FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 20, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Yosemite Technologies, a leading developer of multi-platform backup and recovery software solutions and Certance, a worldwide leader in cost-effective data protection solutions, announced today that TapeWare 7.0 is shipping with the recently released Certance TapeStor DAT 72 Internal Tape Drive. Certance TapeStor DAT 72 represents the fifth generation of DDS technology manufactured by the company. The Certance/TapeWare product partnership provides small to medium businesses with a comprehensive storage solution for workgroups or remote offices.
Additionally previous generations of Certance DDS/DAT technology and Certance TapeStor Travan bundled solutions have been upgraded to include TapeWare 7.0.
TapeWare Version 7.0 incorporates a robust feature-set, including a new Web Gateway to provide centralized or remote management for cross-platform environments and interleaving, which can handle up to eight data streams per tape device. Other features include unlimited slot library support, device level diagnostics, load balancing and additional driver support. TapeWare 7.0 is amongst the first backup software products to receive Microsoft certification for Windows Server 2003, which allows end users to seamlessly upgrade to the platform without the expense of installing new compatible software.
"Certance and Yosemite have a long standing relationship in providing high-performance back-up and disaster recovery solutions to the small-to-medium market segment. Certance provides high capacity tape drives that combined with TapeWare, not only offer customers a reliable, feature-rich back-up solution, but offer peace of mind with complete data protection," stated Jonna Stopnik, vice president of worldwide sales at Yosemite Technologies.
The Certance TapeStor DAT72 offers increased capacity and speed and builds on the success of four generations of DDS drive technology providing unprecedented levels of capacity, reliability and lower cost of ownership. The DAT 72 offers up to 36GB of native capacity and up to 72GB of compressed capacity using hardware data compression. For increased performance, the DAT 72 provides sustained data transfer rates of up to 12.6GB/hr and up to 25.2GB/hr compressed with a 16Mbps buffer. Yosemite TapeWare enables the solution to work to full capacity by providing a highly efficient backup solution, compatible with a Linux, Windows or Netware platforms on a single server or workstation.
The companies' backup solutions are available through Value Added Resellers and Distributors in the region. To find a reseller or distributor in your area, go to http://www.tapeware.com/Partners/resellerlocate.asp
About Yosemite Technologies
Yosemite Technologies, Inc., the makers of TapeWare, is the number one worldwide provider of OEM tape drive bundled backup software solutions. Based in Fresno, California, Yosemite designs, develops, supports and markets high-performance, multi-platform recovery and backup solutions for the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) marketplace. With offices in North America, Europe (headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) and the Asia / Pacific, Yosemite is making its mark in the worldwide storage industry. By partnering with leading tape drive manufacturers to provide bundled software and using indirect sales channels, Yosemite Technologies is rapidly becoming an industry powerhouse.
Founded in 1996, Yosemite is a privately held company committed to providing the industry's best backup and storage solutions for SMEs. Their philosophy of "Backup Simplified" offers enterprise class solutions that are simple enough for the most non-technical small business users. To learn more, visit www.yosemitetechnologies.com.
About Certance
Certance is a worldwide market leader in tape backup products and data protection solutions, with more than 12 million drives installed. Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, Certance provides a full array of data recovery solutions including LTO Ultrium, DDS/DAT and Travan technologies, designed to meet the backup, restore and archive needs of virtually every platform from notebooks and PCs to enterprise servers. A Seagate affiliate, Certance can be found around the globe and at www.certance.com.