Druva, a provider of cloud-based and on premise data protection software specifically designed for company-issued laptops, revealed a milestone upgrade to its portfolio that adds several new advantages. The company claims that its app-aware dedupe technology can shrink down associated overheads to just 10 percent, while achieving a significant performance boost.

Druva said that Security Assertion Markup Language authentication has been added to inSync, allowing employees to access company data over the via third party sites, such as Microsoft Active Directory. inSync Enterprise also received a boost, and can now accommodate 10,000 users per server compared to the 2,000 maximum before the update.

The most recent and notable news is the launch of inSync Unify, an app that can be deployed by customers to manage backup servers across different geographical locations from a single interface. The platform lets admins mange servers, users, and profiles via a centralized console, and also features a little analytics similarly to quite a few of the data center software offerings that have been launched recently. Unify collects data about usage trends and performance to allow deployment-wide optimization.

“Documented scalability will drive laptop backup adoption, but key features such as tunable deduplication, single sign-on and centralized management will drive customer preference,” said Jaspreet Singh, chairman and CEO of Druva. “With that in mind, Druva has geared inSync Enterprise to deliver the scalability, security and performance expected of an enterprise-class application.  In fact, inSync Enterprise is deployed today by global leaders such as Emerson, GE Energy, KPMG, NASA, Price Waterhouse Coopers, and Sapient.”

The last time we covered Druva was six months ago, when the company announced a $12 million second round of funding. Nexus Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital injected the capital that has been used up by the firm to give its sales and marketing efforts a considerable boost.