CA's New Protection Suites Safeguard Critical Web Data and E-Mail Message Stores.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 12, 1997-- Industry-Leading InocuLAN Antivirus And ARCserve Backup Solutions Combined To Target Needs Of Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. , Internet Information Server Users Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced it is shipping two new data integrity solutions aimed at the growing need to effectively protect critical Web server data and e-mail messages. CA's new Protection Suite for Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server and Protection Suite for Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. combine the benefits of CA's award-winning InocuLAN antivirus software See antivirus program. (tool) antivirus software - Programs to detect and remove computer viruses. The simplest kind scans executable files and boot blocks for a list of known viruses. and ARCserve automated backup solution to prevent the loss or corruption of these increasingly critical data stores. CA's Protection Suite for Microsoft Exchange Server includes a new version of its Backup Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server-the first such agent to backup and restore individual mailboxes. CA has also enhanced its virus protection for Microsoft Exchange by adding virus scan-and-cure for Exchange Messaging Clients. This feature provides real-time and on-demand scanning of viruses for Exchange, Outlook, or Windows Internet Mail See Internet e-mail service. clients, scanning both inbound and outbound messages and curing any viruses found there. The messaging client virus solution complements the Antivirus Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server, providing another critical layer of protection for e-mail systems. "Today's knowledge workers live and die by their e-mail, and they're using their mailboxes as a primary repository of critical information," said Tim Kraus, Industry Manager for Tool and Infrastructure, Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . "By delivering this comprehensive server-and-client, antivirus-and-backup solution for Microsoft Exchange Server, CA is protecting users from the potential business losses that can result from destruction of this invaluable data." Kraus added that the same principle holds true for CA's Protection Suite for Microsoft Internet Information Server. "The corporate investment represented by the data and applications residing on Internet and intranet Web servers has gone from trivial to mission-critical," he said. "So users really need the effective data integrity solution for IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. that CA is delivering." The "hot" online backup Using the Web to store copies of data for backup. There are numerous providers on the Internet that charge for storage, and fees are typically based on capacity. Online backup services provide offsite backup, which is essential for disaster recovery. See backup types. services of both Protection Suites are provided by CA's ARCserve for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and a specialized Backup Agent for the application. The Agent backs up the web or e-mail server See mail server. while it is open and being accessed by users, ensuring 100 percent file integrity while eliminating the need to bring the server down to run backup jobs. The Protection Suites both provide full, incremental, and differential backup See backup types. (operating system) differential backup - A kind of backup that copies all files that have changed since the last full backup. Each differential backup will include all files in previous differential backups since the full backup so to restore a version of . The Protection Suites also keep both Exchange Server and Internet Information Server See IIS. (World-Wide Web) Internet Information Server - (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server for Windows NT. IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs hosting websites that receive free of viruses. They eliminate viruses from spreading via email, document databases or Internet downloads. They provide real-time and scheduled detection (100 percent NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. certified), as well as the automatic cure of all files on the server. The new version of CA's Backup Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server is the first and only solution to back up and restore individual Exchange folders or mailboxes. It is also available separately. This feature saves administrators from having to retrieve an entire information store when individual users need their e-mail messages restored. Known as "brick level" backup, the Agent can restore individual folders from either a public or private Information store, without requiring that the remainder of the information store be retrieved. "We have moved quickly to respond to the changes in the corporate computing environment," said T.M. Ravi, CA vice president of marketing. "Our new Protection Suites for messaging and Internet/intranet servers are indispensable for companies that recognize just how severe the potential consequences of data loss and contamination can be." Pricing and Availability The Protection Suites and their individual backup and antivirus components are available now. Protection Suite for Microsoft Internet Information Server/Single Server Edition is $1,395; Protection Suite for Microsoft Exchange Server/Single Server Edition is $1,795; Protection Suite for Microsoft Exchange Server/Enterprise Edition is $2,495. The new Single Server Edition of Protection Suite for Microsoft IIS Microsoft IIS - Internet Information Server includes: ARCserve for Windows NT Single Server Edition; Backup Agent for Microsoft IIS; and InocuLAN for Windows NT. The new Single Server Edition of Protection Suite for Microsoft Exchange Server includes: ARCserve for Windows NT Single Server Edition; Backup Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server; InocuLAN for Windows NT; and the Antivirus Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server. The Enterprise Edition of Protection Suite for Exchange allows the backup and e-mail servers to be separate. About ARCserve and InocuLAN ARCserve and InocuLAN were the first backup and antivirus products respectively to have received Microsoft's "Designed for Microsoft BackOffice" certification. Both products support all leading desktop operating systems and networking platforms, providing complete end-to-end protection for corporate networks. InocuLAN is also tightly integrated with ARCserve, and is the only antivirus product that performs real-time virus scanning without degrading backup performance. ARCserve 6 for Windows NT has received numerous awards from the industry's top publications in 1996 and 1997, including: BYTE magazine's "Best of PC Expo," ENT ENT ears, nose, and throat (otorhinolaryngology). ENT abbr. ear, nose, and throat ENT ear, nose and throat. ENT Ears, nose & throat; formally, otorhinolaryngology magazine's "Readers Choice," Network Computing magazine's "Editor's Choice," Network World's "Blue Ribbon," Network Magazine's "Product of the Year," and PC Magazine's "Editors' Choice." InocuLAN is a recent recipient of PC Week's prestigious "Analyst's Choice" Award, the PC LAN "Best Buy" award, and Windows NT Magazine "Editor's Choice," and has also received recent accolades from Network Computing, InfoWorld, and 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. Times. For more information on InocuLAN, ARCserve, FAXserve or other former Cheyenne products, contact CA at 1-800-243-9462, or www.cheyenne.com. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has over 10,000 people in 160 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of $4 billion in fiscal year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com or calling 1-516-342-5224. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Computer Asssociates International, Inc. Pam Leeds, (516) 342-2377 or leepa06@cai.com |
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