Vinca's data protection products to be distributed by Tech Data; worldwide networking distributor offers award-winning StandbyServer product family

Business Wire, Nov 4, 1996

OREM, UTAH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1996--Vinca Corporation, the leading supplier of data protection products including the StandbyServer product family, and Tech Data, the premier networking distributor, today announced they have signed a worldwide distribution agreement.

This agreement was signed in response to the growing demand for Vinca's high-availability products from value-added resellers and solution providers.

"Tech Data is the leader in distribution of networking products and solutions," said Alan Rudd, president, Vinca Corporation. "This agreement allows us to leverage Tech Data's vast resources and expertise in sales and technical support for the mutual benefit of our resellers."

Vinca's line of data protection products include:

- StandbyServer for NetWare, NT and OS/2 Warp

- Entry-Level StandbyServer for NetWare

- SnapShotServer for NetWare

"Data protection is one of the most critical needs for any network today," said Roy Appelbaum, vice president of Product Marketing, Tech Data's Network Division. "We are pleased to give VARs and solution providers the opportunity to purchase the complete line of Vinca products through Tech Data."

StandbyServer is a high-availability, mirroring solution that allows a hot, standby machine to automatically assume operations of a failed server, providing customers continuous access to their valuable data. Users experience virtually no downtime, no loss of data and no need to reattach to the network.

Data is mirrored between the two servers to create a fully redundant system, protecting users against both hardware and software failures. In addition, the servers do not have to be identical and can be located in different cities and the standby machine can be used for other network services.

Entry-Level StandbyServer, based on StandbyServer 2.0 for NetWare, is specifically designed for workgroups and small office environments with 25 users or less. Entry-Level offers customers data reliability and data protection, including many of the features of StandbyServer 2.0 at an affordable price.

SnapShotServer, an add-on module to StandbyServer, facilitates the on-line backup of open files and live databases while maintaining complete fault tolerance. Working with your backup utility, SnapShotServer operates on the standby machine so backups can happen at anytime without affecting users. SnapShotServer is ideal for customers with databases, mission-critical applications, or 7-by-24 operations.

For product information, call Vinca at 800-934-9530 or 801-223-3100, or visit the Vinca web page http://www.vinca.com. Tech Data can be reached at 800-237-8931 or visit the web page http://www.techdata.com.

Vinca Corporation is a privately-held company and creator of the StandbyServer product family, including versions for NetWare, Windows NT and OS/2 Warp. Vinca's data protection products provide server-clustering solutions for high-availability, server fail over.

Vinca also offers an on-line backup system with break-through SnapShotServer technology, as well as solutions for disaster recovery. Vinca's products are designed for organizations needing increased data accessibility and reliability. The company was founded in 1990.

Tech Data Corporation is a leading distributor of personal computer products serving more than 50,000 value-added resellers and retail dealers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. A Fortune 500 company, Tech Data offers comprehensive product line of software, networking and communications, mass storage, peripherals, and computer systems.

In addition to distributing more than 35,000 products from over 600 manufacturers and publishers, Tech Data provides extensive pre-sale and post-sale training, service and support.

CONTACT: Vinca Corporation, Orem

Susan Richards, 801/223-3100

susan@vinca.com

or

Tech Data

Chuck Miller, 813/539-7429

cmiller@techdata.com