Seagate Software Storage Area Network Storage Management Software
Enables LAN-Free Backup for Enterprise Environments
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Seagate Software, a leading provider of
network and storage management solutions for Microsoft Windows NT Server and
Windows NT Workstation operating systems, today announced that it will
demonstrate its Storage Area Network (SAN) storage management software
technology during COMDEX/Fall. The Seagate Software SAN solution
demonstration utilizes Gadzoox' Gibraltar managed Fibre Channel hub and the
recently announced Denali managed area switch (announced November 10, 1997).
The technology demonstration will be held during COMDEX/Fall on November 17
through November 20 in the Golden Nugget Pebble Beach Room.
"The Seagate Software SAN storage management solution, based upon our
award-winning Seagate Backup Exec software, will optimize Fibre Channel
technology to provide a cost-effective, high-performance solution for
large-capacity storage management," said Terry Cunningham, president and chief
operating officer, Seagate Software. "This demonstration is a powerful
assertion of our move to support next-generation storage technologies and is
the first in a number of announcements Seagate Software will be making in this
area."
Seagate Software's support for secondary storage Fibre Channel technology
will offer enterprise-class solutions to Windows NT and Novell NetWare
environments with scalability and performance benefits previously only
available to Unix and Mainframe platforms. The new SAN storage management
software technology will increase the performance, manageability, productivity
and reliability of enterprise-wide data storage. Seagate Software plans to
continue its fast SAN technology development progression and expects to be the
first software vendor to deliver a comprehensive SAN storage management
software solution that optimizes the benefits of shared tape storage using
Fibre Channel technology.
Leveraging its strategic relationship with Gadzoox, via Gadzoox'
partnership with Seagate Technology, the new Seagate Software SAN solution
will be demonstrated using Gadzoox Fibre Channel arbitrated channel loop
products. It will enable data backups to be performed "behind" the server,
eliminating LAN backup traffic, and easily integrate into a data-center and
enterprise-management framework for increased data availability and a reduced
total cost of ownership.
"Storage Area Networking has rapidly been embraced as the enabling
architecture for the next generation of enterprise storage and storage
management solutions," said Bill Sickler, president and CEO of Gadzoox
Networks. "The LAN-Free backup environment being jointly developed by Gadzoox
and Seagate Software addresses the critical needs of the enterprise by
simplifying and accelerating remote data backup, mirroring, and vaulting over
distances of up to 10 kilometers."
Seagate Software will soon be leveraging additional strategic partnerships
in future SAN storage management technology announcements.
The Seagate Software SAN storage management software technology is based
on the company's award-winning Seagate Backup Exec product. Seagate Backup
Exec is part of a broad family of Seagate Software storage management
solutions designed to protect and manage computer data at all levels of an
organization from the desktop to the enterprise and on all popular computing
platforms. For more information about Seagate Software, network and storage
management products, contact the Orlando-area office at: 400 International
Parkway, Heathrow, FL 32746; 800-327-2232; 407-531-7500; FAX 407-531-7730.
Seagate Software, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology, Inc., develops
tools and applications for Business Intelligence and systems and storage
management that enhance the availability, access and analysis of information.
Its award-winning solutions include Seagate Backup Exec, Seagate Crystal
Reports, Seagate Crystal Info, Seagate Holos and Seagate WinINSTALL. Seagate
Software has established strategic relationships with Microsoft, Novell, IBM,
Hewlett-Packard Company, Informix, Oracle, Netscape, PeopleSoft and other
industry leaders, and markets its products worldwide, through distributors,
value-added resellers, systems integrators, retailers, and OEMs. Seagate
Software's home page address on the World Wide Web is
seagatesoftware.com.
Seagate Technology, Inc. (NYSE:SEG) is a leading provider of technology
and products enabling people to store, access, and manage information. Seagate
is committed to providing best-in-class hardware and software products to help
people get their information when, where and how they need it. With nearly $9
billion in revenues for its 1997 fiscal year, Seagate can be found around the
globe and on the World Wide Web at seagate.com.
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registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Seagate Backup Exec,
Seagate Backup Exec Small Business Server Suite, Seagate Backup Exec
Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option and Seagate Crystal Reports are either a
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