2003 Enterprise Backup/Restore Magic Quadrant
Announcement posted by Legato Systems Inc. 04 Jun 2003
LEGATO retains solid position in LEADERS QUADRANT
NetWorker has sustained its position in the top "Leaders" quadrant of Gartner's Enterprise Backup/Restore Magic Quadrant for 2003. This is a significant achievement in a down market as only three vendors enjoy Gartner's highest ranking in the "ability to scale and address the heterogeneous backup requirements of the Global 2000".
NetWorker 7 Key in Retaining Leadership Position
Gartner Research recognizes LEGATO as having "refocused on innovation" through the release of NetWorker 7 and our support for disk backup, Linux, and OpenVMS. Gartner further states that LEGATO "is effectively leveraging its expanded portfolio of media management, active archiving, replication and Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM) capabilities to gain new visibility in the market and capture new customers."
Highest Tier Among Competition
Vendors are positioned based upon "Ability to Execute" (encompassing installed based, marketing and sales effectiveness, service, support, financial stability, partner relationships, and time to market) and "Completeness of Vision" (encompassing ease of use and implementation, scalability, strategy, managing, reporting and breadth of product.)
LEGATO, Veritas (higher in Execution, equal in Vision), and IBM (equal in Execution, slightly ahead in Vision) are the only vendors positioned in the Leadership quadrant. CA continues in the
Challenger segment (short on vision). CommVault and Bakbone improved in ranking (and led market in growth), but remain in the Visionary segment (short on execution). EMC (EDM) and HP (Data Protector) dropped in position into the Niche category, joining Syncsort and Atempo.
Backup Vendors Compete for the Enterprise
**LEGATO NetWorker leads in Installed Base, Value and Channel Focus**
Of the top 12 backup/recovery products for open systems (distributed market), two are workgroup products - Veritas Backup Exec and CA BrightStor ARCServe. However, their combined market share has slipped from 35% in 2000 to 27% in 2002 as "enterprise-class products push to provide a solution that will meet the needs of a range of customers for various sizes."
This May 2003 market analysis published by Gartner Research (Carolyn DiCenzo) looks at the top ten backup and recovery products competing for enterprise customers. As Gartner further states, these products "are also competing for the small to midsize customers and for the channel partners needed to reach those smaller companies."
- Atempo Time Navigator
- BakBone NetVault
- CommVault Galaxy
- CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup
- EMC Data Manager - HP OpenView Data Protector
- IBM Tivoli
- LEGATO NetWorker
- Syncsort Backup Express
- Veritas NetBackup
In assessing the competitive landscape for the enterprise backup and recovery market, Gartner measures each product in five key areas...and NetWorker ranks strongly across the board!
License Revenue - NetWorker ranks 3rd with 8.1% market share (behind NetBackup and TSM)
Installed Base - NetWorker is #1! Veritas ranks 3rd. CA ranks 6th. CommVault ranks 9th...
Channel Partner Sales vs. Direct - Did you know IBM, Veritas, CA and CommVault sell only about half of their respective backup software products through the channel while LEGATO sells nearly 80%. Gartner provides definitive proof of our emphasis and success in leveraging a strong group of Channel Partners.
Pricing for Small Environments - Gartner shows NetWorker to be an exceptional value in this arena. NetWorker is priced far below IBM, CommVault and CA, and less than half the cost of Veritas NetBackup.
Pricing for Large Environments - In this arena, NetWorker (rightfully) claims a higher price than most vendors, but is still far below Veritas and less than CommVault.
LEGATO NetWorker Report Highlights from the Vendor Profile Section
- First to market with enterprise backup product
- Longest list of server platforms (the Power of One)
- Full set of NDMP 4.0 features and NAS protection support
- Indexing architecture to effectively protect terabytes of storage
- NetWorker 7 a "major release"
- Business Edition positioned for entry level market
Gartner DataQuest Recommendations
Gartner concluded their report with recommendations for "vendors that wish to thrive." Here's what they recommended and how we meet the need:
Focus on recovery..."move from tape-focused environments to the rapid recovery, disk-based approaches of the future" - NetWorker DiskBackup and PowerSnap components reflect technology leadership that hits the bulls-eye!
Integrate backup/recovery with HSM - We are #1 in open systems HSM with solutions across UNIX, Linux, Windows, email, Oracle, and EMC Centera, making this a home run for LEGATO.
Nurture Channel Partners - The results speak for themselves and as Gartner states, "the channel...has been a long-time focus for LEGATO."
Focus on ease of use and installation - NetWorker 7.x is targeted squarely on even better usability
Design solutions to scale to wider markets - NetWorker's 4-tier architecture, core engineering, platform support, and Business through Power Editions deliver unsurpassed scalability across the enterprise!
