Atempo Announces Time Navigator Enterprise Edition Support for Mac OS X 10.4 ''Tiger'', Dashboard Widgets and Oracle 10g Backup; Unveils Time Navigator Support for Oracle Database 10g on Mac OS X Tiger Server

Business Wire, April 29, 2005

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Asserting its position as a leading high-performance, highly-scalable enterprise-class data protection solution for Mac OS X, Atempo today announced that Time Navigator(TM) Enterprise Edition data protection software supports Apple's new Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. In addition, Atempo also announced today that Time Navigator now includes support for Oracle Database 10g on the Mac OS X server, further expanding Atempo's commitment to the Mac OS market.

The highly anticipated Unix-based Mac OS X 10.4 operating system upgrade, Mac OS X Tiger, delivers a host of technology innovations that furthers its appeal as a secure and reliable enterprise computing platform. With Atempo's support of Mac OS X Tiger, Apple customers can utilize the most advanced enterprise backup and restore system, Time Navigator, to easily manage and perform data protection across all tiers of storage.

A key feature of Mac OS Tiger is the desktop dashboard, home to 'widgets' that act as single-click launch pads to mini-applications. Illustrating Atempo's goal to be the preeminent data protection solution for Mac OS X, Atempo will be providing a Time Navigator widget to enable users to easily launch and perform data protection services right from their desktop.

"Mac OS X Tiger will make its mark in many of the most data-intensive corporate IT environments, where a high-performance data protection solution is a must. Time Navigator enables users to reconstruct their data from various points in time, and manage data as it is protected in a tiered storage architecture. Time Navigator provides best-in-class data protection for Apple computing environments that demand ease-of-use, high-performance and security," said Stephen Terlizzi, vice president, global marketing, Atempo.

"Breakthrough Tiger features Dashboard widgets and Spotlight will change the way people use their computers, " said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We are delighted to see Time Navigator use Tiger innovation to provide trusted data protection solutions for the enterprise."

Now available for every major open systems operating system, Time Navigator reduces backup and restore pain through its ease of use and its centralized management of data protection across heterogeneous hardware platforms, operating systems, storage devices and applications. It delivers unparalleled data-recovery performance, letting customers rapidly and securely recover files from any given point in time.

About Atempo

Atempo is a leader in data protection for information lifecycle management (ILM). Atempo's Time Navigator(TM) data protection suite delivers comprehensive data security and unparalleled recovery performance, letting users rapidly and accurately restore data from any given point in time. Time Navigator provides the infrastructure enabling enterprises to achieve their ILM objectives, including compliance with new regulatory requirements. Founded in 1992, Atempo has more than 2600 customers worldwide, with a sales and support network exceeding 100 resellers. The company's dual headquarters are in Palo Alto, Calif., and Paris, France. For more information visit: www.atempo.com.

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