CentricStor and Time Navigator Share Focus on Information Lifecycle Management.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. and MUNICH, Germany -- Atempo and Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). jointly announce certification of Time Navigator for use with CentricStor Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider and Atempo, Inc., a leader in information lifecycle strategies for data protection, today announced the completion of testing and certification of Atempo's data protection product Time Navigator with Fujitsu Siemens (Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. (USA), Milpitas, CA, www.fujitsu-siemens.com) Fujitsu Siemens Computers USA is a wholly owned research and development subsidiary of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Computer's CentricStor Virtual Tape Appliance. With this announcement, Fujitsu Siemens Computers takes another step towards delivering the broadest system platform support with its CentricStor storage solution. The advantages of a combined Time Navigator and CentricStor solution include: --Open architecture for maximum integration flexibility --Protection of investment --Dramatic cost savings through consolidation and reduced administration effort --Improved utilization of existing peripherals --Advanced disk-to-disk-to-tape backup capabilities (D2D2T (Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape) Refers to backing up data on disks first and tape (or optical disc) second. Backing up onto tape is performed at less frequent intervals than from disk to disk. See D2D and virtual tape. ) --High performance data protection and uninterrupted data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. "CentricStor is an outstanding Virtual Tape Appliance with the most comprehensive support in heterogeneous environments," said Bas Broekarts, Atempo's vice president of global sales. "Large data centers will be able to deliver first class data protection services with consolidation of a wide variety of tape storage resources. At the same time, CentricStor together with Time Navigator delivers high performance disk-to-disk-to-tape backup (D2D2T) with integrated ILM (Information Lifecycle Management Information Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM. ) functions." "Time Navigator offers key functions which are essential for Atempo's customers and is one of the most sophisticated backup and restore product. Time Navigator together with CentricStor leads to a powerful data protection with a well managed rapid and accurate data restoration," said Dr. Helmut Beck, vice president of storage at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "With the certification of Atempo's Time Navigator we step further with seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of all popular backup/restore applications." About CentricStor CentricStor is the name of Fujitsu Siemens Computers' virtual tape appliance used to consolidate magnetic tape processing in open system and mainframe environments. CentricStor as a fail-save disaster protection solution combines the speed of disk with tape reliability for Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape backup with integrated ILM-functions (Information Lifecycle Management). CentricStor supports market leading backup applications, major system platforms and major tape automation environments. Many satisfied customers in Europe are already using CentricStor for data protection and Nearline storage Nearline storage (where Nearline is a contraction of Near-online) is a term used in computer science to describe an intermediate type of data storage. It is a compromise between online storage (constant, very rapid access to data) and offline storage (infrequent consolidation. The powerful virtual tape appliance is also successfully introduced in Japan, 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 since November 2004 in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. . More information about CentricStor can be found at www.centricstor.com. About Time Navigator Atempo's 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. , Time Navigator, a highly scalable and feature-rich software product offers performance and features grouped around today's more complex enterprise challenges including disaster recovery, compliance, security and rapid data growth. Atempo's customers include Airbus, Capgemini, Credit Agricole, Orange, France Telecom, Novartis, Renault and Virgin.net. About Fujitsu Siemens Computers: Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT provider with a strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and Business Critical Computing products, services and solutions. With a portfolio of exceptional depth, our offering extends from handhelds through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure solutions. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a presence in all key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the . Leveraging the strengths, innovation and global reach of our joint shareholders, Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. , we make sure we meet the needs of customers: large corporations, small and medium enterprises and private users. For more information on Fujitsu Siemens Computers, please visit: www.fujitsu-siemens.com About Atempo Founded in 1992, Atempo enables practical, comprehensive and flexible information life cycle management strategies with a suite of business continuity and compliance solutions based on Atempo's Time Navigator Platform. With an established network of value-added reseller and strategic alliances, Atempo empowers 2000 companies and partners worldwide with the fastest back-up and restore, disaster recovery, archiving, and regulatory compliance solutions in this time of unrelenting data growth. For more information please visit www.atempo.com or call (866) 417-0200. Atempo and the Atempo logo are trademarks, and Time Navigator is a registered trademark of Atempo S.A. and Atempo, Inc. All other products, services, and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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