Overland Receives Resellers Choice Award From Computer Technology Review for DLT1-LoaderXpress.Business Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2000 Overland Data Inc. (Nasdaq:OVRL), a technology leader in tape backup Using magnetic tape for storing duplicate copies of hard disk files. Users can add an internal or external tape drive to their desktop computers for backup purposes, and files are typically copied to the tapes using a backup utility that updates on a periodic schedule. products, received Computer Technology Review's coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. "Resellers Choice," a designation bestowed on the latest technology innovations for the reseller market, in the March 2000 issue. The award was for the company's recently announced LoaderXpress built around 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. 1 technology. Resellers Choice awards from Computer Technology Review, a publication respected for its knowledge and coverage of the storage market, signal the magazine's affirmation of up-and-coming products and services deemed worthwhile to the reseller community. Calling it the "next step in its corporate strategy to supply entry-level to enterprise solutions," the review lists price, value, robustness and reliability of the DLT(a) technology as key elements of Overland's DLT1 tape subsystem and DLT1-based version of its LoaderXpress. This new award adds to an impressive list of editorial wins for Overland automated storage solutions, totaling more than 20 to date. "We are honored that Computer Technology Review has seen fit to recognize Overland's products with this latest Resellers Choice award," said Steve Richardson, vice president of marketing for Overland. "The DLT1 solutions fulfill our mission to deliver entry- level to enterprise storage solutions to our customers, allowing them to operate with a single, compatible tape platform strategy. And for storage automation, they can now take advantage of Overland's award-winning robotics technology as well." The DLT1-based products bring Overland customers economical additions to the company's comprehensive DLT-based solutions and leverage the unprecedented value of the DLT1 format to open up the robustness and reliability of DLT technology to customers that have previously been limited to 4mm and 8mm products. It is backward read-compatible with DLT4000, offering an excellent growth path for current DLT4000 customers. Based on technology licensed from Quantum Corp., the Benchmark DLT1 tape drive offers a 40 GB native capacity (80 GB compressed) and a 3 MB/second native transfer rate (6 MB/sec compressed), providing enterprise reliability and performance at entry-level pricing. Comparably priced DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S drives offer a native capacity of just 20 GB and a data transfer rate of only 2.4 MB/sec, along with the inherent complexity of the DDS format and consumer electronics heritage of 4mm digital audio tape See DAT. (storage, music) Digital Audio Tape - (DAT) A format for storing music on magnetic tape, developed in the mid-1980s by Sony and Philips. As digital music was popularized by compact discs, the need for a digital recording format for the consumer existed. technology. With the rapid growth in entry-level server disk capacity, users whose needs are starting to exceed the performance and capacity of DDS can now move into DLT technology. Computer Technology Review is a monthly tabloid dealing exclusively with computer technology information for resellers and integrators. The publication's mission is to provide integrators with the information needed to evaluate, specify, integrate and implement working systems that match multiple vertical applications. It is available online at http://www.ctrtab.com. About Overland Overland Data Inc. (Nasdaq:OVRL) is a global supplier of innovative data storage and storage automation solutions for computer networks. The company's award-winning DLT LibraryXpress(TM) SmartScale Storage(R) architecture has set new standards for intelligent automated storage and scalability and established Overland as a leader in the mid-range tape storage market. Today, Overland is broadening its product line and technology offerings to address additional segments of the storage market, including the entry-level small-business market, as well as the higher-end enterprise environment. Overland's patented Variable Rate Randomizer In telecommunication, the term randomizer has the following meanings: 1. A device used to invert the sense of pseudorandomly selected bits of a bit stream to avoid long sequences of bits of the same sense (also referred to as scrambler). (VR2(TM)) data encoding technology, capable of substantially increasing the capacity and throughput of linear tape formats, is being applied by the company to Travan tape drives, and has been licensed to Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. , Tandberg Data Tandberg Data (OSE: TAD) is a company focused on data storage products, especially streamers, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. They are the only company still selling drives that use the QIC format (also known as SLR), but also produce VXA, LTO and DLT products, along with and Imation Corp. Overland products, acclaimed for their quality and reliability, are sold worldwide through leading OEMs, including Compaq, 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) , Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). and Groupe Bull Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or simply Bull) is a French computer company based in Les Clayes-sous-Bois, outside Paris. The company has also been known at various times as Bull General Electric, Honeywell Bull, CII Honeywell Bull , commercial distributors such as Ingram Micro, Tech Data Corp. and Bell Microproducts, as well as storage integrators and value-added resellers. (a) DLT and DLTtape are registered trademarks of Quantum Corp. worldwide. |
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