Legato Systems Provides Across-the-Network Backup Protection for Microsoft Windows 98 Systems; Legato Announces Support for Emerging Desktop Platforms for the Enterprise.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)--July 27, 1998--Legato Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LGTO LGTO Legato Systems (stock symbol) ), a leader in the enterprise storage management software market, today announced that its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. line, Legato NetWorker, supports Microsoft's new Windows 98 desktop operating system The control program in a user's machine (desktop or laptop). Also called a "client operating system," Windows is the overwhelming majority while the Macintosh comes second. There are also several versions of Linux for the desktop. Contrast with network operating system. . Legato NetWorker for Windows NT, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and NetWare will be able to protect any connected desktop or laptop Windows 98 system. Microsoft Windows 98 is the latest operating system to be supported by Legato NetWorker, which can protect over 40 operating systems. Legato NetWorker is the ideal solution for IT departments that need a simple method to back up multi-platform file servers, application servers, database management systems, and client desktops across the network to an easy-to-administer storage management server. "The Windows 98 backup support provided with Legato NetWorker allows for excellent data protection for enterprise customers who choose Windows 98," said Rob Bennett, group product manager, Microsoft Corp. "Now customers can use the same backup technology to protect their Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95, and Windows 98 desktops." "Legato NetWorker provides full support for Windows servers and PCs, and is ideal for IT departments that have made a strategic commitment to Windows," said Nora Denzel, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and senior vice president of Legato Systems, Inc. "Add to that Legato NetWorker's cross-platform support and advanced media management capabilities, and you've got the potential for a truly 'lights-out' enterprise storage management operation." Support for the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system will be included in the next planned release of Legato NetWorker, scheduled for September 1998. Support for Windows 98 will also be available as part of ClientPak for PC, for administrators who are backing up Windows 98 systems to other Legato NetWorker storage servers running on Solaris, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , NetWare, or other UNIX systems. Legato NetWorker Product Family Legato NetWorker is the leading storage management software for the protection of PCs, workstations, and file/print, database and application servers, regardless of operating system. Legato NetWorker sets the standard for high-speed business-critical data protection by providing backup, recovery, archive, and automated disaster recovery for networks of all sizes. Legato NetWorker(R) BusinesSuite(TM) provides high-speed, database and application-specific backup and recovery solutions. Legato NetWorker BusinesSuite's database-centric approach is ideal for protecting business-critical applications. Support is provided for Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. , Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is widely used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure solutions. , Oracle, SAP/R3, Lotus Notes, DB2, Sybase, and Informix servers. Legato NetWorker 5.1 for Windows NT and Legato NetWorker BusinesSuite Module for Exchange Server carry the `Designed for Microsoft BackOffice' logo. Pricing and Availability Legato NetWorker is currently available with pricing starting at $1,000 (U.S. suggested list). For additional information on all of Legato Systems' enterprise storage management software products, please contact Legato sales via phone at (650) 812-6000, or via e-mail at sales@legato.com. About Legato Systems Legato Systems, Inc. develops, markets, and supports an integrated set of enterprise storage management software products for heterogeneous client/server computing environments. Large customers around the world select the Company's solution because of its reliability, platform independence, and unique ability to seamlessly integrate with existing and future computing environments. Legato's storage management software has become the recognized de-facto standard with the largest installed base, representing over 15,000 customers, protecting more than 2,000,000 systems. 24 of the world's largest system and applications vendors have chosen Legato's software as their preferred storage management solution for their customers, including Banyan, BMC Software, Compaq/Digital, Compaq/Tandem, Data General, Fujitsu/Amdahl, Fujitsu/ICL, Groupe Bull, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Informix, 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. , Netscape, Network Appliance, Nihon-Unisys, Oracle, Siemens Nixdorf, Silicon Graphics, Sony and Sun Microsystems. The company's NetWorker, BusinesSuite, and GEMS products are also licensed, resold, or endorsed by other major vendors, including Computer Associates, IBM/Tivoli, Microsoft Corp., MTI MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) MTI Metal Treating Institute MTI Moving Target Indicator (radar) MTI Magyar Távirati Iroda (news agency in Budapest, Hungary) , Novell, and SAP. Legato's home page address on the World Wide Web is http://www.legato.com. Note to Editors: Legato NetWorker is a registered trademark, and NetWorker Archive, NetWorker HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. , ClientPak, SmartClient, SmartMedia, StorSuite, BusinesSuite, Power Edition, Legato GEMS, and OpenTape are trademarks of Legato Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other product, trademark, company, or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Legato Systems, Inc. Suzan Woods, 650/812-6112 swoods@legato.com |
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