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Data protection is an integral and essential part of any successful business. Organizations and IT teams require a proven, powerful, modern, scalable, and easy-to-use data protection solution.
To meet market demands, Dell Technologies offers a unique solution consisting of Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager with Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA). The IDPA protects leading enterprise applications and operating systems. The PowerProtect Data Manager solution protects traditional workloads such as file system, SQL, SAP HANA, Oracle, and Microsoft Exchange. It also protects modern, cloud-native Kubernetes workloads and enables differentiated VMware protection.
Integrating the proven IDPA with the modern PowerProtect Data Manager enables you to get the most efficient and comprehensive data protection solution for your modernized workloads. Also, you can use the Dell EMC Data Domain system that is bundled with IDPA as back-end storage for PowerProtect Data Manager workloads at no extra cost.