HP SureStore DAT40 DDS-4 Drive Supported by Leading Software Vendors.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 1999-- New Emulation Program Enables ISVs to Develop Backup Software Concurrently with Tape Drives, Shortens Time to Market and Gives Customers Range of Backup-software Solutions Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that its HP SureStore DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. 40 DDS-4 tape drive already has support within leading backup-software packages -- even before the product has begun to ship. This level of integration is a first and is enabled by a special "emulator Hardware, software or a combination of the two that enables a computer to act like another computer and run applications written for that computer. In the past, it was often a hardware add-on that actually contained an instruction execution module for the emulated computer. " tool that ensures HP customers will be able to operate the new DDS-4 drive with the software of their choice -- not forced into using a limited range of software or the default in-the-box software. "We applaud HP's efforts to accelerate tape-backup-software development," said John Ticer, president and chief executive officer at Stac Software. "HP's emulator allows us to move from sequential to simultaneous development and will result in better and more comprehensive backup solutions for the customer." "This is a win for all concerned," said Jack Trautman, general manager of HP's Computer Peripherals Bristol. "HP wins because it's to our advantage to offer the broadest possible software support. Our ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. partners win because they'll be able to have their products ready to go when our new drives hit the market. And customers win because they'll be able to run our new HP SureStore DAT40 products with software from the leading backup ISVs in the industry today. That's what delivering a `whole product' really means." HP's backup-software-development program equips ISVs with an advanced emulation tool that cuts backup-software time to market by up to six months. HP believes the emulation tool is an industry first -- a combined hardware/software system that enables an ordinary PC to replicate rep·li·cate v. 1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat. 2. To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of genetic material, a cell, or an organism. n. A repetition of an experiment or a procedure. the features and operations of a tape drive. It simulates the major external interfaces of various drives -- including HP's new SureStore DAT40 DDS-4 drive and the new Ultrium format drive. Developers can test their basic commands and feature sets -- such as tape formatting, unattended backup scheduling, incremental-backup detection and error notification -- against a new drive's emulated hardware and firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. . This allows developers to make adjustments in time to offer production backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. when the new drive ships. Concurrent ISV support is the cornerstone of HP's "whole-product" concept. HP provides all necessary tape-backup components required to successfully configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. , operate and support a tape drive. This means everything required to get started is in the box, including a drive, media, cabling, configuration and diagnostic utilities, and user documentation. The whole-product concept also means ensuring that ISVs are able to deliver supporting software products that let customers or their resellers create complete backup solutions, and that qualified media supplies are in place. HP's emulation tool was used for the first time by ISVs, including Computer Associates, Seagate Software Seagate Software was an international software corporation headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. It was a majority owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, the largest independent disc drive and related components company in the world. and Stac Software, to adapt their existing tape-backup programs to work with HP's new SureStore DAT40 drive, expected to be available this fall. About HP's Information Storage Group HP's Information Storage Group (ISG ISG Iraq Study Group ISG Iraq Survey Group ISG International Steel Group ISG Integrated Security Gateway ISG Information Systems Group ISG Information Systems Group (IBM) ISG Integrated Starter/Generator ), which focuses on the rapidly growing extended-storage market, manufactures and sells information storage based on CD, tape, and magneto-optical technologies. ISG's mission is to be the premier provider of a complete range of storage solutions and media from desktop to departmental and enterprise servers and networks. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing computing - computer and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of electronic services. HP had computer-related revenue of $39.5 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. HP plans to launch a new company consisting of its industry-leading test-and-measurement, semiconductor products, chemical-analysis and medical businesses. These businesses represented $7.6 billion of HP's total revenue in fiscal 1998. With leading positions in multiple market segments, this technology-based company will focus on opportunities such as communications and life sciences. HP has 123,000 employees worldwide and had total revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. |
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