BakBone Software Announces NetVault 7.0 -- The Latest Generation Backup and Recovery Solution for Storage Environments.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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. Spring 2003 SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2003 BakBone Software  This article about a company does not make it clear whether the subject meets the Wikipedia criteria for . (TM) (OTCBB OTCBBSee OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :BKBOF)(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :BKB BKB Basler Kantonalbank (Switzerland) BKB Black King Bar (gaming weapon) BKB BV Kwaliteitsverklaringen Bouw (Dutch) BKB BankBoston Corporation ), a global provider of storage management software, announced today the release of the latest version of their flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , NetVault 7. BakBone's NetVault 7 provides improved scalability, increased automation and enhanced administrator productivity for the enterprise market while providing a lower total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ) and ease of use in 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 and SAN centric storage environments. NetVault 7.0 Key Features: -- Advanced policy management and event notification Event notification is a term used in conjunction with communications software for linking applications that generate small messages (the "events") to applications that monitor the associated conditions and may take actions triggered by events. provides data management that leverages multiple protection options with various recovery time characteristics. -- User Level Access allows NetVault administrators to safely extend control of NetVault to other end users. Granular support allows NetVault administrators to accommodate a wide range of user skill sets while notification linkage ensures critical events alerting the appropriate personnel. -- Advanced Reporting provides the ability to produce reports on all aspects of the NetVault system including job execution, media utilization and system operations. No other product offers the comprehensive reporting capabilities for its backup and recovery operations Operations conducted to search for, locate, identify, rescue, and return personnel, sensitive equipment, or items critical to national security. . In addition to the twenty-nine pre-defined reports, users can define their own reports including powerful correlations from NetVault's data gathering engine. -- It is designed for performance and adaptability. NetVault's modular architecture helps ensure data protection goals in two key ways. First it optimizes workloads for customers' environments. Secondly, BakBone's modularity means that the NetVault's core and all of its plug-ins can be developed independently of each other, ensuring the fastest adaptations for new platforms, operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and databases as required by customers. -- Dynamically adapting graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ). NetVault 7 automatically morphs the backup and recovery commands and icons for any application it discovers on the network into the GUI. It will even add its advanced options to that application's look and feel. With NetVault 7's GUI, user familiarity is preserved while productivity and data protection is enhanced. -- It offers a solution that dramatically lowers total cost of ownership (TCO) by automating device discovery and configuration across the most complex SAN & NAS environments. -- No other product in the industry matches NetVault's ease of deployment. It requires no professional services to install or deploy, helping to manage costs while ensuring the rapidest implementations to meet customers' data protection goals. -- It is scalable and robust for the largest enterprises, yet flexible enough for small businesses -- all within the same product. -- Client Encryption is available as an option that utilizes 128-bit ECB See electronic code book. encryption mode for another layer of data security. "NetVault 7 represents a significant milestone in our company in many ways. We believe it is the most advanced data protection offering available in the market today. NetVault 7 combines rich features with unprecedented ease of use and speed to deploy. It represents the vehicle with which we will be driving increased market share and revenue growth," said Keith Rickard, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , BakBone. "It is hard to imagine a more critical issue for corporate IT departments than improving the overall effectiveness of their data protection systems. Innovations such as the intelligent library capabilities of ADIC's new iPlatform architecture and the new features being built into this new NetVault backup software release will make IT managers' jobs easier and make their data safer," said Kevin Honeycutt, Executive Director, Enterprise Partners, ADIC. "The NetVault 7.0 software, combined with our STORcore server, provides customers substantial value in the management of TCO for email infrastructures," said Tim Wudi, President and CEO for AttachSTOR Inc., BakBone's partner for Email Resource Management solutions. "Our combined offering provides a seamless email optimization solution with flexible enterprise storage options for our customers." "DataCore and BakBone continue to work together to ease the challenges associated with data protection and recovery in heterogeneous storage deployments," said Kimberly French, director, business and channel development at DataCore. "NetVault 7.0 combined with SANsymphony provides joint customers with a high-performance solution that simplifies large scale storage management." "Backup operations are critical to business continuance," said Robert Scroop, vice president and general manager of Overland's storage resource business unit. "NetVault's latest features such as simplified policy management and event notification are significant features that assure businesses operate successfully." "Qualstar and BakBone have worked closely together for several years to provide our mutual customers with cost-effective data protection solutions that are robust and easy to install and administer," said Bob Covey, Qualstar vice president of marketing. "NetVault's powerful features are a natural fit with our TLS (1) (Transport Layer Security) A security protocol from the IETF that is based on the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 protocol developed by Netscape. TLS uses digital certificates to authenticate the user as well as authenticate the network (in a wireless and RLS Restless legs syndrome (RLS) A disorder in which the patient experiences crawling, aching, or other disagreeable sensations in the calves that can be relieved by movement. RLS is a frequent cause of difficulty falling asleep at night. families of Simply Reliable automated tape libraries." "NetVault's technology extends BakBone's position as a leader in the backup and restore storage management segment," said Opinder Bawa, senior vice president of Engineering and Global Services, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. . "The combination of SCO's UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Linux operating systems with NetVault 7.0 provides customers the lowest total cost of ownership when it comes to backup and restore." "We are pleased to continue our partnership with a storage management software leader such as BakBone," said Jim Fitzgerald, SteelEye executive vice president of business development. "The integrated SteelEye LifeKeeper and BakBone NetVault software provides customers with a robust, comprehensive data availability solution on Linux." "StorageTek, a leader in the automated tape market, is pleased to support BakBone's latest version of their backup and recovery software, NetVault 7.0. Together we will work to provide our customers with a reliable and scalable storage solution combined with advanced enterprise functionality for a solution that grows with their demands," said Tim Steadman, StorageTek director, Corporate Alliances. NetVault is built upon an advanced modular architecture that provides IT managers the flexibility for growth and continued enhancement as companies' information storage needs expand and change. With an intuitive and easy-to-use GUI delivering enterprise-wide control in both distributed and centralized environments, NetVault is able to operate in multi-vendor networks and supports a broad range of platforms, applications and high performance tape devices. Pricing and Availability: NetVault 7.0 is available now on UNIX, Linux, NT and Windows 2000 platforms. Pricing starts at $695. A free 45 day fully featured demo is available on BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com. ABOUT BAKBONE SOFTWARE, INC. BakBone Software is an international storage management software company that develops and globally distributes high-performance software solutions to the network storage and open systems markets. BakBone's backup and restore software provides scalable data protection from the workgroup to the enterprise. Founded in 2000, BakBone Software's products are used by companies worldwide, and are distributed through a network of OEMs and solution providers. BakBone's corporate headquarters is located at 10145 Pacific Heights Boulevard, San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. 92121. Its stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. . For more information on BakBone products, call 866/484-2663, e-mail sales@bakbone.com, or access BakBone's web site at www.bakbone.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. The statements contained in this press release that are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees since there are inherent difficulties in predicting future results, and actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. BakBone, BakBone Software, the BakBone logo, and NetVault are all trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other brands, products or service names are or may be trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of, and used to identify, products or services of their respective owners. |
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