Legato Systems announces the industry's first enterprise storage management solution for Microsoft Windows NT; includes Microsoft BackOffice integration.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 leading provider of client/server-based enterprise storage management software, today announced NetWorker for the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT server network operating system An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. , the first native Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. server-based enterprise storage management application designed specifically for protecting mission-critical data and applications on Windows NT workgroups or mixed platform enterprises. NetWorker for Windows NT sets a new standard for protecting data for Windows NT-based data by offering the following capabilities: comprehensive data protection for multi-platform environments, widest platform support in the industry, consistent network-wide administration, high performance, mainframe-class media management, and unique modularity. In addition, NetWorker for Windows NT will offer the best "out of the box" integration with Microsoft BackOffice See BackOffice. family. NetWorker for Windows NT, Version 4.2, is a native Windows NT-based application that runs as a Windows NT-based service, and allow customers to set up a local workgroup backup server A computer in a network used to store copies of files from client machines or other servers. Such servers typically have their disks set up in a RAID configuration to provide fault tolerance. See backup program, RAID, SAN and LAN free backup. or a centralized storage management server for mixed platform installations including the MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , the Windows operating system, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups A version of Windows 3.1 introduced in 1992 that added peer-to-peer networking. See Windows. (operating system) Windows for Workgroups - (WFW, WFWG) A version of Windows 3.1 which works with a network. Although stand-alone 3. , OS/2, 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). , Macintosh and NetWare systems. Michael Peterson The name Michael Peterson can mean:-
"They are waiting for a suitable product to come to market. Legato's NetWorker for Windows NT is the first product that uses NT as the host backup server in an enterprise solution." "This is an important announcement for corporate customers," said Mike Nash, group product manager, business systems division, at Microsoft. "NetWorker for Windows NT provides a powerful Windows NT-based network storage management solution which unifies and consolidates storage management across workgroups, departments and multi-platform systems," concluded Nash. "With Windows NT and Microsoft BackOffice, Microsoft has redefined the server's role within an enterprise by providing a flexible platform for business applications. "Windows NT enhances the server's role beyond file and print services and therefore dramatically increases the importance of the data resident on Windows NT-based application servers and attached desktops," said Louis C. Cole, president and chief executive officer of Legato Systems. "Protecting this mission-critical data is not well served by today's backup utilities. Network managers need a more reliable, scalable and high performance network storage management solution that they can trust and grow with. NetWorker for Windows NT will be the software they will trust," Cole concluded. NetWorker Product Family for Windows NT NetWorker for Windows NT will be offered in two configurations: Server Edition and Network Edition. The Server Edition is ideal for homogeneous Windows NT workgroups where reliable, standalone backup is desired, including protection of Microsoft BackOffice applications. The Network Edition is ideal for mixed platform environments where the Windows NT application server is configured as a storage management server. NetWorker for Windows NT, Network Edition can reliably protect data across more platforms than any other solution in the market today at a performance standard not possible with backup utilities currently available for the Windows NT platform. Network Edition also includes client software for protection of Windows NT, as well as MS-DOS, Windows and Windows for Workgroups. Support for Microsoft Windows 95 will be available the first quarter of 1996. Legato also announced today an entry-level version of the product that offers a feature-rich alternative to the backup utility which ships as part of Windows NT Server. Legato Data Backup Utility (LDBU LDBU Local Data Buffer Unit ) for Windows NT offers additional backup features and performance, and provides a migration path to Legato's award-winning NetWorker product line. Legato Data Backup Utility will be made available to customers through participating business partners and selected computer or storage hardware vendors. Customers can also request LDBU directly through Legato's World Wide Web site (http://www.legato.com) for a nominal handling and shipping fee. In December 1994, Legato announced the availability of its ClientPak, for Windows NT that provides protection for data resident on Windows NT Workstation and servers networked to any NetWorker storage management server. The native Windows NT storage management server product offers Legato customers an additional option for Windows NT environments. NetWorker Features for Windows NT BackOffice Integration: NetWorker for Windows NT provides the best "out of the box" support for the following Microsoft Back Office applications: 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. client-server database manager system (off-line backup), 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. and Microsoft Mail An earlier and simple messaging system from Microsoft that runs on PC and AppleTalk networks. Gateways are available to a variety of mail systems including X.400, PROFS and MHS. Microsoft Mail-enabled applications are written to the MAPI programming interface. See Microsoft Exchange. Server (including event notification Event notification is a term used in conjunction with communications software for linking applications that generate small messages (the "events") to applications that monitor the associated conditions and may take actions triggered by events. via MAPI (Mail API) A programming interface from Microsoft that enables a client application to send to and receive mail from Exchange Server or a Microsoft Mail (MS Mail) messaging system. Microsoft applications such as Outlook, the Exchange