Symantec today announced a partnership with
Microsoft to use Symantec storage and disaster-recovery products in tandem with Microsoft's Azure to allow continuous computing if a customer's main data site is severely disrupted. Symantec said the "disaster-recovery as a service" (DRaaS) in combination with
Windows Azure is the first of its kind the
security firm has undertaken. Basically, it would require the business customer to use Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability for Windows and Veritas Volume replicator products on their main data-processing site in a way that ties into Microsoft's cloud-based Azure, so that if a disaster-recovery situation should unfold, there would be no disruption in computing.
