Yosemite Technologies and Certance Extend Partnership

Certance's New Disk-To-Disk-To-Tape Solutions are Now Shipping with Yosemite's TapeWare Offering Small-To-Medium Businesses a Robust, Easy-to-Use Backup and Recovery Solution


FRESNO, Calif., March 22, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Yosemite Technologies, a leading developer of multi-platform backup and recovery software solutions and Certance, a world leader in innovative, cost-effective data protection solutions for companies of all sizes, announced today that Yosemite's TapeWare XE is shipping with all configurations of the recently released Certance CP3100, a fast, reliable and economical disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) solution for SMB business-critical data.

TapeWare XE is an easy to install and use, multi-platform backup and disaster recovery software solution designed for the SMB. The product incorporates a robust feature-set, including a Web Gateway to provide centralized or remote management for cross-platform environments. The product also features multi-streaming interleaving to single or multiple tape devices and provides the ability to centrally manage distributed devices for increased performance.

"By providing our easy-to-use, feature-rich TapeWare solution to the Certance CP3100, we continue to offer customers a reliable, feature-rich back-up solution to the SMB," stated John Maxwell, vice president of worldwide marketing of Yosemite Technologies. "The CP3100 bundled with TapeWare is truly a win-win solution for anyone who wants to fully protect and manage their mission critical data without breaking the bank."

"Complementary to our DAT/DDS products, our inclusion of TapeWare XE with the CP 3100 is a natural extension of our partnership to deliver to the SMB robust solutions with the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO)," stated Ryan Malone, senior product marketing manager at Certance.

Detailed information on the Certance CP 3100 can be found at http://dpa.certance.com. The companies' backup solutions are available through Value Added Resellers and Distributors in the region. To find a Yosemite reseller or distributor in your area, go to http://www.tapeware.com/Partners/resellerlocate.asp

About Yosemite Technologies

Yosemite Technologies is a global provider of enterprise-caliber backup solutions for the small-to-medium enterprise (SME). Yosemite's flagship product, TapeWare(r), provides a single solution for environments running Microsoft(r) Windows, Linux, Novell NetWare(r) and UNIX. Yosemite has developed strong technology and channel partnerships with leading companies including HP, Dell, Microsoft, Certance, Ingram Micro and Gateway. The company's commitment to Backup Simplified(tm) represents Yosemite's focus on delivering products that offer unmatched performance, ease-of-use and value. Founded in 1996, Yosemite Technologies is a privately held company located in Fresno, California. For more information, visit www.yosemitetech.com.

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 provides a full array of data recovery solutions including LTO Ultrium, DDS/DAT, Travan and DPA-based technologies and with more than 12 million tape devices installed worldwide. Certance extends its rich heritage beyond tape technology with the introduction of DPA technology-based CP 3100 data protection solutions. 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 www.certance.com.


            

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