CrosStor Announces Support for Syncsort's Backup Express; Certifies Network-Attached Backup for CrosStor NAS.Business & Technology Editors SOUTH PLAINFIELD South Plainfield, borough (1990 pop. 20,489), Middlesex co., NE N.J.; inc. 1926. It is the seat of several research and consulting firms and has plants that make chemicals, plastics, spices and flavorings, cosmetics, rubber products, pigments, electrical machinery, , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 3, 2000 CrosStor Software, Inc. and Syncsort Incorporated today announced CrosStor 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 support for Backup Express, Syncsort's high-speed, enterprise-wide backup and restore solution for 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). (R) and Windows NT/2000(R). Backup Express supports the industry-standard Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol) An open standard for backing up data in a heterogeneous environment. Developed by Network Appliance and IntelliGuard Software, NDMP uses a common data format which is written to and read from drivers for the specific disk and ), and works with network-attached storage See NAS. (NAS) appliances built on CrosStor NAS software, which provides an NDMP interface. Backup Express is an enterprise backup solution that supports NDMP on a variety of hosts, including the same UNIX and Windows NT/2000 platforms supported by CrosStor NAS. Backup Express is compatible with all leading tape libraries and tape drive technologies. CrosStor NAS allows computer hardware OEMs to create multi-protocol filer solutions for enterprise networks, where there is growing interest in industry-standard data protection solutions. "Backup and recovery products such as Backup Express are validating NDMP for enterprise-level data protection," said Gene Beinert, Product Marketing Manager for CrosStor NAS. "Backup Express' support for NDMP allows our OEMs and their distribution channel to implement a network-attached backup strategy that achieves rapid time-to-market objectives." Syncsort leverages NDMP integration to effectively compete with the proprietary solutions of legacy backup vendors. "Backup Express is a sophisticated, enterprise solution that supports virtually any NDMP-compliant system," added Vic Werner, Syncsort's Director of Marketing. "CrosStor's certification of Backup Express is highly strategic because so many emerging, dedicated storage products will be based on CrosStor NAS technology." Backup Express can scale from workgroup to enterprise networks, and offers flexible configurations and a convenient 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. for centralized backup/recovery management. About CrosStor Software CrosStor provides the intelligence behind serverless storage. CrosStor's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and software helps hardware manufacturers build products--including NAS and intelligent SAN devices--to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical, high-performance storage appliances that are independent of enterprise servers. With enterprise storage requirements doubling yearly, OEMs use CrosStor's modular, storage-centric operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. to rapidly create customized, high-availability storage solutions and speed time to market. CrosStor was founded in 1990 by former Bell Labs engineers and is privately held. The company is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ and can be contacted at 908-226-0100 or by visiting its Web site at http://www.crosstor.com. CrosStor NAS(TM) and CrosStor SAN(TM) are trademarks of CrosStor Software, Inc. About Backup Express Backup Express is Syncsort's high-performance, enterprise-wide backup and restore product. Backup Express can back up information to any tape device located anywhere in an enterprise, whether a machine is running UNIX, Windows, NetWare or is a CrosStor-supported NAS device. With an intuitive, easy-to-use graphical interface See GUI. , Backup Express allows online backups of leading applications, including Oracle, SAP, MS Exchange, SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. , Sybase, and Informix. Backup Express is certified with a large number of tape library manufacturers, including ADIC, ATL/Quantum, Breece Hill, Exabyte, Overland Data, Qualstar, Spectra Logic, STK, and Sun, and delivers maximum performance to large automated libraries via multi-hosting. About Syncsort Syncsort Inc. is a leading developer of high-performance systems and data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse utility software for mainframe, UNIX, and Windows environments. For more than 30 years, Syncsort has built a reputation for superior product performance and reliable technical support. An independent market research firm has named Syncsort as one of the top Data Warehouse 100 Vendors for two years in a row. Over 95 percent of the Fortune 100 companies are Syncsort customers, and Syncsort's products are used in more than 50 countries to speed data warehouse processing, improve database loads, speed query processing, and back up and protect vital corporate information. For more information, visit the Syncsort web site at http://www.syncsort.com. |
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