Bus-Tech and Diligent Technologies Deliver Open Systems Disk Back-up Solution; Solution Delivers Reliable and Cost Effective Disaster Recovery.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Bus-Tech(R), Inc., a leading supplier of data center connectivity products, and Diligent Technologies, a leading enterprise data protection software provider for mainframe and open systems environments, today announced product certification Product certification or product qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance and/or quality assurance tests or qualification requirements stipulated in regulations such as a building code and nationally accredited test standards, and qualification of Diligent's Virtual Tape Facility Mainframe (VTF VTF Veterinary Treatment Facility VTF Valve Texture File VTF Volunteer Task Force VTF Valve Texture Format VTF Voluntary Trust Fund VTF Victims Trust Fund VTF Vector-To-Final VTF Voltage Transfer Function VTF Video Teleconferencing Facilities (TM) Mainframe) with Bus-Tech's zDASD 3990 Controller delivering greater-capacity and performance while providing customers significant cost savings for their tape-based backup and recovery needs. Available using either ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. or FICON (FIber CONnector) An IBM mainframe channel introduced with its G5 servers in 1998. Based on the Fibre Channel standard, it boosts the transfer rate of ESCON's half-duplex 17MB/sec to a full-duplex 100MB/sec. connectivity, the combined solution is already providing customers a superior level of data reliability, performance and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional mainframe tape library systems. "We are excited to be working with Diligent in providing cost effective and flexible solutions to our joint customers," said Ralph Armstrong, Vice President of Product Management for Bus-Tech. "The ability to control data sets, multiple layering capabilities, as well as the flexibility to determine their own archiving schedule makes the selection of Diligent easy for customers. With the combined solution using Bus-Tech's zDASD and through a FICON attachment, customers are now afforded significantly greater transport and data speed without incurring the high costs often associated with disaster recovery solutions." Data written by the mainframe to Bus-Tech's zDASD devices is stored on open-systems storage in such a way as to allow the data to be retrieved in exactly the same format as it was stored. This makes it transparent to the mainframe hardware and/or 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. that the data has been stored on open-systems storage rather than traditional and expensive mainframe storage. Diligent's VTF Mainframe solution allows mainframe environments to seamlessly implement a disk-based backup and recovery solution on all industry-leading open systems disk solutions at an attractive price point. With the Bus-Tech/Diligent solution, mainframe customers are provided a greater level of data reliability, performance and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional mainframe tape library systems. This combined solution enhances backup and recovery, space management and batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. by implementing online disk subsystems to store data that generally resides on mainframe tape. By choosing this solution, customers are afforded virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. capabilities at significantly reduced costs. With the Bus-Tech/Diligent solution, mainframe customers also can connect via a FICON attachment which significantly increases the transport and data speed. "We are very pleased to have our VTF Mainframe technology certified See certification. on Bus-Tech's zDASD device," said Mike Parise, VP Sales & Marketing at Diligent Technologies. "This added capability gives our customers and prospects the ability to incorporate economical open systems disk cost points in Mainframe environments. VTF Mainframe leverages existing tape infrastructure investments and significantly boosts data center and end user productivity. With this joint solution, customers can now leverage FICON connected disk storage to reduce their batch and backup windows and significantly improve their overall backup and recovery operations Operations conducted to search for, locate, identify, rescue, and return personnel, sensitive equipment, or items critical to national security. ." About Bus-Tech, Inc. Bus-Tech, Inc. founded in 1987 is the industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art connectivity solutions for the data center to Original Equipment Manufacturers. The company's powerful suite of adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. and platform solutions satisfy even the most rugged demands of data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a professionals for high-bandwidth, high-availability, and high-performance connectivity. With more than 15,000 installed sites worldwide, Bus-Tech is a recognized leader in the data center interconnect market. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company is privately held with locations around the world. For more information about Bus-Tech and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech World Wide Web site at http://www.bustech.com, send email to info@bustech.com, or call 800-284-3172 or 781-272-8200. About Diligent Technologies Corporation Diligent delivers scalable, proven virtual tape software-providing customers with faster recovery, reliability and guaranteed data protection at a lower cost. Diligent's VTF software leverages existing tape infrastructure and is seamlessly integrated into data center environments of all sizes. VTF helps customers utilize disk storage as a backup and restore medium, without disrupting existing policies, practices and procedures. Diligent's storage software solutions and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. are available through its reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. and partner channels along with sales, service and research and development support located worldwide. Information on Diligent Technologies is available on the World Wide Web at www.diligent.com, tel: +1-508-663-1300 or e-mail: info@diligent.com. All company, brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. |
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