BakBone and Certance Team to Deliver New Data Protection Solutions With LTO Ultrium Technology
18 8월 2004 - 10:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
BakBone and Certance Team to Deliver New Data Protection Solutions
With LTO Ultrium Technology - BakBone is First Backup and Recovery
Provider to Support LTO Ultrium Generation 3 Solutions SAN DIEGO,
Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BakBone Software(TM)
(OTC:BKBOFOTC:TSX:OTC:BKB) (BULLETIN BOARD: BKBOF, TSX: BKB) , a
global provider of data protection software, and Certance LLC, a
world leader in innovative, cost-effective data protection
solutions for companies of all sizes, today announced that NetVault
will ship with Certance's newly introduced CL 800 LTO Ultrium
Generation 3 series and CL 400H LTO Ultrium Generation 2
Half-Height series of data protection solutions, available this
Fall. As the first backup and disaster recovery vendor to support
the LTO Generation 3 'Performance' and LTO Generation 2 half-height
'Value' series, the introduction of Certance's new solutions
solidifies BakBone's footprint in both the enterprise, and small
and medium-sized business (SMB) markets, respectively. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031120/SDBAKLOGO) "Businesses
are constantly challenged with finding an affordable way to
increase the backup and restore performance while complying with
corporate governance mandates," said Jack Corrao, vice president of
marketing at Certance. "By working closely with BakBone and
seamlessly integrating NetVault into Certance's CL 800, LTO Ultrium
Generation 3, series and CL 400H, LTO Ultrium Generation 2
Half-Height series, we are demonstrating our ongoing commitment to
bringing powerful price-performance to our enterprise and SMB
customers." "BakBone provides customers powerful data protection
solutions that deliver high levels of performance and reliability
and up to 30% lower TCO than competitive solutions," said Adrian
Jones, senior vice president, OEMs and Alliances Group, BakBone.
"NetVault, combined with Certance's award winning data protection
solutions, expands BakBone's product reach and demonstrates our
commitment to meeting the demands of a rapidly growing storage
market." Bundled with every Certance CL 800 LTO Ultrium Generation
3 tape drive and CL 400H LTO Ultrium Generation 2 drive will be
BakBone's NetVault Workgroup backup software package providing
increased performance and enhanced backup throughput. The
availability of a fully licensed enterprise-class data protection
solution with every Certance LTO Generation 2 and Generation 3
drive, will offer a complete, scalable solution for SMBs that
desire a cost- effective and reliable way to upgrade their backup
IT environment, and for large enterprises looking for increased
backup and restore performance and capacity for larger
heterogeneous data sets. About Certance Certance is a worldwide
market leader providing the broadest range of tape backup products
and data protection solutions with a commitment to innovative,
cost-effective data protection for companies of all sizes.
Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, Certance produces a full
array of data protection solutions including LTO Ultrium, DDS/DAT,
Travan tape technologies and DPA- disk based technologies including
CP 3100 data protection solutions. With more than 12 million tape
devices installed worldwide, the Company designs, manufactures and
markets a wide range of solutions to meet the backup, restore and
archive needs of virtually every platform from notebooks and PCs to
enterprise servers. Certance can be found around the globe and at
http://www.certance.com/. About BakBone Software, Inc. BakBone
Software is a leading international data protection solution
provider that develops and distributes data backup, restore, and
disaster recovery software for network storage and open-systems
environments. BakBone delivers scalable solutions that address the
complex demands of large enterprise environments, as well as small
to medium sized businesses. Founded in 2000, BakBone products are
used by Fortune 1000 corporations and domestic and international
government entities. Distributed through a select global network of
OEM partners, resellers and solution providers, interested
companies can learn more information about BakBone's products and
services at http://www.bakbone.com/ or email . Safe Harbor This
press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, which, if they
do not materialize or prove correct, could cause BakBone's results
to differ materially from historical results, or those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and
uncertainties may include, but are not limited to, competition in
our target markets; potential capital needs; management of future
growth and expansion; risk of third-party claims of infringement;
protection of proprietary information, customer acceptance of the
company's products and fee structures; the success of BakBone's
brand development efforts; risks associated with strategic
alliances; reliance on distribution channels; product
concentration; need to develop new and enhanced products; potential
product defects; our ability to hire and retain qualified employees
and key management personnel; and risks associated with changes in
domestic and international market conditions and the entry into and
development of international markets for the company's products.
Our forward- looking statements should be considered in the context
of these and other risk factors disclosed in our most recent report
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may be
found at http://www.sec.gov/, as well as those risk factors
disclosed in the current report filed with the Canadian Securities
Administrators, which is available on SEDAR at
http://www.sedar.com/. All future written and oral forward-looking
statements made by us or on our behalf are also subject to these
factors. BakBone assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances
arising after the date on which it was made. BakBone, BakBone
Software, NetVault, Application Plugin Module, APM and the BakBone
logo are all trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone
Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries.
Certance and the Certance logo are trademarks of Certance LLC.
Linear Tape-Open, LTO, the LTO logo, Ultrium and the Ultrium logo
are U.S. trademarks of Certance, HP and IBM in the U.S., other
countries, or both. All other brands, products or service names are
or may be trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of,
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owners. For more information, please contact: Dani Kenison,
Manager, Public Relations of BakBone Software, Inc.,
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