RELIATY INTROS FIRST DATA PROTECTION SOFTWARE FOUNDED ON NDMP.

Reliaty has introduced Reliaty Backup, the first data protection software developed on a Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) foundation, allowing backup and recovery of data from any point within a storage environment to any device, regardless of the server and storage platforms or location of the connections. Reliaty Backup is the only data protection software to offer this seamless methodology for multiplatform environments, creating a new level of cost savings, ease-of-use, and faster data recovery.

Reliaty Backup preserves information safely on secondary storage so that it can be recovered reliably in case of disaster, which is the key value users seek when designing a backup strategy. This standards-based software can be used with Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, and also with UNIX, Linux, and Windows systems even if NAS is not present. Reliaty Backup can serve as the only data protection software required in heterogeneous environments. This provides enterprises with a new means to safeguard critical business information, reduce IT costs, improve data availability, minimize additional staff training, and speed information access.

"Data protection software isn't about backing up data. It's about restoring data at the moment it's needed to ensure business continuity," noted Jim Ward, president of Reliaty. "Our goal in creating this new style of data protection software is to provide enterprises with the means they require to keep their business running."

The average hourly cost to recreate data is near $50,000, while for some ecommerce sites and point-of-sale backbones, the cost is upwards of $2 million to recover lost data.* These estimates confirm the value of data availability to businesses today and the strategic role that data recovery software plays in an enterprise's IT and business strategy. Reliaty has designed a data protection software that is highly flexible for the multiplatform environments that exist today.

Reliaty Backup is the only data protection software to reduce media costs in a heterogeneous environment by offering the ability to intermingle data from different platforms on a single tape. Reliaty Backup optimizes data recovery performance by offering ISO/POSIX compliance, which allows reading and restoration with any standard TAR program; and direct-to-block positioning during recovery.

"Enterprises should favor reliable backup software that can optimize network resource use and speed recovery performance," noted Dan Tanner, senior analyst, storage and storage management, with Aberdeen Group. "Extending NDMP benefits beyond NAS to a wide variety of host system types can present an enterprise with significant savings opportunities in media, capital equipment, and operational costs."

"In case of system failure or accidental deletion of data, we rely on data protection software to ensure that our data is readily available," explained Rob Henderson, associate facilities director at Indiana University Computer Science Department. "By making it easier to back up data in complex environments, reducing resource use for backups, and providing a reliable way to restore data when needed, Reliaty is giving us an important means to make data more available and continue our operations uninterrupted."

Pricing for Reliaty Backup starts at $2500. The software will be available in July.

Reliaty (formerly Workstation Solutions) delivers the industry's first data protection software founded on NDMP to safeguard vital enterprise information and ensure business continuity. Reliaty is a leader in the NDMP Working Group of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), defining the architecture and standardization of NDMP V4 and V5.[sections]