EVault Awarded Patent for Online Backup and Recovery Technology.Core Technology Embedded in Company's Data Protection Solutions EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- EVault, Inc., a Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STX STX - Start Of Text ) company and the trusted expert in complete data protection solutions, today announced the company has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,134,041 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property . The patent for "Systems and Methods for Data Backup over a Network" is a core component of EVault's DeltaPro[TM] technology, which makes it easy to secure, protect and recover critical data across a broad range of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and applications, delivering the highest performing 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. and recovery solutions available. The patent discloses, among other things, key advances relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc EVault's Quick File Scanning technology. After a baseline copy of data files has been created, the system automatically checks for new files and any changes in existing files at the data source by comparing the hash numbers of the present data files with the hash numbers of the data files in the baseline copy. Only new files and changed data blocks of existing files are then sent to the storage location and merged into their corresponding data files in the baseline copy. This maximizes the efficiency and performance of the DeltaPro process by eliminating data commonality, reducing the impact on network traffic during backup and recovery windows, and minimizing the overall storage footprint. For full information, please read the patent, available at the USPTO USPTO abbr. United States Patent and Trademark Office Web site (http://www.uspto.gov). "This patent clearly demonstrates EVault's position as an industry innovator, and solidifies and protects the work we've done since 1997 advancing disk-to-disk online backup and recovery," said Phil Gilmour, president at EVault, Inc. "As a result of our technology leadership, small businesses to large enterprises can take advantage of our simple-to-administer, high-performance solutions for the protection and recovery of their critical business information." About EVault EVault, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, is the trusted expert in complete data protection solutions for over 8,500 small to large enterprise customers globally. Since 1997, EVault's software and outsourced services for backup, recovery, archiving, business continuity and e-discovery have allowed customers to conform to industry-specific compliance and security regulations. EVault's DeltaPro[TM], patented Quick File Scanning, and patent-pending Adaptive Compression technologies make it easy to secure, protect and recover critical data across a broad range of operating systems and applications, delivering the highest performing online backup and recovery solution available. For more information about EVault or to hear what our customers are saying, visit www.evault.com or contact an EVault expert at 877.382.8581. |
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