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FarStone Technology's RestoreIT Hard Disk Backup and Recovery Solution Provides Complete PC and Network Data Protection.


IRVINE, Calif. -- FarStone Technology, Inc. today announced RestoreIT Version 6.0 and RestoreIT Network Edition, the latest in its industry-leading line of powerful and affordable security solutions. Developed for individuals, small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs), enterprise and organizations such as schools, RestoreIT delivers a portfolio of data backup, retrieval and restore functionality in a single software package.

"Industry statistics prove that even the most up-to-date antivirus software See antivirus program.

(tool) antivirus software - Programs to detect and remove computer viruses. The simplest kind scans executable files and boot blocks for a list of known viruses.
 and firewalls can't protect you one hundred percent of the time. The threats are out there, and a hard drive failure as well as a virus could mean the end of your data. RestoreIT gives individuals and businesses reliable restore and disaster recovery capabilities," said Tom Fedro, vice president, sales and marketing, FarStone.

RestoreIT enables users to back up their entire system by creating a compressed archive of all of the files, programs, and partition and security information stored on the system to a hidden protected partition on the hard drive and to a CD/DVD.

RestoreIT removes the lost productivity associated with accidental deletions, overwrites, virus attacks and Windows(TM) crashes by instantly restoring lost files back to their previous state or rolling back the entire system to the last time the PC was in operation. Users simply access RestoreIT, either through Windows or by pressing the space bar during startup (if Windows is inoperable inoperable /in·op·er·a·ble/ (in-op´er-ah-b'l) not susceptible to treatment by surgery.

in·op·er·a·ble
adj.
Unsuitable for a surgical procedure.
), and systems are restored to an incremental backup See backup types.

(operating system) incremental backup - A kind of backup that copies all files which have changed since the date of the previous backup. The first backup of a file system should include all files - a "full backup". Call this level 0.
 point made prior to the data loss or system failure.

RestoreIT Network Edition

"We want users, no matter how large or small their network, to have a reliable, effective and easy-to-use method of recovery that ensures their system's safety and enhances their productivity," said Fedro. RestoreIT Network is specifically targeted to SMBs and large-scale, multi-user organizations such as corporations and educational institutions.

The software runs over a TCP/IP TCP/IP
 in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances.
 network and the network administrator remotely controls client computer backup activities to provide full protection of the network hard drives. Network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms.  tools provide the ability to display network connections, log client computer program usage and view client screens in real-time.

Especially beneficial to computer labs in educational or other similar organizations, RestoreIT automatically (or manually) restores public access computers back to a predetermined pre·de·ter·mine  
v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines

v.tr.
1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance:
 configuration, restoring the system in seconds.

Pricing and Availability

RestoreIT 6.0 is currently available at an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol
MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service)
MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) 
 of $39.99 for single-user or $169.99 for five users. RestoreIT Network is $599.00 for 10 users; and $1199.00 for 25 users. Both are available at the FarStone Online Store at http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/products/product.shtml or on the RestoreIT 6.0 website http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/products/rit.shtml and the RestoreIT Network website http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/products/ritn.shtml.

About FarStone

Founded in 1993, FarStone Technology is an ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 9001 certified software company specializing in security and CD/DVD solutions. Headquartered in Irvine, California Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28 1971, the 69.7 square mile (180.5 km²) city has a population of 202,079 (as of 2007). , FarStone has international offices worldwide and more than 125 employees. FarStone's global technology partners include Intel, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98).

NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd.
, Phoenix Technologies and Toshiba. For more information about FarStone, please visit www.farstone.com.
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