New AvePoint Integration with Dell Offers Solution for Complete SharePoint Content Lifecycle Management

Online, June 14, 2011 (Newswire.com) - AvePoint, a proven leader in providing lifecycle management software solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced a new integration with Dell's DX Object Storage Platform that delivers a scalable solution for organisations needing to reduce business disruption and increase productivity across their SharePoint environments. As part of a recently forged technology alliance between the two companies, this comprehensive solution for SharePoint lifecycle management allows for unified storage management of global SharePoint content as well as automated SharePoint migration, customisable storage policies, and business-intelligent backup plans for critical SharePoint assets.

AvePoint worked closely with Dell to integrate its flagship SharePoint lifecycle management solution - DocAve Software Platform - with the DX Object Storage Platform. DocAve enables customers using the DX Object Storage Platform to take full advantage of SharePoint's features in order to satisfy their specific business needs. Consolidation and archival of SharePoint content on the DX Object Storage Platform decreases SQL storage and eliminates SharePoint management burdens, while enhanced data protection functionality drastically improves backup and restore capabilities.

"From the platform's success and rapid growth over the past 10 years, it's undeniable that SharePoint can bring tremendous value to businesses and significantly increase productivity," said George Petrou, Senior Vice President of Product Management, AvePoint. "Developed and maintained since SharePoint's inception, AvePoint's innovative software solutions enable organisations to effectively manage SharePoint environments throughout their entire lifecycles. We are excited to partner with Dell and integrate these solutions with DX Object Storage Platform, which will consequently help even more customers unleash SharePoint's full business potential."

"SharePoint is increasingly being used by organisations as a business and content management platform, and this, in turn, is putting significant pressure on IT staff to adequately scale, protect, and maintain the SharePoint infrastructure," said Brandon Canaday, Worldwide Marketing Director, Dell Enterprise Storage Solutions. "Working with AvePoint, Dell is delivering industry leading capabilities for SharePoint that provide storage consolidation with seamless scale, granular restoration of the platform tied to business requirements, and the ability to successfully manage the exponential growth of the environment."

DocAve and the DX Object Storage Platform enable users to:

- Reduce migration project times
- Decrease restore times with robust SharePoint data protection
- Improve SharePoint platform performance with SQL optimisation
- Architect fully integrated SharePoint management and protection regimes
- Deliver scalable, cost-effective storage for SharePoint
- Provide consistent storage and retention policies while lowering total cost of ownership without sacrificing flexibility
- For more information on the AvePoint/Dell integration, please visit http://www.dell.com/dxpartners

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