Business Services Industry

NSI and Oracle Partner to Provide Enterprise-Class Protection for Oracle Business Applications

Business Wire, Dec 13, 2004

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- NSI Software, Inc. (NSI(R)), today announced that it has joined the Oracle(R) PartnerNetwork, and is providing data replication and failover software to ensure customers have the highest levels of data protection for business-critical Oracle applications. As the world's largest enterprise software provider, Oracle's business and database applications are some of the most widespread and important for companies to protect.

NSI Software's Double-Take(R) software provides cost-effective, high-performance data replication and failover capabilities to ensure high data and application availability for Oracle customers.

F.L. Smidth, the world's leading supplier of cement production technology is using Double-Take to ensure high availability of its global ERP system based on an Oracle 9i database. "With offices around the globe in Denmark, India and the United States, we have users accessing our Oracle ERP system constantly. 24x7 availability isn't just a goal, it's an absolute requirement for us to do business," said Richard A. Mannix, Manager, Information Services at F.L. Smidth. "Double-Take provides the essential failover and replications capabilities that we need to keep our production database in sync with our high availability server, which is ready to assume control of the ERP system at a moments notice. Double-Take made high availability of our Oracle system simple and cost-effective."

"NSI has always been focused on providing enterprise-class data protection and recoverability to all of our customers' important business data, and this partnership with Oracle formally extends our reach across the enterprise," said Don Beeler, CEO and president of NSI. "We've seen a lot more interest in protecting Oracle databases as the demand for business continuity has expanded. European companies are particularly seizing upon our capabilities to protect Oracle applications."

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork

The Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 13,800 companies that deliver innovative enterprise software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy. Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company.

About NSI Software

Established in 1991, NSI Software, Inc. (NSI) is a leading developer of patented, award-winning and the most widely deployed data replication technologies and services. NSI Software products, including Double-Take(R), GeoCluster(R) and Balance(TM), enable companies to recover quickly and easily from disasters and continue to provide business-critical information for demanding customer environments. Privately funded, NSI has strategic technical and marketing relationships with industry leaders including Microsoft(R), IBM(R), Dell(TM), HP(R), SunGard(R) and many others. NSI Software works with its OEM partners and reseller channels to deliver comprehensive solutions and support to business users.

For more information on NSI Software, visit www.nsisoftware.com, call 1-888-674-9495 or email info@nsisoftware.com. You can also sign up to receive updates from NSI Software by going to http://www.nsisoftware.com/abo/newsletter/.> Double-Take(R), GeoCluster(R) and NSI(R) are registered trademarks of NSI Software, Inc. Balance(TM) is a trademark of NSI Software, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective companies. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.