COMMUNITY OF COMPANIES LAUNCH ENHANCED WEBSITE FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS DISASTER READINESS AND RECOVERY PLANNING
(PRWEB) March 24, 2000
For Immediate Release
COMMUNITY OF COMPANIES LAUNCH ENHANCED WEBSITE FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS DISASTER READINESS AND RECOVERY PLANNING
Interactive tools and information to protect mission-critical company data
MILPITAS, Calif., March 20, 2000 /MMG/Outrider/ - Quantum DLTtape's Prove It, the disaster recovery readiness education initiative, led by DLTtape group and supported by more than 45 leading technology companies, today went live with a major redesign of its tools-rich disaster readiness planning Website. Among the many enhanced features, the Prove It website offers a powerful self-assessment and preparation program that provides companies with numerous tools to protect their information assets from a variety of computer systems disasters.
According to Dennis Waid, President of Peripheral Research Corporation, "DLTtape's Prove It is a unique business resource site that offers valuable, cost-free and confidential self-analysis to determine a company's readinessin the event of a computer
Systems disaster. Byusing it, executives and IS/IT professionals alike can avoid problems that a computer systems disaster can trigger. Companies can save themselves a tremendous amount of money, potential lost customers and credibility by being prepared and assessing their contingency plans before a computer systems disaster strikes."
Bill Schilling, DLTtape platform marketing manager and Prove It spokesperson remarked, "This redesign improves an already strong resource in response to what users told us they needed most. Companies that are interested in aggressively and continuously improving their computer information systems' integrity now have an even stronger toolkit at their disposal."
The Prove It Website uses a groundbreaking interface design, employing DHTML (Dynamic HyperText Markup Language) and XML (eXtensible Markup Language), to improve the user experience. Small, movable tool palettes were developed for use in the Website which interact with other Website contentto allow users to focus on onepart of their disaster readiness process while keeping the appropriate tools at hand. Users can personalize their workspace as well as manage, track and receive feedback towards improved readiness, all at once.
Additional Website improvements include:
· The Disaster Readiness Scorecard: Enables users to assess and analyze company readiness to respond to a systems disaster
· Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Toolkit: A suite of tools and information designed to facilitate the process of assessing the impact that a computer disaster would have on a particular company
· Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Toolkit: Provides users with a step-by-step guide to the requirements of building a thorough plan for systems disaster protection
· Backup Tutorial: Explains best practices for establishing and maintaining back-up systems forreliable protection of current
data
· Archiving Tutorial: Explains best practices for establishing and maintaining safe, off-site archiving systems for longer-term data storage requirements
· Getting Approval and Buy-in: Provides practical resources for helping to convey the importance of DRP to various
stakeholders in the company, from executive management to peers to the company at large
· Acquiring Products and Services: Provides information on Prove It partners' solutions to enable companies to meet their disaster recovery planning requirements
Prove It's Website benefits both executive managers and IS/IT professionals through information and tools tailored to the concerns of each. Executives can visit the site and receive guidance on assessing the impact that a computer systems disaster poses totheir company, evaluate their company's preparedness, and locate preventative resources, including products and services, all in one place.
About Prove It
The Quantum DLTtape disaster recovery readiness initiative, Prove It, is a market education program sponsored by more than 45 leading data protection products and services companies listed below and hosted by the DLTtape Division of Quantum Corporation. The initiative was created to challenge executive management and IS/IT professionals to assess and "prove" that they had adequate business continuity plans. The Prove It community of companies, by type include: Archive: Arcus Data Security, Iron Mountain Co.; Dataguard Corp.; Recall Total Information Management; Pierce Leahy Archive, Iron Mountain Co.; Vital Records, Inc. Backup Software ISVs: Connected Corporation; Computer Associates International, Inc.; HighGround Systems, Inc.; Legato Systems, Inc.; Network Integrity; NovaStor; Stac, Inc.; Veritas [and Seagate] SoftwareCorporation Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery: Comdisco Continuity Services; Hewlett-Packard Business Recovery Services; IBM Business Continuity and Recovery Services; Strohl SystemsGroup, Inc.; SunGard Recovery Services, Inc. Business Continuity - Authority: Contingency Planning & Management Magazine; Disaster Recovery Institute International; Disaster Recovery Journal Library Automation: ADIC, ATL Products, Quantum Corporation; Breece Hill, Siemens Co.; Exabyte; Overland Data, Qualstar Corporation, StorageTek Network Attached Storage: Snap Server Division of Quantum(Meridian); Network Applicance Services: EverGreen Data Storage, Inc.; Ontrack Data International; Perm-A-Store, Inc. Systems Manufacturer: Compaq; Dell; Hewlett-Packard Storage System Division; IBM Personal Systems Group; IBM Numa-Q Division(Sequent); Quantum Corp.; Siemens Nixdorf; Sun Microsystems; Tandberg Data Virus Protection: Network Associates (McAfee); Symantec (Norton Antivirus) Internet: Exodus
About DLTtape
With more than 1.4million DLTtape drives and
More than 40 million DLTtape media cartridges shipped to date, DLTtape technology is the de facto standard for backing up and archiving business-critical data for mid-range servers and high-end workstations. Information on the DLTtape platform can be found at www. dlttape. com. Information about Super DLTtape can be found at www. dlttape. com/super_dlttape (http://www. dlttape. com/super_dlttape).
About Quantum
Founded in 1980, Quantum Corporation (www. quantum. com) is the world's leading storage supplier in five of the seven markets it serves: desktop hard disk drives, tape drives, network attached storage (NAS) appliances, solid state systems and hard disk drives for the emerging personal video recorder (PVR) market. Quantum is also the second largest supplier of mid-range tape automation systems and a leading supplier of high-end hard disk drives. In 1999 Quantum became the first Silicon Valley company to issue tracking stock, replacing its existing common stock with the ticker symbols DSS and HDD, which track the separateperformance of the company's DLT and Storage Systems and Hard Disk Drive businesses. Both stocks are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Selling its products through OEM and distribution channels worldwide, sales for the fiscal year ending March 1999 were $1.3 billion for Quantum's DLT and Storage Systems Group and $3.6 billion for Quantum's Hard Disk Drive Group. ###
The foregoing statements regarding potential savings, and the avoidance of future problems, including computer-related problems, customers and credibility are forward looking statements and actual results could vary. Factors which affect actual results include the individual circumstances of each company, including any needed repairs, upgrades, or compatibility issues. Use of the website is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use contained on the website. c. 2000, Quantum Corporation. Quantum is a trademark of Quantum Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. DLT, DLTtape, Super DLTtape, and the
DLTtape logo are trademarks of Quantum Corporation. For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Lisa Manganiello at (541) 617-5332 or mailto:lisam@mmgco. com.
