(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 10, 2003 ) CHICAGO -- At Storage Decisions 2003, NSI® Software, a leading provider of data replication software and services, today announced support for Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 and a relationship with Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM). The combination of NSI’s replication software with Windows Storage Server 2003 provides businesses a cost-effective storage solution to keep critical data protected and highly available. NSI’s relationship with Iomega Corporation, a global leader in data storage, allows the companies to deliver affordable and easy-to-manage NAS devices, based on the Windows Storage Server 2003 platform, with disaster recovery, high-availability and centralized backup capabilities.

“Due to a great deal of commoditization taking place in the server and storage world, storage server OEMs must forge relationships with software vendors to provide complete storage solutions including data protection,” said Analyst Steve Kenniston of the Enterprise Storage Group. “Integrating technology such as NSI Software’s data replication, Iomega offers SMEs a solid solution for centralized backup as well as disaster recovery.”

The NSI Software/Iomega relationship extends the availability and value proposition of Iomega’s NAS storage server appliances by providing customers the added security of data protection from NSI Software. NSI and Iomega are embarking on a relationship, which will kick off at Storage Decisions 2003 (booth #505), where both companies will team together to showcase the value of their joint solution.



“Microsoft is extremely pleased that NSI is supporting Windows Storage Server 2003 to provide reliable data replication capabilities,” said Rakesh Narasimhan, general manager of the Enterprise Storage Division at Microsoft Corp. “As a result, our mutual customers will receive tremendous value, in terms of data security and protection.”



NSI’s Double-Take® is fully scalable asynchronous data replication software that provides protection for data and virtually any application, including Exchange, SQL Server and Oracle. Iomega’s Windows-based NAS storage server appliances are easy-to-manage network storage solutions for file-level data consolidation that enable sharing and backup across all Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, NetWare, UNIX and Linux clients on a LAN or WAN.



“Businesses rely on our NAS products to simplify the consolidation, sharing and backup of their critical data. By working with NSI Software, we can help customers add the benefits of replication technology, including high-availability and centralized backup, to extend the value derived from their NAS systems,” said Wayne Arvidson, director of marketing at Iomega. “We look forward to extending our relationship with NSI Software and leveraging the opportunities presented by Windows Storage Server 2003.”



NSI Software’s Double-Take replication and failover software allows businesses to exploit new advanced features offered in Windows Storage Server 2003 for more intelligent handling and protection of data. Businesses, for example, can use Double-Take with the new Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to create point-in-time copies of information so that if it becomes corrupt, an organization can restore the information from a previous point-in-time when it was in a good-known state.



“Demand for highly available data protection and storage systems is at an all time high, as more and more businesses realize just how vulnerable their critical information is to system outages and disasters. Through our strategic technology teams, including Microsoft and Iomega, we are helping businesses implement tailor-made, cost-effective solutions to keep their businesses running 24x7,” said Bob Guilbert, vice president of marketing and business development for NSI Software.

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