Legato Systems to Provide IBM Ultrium LTO and DB2 Customers with Additional Automated Data Backup and Recovery Options
Announcement posted by Legato Systems Inc. 09 Jan 2002
Technology bundle distributed exclusively through channel distributors
Legato Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTO), a worldwide leader in enterprise storage management software, announced today that Legato NetWorker(r) software and complementary NetWorker Modules will be shipped with selected IBM high-performance TotalStorage Ultrium LTO Tape Libraries and DB2 Universal Database(r) (UDB). The bundles are available exclusively through Legato channel distributors.
"By combining the strength of IBM's Ultrium LTO with the capabilities of Legato NetWorker, businesses can efficiently protect growing data assets," said Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn, Director Marketing and Alliances Storage Systems Group, IBM. "This co-marketing relationship between Legato and IBM is intended to provide customers with a range of data backup and recovery solutions that can be both quickly and confidently implemented."
Legato NetWorker simplifies, centralizes, and automates backup and recovery operations across Unix, Windows, Linux and NetWare platforms. As a result, IBM Ultrium LTO and DB2 customers using Legato's NetWorker will have access
to the data protection capabilities and management consistency needed most by heterogeneous enterprises in DAS, NAS and SAN storage environments. Advanced indexing, high-speed parallelism, tape cloning, NDMP support, and
dynamic tape drive sharing are among NetWorker advantages that help protect storage assets and minimize downtime.
"IBM provides an attractive LTO offering with its Ultrium line," said David G. Hill, Research Director, Storage and Storage Management, Aberdeen Group. "This co-marketing relationship between Legato and IBM will be an added benefit to IBM customers because it provides, pre-tested for interoperability, enterprise-class data protection software that not only
leverages the performance of LTO technology, but that can be readily implemented."
Legato NetWorker Modules provide high-performance, online protection and rapid recovery for popular databases, messaging and ERP applications. These include IBM DB2, Informix, Lotus Notes, and SAP. Other complementary
modules provide autochanger support, HSM and Archive functionality, and automated NDMP-based NAS protection capabilities.
"We are pleased that IBM, an industry leader is teaming up with Legato to provide NetWorker together with IBM's TotalStorage Solutions Offerings," said Charles Fonner, vice president, worldwide marketing, Legato Systems. "It also demonstrates the strength of Legato's and IBM's commitment to provide solutions that keep business-critical information available and well protected."
About Legato
Legato Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTO), the award winning software innovator, specializes in providing its customers with a seamless approach for protecting, moving and making available business-critical company information. Legato pioneered the industry standard for storage management software products. More than 10,000 customers, including Fortune 1000 companies, are utilizing more than 65,000 Legato software product licenses worldwide. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, USA, Legato has an established global presence with offices in 23 countries to fully serve its
customers. Legato is a founding member of the Storage Networking Industry Association in the USA and Europe. For more information on Legato Systems, Inc., its products and services visit www.legato.com.
Legato, The Legato logo design, Legato NetWorker, Celestra, GEMS and SmartMedia are registered trademarks and Co-StandbyServer, RepliStor, SnapShotServer, QuikStartz and San Academy are trademarks or servicemarks of Legato Systems, Inc. All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Information regarding products, services and offerings may be superceded by subsequent documents. For the latest information and specifications regarding Legato Systems, Inc. and any of its offerings or services, please contact your local sales office or the Corporate Headquarters.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the demand and customer acceptance of our products, our business pipeline and our operations and prospects for the remainder of fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to close larger contracts in the current challenging IT spending environment, the on-going weakness in the economy,
the ability of the Company to continue to develop and update products for which there is market demand, customers' acceptance of our contract terms, integration of new executives and employees, unexpected fluctuations in quarterly operating results, product concentration, competition from other companies, and rapid technological change. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results to vary materially, interested parties should review the "Risk Factors" listed in the Company's Form 10-K for fiscal 2000 and the Forms 10-Q for the first, second and third quarters of the Company's fiscal 2001, which are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements in this press release reflect the Company's beliefs and predictions as of December 12, 2001. The Company disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements as a result of financial, business or any other developments occurring after December 12, 2001.
"By combining the strength of IBM's Ultrium LTO with the capabilities of Legato NetWorker, businesses can efficiently protect growing data assets," said Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn, Director Marketing and Alliances Storage Systems Group, IBM. "This co-marketing relationship between Legato and IBM is intended to provide customers with a range of data backup and recovery solutions that can be both quickly and confidently implemented."
Legato NetWorker simplifies, centralizes, and automates backup and recovery operations across Unix, Windows, Linux and NetWare platforms. As a result, IBM Ultrium LTO and DB2 customers using Legato's NetWorker will have access
to the data protection capabilities and management consistency needed most by heterogeneous enterprises in DAS, NAS and SAN storage environments. Advanced indexing, high-speed parallelism, tape cloning, NDMP support, and
dynamic tape drive sharing are among NetWorker advantages that help protect storage assets and minimize downtime.
"IBM provides an attractive LTO offering with its Ultrium line," said David G. Hill, Research Director, Storage and Storage Management, Aberdeen Group. "This co-marketing relationship between Legato and IBM will be an added benefit to IBM customers because it provides, pre-tested for interoperability, enterprise-class data protection software that not only
leverages the performance of LTO technology, but that can be readily implemented."
Legato NetWorker Modules provide high-performance, online protection and rapid recovery for popular databases, messaging and ERP applications. These include IBM DB2, Informix, Lotus Notes, and SAP. Other complementary
modules provide autochanger support, HSM and Archive functionality, and automated NDMP-based NAS protection capabilities.
"We are pleased that IBM, an industry leader is teaming up with Legato to provide NetWorker together with IBM's TotalStorage Solutions Offerings," said Charles Fonner, vice president, worldwide marketing, Legato Systems. "It also demonstrates the strength of Legato's and IBM's commitment to provide solutions that keep business-critical information available and well protected."
About Legato
Legato Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTO), the award winning software innovator, specializes in providing its customers with a seamless approach for protecting, moving and making available business-critical company information. Legato pioneered the industry standard for storage management software products. More than 10,000 customers, including Fortune 1000 companies, are utilizing more than 65,000 Legato software product licenses worldwide. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, USA, Legato has an established global presence with offices in 23 countries to fully serve its
customers. Legato is a founding member of the Storage Networking Industry Association in the USA and Europe. For more information on Legato Systems, Inc., its products and services visit www.legato.com.
Legato, The Legato logo design, Legato NetWorker, Celestra, GEMS and SmartMedia are registered trademarks and Co-StandbyServer, RepliStor, SnapShotServer, QuikStartz and San Academy are trademarks or servicemarks of Legato Systems, Inc. All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Information regarding products, services and offerings may be superceded by subsequent documents. For the latest information and specifications regarding Legato Systems, Inc. and any of its offerings or services, please contact your local sales office or the Corporate Headquarters.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the demand and customer acceptance of our products, our business pipeline and our operations and prospects for the remainder of fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2002. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to close larger contracts in the current challenging IT spending environment, the on-going weakness in the economy,
the ability of the Company to continue to develop and update products for which there is market demand, customers' acceptance of our contract terms, integration of new executives and employees, unexpected fluctuations in quarterly operating results, product concentration, competition from other companies, and rapid technological change. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results to vary materially, interested parties should review the "Risk Factors" listed in the Company's Form 10-K for fiscal 2000 and the Forms 10-Q for the first, second and third quarters of the Company's fiscal 2001, which are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements in this press release reflect the Company's beliefs and predictions as of December 12, 2001. The Company disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements as a result of financial, business or any other developments occurring after December 12, 2001.