Vixel Announces Certification with Syncsort's Backup Express Software; Leading Fortune 1000 Backup and Restore Software Certified with Vixel Switching Products.Business Editors/Technology Writers BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2001 Vixel Corporation (Nasdaq:VIXL VIXL Video Cross Links VIXL Video Image Cross Link ), a leading provider of storage area networking solutions, today announced that it has completed certification of its Fibre Channel fabric A Fibre Channel fabric (or Fibre Channel switched fabric, FC-SW) is a switched fabric of Fibre Channel devices enabled by a Fibre Channel switch. Fabrics are normally subdivided by Fibre Channel zoning. Each fabric has a name server and provides other services. switching products with Syncsort's Backup Express software. Syncsort's Backup Express software product provides advanced backup and restore functionality for network attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) and storage area network (SAN) environments and is a certified product for use with Network Appliance's industry leading filer products. Vixel has a certified LAN Free backup Refers to backing up data without transferring it across the LAN or WAN and slowing down the network. The simplest LAN free architecture is a server or a NAS storage device with backup storage (tapes, MO, CD, etc.) directly attached. solution in place with Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything that allows NAS and SAN technologies to work together to maximize performance benefits for users of NetApps filer products. "The significance of this certification is that both Vixel and Syncsort customers now have the option of implementing our respective products together into storage applications, whether they are in a NAS or SAN-based environment, or in a scenario that employs both storage technologies," said Claude Lorenson, senior product manager, switch and solution products for Vixel. "In addition, Vixel's earlier work with other vendors to create the industry's first LAN Free backup solution employing both NAS and SAN technologies, means that there is a large base of NAS appliance users who can make use of both Vixel and Syncsort products as they increase their storage capacity." "Syncsort's Backup Express certification ensures seamless interoperability with Vixel's equipment throughout the enterprise," said Winston W. Hait, senior product manager at Syncsort, Inc. "This allows customers to fully exploit the industry-leading technology that Vixel supplies in all their switches and combine that with the power and interoperability of Backup Express. This provides customers with fully featured backup, restore and disaster recovery solutions that meet a variety of needs including NAS and SAN implementations." Vixel Fibre Channel Fabric Switch Features: -- Designed and optimized to offer the highest throughput performance -- Scalable for large switch meshes -- No single point of failure at the port level design -- Interoperable with multivendor switches -- Full-fabric, private and public loop support -- Highly distributed architecture for mission critical reliability and availability About Backup Express Syncsort's Backup Express is an advanced, enterprise-wide backup and restore solution for 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). , Windows NT/2000 and NetWare 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. . It supports Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol) An open standard for backing up data in a heterogeneous environment. Developed by Network Appliance and IntelliGuard Software, NDMP uses a common data format which is written to and read from drivers for the specific disk and ). Its distributed architecture allows it to back up to any device in the system, whether it is running UNIX, Windows, or NetWare, while maintaining a single central catalog for the entire enterprise. Backup Express can cluster tape drives, including large automated libraries, at any server on the enterprise; dynamically allocate drives within a SAN; provide three different backup scenarios for NDMP-based systems; keep sensitive data off the network; and allow on-line backups of large database servers such as Oracle, SAP, MS Exchange, and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. . Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference include risks affecting performance and market acceptance of Vixel's products, Vixel's ability to meet its quality and performance standards, development of the storage area network, or SAN market, the competitiveness and performance of Vixel's products in the rapidly changing SAN market and the ability of Vixel to meet evolving product standards required by customers and others involved in the distribution channel for SAN products. Further information on the factors and risks that could affect Vixel's business, financial condition and results of operations, are contained in Vixel's Annual Report on 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. , and most recent Form10Q, which are available at www.sec.gov. About Vixel Corporation Vixel Corporation offers customers real-world solutions for storage networking. As a leading provider of Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, the company's comprehensive portfolio of multivendor certified solutions, switches, hubs and integrated management software delivers reliable, interoperable solutions to its customers and partners. SAN InSite is Vixel's comprehensive open management software for SANs, providing remote control and diagnostics for Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified company. For more information, visit Vixel's web site at www.vixel.com. Vixel Corporation is headquartered at 11911 North Creek Parkway South, Bothell, Washington Bothell is a city located in the state of Washington. The population was 30,150 at the time of the 2000 census. Prior to annexation and the 2000 census, the northern portions of Bothell which lie in Snohomish County were considered a part of the Alderwood Manor-Bothell North 98011 and can be contacted by phone at 425/806-5509 or e-mail at marketing@vixel.com. About Syncsort Syncsort Incorporated is a leading developer of high-performance systems and data warehousing software for mainframe, UNIX, and Windows environments. For more than 30 years, Syncsort has built a reputation for superior product performance and reliable technical support. An independent market research firm has named Syncsort as one of the top Data Warehouse 100 Vendors for three years in a row. Over 95 percent of the Fortune 100 companies are Syncsort customers, and Syncsort's products are used in more than 50 countries to speed data warehouse processing, improve database loads, speed query processing, and back up and protect data in distributed environments. For more information, visit the Syncsort web site at www.syncsort.com. |
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