Blancco LUN Helps Data Centers Meet Challenges of Compliance and Efficient Data Erasure

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JOENSUU, Finland, June 18, 2013 / PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

Blancco LUN solution brings best practices to erasure of data from physical

servers and virtual machines in cloud environments

As more data moves to virtual machines in today's cloud computing environment,

data centers need secure, efficient tools for erasing virtual drives or entire

LUNs, in addition to requirements for erasing physical hard drives. To meet

these needs and comply with data privacy standards and regulations,Blancco, the

global leader in data erasure and computer reuse solutions, offers Blancco LUN

-  centralized data overwriting software that can simultaneously erase

physical drives, or logic drives in live environments running a variety of

operating systems.

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"It is critical that data centers are able to target erasure for a specific

logical unit number (LUN) connected to a virtual machine, for example, without

interrupting operations by requiring the entire storage array to go offline,"

said Kim Vaisanen, CEO and Co-Founder of Blancco. "Such erasure must occur

after disaster recovery testing, when data is no longer needed, after data

migration and for cloud hosting exit strategies. Blancco LUN centralizes this

targeted erasure for maximum operational efficiency, as well as for growing

compliance requirements."

Blancco LUN ensures that data centers comply with internal security policies

and best practices, as well as strict industry standards and regulations like

the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the US and

the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). When coupled with

the Blancco Management Console, it centralizes the erasure process for multiple

physical or virtual drives and provides a gapless audit trail complete with LUN

or physical drive details within an XML report.

Blancco LUN is also ideal for erasing the drives of a Storage Area Network

(SAN) while leaving the operating system intact. Secure erasure allows data

centers to reuse these high-end, complex storage arrays, return them to a

leasing company, or sell them for potentially considerable revenue.

Blancco LUN is part of Blancco's comprehensive suite of solutions for data

erasure across all levels of a computing environment-file, LUN, disk, server

and storage. A brief video offers more details on the importance of Blancco LUN

in today's cloud computing environment.

About Blancco

Blancco is the proven data erasure solution for millions of users around the

globe. As the global leader in data erasure and computer reuse solutions,

Blancco offers the most certified data erasure solutions within the industry.

The company serves users across a wide range of industries, including banking,

finance, government and defense. The company's products are highly valued by IT

asset disposal professionals around the world. Blancco operates from an

extensive network of international offices and partners across Europe, North

America, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and Australasia. More information is

available at http://www.blancco.com.

Media Contact:

Monica Shaw

+1-770-367-9534

mshaw@carabinerpr.com

Blancco Oy Ltd.

Mr. Kim Vaisanen, CEO and Co-Founder

+358-50-585-2885

kim.vaisanen@blancco.com

Source: Blancco Oy Ltd.