Award Winning Retrospect Now Supports Sony DDS-3 Drive.ORINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1997--Dantz Development Corporation announced today that Retrospect and Retrospect Remote now support Sony Electronics' newest Digital Data Storage (DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S ) mechanism, the SDT-9000. Sony's new mechanism is based on the latest Digital Audio Tape See DAT. (storage, music) Digital Audio Tape - (DAT) A format for storing music on magnetic tape, developed in the mid-1980s by Sony and Philips. As digital music was popularized by compact discs, the need for a digital recording format for the consumer existed. (DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. ) format, DDS-3. Retrospect's patented high performance data transfer engine with concurrent input/output (I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output ) is well matched to Sony's new high-performance mechanism. DDS-3 drives are both faster and achieve a higher capacity than mechanisms based on the DDS-2 standard. "We're very impressed with Retrospect's performance on the SDT-9000," said Andy Higginbothem, national sales and marketing manager of tape streamer products for Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. . "Together, Sony and Dantz have an excellent hardware and software combination that sets new high performance marks in the industry." The SDT-9000 has an uncompressed capacity of 12 gigabytes, three times greater than DDS-2 technology. Based on DantzLab tests, network users can expect to store 15-20 gigabytes on each tape using the mechanism's built-in compression. DantzLab's real-world performance tests also show sustained transfer rates of over 40MB per minute, a 50% improvement over standard DDS-2 mechanisms. Retrospect 3.0A has a built-in drivers that optimize DDS-3 performance on Macintosh-based systems. Retrospect 3.0A is now available, and owners of Retrospect 3.0 can download a free upgrade to 3.0A from the Dantz web site (www.dantz.com). Larry Upton, Dantz director of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and sales, sees a lot of demand for the SDT-9000 drive. "Dantz OEM customers have high expectations for Sony's DDS-3 drives. Expect to see several Retrospect-bundled solutions early this year." Dantz publishes a wide range of backup solutions from individual floppy backup to network-wide backup designed to meet the needs of individuals and organizations by making data protection automatic, fast, and efficient: DiskFit Direct(tm) (easiest floppy backup), DiskFit Pro(r) (floppy or cartridge backup with scheduling), Retrospect(r) (the best backup to cartridge or tape) and Retrospect Remote(r) (complete workgroup backup). Dantz products are available through resellers worldwide. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, Dantz products are distributed by Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. and Merisel. A list of international distributors can be found on Dantz's web site, www.dantz.com, or obtained from corporate headquarters. CONTACT: Dantz Development Corp. Kerry MacInnes, 510/253-3035 kerry_macinnes@dantz.com or Sony Electronics Tracey Tenerelli, 408/955-5673 tracey_tenerelli@mail.sel.sony.com |
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