Double-Take ''Inside'' - NSI Software's Flagship Data Protection Software Powers Data Protection for Popular Information Management Products

Business Wire, Oct 31, 2005

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- New Double-Take Solutions Program Provides Technical Framework That Enables Storage, Backup and ILM OEMs to Add Best-in-Class Data Protection to Solutions

NSI Software, Inc. (NSI(R)), developer of Double-Take(R), the most relied upon solution for continuous data protection and application availability, today unveiled the Double-Take Solutions Program. The new program is a technical framework that enables NSI partners to build the best-in-class data protection capabilities of Double-Take into any information management solution and provide customers with a comprehensive disaster recovery solution.

With no tolerance for information loss and network downtime, companies require business continuity solutions that reliably protect their critical applications and data. Through the Double-Take Solutions Program, information management technology vendors now have a one-step method for providing customers with solutions that come complete with a tightly integrated, continuous data protection engine.

"Businesses applications are always changing driving the need for continuous data protection solutions," said Brian Babineau, an analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group. "With the Double-Take Solutions Program, NSI enables its OEM and solution partners to further differentiate their products and give customers a complete disaster recovery solution. Demonstrating expertise, innovation and significant traction in its space, NSI is a formidable choice for any partner looking to develop intelligent data protection solutions."

The Double-Take Solutions Program is immediately meeting the urgent need of OEMs in markets such as:

--Disaster Recovery/High Availability: With Double-Take inside industry specific applications, such as a trade management application, or inside horizontal applications, such as Exchange, businesses can achieve application availability and continuous data protection within the entire line of business.

--Information Lifecycle Management (ILM): Double-Take powered ILM solutions will protect data while also addressing the archiving/compliance needs involved with maintaining this data.

--Backup and Restore: Double-Take integrates with tape to provide a centralized, disk-to-disk to tape backup solution.

--Complementary Solutions: This area includes any other business critical environment that benefit from Double-Take inside. Examples where Double-Take protection seamlessly integrates include storage hardware, iSCSI, SAN, NAS and WAN.

NSI is already working with partners such as String Bean Software(R), Mimosa Systems(TM), Inc. and Momentum Systems to jointly develop, integrate and market solutions that build on the NSI commitment to helping businesses achieve reliable, continuous data protection.

"Momentum's Secure Network Gateway has quickly become a critical application to our Fortune 2000 customers that exchange thousands of time-sensitive files each month," said Joseph Regina, vice president of operations, Momentum Systems, LLC. "The Double-Take Solutions Program lets us build best-in-class replication of critical data into the application so customers are assured of minimal downtime in the event of a system failure."

"Through our partnership with NSI Software, we can now leverage the industry leading replication of Double-Take to offer customers a solution to automate real-time protection of Mimosa NearPoint(TM), which provides the highest level of Exchange archiving, compliance and data protection," said T.M. Ravi, president and CEO of Mimosa Systems. "The Double-Take Solution Program formalizes our ongoing partnership to ensure the best disaster recovery solution for the customers we serve."

Technical Capabilities of the Double-Take Solutions Program Architecture:

--  Development and quality assurance with standard scripting
        languages to automate the testing of Double-Take
        functionality, including management and monitoring of
        Double-Take state/statistics.

    --  Leverage a set of APIs that allow for seamless integration of
        the Double-Take continuous data protection engine into
        existing products and solutions,

            --  Partners can use their own management tools to monitor
                Double-Take.

            --  Partner can develop a Web-based interface to remotely
                manage Double-Take without requiring a local client.

    --  Gain access to closer integration and collaboration with NSI
        engineering to leverage years of data protection expertise.

ISVs, hardware vendors and solution providers interested in joining the Double-Take Solutions Program can get more information by going to NSI Software's Web site at http://www.nsisw.com/partner-with-us/double-take-solutions-program or by contacting the NSI business development team directly by sending email to dts_info@nsisoftware.com.

About NSI Software

For organizations that depend on information, NSI Software, Inc. (NSI) provides the world's most relied upon solutions for continuous data protection and application availability. Its flagship product, Double-Take(R), is the most technically advanced software in the market and is the solution of choice for thousands of customers, from SMEs to over half of the Fortune 500. To assist in implementation, NSI offers a Professional Services team of Certified Business Continuity Planners who help architect, design and ensure a fail-safe continuous data protection plan. NSI also has strategic technical and marketing relationships with industry leaders including Microsoft(R), IBM(R), Dell(TM), HP(R) and Sungard(R), and works with its OEM partners and reseller channels to deliver comprehensive solutions and support to business users worldwide. Founded in 1991, NSI is privately held and headquartered in Hoboken, NJ. For more information, please contact NSI Software at www.nsisoftware.com.