DataMirror High Availability Suite(TM) Version 3.5
Delivers Enhanced Support For 7/24 e-Business
TORONTO, CANADA--New Features and Functionality Enhance e-Business
Resiliency and Availability
DataMirror Corporation (TSE: DMC), a leading provider of
enterprise-wide data replication, replenishment and resiliency
software, announced today a new version of its award-winning High
Availability Suite product. High Availability Suite Version 3.5,
scheduled for general availability on August 29, 2000, represents
a breakthrough in performance, ease of use and resiliency for
e-business implementations.
DataMirror High Availability Suite Version 3.5 is the first and
only AS/400 high availability solution to utilize state-of-the-art
byte stream file recording introduced into the OS/400 operating
system by IBM. Support for byte stream file recording allows High
Availability Suite to manage the underlying Integrated File System
(IFS) requirements of business applications and Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) software. The Integrated File System lets
the user support stream input/output and storage management
similar to personal computer and UNIX operating systems, while
providing structure for all information stored in the AS/400. IFS
support is especially beneficial for e-business implementations
because many types of web page objects are typically stored under
the Integrated File System, making it a crucial and integral part
of any e-business.
With High Availability Suite's byte stream file support, users can
now mirror their large IFS files in real-time to ensure that
AS/400 web servers and e-commerce sites are thoroughly backed up
and resilient 7/24. "It is extremely exciting to be the first and
only AS/400 High Availability Solution Provider to support
real-time IFS mirroring through byte stream file recording," said
Kirk Dixon, Executive Vice President, Development and Support for
DataMirror. "This represents a significant advancement in AS/400
high availability product offerings, and complements IBM's support
of IFS in its OS/400 operating system."
In addition to the breakthrough performance of DataMirror's
XtremeCache(TM) technology and the unique synchronization
properties of Match/Merge architecture, High Availability Suite
Version 3.5 also includes auto-tuning. This new performance
enhancement is designed to automatically optimize High
Availability Suite to ensure maximum performance for all data and
object mirroring between the primary and recovery systems. Version
3.5 also includes a number of operational usability enhancements
such as the ability to invoke external alarms and alerts based on
conditional events, and features an enhanced simplified interface
for ease of use and administration of the entire high availability
environment.
"As more and more customers implement data-rich e-business and
customer-facing applications on the IBM AS/400 platform, high
availability and data resiliency become paramount," said Nigel
Stokes, Chairman, President and CEO of DataMirror Corporation.
"This new version of High Availability Suite includes enhanced
features and functionality directed specifically towards
e-Business environments. DataMirror is the first and only AS/400
high availability vendor to take advantage of IBM's byte stream
file recording support to ensure unprecedented levels of data
resiliency. High Availability Suite Version 3.5 will make it even
easier for Internet companies and traditional bricks and mortar
organizations to ensure continuous 7/24 business operations."
About DataMirror iCluster(TM) and High Availability Suite
DataMirror iCluster software enables companies to realize the
benefits of AS/400 clustering. iCluster includes an easy-to-use,
advanced cluster management tool to define and monitor the entire
cluster from a single station. iCluster enables companies to
approach 99.999% business continuity by providing data resiliency
and applications resiliency in conjunction with the IBM
ClusterProven(TM) applications standard. All the features of High
Availability Suite Version 3.5 will be concurrently available on
iCluster.
DataMirror High Availability Suite is a single integrated product
for continuous business operations in AS/400 environments. It
maximizes business continuity by capturing AS/400 objects and
database transactions from primary systems and mirroring them in
real-time to one or more recovery AS/400s to limit the business
effects of planned and unplanned outages.
Pricing and Availability
DataMirror High Availability Suite Version 3.5 will be generally
available on August 29, 2000. Pricing is custom quoted based on
computing environment. For more information, please contact a
DataMirror representative at 1 800 362-5955.
About DataMirror Corporation
DataMirror solutions provide the underlying infrastructure
required to integrate e-business applications with operational and
legacy systems. DataMirror software gives companies the ability to
ensure that data is distributed, available, effectively managed
and accessible anywhere in the world in real-time. DataMirror
software integrates data among multiple databases including DB2,
Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and Sybase across OS/390, OS/400,
NUMA-Q, UNIX, Linux and Microsoft Windows NT/2000. More than 1,100
customers have chosen DataMirror software to integrate their
business critical data and applications.
Founded in 1993, DataMirror is a worldwide company with
distribution in more than 30 countries. In the 2000 Profit
Magazine annual Profit 100 survey, DataMirror recently earned the
distinction of being the fastest growing software company in
Canada and the third fastest growing Canadian company across all
industries. DataMirror's 35,946% growth over the past 5 years
makes it the fastest growing software company in the 12 year
history of the Profit 100. DataMirror has corporate headquarters
in Toronto, Canada and offices throughout North America and
Europe. DataMirror is a publicly traded company listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: DMC). For more information, visit
the company's web site at datamirror.com. |
