Legato Systems Announces Support for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server's Beta 3 Version
Announcement Also Initiates Legato's NetWorker Beta Program
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1999--Legato Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LGTO - news), the leader in the enterprise storage management software market, today announced that its industry-leading storage management product, Legato NetWorker, will support the Beta 3 version of the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system.
Specifically designed to work with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Beta 3, this new version of Legato NetWorker provides customers with comprehensive data protection for their Windows 2000 environments, including low cost of ownership, easy administration, scalability and stability.
This version of Legato NetWorker begins the NetWorker for Windows 2000 Beta program, which will to run through the rest of 1999, concurrent with Microsoft's Beta program. The final product is planned for release in early 2000. Legato will provide participants in the program with Legato NetWorker software designed around Windows 2000. For more information on Legato's Beta program, contact local Legato sales offices.
''Customers are asking for applications, such as Legato NetWorker, that take advantage of the new technologies in our operating system,'' said Ed Muth, group product manager of Windows 2000 and Infrastructure products at Microsoft Corp. ''The combination of Legato NetWorker and Windows 2000 Server will provide enterprise customers, who are evaluating Beta 3, with high performance storage management and data protection.''
Legato continues to be actively involved in development and beta testing programs for Windows 2000. ''By providing immediate support for Windows 2000 Beta 3, Legato reinforces our commitment to customers and partners who see the value proposition in Microsoft's next generation operating system. NetWorker for Windows 2000 continues Legato's tradition of providing best-of-class storage management solutions for the Windows enterprise,'' said Eric Harrison, Legato product manager, NetWorker for Windows 2000.
Legato is uniquely positioned as the only provider of a fully integrated storage management solution based upon a consistent, scalable, and manageable architecture. The company's software is designed to ensure distributed data and applications remain available to users by minimizing operational downtime -- both planned and unplanned. The company's software has become the recognized de facto storage management standard with the largest installed based of more than 40,000 customers, protecting more than 4,000,000 systems.
About Legato Systems
Legato Systems, Inc. develops, markets, and supports an integrated set of enterprise storage management software products for heterogeneous client/server computing environments. Large customers around the world select the Company's solution because of its reliability, platform independence, and unique ability to seamlessly integrate with existing and future computing environments. Legato's storage management software has become the recognized de facto standard with the largest installed base, representing over 40,000 customers, protecting more than 4,000,000 systems. Twenty-four of the world's largest system and applications vendors have chosen Legato as a strategic partner for protecting their customers' data, including Banyan, Compaq, Data General, Fujitsu/Amdahl, Fujitsu/ICL, Groupe Bull, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Informix, NEC, Netscape, Network Appliance, Nihon-Unisys, Oracle, Siemens AG, Silicon Graphics, Sony, StorageTek, and Sun Microsystems. The company's NetWorker, BusinesSuite, SmartMedia, and GEMS products are also licensed, resold, or endorsed by other major vendors, including BMC Software Box Hill, Microsoft Corporation, MTI Technology, and Novell. Legato NetWorker is also Computer Associates-ready and Tivoli-ready. Legato's home page address on the World Wide Web is legato.com.
Legato NetWorker and Legato SmartMedia are registered trademarks, and NetWorker Archive, NetWorker HSM, ClientPak, SmartClient, StorSuite, BusinesSuite, Power Edition, Legato GEMS, and OpenTape are trademarks of Legato Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other product, trademark, company, or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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Contact:
Legato Systems
Trish Terry
925/556-4100 ext. 1302
tterry@legato.com |
