The provider of award winning, enterprise-strength backup software for the Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Portal market, AvePoint, recently announced that it has entered into an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with IBM. As part of this agreement, AvePoint has developed an integrated SharePoint backup product for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, and is providing SharePoint expertise to IBM's worldwide sales and support teams.

    AvePoint, through their DocAve software solution, is well-known for the backup, archiving, data migration, disaster recovery, content management, and auditing solutions particularly created for the Microsoft SharePoint platform. As part of the IBM Service Management initiative, TSM plays an integral role in assisting customers to optimize storage assets, guard the integrity of their information and conform with data retention requirements. The integrated solution extends DocAve's SharePoint functions to TSM, while preserving TSM's support for hundreds of devices and automatic policy-based management features. AvePoint and IBM will offers unparalleled data safety solutions for customers' SharePoint deployments, leveraging IBM's global installed base and award-winning channel programs. The integrated product symbolize industry-leading aspects of both companies' technologies. The seamless integration of the products has been reinforced by AvePoint with the full, hands on training for the IBM TSM's sales and support staff. This training includes on site labs and presentations that are being conducted in 17 cities throughout the world as well as numerous other training sessions.

    Kelly Beavers, Director, IBM Tivoli Storage Software, stated: "By adding TSM for Microsoft SharePoint to the TSM family, IBM will be offering customers an important business continuity and data protection capability on the Windows platform. TSM customers will now be able to manage their SharePoint backup and recovery seamlessly via TSM just as they manage other applications. Working with AvePoint, IBM will provide businesses that deploy Microsoft SharePoint with the capability to completely manage their SharePoint data and ensure its availability."

    The company specializes in enterprise-strength backup, disaster recovery, archiving, and auditing solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. The DocAve platform offers SharePoint administrators with important utilities to suitably backup and maintain all levels of their SharePoint deployments, from entire farms down to individual items. AvePoint has become the market and technology leader in SharePoint-based backup and data management solutions. For more information visit http://www.avepoint.com/