INNOVATION SOLUTION SUITE SUPPORTS NEW EMC SYMMETRIX
DMX STORAGE
Little Falls, NJ April 22, 2003 - Commenting
on the new Symmetrix DMX, the latest EMC high-end storage system for
z/OS, OS/390, Linux, UNIX and Windows environments, independent storage
management software vendor INNOVATION Data Processing, Inc., announced
that all components of its FDR Storage Management Solution Suite, including
FDRSOS and FDR/UPSTREAM, the enterprise component for Linux, UNIX and
Windows, and FDRPAS the solution for non-disruptive installation of
new disk storage, as well as IAM, their VSAM application accelerator,
have all successfully demonstrated full support for the Symmetrix DMX
series and its accompanying Enginuity operating environment at EMC's
mainframe storage test facility in Hopkinton, MA.
"The new EMC Symmetrix DMX Series," according to Thomas
J. Meehan, INNOVATION Vice President Advanced Technology, "is
without exception the finest EMC storage offering to date. Customers
need this high-performance, highly functional system to keep pace as
Internet and real-time e-business applications drive up the amount of
data stored on their mainframe, Linux, UNIX, Windows and LAN servers."
"FDRINSTANT and FDRPAS certifying tests on the new DMX Symmetrix
system", Meehan went on, "clearly demonstrate the DMX advantages
in performance, availability, functionality and scalability."
"Incredibly high I/O capacity makes z/OS and OS/390 platforms
an extremely popular choice as an enterprise backup server. INNOVATION
customers who trust FDRInstant to empower FDR, ABR, FDRSOS, FDR/UPSTREAM/SOS
and FDRPAS to provide real-time protection for their e-business data
are going to find the Symmetrix DMX Series very interesting."
Current releases of FDR(Fast Dump Restore), ABR and FDRCPK,
support Symmetrix DMX series storage. FDRINSTANT, FASTCPK
(w/TimeFinder), ABRINSTANT, FDRSOS, FDR/UPSTREAM/SOS
and FDRPAS(Plug and Swap) DMX capable versions [V5.4L24] are
shipping as normal maintenance.
"Work continues with EMC," Meehan explained, "so that
FDR and all INNOVATION storage management solutions will be ready to
leverage future Symmetrix DMX innovations, as soon as they become generally
available to customers."
About INNOVATION Data Processing INNOVATION Data Processing the leading Independent
Software Vendor (ISV) of non-disruptive mainframe z/OS and OS/390 business
protection and storage management solutions, known for their ability
to eliminate business downtime in mainframe and mixed mainframe S/390
Linux, Windows, UNIX and Linux, SAN, NAS and LAN enterprise storage
environments, delivers exceptional reliability and prize-winning price/performance.
A long-standing EMC Development Partner, and the first to seamlessly
employ EMC TimeFinder for non-disruptive backup of mainframe and open
systems data, the INNOVATION alliance with EMC, which began in 1991,
continues to deliver a continuous stream of solutions that combine the
overwhelming power of Symmetrix DMX Enterprise Storage with the robust
functionality of INNOVATION software.
Distributing non-disruptive "INSTANT-technology"
storage protection solutions worldwide, thousands of users in the United
States and 35 other countries around the globe look to INNOVATION Data
Processing for their non-stop e-business continuance solution.
