Dantz Retrospect Bundled by Seagate; Seagate's New TapeStor Travan Portable USB Drives Ship With Award-Winning Retrospect Backup Software

Business Wire, Nov 6, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

ORINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000

Dantz Development Corporation, developer of the award-winning Retrospect(R) Backup software, announced today a bundling agreement with Seagate Technology (NYSE:SEG), a leading manufacturer of computer tape drive products. Under terms of the agreement, Seagate will bundle a customized version of Dantz's Retrospect Backup software with their new TapeStor Travan Portable USB tape drives.

Seagate will include a cross-platform Retrospect CD with both Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Macintosh versions of the software. Windows USB support includes Windows 98, Me, and 2000 Professional.

Setup is designed to be quick and easy. The user simply connects the TapeStor Travan Portable USB drive to their computer's USB port and installs Retrospect Backup. When the drive is connected to the computer, the drivers are automatically loaded from the CD.

"This is a great solution for small- to medium-sized businesses requiring an affordable, high-capacity backup device for a single computer or small network," commented Craig Isaacs, vice president of sales and marketing at Dantz. "Retrospect reduces media usage and shortens backup times while always performing exact restores. Seagate is bundling a special version of the software with built-in, cross-platform USB Travan drive support."

ABOUT RETROSPECT BACKUP

First shipped in 1989, a new generation of Retrospect Backup became available for computers running Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000 in 1999. Today, Retrospect continues to employ revolutionary backup technology with such innovations as IncrementalPLUS(TM) backups and automatic backups of notebook computers that occasionally connect to the network. These abilities differentiate Retrospect from products by competitors, like VERITAS (NASDAQ:VRTS) and Computer Associates (NYSE:CA).

Retrospect Backup provides reliable, exact restores at prices ranging from $79 for the personal Express edition to $795 for the Server edition with 100 clients. Add-on clients are available at an additional cost. For more information on Retrospect Backup, please visit www.betterbackup.com.

ABOUT DANTZ

Incorporated in 1989, Dantz remains committed to its original mission: providing the best backup software available for individuals and organizations in over 140 countries around the world. Dantz's Retrospect Backup software makes data protection for Windows and Macintosh computers automatic, fast, efficient, and 100% reliable.

Major customers include Apple, BBDO, BMW, Booz Allen Hamilton, British Telecom, Disney, Eli Lilly, Genentech, GTE, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Merck, Mercury Communications, Mitretek, Motorola, NASA, Nortel Networks, OAO Corporation, Optus, Oracle, Pixar, Raytheon, SBC, Swiss National Bank, Time Warner, Turner Broadcasting, U.S. Peace Corps, and U.S. West.

For more information, please call 800.225.4880 or 925.253.3000, or visit the Dantz website at www.dantz.com.

Note to Editors: Retrospect is a registered trademark and IncrementalPLUS is a trademark of Dantz Development Corporation. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.