client and Microsoft Schedule use MAPI. ), Systems Management Server (NetWorker event notification integrated with Systems Management Server), and Microsoft SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. Server (transparent access to mainframe storage). To be made available in the first quarter of 1996, enhancement modules will provide on-line SQL Server, System Management Server, and LAN-to-mainframe storage via SNA Server, and NetWorker client software distribution via Systems Management Server. Comprehensive Data Protection: NetWorker for Windows NT provides comprehensive data protection for Windows NT-based systems, including all file systems, Macintosh name spaces, registry and event logs. Unlike current backup offerings, NetWorker also provides complete data protection for multi-platform environments, including NetWare (Bindery A NetWare file used for security and accounting in the early NetWare 2.x and 3.x versions. The bindery pertained only to the server it resided in and contained the names and passwords of users authorized to log in to that server. , NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services and name spaces), OS/2 (including extended attributes and ACLs), and UNIX (including hidden system files and ACLs). Widest Platform Support in the Industry: Since NetWorker for Windows NT is based upon fourth-generation code, it can support 47 unique platforms, including NetWare 3, NetWare 4, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Solaris, SunOS, SCO UNIX, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, OS/2, Digital OSF/1, 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. , 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. and VINES, to name just a few. Strong Endorsement from Windows NT and RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. Vendors: NetWorker for Windows NT was designed for easy porting to various CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. architectures. Several of Legato's NetWorker OEMs will port NetWorker for Windows NT to the MIPs and Alpha platforms. Each of these OEMs will develop, sell and support NetWorker-based solutions directly to the market for Windows NT. Consistent Network-Wide Administration: A Windows NT Workstation can be configured as a central storage management console, providing a single point of administration for all storage management processes for the entire enterprise. Global policies and schedules can be configured from a central point, including the ability to receive daily reports from all storage management servers. Unlike other Windows NT backup utilities that support only platform-specific tape format, NetWorker creates a set of interchangeable tape libraries based upon Legato's OpenTape format allowing administrators to exchange backup and archive tapes across multiple platforms such as NetWare, UNIX, Windows NT, VINES and others. High Performance: Unlike other backup offerings that are based upon a dumb-client/smart-server design, NetWorker is designed as a shared intelligence architecture. As a result of intelligent software being resident on both clients and servers, NetWorker is the only Windows NT backup product that can provide both backup and recovery parallelism (data multiplexing), client-side compression, password protection and encryption services. Current Windows NT backup solutions only offer hardware parallelism at a significantly higher cost. With intelligent server software, multiple data streams can be driven to multiple and dissimilar storage hardware devices at the same time, greatly reducing the time necessary to perform nightly backups. As a result of Legato's intelligent client software, users of Windows NT Workstation and other desktop operating systems can perform file recoveries, on-demand backups and archival services without administrator intervention. Scheduled backups can be performed faster because multiple CPUs are "pushing" the data across the network to the storage server and eventually the storage hardware devices. Mainframe-Class Media Management: NetWorker's SmartMedia, a suite of powerful media management routines, provides many mainframe-class media management capabilities not previously available from Windows NT backup utilities. Legato's SmartMedia automates the backup process by providing fully automated media management not offered by other solutions, such as media pools for rapid recovery; bar code support for rapid media tracking; automated drive cleaning, auto-verification for reliability and data integrity; and support for cartridge access ports for easy maintenance, automated loading, unloading and tape spanning for ease of use. Another key advantage is NetWorker's automated resource scheduling and dynamic load balancing for all device utilization in multi-device and multiple autoloader configurations. Networker's media- and robotics-independent architecture provides uniform support for a wide variety of tape and autochanger See autoloader. technologies including QIC (Quarter Inch Cartridge) A magnetic tape technology introduced in the early 1980s that has been widely used for backup. It was the first popular tape format for PCs. , 4mm 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. , 8mm and DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. tape devices and libraries. NetWorker for Windows NT is the only storage management application that exploits the full capabilities of today's state-of-the-art high capacity autoloaders for performance and fully automated operation. Unique Modularity: Unlike competitive offerings that require re-installation of software and shutdown of the server when new features or options are desired, NetWorker for Windows NT deploys "electronic keys" that unlock features and options by just typing in numerical enabler codes. This unique feature of NetWorker greatly simplifies the expansion of storage management, saving the administrator time, money and accessibility of critical network services. Pricing and Availability NetWorker for Windows NT will be available in December 1995, at the U.S. suggested list price of $995 for the Server Edition and $1,495 for the Network Edition. Several options will be available at the following U.S. suggested list prices: -0- Server and Network Edition Options:
Autoloader Software Module $500 -- $4,700
Mainframe Module $4,700 (Supports Stage3
Third Party Software)
NetWorker Archive: $750
Network Edition Only Options:
ClientPaks: $1,500 Each Per Server
For PC Desktop, for NetWare, for UNIX, for Macintosh
Universal Client Connections: Supports All Client Types
(PC, UNIX, NetWare, Macintosh, etc.)
