The upgraded CA arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) is so transformative, says IT solution provider CA Technologies, that it renders "point solutions" for backup and recovery obsolete. The company describes CA arcserve UDP as an easy-to-use solution providing cost-effective backup and "Assured Recovery" across mixed IT environments, helping businesses boost the availability of critical systems. The key selling point for the new version is simplicity, reducing the cost and complexity of deploying multiple point solutions. A new unified architecture and recovery point server drive a full range of highly efficient data protection capabilities for physical and virtual environments through a simple, Web-based user console. CA arcserve UDP provides more than 30 new marquee features to give businesses and service providers precise and flexible functionality to meet stringent service-level and recovery objectives. The solution comes in five editions so that customers buy just the right level of protection, all of which support Linux, UNIX and Microsoft Windows systems.