The release of a new, Web-based application that consolidates all historical backup catalogs, making managing and accessing offline archived data easier than ever before, called Archived Data Manger (ADM™), has been announced by the leader in open systems tape management solutions, B&L Associates, Inc.    

Regardless of platform or source, Archived Data Manager is a revolutionary central management system for historical backup catalogs that ensures organizations are always prepared for litigation. Users are allowed by Archived Data Manager to decommission old servers and centralize the information in one, easy-to-use system-making finding the archived data you need quicker than ever before. Users, with Archived Data Manager, can easily search for archived data by machine, directory or even file name.

Including Symantec's Veritas NetBackup--using B&L's patent-pending data extraction technology that loads information quickly and effortlessly, B&L's Archived Data Manager consolidates all the most popular tape backup catalogs.

Based on a variety of criteria including backup application, backup server, backup client file name/date/time, and expiration date, with Archived Data Manager, organizations have a single view of all their backup catalog information and can search for data.

Archived Data Manager also solves many of the challenges presented by the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) amendments for historical backup data. Electronically stored information (ESI), with ADM, is readily available for discovery. The ability to search for data with file-level detail eliminates endless searches for archived backup files. Organizations are able to find the correct files quickly and dramatically reduce the amount of tapes sent out for content indexing.

Vice president of sales and marketing at B&L, Michael Kramer, declared: "ADM helps companies support the new eDiscovery regulations by making archived backup data easily accessible." He added: "And with ADM, tape content indexing required for eDiscovery is kept to an absolute minimum, saving time and significantly reducing costs."

Allowing organizations to reduce their historical data immediately while maintaining compliancy with federal and state regulations, ADM, just as important, alerts organizations to archived files that are ready for expiration.

Organizations, in addition, by consolidating historical backup catalogs, can decommission old servers without losing access to the data they contain, saving valuable square footage in data centers while helping the environment.