5 $ 750
25 $ 3,125
100 $10,000
PC Desktop Client Connections: Supports PC Desktop Types
(MS-DOS, Windows NT, Windows, Windows for Workgroups, Macintosh,
OS/2)
5 $ 625
25 $2,500
100 $7,500
TurboPak: $1,250 Per Server
-0- "Legato is on their fourth-generation of storage management software and has been an innovator and pioneer in network storage management for enterprises since the founding of the company in 1988," said Rob Enderle, an industry analyst at Dataquest in San Jose, Calif. "Their leadership and experience can now be carried over into Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft BackOffice strategy by providing a tightly-integrated storage management solution." Background on Legato Systems: The cornerstone of Legato's network storage management strategy is the way in which its award-winning software product, NetWorker, was designed. NetWorker solves the network storage management puzzle by delivering a consistent, global solution designed to protect data across multiple hardware platforms, operating systems and storage devices. Networker's scalable, modular and high performance solution protects more data in less time across a wider range of desktops, workstations and servers than any other solution. -0- Some important facts to consider in analyzing network storage management software: -- Legato's multi-platform network storage management software is the industry's de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for automated network storage management for heterogeneous, client/server enterprises for the following environments: NetWare, Solaris, SunOS, SCO UNIX, Digital UNIX, HP-UX, IRIX, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, OS/2 and now Macintosh. -- Legato's exclusive enabler technology provides electronic keys to most of NetWorker's features, and add-on options provide easier addition of new storage services without having to re-install software or take down the server. -- Legato's exclusive intelligent client technology provides user and administrator-initiated backup, restore and archive services for systems running NetWare, MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows, Windows NT, OS/2 and UNIX. Intelligent client technology utilizes the local CPUs of the system to be protected and "pushes" the data across the network, while processing multiple data paths simultaneously. The end benefit is the ability to protect more information in a shorter time frame. -- Legato's exclusive central administration provides administrators with the ability to centrally manage any NetWorker-compatible storage management server from any supported workstation regardless of platform type. Administrators can set up global policies and schedules, as well as centrally receive daily reports from all backup and storage management servers. -- Legato's exclusive OpenTape technology provides administrators with a consistent and interchangeable tape format across NetWare, MS-DOS, Windows, MacOS, Windows NT, OS/2 and UNIX. -- Legato's database technology ensures high performance, automated and reliable backup and restore of Oracle, Informix and Sybase systems. In addition, SAP's application suite of products can be protected. -- Legato's LAN-to-mainframe technology provides administrators with the option to integrate network backup with traditional mainframe storage management. This technology links NetWorker to popular 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) and Digital mainframes via third party software. -- Legato's network management (SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. ) technology provides administrators with the option to integrate NetWorker's event monitoring feature with popular network management systems, including HP OpenView and Sun Solstice solstice (sŏl`stĭs) [Lat.,=sun stands still], in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes (separated from them by an angular distance of 90°). Network Manager. -- In addition, Legato NetWorker has been chosen as a key strategic component of the following network or systems management suites: Sun's Solstice Enterprise Management suite, Digital's POLYCENTER systems management suite, Tivoli's Tivoli/Plus systems management suite and Siemens Nixdorf's Transview Control Center systems management suite. -0- Note to Editors: Legato NetWorker is a registered trademark, and Staccato, 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, SmartMedia, Legato Data Backup Utility and OpenTape are trademarks of Legato Systems Inc. All other product, trademark, company or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. Microsoft, Windows NT, BackOffice, MS-DOS and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. CONTACT: Legato Systems Inc., Palo Alto Suzan Woods, 415/812-6112 |
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