Computer Associates Completes Industry's First Storage Protection "Double Play" With New Enterprise and Workgroup Versions of ARCserveIT.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1998-- Next Generation of ARCserve Addresses Business-Critical Requirements of Diverse Customer Base Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced the general availability of the Enterprise and Workgroup Editions of its comprehensive ARCserveIT storage protection solution, with support for a wide range of platforms including 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. , NetWare and 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). . With this next generation of CA's award-winning ARCserve technology, CA is offering small businesses and corporate IT departments unprecedented flexibility in a rapidly deployable storage protection solution. ARCserveIT Enterprise Edition is designed for large-scale heterogeneous computing environments. It provides the scalability, centralized administration and multi-platform support essential for protecting valuable information assets across the distributed enterprise infrastructure. ARCserveIT Workgroup Edition is designed for LAN-centric departmental or small-business environments. It provides the ease of administration necessary to help reduce cost-of-ownership while delivering maximum protection and fast restoration capabilities for critical data. "With the introduction of this complete ARCserveIT line, CA is giving customers real choices in how they want to deploy proven storage protection technology - practical choices that have to do with their computing environments, management strategies and budgets," said Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president of product strategy. Gupta also pointed out that CA's broad ARCserveIT line provides additional flexibility in crafting an effective, individually customized backup strategy. "Instead of forcing customers into a rigid implementation, CA is giving IT decision-makers the flexibility they need to optimize their cost/benefit ratio for storage management," he said. The completeness of the ARCserveIT product line also enables customers to easily transition from workgroup-based to enterprise-wide storage management strategies, allowing them to realize immediate benefit from targeted priority deployments while keeping a migration path open to broader implementations. Similarly, ARCserveIT Enterprise Edition enables customers to apply the benefits of CA's heralded Unicenter TNG TNG Training TNG The Next Generation TNG Tongue TNG The Newspaper Guild (Union) TNG Transitional National Government TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (national facility of the Italian astronomical community) enterprise management technology to their storage management challenges first and then leverage that deployment as part of an upgrade to a full Unicenter TNG roll-out - if and when they choose to do so. "The loss of data on any of our many platforms can have a significant negative impact on operations, customer satisfaction and future business opportunities," said Tony McNeil, UNIX server A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. analyst at Catawba Memorial Hospital in Hickory, N.C. "With CA's ARCserveIT Enterprise Edition, we're safeguarding the value of all our data. And we're doing so with a solution that doesn't create an inordinate drain on our limited and expensive human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. ." ARCserveIT Enterprise Edition provides high-performance, automated storage management for Windows NT, multiple UNIX variants, NetWare, OS/2, AS/400 and OS/390 servers, and extends that protection to virtually any client - including Windows 3.x Windows 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
ARCserveIT's Backup Agent for Open Files helps ensure that even open files are protected, whether or not they have been locked. This means that backup tasks can be executed fully and securely without interrupting online operations. ARCserveIT also provides options for using MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. storage as part of an enterprise backup strategy, maximizing the return on legacy hardware and software investments. Free RAID support helps ensure extremely high-performance backup and provides fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. for device and media failure. ARCserveIT Workgroup Edition supports up to six Windows NT and NetWare servers and incorporates both virus protection and data encryption facilities. It also includes free limited tape and optical library support. Its extensive device support can back up data to virtually any tape, removable drive or optical device, including 5.2Gb magneto-optical media. Graphical screens, wizards, alerts and easy-to-use scheduling facilities ensure that backup tasks can be properly executed with a minimum of effort. ARCserveIT Workgroup Edition also provides support for Microsoft Tape Format (MTF (1) (Modulation Transfer Function) A measurement of monitor sharpness. MTF compares the contrast ratio between alternating black and green lines that are one pixel thick. ), allowing for users to leverage existing Windows NT backup utilities. Optional agents are available for Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Ingres II, Microsoft SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. , Oracle, and Informix. The race to win the "backup-war" has moved well-beyond features and centers now on core-integration-competencies," said Michael Peterson, president of Strategic Research Corporation. "CA's integration of workgroup ease-of-use, combined with data center class functionality, elevates CA's storage management solutions to the top of the competitive ladder. Think of what CA has accomplished as creating 'Enterprise Managed Storage', a new paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. consistent with ARCserveIT's ability to view and control the world." On NetWare, ARCserveIT supports NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services by backing up both the base and extended schema that are created by NDS-compliant applications. ARCserveIT's "pre-flight check" ensures the required memory, NLM Software that runs in a NetWare server. Although NetWare servers store DOS and Windows applications, they do not execute them. All programs that run in a NetWare server must be compiled into the NLM format. They are typically written in C and use Novell's libraries. versions, hardware requirements, and system settings are all available and functioning properly. With support for NetWare 5, ARCserveIT provides easy management and improved performance for heterogeneous networking environments by enabling the use of multiple communication protocols (IP and IPX (Internetwork Packet EXchange) The network layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the IP layer in TCP/IP, it contains a network address and allows messages to be routed to a different network or subnet. ). ARCserveIT also supports Novell Storage Services Novell Storage Services (NSS) is a file system used by the Novell NetWare operating system and recently ported to SUSE Linux. It has some unique features that make it especially useful for, but not limited to, setting up shared volumes on a file server in a Local Area (NSS (Novell Storage Services) A 64-bit file system introduced with NetWare 5 that can support terabyte-sized files. NSS files and standard NetWare files can be used in the same server. See NetWare 5. 1. (networking) NSS - Nodal Switching System. ) for fast, efficient mounting of any size volume, and contains a new high performance database. "ARCserve has always been the hands-down winner in any comparison we've done or seen done for NetWare backup software," said Mark Place, network manager, ADC Telecommunications in Waseca, Minn. "With ARCserveIT for NetWare, we believe CA is continuing to anticipate our storage management needs, especially when it comes to integrating backup with our overall NDS-oriented management strategy." Like all of CA's Workgroup Edition and Enterprise Edition products, these versions of ARCserveIT are built on proven Unicenter TNG Framework technology. By using Unicenter TNG's sophisticated management services - such as auto discovery, calendar, communications and object repository - ARCserveIT delivers unparalleled functionality and scalability. Users also receive the benefits of Unicenter TNG's Real World Interface (2D, 3D, Windows and Web-based) and Business Process Views. 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 11,000 people in 160 offices in 43 countries and had revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal year 1998. CA can be reached by visiting www.cai.com, emailing info@cai.com, or calling 1-516/342-5224. All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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