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IBM Spectrum Protect mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect in the Backup and Recovery category stands at 2.2%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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CategoryBackup and RecoveryJan 9, 2025Download
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Review data by company size

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Top industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
6%
University
6%
Retailer
6%
Energy/Utilities Company
4%
Healthcare Company
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
3%
Insurance Company
2%
Comms Service Provider
2%
Construction Company
2%
Media Company
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
2%
Non Profit
2%
Transportation Company
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%

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Senior Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
May 1, 2018
Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance

Pros

"Performance and recoveries are better. Our clients and customers are happier with the performance of it."

Cons

"Our new leadership has pushed us to go more toward the cloud, so we are definitely going to leverage anything we can in that direction."
Rainer Kummerfeldt - PeerSpot user
IT-Teamleader at Bechtle
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
Mar 21, 2024
A stable security solution for data center protection

Pros

"IBM Spectrum Protect is stable."

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the service aspect."
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Atif Najam - PeerSpot user
Chief Information Officer and Program Lead at Gatron Industries Ltd
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
Feb 24, 2024
Helps us manage multiple servers and has efficient disaster recovery features

Pros

"The platform’s most valuable feature is its ability to verify the recoverability of backups. "

Cons

"The product’s recovery process in terms of agent installation needs improvement"
PeerSpot user
Information Technology Infrastructure Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
Mar 9, 2024
Works with a multitude of platforms and databases, not limited to Windows or Linux and enterprise-class, reliable, and fast

Pros

"Since the technology is reliable, it simplifies the backup process significantly. Now, our focus can primarily be on managing full backups and creating some offline copies. "

Cons

"It might be seen as leaning towards the legacy side, missing some features of newer solutions. The main drawbacks would be its complexity and high pricing. "
PeerSpot user
Systems Administrator at a government
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
May 21, 2018
With data deduplication and compression, we are reducing our overall storage footprint for our disk histories

Pros

"With data deduplication and compression, we are reducing our overall storage footprint for our disk histories. Therefore, we are reducing the actual cost of the disk for our data protection and data backups."

Cons

"It seems like they are a little behind on the integration to Azure Cloud as well as Amazon."
Robert Hedblom - PeerSpot user
Cloud and Solution Principal Architect at sumNERV Provider AB
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
Aug 21, 2023
Product discussed: 8.1.19
Effective against ransomware attacks and highly stable on-premises

Pros

"The deduplication and compression features are the most valuable features."

Cons

"If IBM could provide a partial module, that would be great."
VLADIMIR RAMIREZ - PeerSpot user
Owner at ACANI Soluciones, SA de CV
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
Jun 16, 2024
A security component for protection aganist cyber attacks and ransomware

Pros

"The components of IBM Spectrum Protect explain how the data is protected. The administration is very easy, and the vertical migration is intuitive."

Cons

"The stability could be improved."
PeerSpot user
Senior Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
Feb 7, 2024
Product discussed: 8.1.20
A robust solution that provides excellent features and backs up every kind of workload in the environment

Pros

"The solution can back up every kind of workload in the environment."

Cons

"The solution must protect against ransomware attacks better."
VLADIMIR RAMIREZ - PeerSpot user
Owner in the computer software company industry
Verified user of IBM Spectrum Protect
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