Press Release
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, March 21, 2005 – Syncsort Incorporated is proud to announce that Backup Express, its high-performance data protection product, is committed to offering seamless support for the Novell Linux Small Business Suite. Backup Express continues to provide the most reliable Linux support in the data protection market, supporting Novell customers with more backup and recovery features for Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server and Open Enterprise Server than any other software vendor.
Backup Express has unique, strong support for all of Novell's products, and the two companies are working together to create the next generation of integrated storage solutions. Novell Linux Small Business Suite is a reliable, secure suite of products that allows small businesses to capitalize on the value of Linux including cost-savings, flexibility, manageability, and open source applications. Small businesses gain flexibility and increased productivity with a low total cost of ownership (TCO).
"Syncsort consistently provides support for the cutting edge of Novell technology," said Hal Bennett, vice president of global business development for Novell. "They continue in their role as a key technology partner with this announcement of their commitment to support Novell Linux Small Business Suite. This will contribute to offering our customers of all sizes comprehensive and seamless data protection."
"With the introduction of the Novell Linux Small Business Suite, Novell is providing small business customers with a secure, reliable suite that increases flexibility, productivity and security, with an overall lower total cost of ownership. Syncsort is pleased to support Novell Linux Small Business Suite with Backup Express, assuring customers of full data protection and high availability of their Novell Linux Small Business Suite environments," said Dan Regan, executive vice president of Syncsort.
About Backup Express
Backup Express is a high-performance enterprise data protection solution for UNIX, Windows, Linux, and NetWare environments. Backup Express is the only solution that integrates heterogeneous snapshot, image, and rapid recovery options, supports any combination of UNIX, Windows, NetWare/OES, Linux, and NDMP/NAS in a SAN, performs backup of all data directly across a Fibre Channel or iSCSI network, dynamically shares all drives, supports all NDMP incrementals, and controls this entire enterprise environment with a single catalog and browser-based GUI.
About Syncsort
Syncsort Incorporated is a leading developer of high-performance data management and data warehousing software for mainframe, UNIX, Linux and Windows environments. For more than 35 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 seven 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 back up and protect data in distributed environments, speed data warehouse processing, and improve performance of data-intensive applications and processes. For more information, visit the Syncsort Web site at www.syncsort.com.
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