Gartner Group gives highest marks to PDC's BudTool for backup performance.KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 1996--In a recent evaluation of BudTool(R), a backup/retrieval software package for heterogeneous networks from PDC (1) (Primary Domain Controller) A Windows NT/2000 service that manages security for its local domain. Every domain has one PDC, which contains a database of usernames, passwords and permissions. , Gartner Group awarded the product its highest score in its "performance" category. Gartner Group is a leading worldwide consultant to information technology professionals. Gartner's "performance" category includes the following criteria: multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. support, file batching capability (optimum network usage), unique small-file handling (backup and recovery), efficient large-file handling (backup and recovery), and unique data reduction techniques (minimal network traffic). BudTool also scored high grades on a number of other criteria, including scalability, heterogeneity, ease of use and reporting/monitoring. BudTool is an automated network backup and retrieval management tool that backs up data to a non-proprietary format using industry- standard UNIX utilities. It requires no client-side software to load and install, resulting in both cost and time savings. In addition, BudTool scales well allowing for unlimited network growth. Since PDC licenses only the media server, the cost per seat actually diminishes as a network grows. BudTool supports the following backup server platforms: SunOS, Solaris, Auspex aus·pex n. pl. aus·pi·ces An augur of ancient Rome, especially one who interpreted omens derived from the observation of birds. [Latin; see auspice.] Noun 1. , HP 9000, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) RS/6000 and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. . BudTool software pricing begins at $2,495 per media server to a single tape drive. As a leading provider of products and services for open systems networks, PDC offers UNIX-centric client/server systems management solutions, including hardware, software and services. PDC maintains a nationwide network of sales/service offices to provide on-site support for its products and services. For more information, contact PDC at 800/654-4732. CONTACT: PDC, King of Prussia Karen Kelty, 610/265-3300, ext. 126 |
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