For the full Gartner report on Backup Vendors Evaluates NetWorker, please click on the below URL or go to www.legato.com.
http://www.gartner.com/reprints/legato/114789.html
NetWorker 7 Key in Retaining Leadership Position
Gartner Research recognizes LEGATO as having "refocused on innovation" through the release of NetWorker 7 and our support for disk backup, Linux, and OpenVMS. Gartner further states that LEGATO "is effectively leveraging its expanded portfolio of media management, active archiving, replication and Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM) capabilities to gain new visibility in the market and capture new customers."
Highest Tier Among Competition
Vendors are positioned based upon "Ability to Execute" (encompassing installed based, marketing and sales effectiveness, service, support, financial stability, partner relationships, and time to market) and "Completeness of Vision" (encompassing ease of use and implementation, scalability, strategy, managing, reporting and breadth of product.)
LEGATO, Veritas (higher in Execution, equal in Vision), and IBM (equal in Execution, slightly ahead in Vision) are the only vendors positioned in the Leadership quadrant. CA continues in the
Challenger segment (short on vision). CommVault and Bakbone improved in ranking (and led market in growth), but remain in the Visionary segment (short on execution). EMC (EDM) and HP (Data Protector) dropped in position into the Niche category, joining Syncsort and Atempo.
Backup Vendors Compete for the Enterprise
**LEGATO NetWorker leads in Installed Base, Value and Channel Focus**
Of the top 12 backup/recovery products for open systems (distributed market), two are workgroup products - Veritas Backup Exec and CA BrightStor ARCServe. However, their combined market share has slipped from 35% in 2000 to 27% in 2002 as "enterprise-class products push to provide a solution that will meet the needs of a range of customers for various sizes."
This May 2003 market analysis published by Gartner Research (Carolyn DiCenzo) looks at the top ten backup and recovery products competing for enterprise customers. As Gartner further states, these products "are also competing for the small to midsize customers and for the channel partners needed to reach those smaller companies."
- Atempo Time Navigator
- BakBone NetVault
- CommVault Galaxy
- CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup
- EMC Data Manager - HP OpenView Data Protector
- IBM Tivoli
- LEGATO NetWorker
- Syncsort Backup Express
- Veritas NetBackup
In assessing the competitive landscape for the enterprise backup and recovery market, Gartner measures each product in five key areas...and NetWorker ranks strongly across the board!
License Revenue - NetWorker ranks 3rd with 8.1% market share (behind NetBackup and TSM)
Installed Base - NetWorker is #1! Veritas ranks 3rd. CA ranks 6th. CommVault ranks 9th...
Channel Partner Sales vs. Direct - Did you know IBM, Veritas, CA and CommVault sell only about half of their respective backup software products through the channel while LEGATO sells nearly 80%. Gartner provides definitive proof of our emphasis and success in leveraging a strong group of Channel Partners.
Pricing for Small Environments - Gartner shows NetWorker to be an exceptional value in this arena. NetWorker is priced far below IBM, CommVault and CA, and less than half the cost of Veritas NetBackup.
Pricing for Large Environments - In this arena, NetWorker (rightfully) claims a higher price than most vendors, but is still far below Veritas and less than CommVault.
LEGATO NetWorker Report Highlights from the Vendor Profile Section
- First to market with enterprise backup product
- Longest list of server platforms (the Power of One)
- Full set of NDMP 4.0 features and NAS protection support
- Indexing architecture to effectively protect terabytes of storage
- NetWorker 7 a "major release"
- Business Edition positioned for entry level market
Gartner DataQuest Recommendations
Gartner concluded their report with recommendations for "vendors that wish to thrive." Here's what they recommended and how we meet the need:
Focus on recovery..."move from tape-focused environments to the rapid recovery, disk-based approaches of the future" - NetWorker DiskBackup and PowerSnap components reflect technology leadership that hits the bulls-eye!
Integrate backup/recovery with HSM - We are #1 in open systems HSM with solutions across UNIX, Linux, Windows, email, Oracle, and EMC Centera, making this a home run for LEGATO.
Nurture Channel Partners - The results speak for themselves and as Gartner states, "the channel...has been a long-time focus for LEGATO."
Focus on ease of use and installation - NetWorker 7.x is targeted squarely on even better usability
Design solutions to scale to wider markets - NetWorker's 4-tier architecture, core engineering, platform support, and Business through Power Editions deliver unsurpassed scalability across the enterprise!
For the full Gartner report on Backup Vendors Evaluates NetWorker, please click on the below URL or go to www.legato.com.
http://www.gartner.com/reprints/legato/114789.html