<p>Metalogix has been steadily buying up hefty swaths of the Microsoft SharePoint ecosystem and it's now bought up Idera's SharePoint business. It includes tools that focus on backup, maintenance, security and governance.</p><p>SharePoint has never been more popular, and the average instance now stands at about 1.5 terabytes, Jignesh Shah, chief strategy and marketing officer at Metalogix, said in an interview. "Backing up 1 terabyte takes about eight hours," Shah said.</p><p>"That makes a typical system an eight to 12 hour process, and with Idera's backup tools integrated with Metalogix StoragePoint, that time goes down to just minutes."</p><p>StoragePoint already has some basic backup functionality, but Idera's entire business is laser focused on backup systems, and not just for SharePoint. It also specializes in SQL backup and it will continue to focus on those other offerings now that Metalogix has its SharePoint tools.</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/metalogix-acquires-ideras-sharepoint-tools-022906.php?utm_source=MainRSSFeed&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=RSS-News">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11261270.htm">Metalogix Acquires Idera's SharePoint Business Including Market-Leading ...</a> (PR Web (press release))</p><p><a href="http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2013/10/23/metalogix-scoops-up-sharepoint-business-idera/">Metalogix Scoops Up Idera's SharePoint Business</a> (In The Capital)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dyljdUhQaceVydMzFmzbalDnvNIBM&ned=us">4 additional articles.</a></p>