US AFB Chooses Diligent Technologies' ProtecTIER for Backup & Recovery.Diligent Teams up with Partner Abba Technologies to Deploy ProtecTIER[TM] to Overhaul Agency's Backup and Recovery Infrastructure FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Diligent Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise data protection solutions, today announced that a US AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass near Colorado Springs, Colorado The City of Colorado Springs is the second most populous city (after Denver) in the state of Colorado and the 48th most populous city in the United States.[4] The city is the county seat of El Paso County. , has installed its industry-leading ProtecTIER[TM] data de-duplication See deduplication. solution for the unit's classified backup and restore operations. With integration and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services led by Abba Technologies, the team at the AFB unit cut their backup time by half during the first night of operation and improved recovery time from hours to minutes. The US AFB provides a state-of-the-art data center in support of several Missile Defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged Agency (MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. ) programs. Critical MDA activities are housed here, including advanced modeling and simulation systems for the National Missile Defense National Missile Defense (NMD) as a generic term is a military strategy and associated systems to shield an entire country against incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). The missiles could be intercepted by other missiles, or possibly by lasers. System. Diligent's ProtecTIER was brought on board to create a backup environment that can complete all backups in the allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. time window as well as improving resource utilization. The ProtecTIER installation was straight-forward and was completed on schedule. During its first night of operation, the ProtecTIER system decreased backup times by over 50%. "The big picture for our unit was that we had a heterogeneous storage environment that needed to be optimized and consolidated. We also had a lot of information to store and a small back up window to do it in. ProtecTIER cut our back up time in half the first night it was up and running," said the Storage Resource Manager for the US AFB. "It's great to have fabulous backup--but it doesn't mean much without reliable restore functions; they are key. That's where the installation of ProtecTIER has been especially gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. . Today we are satisfying our customers when they request information, virtually in real-time. We are able to give them more than they ask for." "All of the initial conversations Abba Technologies had with the AFB engineering team included the need to consider a new solution for backup and restore," said Ken Payne, chief technologist, Abba Technologies. "Diligent Technologies had the perfect solution with ProtecTIER. The ProtecTIER environment accommodates the unit's need for flexibility and efficiency while at the same time solving the age-old backup problem--successful restores. We are pleased with the success of Diligent's ProtecTIER at the unit. It has made a world of difference in their storage environment." Diligent's ProtecTIER platform is the first true enterprise-class disk-based data protection solution that enables customers to reduce their required backup disk A disk used to hold duplicate copies of important files. A variety of removable media are used for backup, including floppy, Zip and Jaz disks, CD-Rs, CD-RWs and DVD-RAMs. See backup. storage capacity by 25 times or more, while ingesting backup data at rates of 200MB/s or more. ProtecTIER enables electronic replication for disaster recovery and scales up to 1 PB of physical disk storage. Powered by HyperFactor[TM], the industry leading in-line data de-duplication technology, ProtecTIER enables enterprises to eliminate redundant data resulting in a large-scale reduction in the amount and cost of required physical storage, thus rendering disk-storage economically viable for backup, restore and archive. About Diligent Technologies Corporation Diligent delivers scalable, proven, enterprise-class disk-based data protection solutions. Diligent's ProtecTIER[TM] platform, powered by HyperFactor[TM], a game-changing in-line data de-duplication technology, enables customers to protect more data while recording less of it, all without disrupting existing policies, practices and procedures in their data center. Diligent's solutions and professional services are available through its reseller and partner channels along with sales, service and R&D support located worldwide. Information on Diligent Technologies is available on the World Wide Web at www.diligent.com, tel: +1-508-663-1300 or e-mail: info@diligent.com. About Abba Technologies Abba Technologies is an employee owned IT Solutions and Professional Services provider operating throughout the Southwest region of the United States. Established in 1993 by former employees of Digital and 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) , Abba serves government, education, and private sector clients through offices in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. The company has extensive and ongoing relationships with the National Laboratories of the U.S. Department of Energy. Abba was recently recognized as one of the top technology companies headquartered in New Mexico and has won several industry and customer awards for outstanding service and performance. For further information on Abba Technologies, call (888) ABBATECH or go to www.abbatech.com. 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