customers. In fiscal 2014, it recorded revenues of $6.7 billion. To learn more go to www.symantec.com or connect with Symantec at: http://www.symantec.com/social/