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Backup Exec

7.9 /10

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What is Backup Exec?

Backup Exec gives you simple, complete backup and recovery protection for your business—to cover all data wherever it resides.

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Awards & Recognition

Backup Exec won the following awards in the Email Backup category

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0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience

2023

0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

Backup Exec Ratings

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Backup Exec?

3% Negative

6% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Reliable
Client Friendly Policies
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Media Support

Full System Backup Restore

Information Store Backup Restore

Compliance

Backup Archiving

Security

Granular Restore

Support for Backup Types

Permissions Awareness

Mailbox Backup Restore

Transaction Log Backup Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

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Adesh C.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Sep 2024

Comprehensive Data Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Ease of Use and Management

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Advanced Search Capabilities

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity for New Users

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Companies with specific data retention policies can leverage Veeam’s retention and archival features to manage and maintain data according to their policies.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Prashant K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Commvault

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Administration

What do you dislike most about this product?

.Support .. .

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I will not recommend

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features
Acts with Integrity

Ardila M.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

My Experience With Backup Exec

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

When it comes to handling email backup, Backup Exec is not only secure but comes with plenty of space.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the security features of Backup Exec It is scalable and keeps email Secure and easy to retrieve. The search feature works well.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Never had serious problems while interacting with Backup Exec

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For effective email backup for business, I recommend Backup Exec

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Backup Exec Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Backup Exec?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Media Support Support for backup to various backup media formats, including disk, Cloud, optical drives, and tape etc.

Full System Backup Restore The backup of the full email system and all of its servers, including the operating system.

Information Store Backup Restore Ability to backup and restore only the Information Store (full contents of all mailboxes) of an email server, common with MS Exchange Server.

Compliance Compliance with privacy legislation, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the ability to enact requests for purging of personal information.

Backup Archiving Ability to conduct archive backups for long-term storage.

Security The software provides appropriate data and access security for the message store, individual mailboxes and messages.

Granular Restore The ability to restore individual email messages, message threads, or messages within a specified date range.

Support for Backup Types Support for Full, Incremental (change since last incremental backup) & Differential (change since last full backup) backup types.

Permissions Awareness The backup software having awareness of mailbox permissions, rules, and delegates, and the ability to backup and restore associated permissions.

Mailbox Backup Restore The backup and restore of individual mailboxes without having to restore an entire email server to extract a single mailbox.

Transaction Log Backup Restore Ability to backup and restore the transaction log (which can be “replayed” in order to rebuild an email Information Store) of an MS Exchange email server.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Backup Exec Downloads

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Backup Exec Reviews

Adesh C.

Comprehensive Data Protection

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Prashant K.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ardila M.

My Experience With Backup Exec

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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1
Since last award

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Feature Ratings

Media Support

Full System Backup Restore

Information Store Backup Restore

Compliance

Backup Archiving

Security

Granular Restore

Support for Backup Types

Permissions Awareness

Mailbox Backup Restore

Transaction Log Backup Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization