Announcing Retrospect Express 4.1; Free Upgrade Includes Internet Backup, Encryption, New Device and MacOS 8.5 Support.ORINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1998--Dantz Development Corporation today announced Retrospect(R) Express 4.1, an important new version of the award-winning Macintosh backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. . Version 4.1 adds Internet backup, file encryption, additional device support, MacOS 8.5 support, and a bootable disaster recovery CD to Retrospect Express. Retrospect Express 4.1 will ship December 1, 1998 to OEMs and December 8, 1998 to distributors, resellers, and end-users. A free upgrade to version 4.1 for owners of Retrospect Express 4.0 is available at: http://www.dantz.com/upgrades_and_updates/express_updater.html. "Despite all of the new features in Retrospect Express 4.1, we decided to make the upgrade free. It has been less than six months since we released Retrospect Express 4.0. We wanted to treat our customers well and not make them pay for another version so soon," said Craig Isaacs, vice president of Sales and Marketing at Dantz. "Version 4.0 owners may either download the upgrade for free from www.dantz.com or contact us to order the bootable disaster recovery CD for a small fee." Built-In Internet Backup Offsite backups can prevent data loss due to fire, theft, and other disasters. Customers who combine Internet backups with backups to traditional media can easily maintain the highest degree of security. Retrospect Express 4.1 automates offsite backups using industry standard File Transfer Protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. (FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ), so customers may take advantage of the thousands of terabytes of FTP space available on corporate, government, and institutional disk farms. Since bandwidth and space are often concerns, built-in compression can save time and money. In addition, Retrospect Express 4.1 now offers built-in encryption to provide security for backup files. iMac Backup Solution Retrospect Express 4.1 is an excellent solution for Apple Computer's iMac customers. Customers can back up important files today over the Internet and use new USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. devices (such as the Imation SuperDisk) as they become available. New Disaster Recovery CD Retrospect Express 4.1 now ships on a CD that starts up all modern Macintosh computers including the latest G3 and iMac models. Packed with a Mac OS 8.1 a system folder The hard disk folder (directory) that contains the operating system. In Windows, it is typically the \Windows or \Winnt folder. In the Mac, it is called the System folder. See system file and system disk. , Disk First Aid(TM), and Drive Setup Drive Setup is the default disk formatting tool in Mac OS 7.5.2-9.2.2. It supports such features as partitioning, and low-level formatting. It could format hard drives in HFS, HFS Plus file systems, and supported formatting drives for use with Linux and A/UX. (TM) utilities, users can boot off the CD and either repair the damaged hard drive or reformat (1) To change the record layout of a file or database. (2) To initialize a disk over again. it and restore the files, all without having to install a temporary system. Support for New Devices Retrospect Express 4.1 includes support for almost any removable drive (1) A device that spins, reads and writes an optical disc, hard magnetic disk or floppy (magnetic) disk, which is inserted into the unit by means of a drive tray or cartridge slot. Examples of removable drive media are CDs, DVDs, REV disks and Zip disks. See removable disk. including Zip, Jaz, SyQuest, MO, CD-R/RW, and DVD-RAM A rewritable DVD disc endorsed by the DVD Forum. Using phase change technology, DVD-RAMs are like removable hard disks, and the media can be rewritten 100,000 times compared to 1,000 times for DVD-RW and DVD+RW. The first DVD-RAM drives with a capacity of 2.6GB (single sided) or 5. . New drives supported in this release include: -- DVD-RAM drives from Panasonic and Hitachi -- SuperDisk from Imation (USB device) -- CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) The only rewritable CD technology. CD-RW disks look like other CD media, but with close inspection, they have a more polished surface with a very dark blue-gray cast. drives from Philips and Yamaha Upgrades and Pricing Product upgrades are available directly from Dantz in the U.S. and Canada by calling 1-800/225-4880, by emailing upgrades@dantz.com, or visiting www.dantz.com. -0-
Special Upgrade Pricing for Retrospect Express 4.0 Customers
Product Upgrade Price
Retrospect Express 4.1 Upgrade via Internet(1) FREE
Retrospect Express 4.1 Upgrade on CD $14.95
(shipping and handling of bootable CD included in price)
(1) Electronic update only - will not include the bootable CD
-0- To purchase upgrades internationally, see the complete list of Dantz distributors at http://www.dantz.com/dantz_products/intldist.html. |
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