First Linux Based HSM Announced by UniTree Software, Inc.SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1999-- UniTree Software, Inc. announces the release of its industry leading Hierarchical Storage Management See HSM. (HSM) product on the Linux operating system. The product will be available at the start of the 1999 Linux World Expo August 10th through the 12th in San Jose, CA. UniTree Software, Inc. becomes the first company in the industry with a commercially available HSM to announce support for the open source Linux operating system. The UniTree Central File Manager (UCFM UCFM United Christian Faith Ministries ) product transparently moves data from disk file systems to removable media such as tape or optical for automated disk management and more cost effective storage. Files migrated to removable media appear to be on disk and are transparently staged from removable media back to the disk based file system upon users request. "With Linux quickly emerging as a mainstream operating system, we see a growing need for more cost effective data management. With hardware manufacturers enhancing performance at a drastic rate combined with the efficiency of the Linux operating system, we see data management for the Linux operating system as a significant growth market" explains Mark Saake, President of UniTree Software, Inc. Initially UCFM for Linux will ship on Redhat Software's Linux release 6.0 and will run on Intel based hardware that is supported by Redhat's release. Future releases are scheduled that will run on Sun Microsystem's (Nasdaq: SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), SGI's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SGI), Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HWP) and Compaq's (NYSE: CPQ) hardware products all of whom have announced support for the Linux operating system on their hardware offerings. The UCFM (UniTree Central File Manager) product is compliant with the industry standard IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Mass Storage Reference Model. UCFM strives to be the most standards based HSM product in the industry. UniTree's ability to quickly port to the Linux operating system is a testament to the openness and portability of the UniTree architecture. UCFM currently runs on Solaris from Sun Microsytems, IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. from SGI, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. from Hewlett-Packard and Digital Unix from Compaq. UniTree Software Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in the greater Silicon Valley. UniTree develops storage software solutions that cost-effectively manage growing volumes of data. UniTree's suite of products are available through a network of OEMs, VARs, and Resellers. UniTree products use a host of tape and optical libraries from companies including StorageTek (NYSE: STK), ADIC, Hewlett-Packard, Exabyte and others. For more information on the UniTree products, contact sales at UniTree Software at 1-888-UNITREE, or www.unitree.com. |
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