Data Encryption Solution That Maintains Hard Disk Bootability to Be Debuted at Interop 2008.

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- CMS Products, Inc. (www.cmsproducts.com), a leader in data backup, disaster recovery and content management technologies, today announced the inclusion of an innovative new security feature within its BounceBack[TM] Professional Disaster Recovery Software.

BounceBack Professional soon will support the ability to uniquely identify hardware encrypted disk drives (FDE) connected externally to a system via USB. If an FDE drive is identified, BounceBack Professional will allow the user to set an ATA password on the external FDE drive that is consistent with the encoding and locking method supported within the ATA drive locking feature of the system's BIOS (Basic Input/Output System).

By providing ATA password support that can be recognized by the system BIOS, BounceBack Professional maintains its ability to provide bare metal recovery from a system drive failure while keeping the drive's encryption characteristics and security access in place. This BIOS-compatible ATA password feature is expected to greatly enhance the adoption of hardware encrypted disk drives for use in external applications.

"Data encryption provided within the electronics of a disk drive is the wave of the future," said Gary Streuter, Vice President of Marketing for CMS Products. "It is seamless to the user and provides the confidence that important data will not be compromised in the event that a computer or external disk drive is lost or stolen."

Streuter continued, "Our goal at CMS Products has been to provide an integration path supporting the introduction of these hardware encrypted disk drives, both internally and externally, while maintaining CMS's unique advantage in creating and maintaining a spare system drive for use in the event of catastrophic system disk failure."

Expected to be available in May 2008, CMS Products will be demonstrating this exciting data security feature at the upcoming Interop 2008 trade show at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center (Booth 880) April 29 to May 1, 2008.

About CMS Products

CMS Products has sold more than two million units of software while installing more than four million complete storage solutions in 90-plus countries. The complete line of product offerings includes automatic backup solutions and encryption products for both portable and desktop computers, RAID systems, backup and disaster recovery software, media management software, notebook hard drive upgrades and data transfer kits and high capacity desktop hard drives.

For more information, contact:
Monica Golden
Public Relations
CMS Products, Inc.
3095 Red Hill Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]
Visit the CMS Products Web site at: www.cmsproducts.com.

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