Symantec System Recovery Solutions to Support Microsoft Data Protection Server.CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC SYMC Symantec Corporation (stock symbol) ) --Symantec LiveState Recovery Products to Support Microsoft Data Protection Server to Provide Fast, Reliable and Complete System and Bare Metal 1. bare metal - New computer hardware, unadorned with such snares and delusions as an operating system, an HLL, or even assembler. Commonly used in the phrase "programming on the bare metal", which refers to the arduous work of bit bashing needed to create these basic tools Recovery to Help Ensure Information Availability for Customers Symantec Corp., the global leader in information security, today announced plans to support the recently announced Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS Minicomputer series from Bull HN. 1. (language, text) DPS - Display PostScript. 2. (language) DPS - A real-time language with direct expression of timing requests. ["Language Constructs for Distributed Real-Time PRogramming", I. ) with Symantec LiveState Recovery products to maximize system and data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. and minimize downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. for customers. The Symantec LiveState Recovery family of products provides bare metal recovery of Microsoft Data Protection Server and the servers it backs up. The combination of the Symantec LiveState Recovery family of products and the Microsoft DPS is intended to give enterprises and small to midsized businesses (SMBs) continuous disk-based backup and recovery for the protection of business systems and data. Microsoft Data Protection Server, currently in private beta, is scheduled to be generally available in the second half of 2005. Microsoft DPS is designed to provide businesses of all sizes with rapid and reliable recovery and continuous and efficient protection for business data for Windows customers. Symantec LiveState Recovery products provide fast, reliable and cost-effective system recovery. "The combination of Symantec's LiveState Recovery solutions with DPS will protect critical data and ensure rapid recovery of complete systems with minimal impact on the organization," said Jim Herbert, general manager, Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. Division at Microsoft Corp. "Together, these solutions will significantly reduce recovery times and eliminate the backup window." Along with planned support for DPS, Symantec LiveState Recovery products capture a point-in-time operating state, or LiveState, of an entire server or desktop, which includes the 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. , applications, data, and settings into one easy-to-manage file. These point-in-time snapshots are created hot without interrupting user productivity or application usage. Users can perform a full system restoration, a complete bare metal recovery or retrieve individual files or folders in minutes avoiding the hours it usually takes to manually rebuild servers and workstations and restore data from conventional backup. "The announcement of Microsoft DPS provides further validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. for the data and system protection market," said Don Kleinschnitz, vice president of product delivery, enterprise administration, Symantec Corporation. "With Symantec's LiveState Recovery support for Microsoft DPS, we have responded to business customers' increasing demands for comprehensive data and system protection. Symantec LiveState Recovery together with DPS is designed to change the paradigm of systems and data recovery, by providing new levels of reliability and availability for customers wanting a front line of defense in their backup and recovery strategy." Symantec LiveState Recovery Advanced Server and Symantec LiveState Recovery Standard Server provide complete server system and data restoration in a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
About Symantec Symantec is the global leader in information security providing a broad range of software, appliances and services designed to help individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, and large enterprises secure and manage their IT infrastructure. Symantec's Norton brand of products is the worldwide leader in consumer security and problem-solving solutions. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 35 countries. More information is available at http://www.symantec.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, please view the Symantec Press Center at http://www.symantec.com/PressCenter/ on Symantec's Web site. All prices noted are the manufacturer's suggested retail prices in US dollars and are valid only in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Symantec and the Symantec logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation in the United States and certain other countries. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully re·spect·ful adj. Showing or marked by proper respect. re·spect  ful·ly adv. acknowledged. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT: This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , including forecasts of future revenue and earnings per share, expected industry patterns, and other financial and business results that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from results expressed or implied by this press release. Such risk factors include, among others: the sustainability of recent growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. , particularly in consumer products; the anticipation of the growth of certain market segments, particularly enterprise security; the positioning of Symantec's products in those segments; the competitive environment in the software industry; general market conditions; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; changes to operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and product strategy by vendors of operating systems; and whether Symantec can successfully develop new products and integrate acquired businesses, and the degree to which these products and businesses gain market acceptance. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors is contained in the Risk Factors sections of Symantec's recently filed Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. . Symantec assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release. |
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