CommVault Systems, Inc. : STW Group Selects CommVault Simpana Software to Ensure Scalable, Secure & Seamless Management of Critical Customer Data

-Australasia's Leading Marketing Communications Firm Replaces Legacy SoftwareCentralized Backup, Advanced Recovery & Increased Business Agility to Manage Aggressive Data Growth-

(NASDAQ: CVLT) - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - January 16, 2012

News Facts

• , Australia's largest marketing communications group, comprising more than 70 marketing, media, advertising, public relationsdigital communications firms, is deploying to deliver a scalable, centralised backuprecovery solution, utilizing to increase compliancecontent management capabilities.
• Representing some of the world's biggest companiesmost well-known brands, including BMW, Myer, IBM, Coca-Cola, American ExpressSt George Bank, STW Group manage huge amounts of data-intensive digital imagesvideo content for its clientsestimate annual data growth of up to 50 percent.
• With CommVault's modern data management approach, STW Group is poised to better manage 120 TBs of mission-critical data, while meeting its member companies' escalating demands for rapid recoverylonger-term retention of vital artwork archivesproject files.
• Looking to improve efficienciesestablish a flexible foundation for growth, STW Group turned to CommVault's unique approach to backuparchive which works seamlesslySTW's NetApp FAS 3240 storage system. Using Simpana software to drive the process, STW creates multiple recovery points for its Microsoft ExchangeVMware environments to improve service levels for recoverability, maximise the effectiveness of existing storage hardware investments,reduce overall business risk.
• By switching to Simpana software, STW Group is replacing several legacy data protection platforms that didn't meet the company's requirements for increased data security. With more cost efficient, integrated data management, CommVault technology will enable the company to compete more effectively for new business by exceeding the requirements for the stringent data protectionavailability legislation around financialhealthcare information, which is a prerequisite to winningsustaining clients in these sectors. According to STW Group, these were some of the most compelling business benefits of the unified CommVault Simpana platform.

Seamless Scalability Supports Shared Services Infrastructure

• The combination of Simpana software, NetAppCisco's FlexPod™ data center solution are the core components of a shared services infrastructure that provides the additional performanceflexibility for STW to keep paceexponential growth at 40 percent lower cost than an alternative outsourcing arrangement.
• STW anticipates that Simpana software's single pane of glass management will streamline a two-phase data consolidation effort, first encompassing 1,200 users across 12 sites in SydneyMelbourne, Australia. In particular, CommVault's embedded source-side deduplication was a major consideration in STW's overall design as improved efficiencies were sought when performing backups over the WAN.
• , a NetAppCommVault specialist integrator, will be followed by a second rollout involving 1,800 users across multiple locations throughout Australia, New Zealandthe Asia-Pacific region.
• According to STW, Simpana software's advanced functionality, including , , will fuel increased operational efficiencies while offering a big-picture view of its environment for improvements in proactive data management. Archiving also was a decision factor as the company retains client filesimages for up to seven years as part of information governance best practices. All of these elements will deliver a scalable, modern data management solution,this capability to support likely future compliancedata growth requirements was a critical factor for STW.
• Moreover, STW Group can easily change scope, scaleprotection methods using CommVault's capacity licensing model; the company predicts this flexibility will be highly beneficial in forecasting future costs of data growth.

Supporting Quotes
Tom Ceglarek, CIO, STW Communications Group

• "At a high level, we want to reduce our exposure to data loss to one hourwe could make this happenthe combination of CommVaultNetApp technology. If we have a sudden need for more space or a different set-up or experience a disaster, we will be ready. Our new infrastructure will take out the uncertainties, so we'll be able to predict what we need resource-wise100 percent confidence."
• "Flexibilitysecurity were major considerations as we are responsible for our client datamust know at all times where it iswhere it's going. With such rapid data growth, we don't really know how the business will grow next, but we now have the flexibilityfunctionality to face whatever comes up."

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