Atempo Unveils Time Navigator for EMC Fastrax; High-Performance Backup and Restore Software Platform Supports EMC Fastrax and Oracle.Business Editors & High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001 Atempo Inc. (formerly Quadratec Software) today announced at Storage Networking World Storage Networking World (commonly called SNW) is a for data storage professionals in the United States. Sponsored by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association, SNW is held twice each year. that its Time Navigator See Netscape Navigator, Netscape and Norton Navigator. Navigator - Netscape Navigator (TM) software platform for high-performance backup and restore services now supports the EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Fastrax(TM) data movement platform in an Oracle environment. The integration of Time Navigator with EMC Fastrax results in a high performance serverless backup A type of LAN free backup that does not use any of the resources of an application server or a backup server. See LAN free backup. and restore solution that enables joint customers to back-up large Oracle databases with no impact on the database server, an essential requirement for today's enterprise environments. Time Navigator for EMC Fastrax is one of the most advanced solutions on the market for backup of active online data to secondary storage. EMC Fastrax accomplishes this without LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. or SAN bandwidth or application processor resources to move the data. Time Navigator reduces backup administration and provides the most advanced approach for restoring Oracle databases. The combination of Time Navigator and EMC Fastrax reduces the database backup window to its minimum, resulting in the optimal solution for large and critical database backup. "After joining the E-Infostructure Developers Program, Atempo has worked quickly to integrate its Time Navigator software with EMC Fastrax," said Linda Wright, senior director of global alliances at EMC Corp. "The integration demonstrates EMC's commitment to leverage open application programming interfaces and product strengths to deliver infrastructure solutions that help customers meet current business challenges, such as backup and recovery of critical business information." Time Navigator for EMC Fastrax Key Features and Benefits Time Navigator for EMC Fastrax key features and benefits include: -- Time Navigation(TM) for rapid restore of Oracle databases: Time Navigation is a unique feature allowing rapid detection and restoration of the corrupted or damaged parts of the database such as tablespaces, data files, log files or control files, without having to restore the entire database, which reduces the potential downtime. -- Unique backup-to-disk support: Time Navigator provides backup capabilities to either an EMC Symmetrix(R) storage system or Tape Library Unit (TLU) for greater flexibility to the administrator in defining backup policies and the location of the backup sets. -- Serverless backup solution, maximizing network performance with minimal impact to users and application performance. -- Support of data recovery via EMC Fastrax off-line restore module in case of hardware failure. -- Disaster Recovery functionality: Time Navigator for EMC Fastrax works in concert with EMC TimeFinder(TM) and SRDF(TM) to provide a robust, reliable disaster recovery solution. -- Online backup for Oracle: the solution is designed for backing up Oracle databases with no database downtime. It offers data management and protection capabilities for Oracle "hot" backup, full database recovery or advanced "Surgical" restore. -- Library sharing between EMC Fastrax and other standard backup servers: Time Navigator can seamlessly share the same library for backup and restore operations for maximum hardware and software investment protection. "As a member of EMC's E-Infostructure(TM) Developers Program, Atempo has been working with EMC to provide mutual customers with enterprise data and storage management solutions," said David Swafford, vice president, strategic alliances at Atempo. "The delivery of Atempo's Time Navigator for EMC Fastrax further demonstrates our commitment to leverage our common strengths to deliver a powerful solution alongside EMC that helps customers meet the backup and restore challenge." Availability Available now, Time Navigator for EMC Fastrax backs up Oracle databases and EMC Symmetrix The Symmetrix is EMC's flagship enterprise storage array. There have been seven generations of Symmetrix hardware, with the first appearing in 1994 and the latest introduced in 2006. logical devices. The product runs on IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Sun Solaris and HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. . Time Navigator 3.6 is available from Atempo's worldwide network of distributors and VARs. About Atempo Atempo (formerly Quadratec Software) is the developer of Time Navigator, the software platform for high-performance backup and restore services. The award-winning Time Navigator is designed for IT service providers, including both corporate and outsourced data centers. Offering service providers a combination of software technology and business partnership, Atempo provides a foundation for new value-added storage services. Its unique concept of Time Navigation delivers unparalleled restore performance, and the product supports the latest storage networking architectures including NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular , SAN and IP Storage. Customers at more than 2,500 sites worldwide rely on Time Navigator, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. UK, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Credit Agricole, France Telecom, and Virgin Net. With dual headquarters in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. and Paris, Atempo provides sales and support in more than 20 countries through a worldwide network of distributors and VARs. For more information visit www.atempo.com or call 408/969-9880. Note to Editors: Atempo and the Atempo logo are trademarks, and Time Navigator is a registered trademark of Atempo S.A. and Atempo Inc. EMC and Symmetrix are registered trademarks and E-Infostructure, TimeFinder, SRDF SRDF Symmetrix Remote Data Facility SRDF Symmetric Remote Data Facility and Fastrax are trademarks of EMC Corp. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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