Atempo Time Navigator and COPAN Systems' Enhanced MAID Deliver High Performance Data Protection; Time Navigator Achieves COPAN Systems' Certification Based on Excellence in Functionality, Data Integrity and Performance

Business Wire, June 13, 2006

LONGMONT, Colo. & PALO ALTO, Calif. -- COPAN Systems, the leader in intelligent, enterprise-class MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) storage solutions, and Atempo, Inc., the leader in data protection and storage security for trusted information lifecycle management (ILM), today announced that Atempo Time Navigator is certified as a COPAN Systems MAID-Aware Solution. COPAN's Enhanced MAID platform is specifically built for the challenges of storing long-term data, matching Atempo's best-in-class solution for secure data protection which features point-in-time recovery and non-repudiated archiving. COPAN evaluated Time Navigator based on its functionality, ability to maintain data integrity, and performance levels; Time Navigator received excellent scores in each category, exceeding the certification's performance standards.

The advantage of implementing COPAN's Enhanced MAID system is the ability for customers to retrieve archive data significantly faster from MAID's disk architecture than from a traditional tape library system. Time Navigator further enhances this system by providing an easy-to-use graphical interface and optimized software tools for the fast recovery of archive data from a disk-based system. "Supplying our customers with a solution that offers intelligence, scalability and reliability is the essence of what this solution offers," said Chris Santilli, chief architect at COPAN Systems. "Our customers have asked that we work closely with the industry's leading software vendors to enhance performance on our MAID architecture and that is exactly what we are doing. Coupling smart software with the right interface on top of a very scalable disk subsystem brings a new level of simplification to storage and data management."

"During our joint certification testing, Time Navigator achieved some of the highest levels of performance yet seen on COPAN's Enhanced MAID solution. Our joint solution truly allows customers to achieve the full benefits of introducing disk into their data protection and archive infrastructure," said Stephen Terlizzi, vice president of global marketing at Atempo.

COPAN Systems was the first company to leverage the technical advantages of MAID to create intelligent storage solutions at the enterprise level. COPAN has taken the advantages of MAID -- and enhanced them -- to create products that are truly unprecedented in the storage industry. With COPAN's application-driven, enhanced MAID platform, only a maximum of 25% of the drives are powered on at any time. This platform was purposely built for the challenges of storing long-term data, and the infrequent access requirements of archive data, providing advantages such as overall cost efficiency, higher reliability, superior performance and the extension of SATA disk drive life by more than four times.

Atempo Time Navigator is a secure data protection and archival solution for heterogeneous environments that enables easy management of enterprise data throughout its lifecycle. Time Navigator's rich feature set includes point-in-time recovery management, advanced security tools, unlimited scalability, and extensive platform and application support. The product's graphical user interface makes it easy to manage snapshots, replication, disk and tape backups, archival and recovery operations in addition to simplifying the management of multiple servers and remote sites. Time Navigator combines the best of data protection and storage security to enable corporations to meet critical business requirements for digital privacy, regulatory compliance, and non-repudiated long-term archiving.

About COPAN Systems

COPAN Systems is the leading provider of intelligent, enterprise-class, enhanced MAID storage solutions that unlock the value of long-term data. The company is led by storage industry veterans from Hitachi Data Systems, Sun/StorageTek, Dell, HP/Compaq, EMC, and others, and is privately held with investments by Austin Ventures, Globespan Capital, Pequot Ventures, and Credit Suisse. COPAN Systems' storage solutions have been shipping since March 2004, with customers spanning the healthcare, financial, government, media, and service provider industries. More information is available at http://www.COPANsys.com.

About Atempo

Atempo is the leader in trusted information lifecycle management (ILM), a data management framework that automatically matches the level of data protection and security to information's value over its lifecycle. Atempo enables customers to meet critical business requirements from the desktop to the enterprise with innovative, award-winning products that encompass data recovery management, storage security, continuous data protection (CDP), non-repudiated long-term archiving and regulatory compliance. Founded in 1992, Atempo has more than 2700 customers worldwide, with a sales and support network exceeding 100 resellers. The company's dual headquarters are in Palo Alto, Calif., and Paris, France. Learn more about Atempo and its "Trusted ILM" vision at www.atempo.com.