INNOVATION Business Resiliency Solutions Complement New IBM Business Class Mainframe

Business Wire, Nov 10, 2008

INNOVATION complements new IBM System z10 business class SMB mainframe with attractively priced data protection, business continuance and storage resource management solutions.

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. -- "Shipping smart, secure, non-disruptive and efficient data protection, business continuance and storage resource management solutions to complement the just announced IBM SMB market mainframe, INNOVATION improves business resiliency at less cost. All current releases of our business resiliency solutions are ready to help System z10 Business Class customers of all sizes improve availability, survivability, security and employ 'Green' technology," said Thomas J Meehan, INNOVATION Data Processing, Vice President, Advance Technology.

"The z10 Business Class announcement is a significant IBM delivery. Mainframe and non-mainframe customers alike tell us they need to do more with less in the face of current economic conditions. They are under pressure to reduce expenditures yet still need to insure 24 x 7x 365 availability, support application growth, meet data protection responsibilities and reduce resource consumption. That means consolidation, virtualization and resource efficiency; coincidentally exactly what IBM is delivering with the new Business Class z10 mainframe, Linux on System Z and new z/OS 1.10 operating system. The ability of INNOVATION solutions to virtualize consolidation, conserve resources, improve scalability, boost performance, prevent unauthorized access to data at rest and preserve uninterrupted access to data in use will make them key contributors as customers consider new enterprise data center (NEDC) initiatives," adds Meehan.

As an IBM Business Partner, INNOVATION works together with IBM and other technology vendors to deliver IBM ServerProven, IBM System Storage Proven and IBM Information On Demand Specialty qualified solutions that allow customers to meet the challenges of an on-demand business environment. All components of the FDR Suite for z/OS [Fast Dump Restore, ABR, FASTCPK], FDRERASE, FDREPORT and FDRVIEWS data protection and storage resource management solutions, the FDRInstant, ABRInstant and FDRPAS non-disruptive business continuance solutions, FDRMOVE real-time volume consolidation, UPSTREAM/Reservoir Suite for Enterprise UNIX, Linux and Windows data protection, IAM for VSAM application acceleration and FATSCOPY Tape Media Migration solutions support all new Enterprise Class and Business Class System z10 models, Linux on System z and the new 1.10 release of z/OS the operating system.

Further information on INNOVATION Data Processing products is available at http://www.innovationdp.fdr.com/index.cfm or by e-mail at sales@fdrinnovation.com. Information on specific releases required to support z/OS 1.10 is available at http://www.innovationdp.fdr.com/osreq.cfm

All INNOVATION data protection, business continuance and storage resource management solutions are available from IBM through the IBM z/OS SystemPac offering. FDRMOVE, FDRPAS and FDRERASE are also available through IBM Business Partners.

About INNOVATION

INNOVATION Data Processing is a leading international provider of enterprise data protection, business continuance and storage resource management solutions satisfying customer business resiliency requirements and information security concerns since 1972. Combining high performance design with non-disruptive virtualization technology, easy to use and extremely reliable backup, recovery, data replication and privileged information protection, INNOVATION solutions eliminate business downtime while addressing data security concerns. Actively partnering with other leading storage technology vendors, to ensure the technological currency of their solutions, INNOVATION is the choice of thousands of enterprise customers around the world for their business resiliency needs.

For additional information on INNOVATION solutions and their ability to meet your business resiliency demand for non-disruptive business data protection, business continuance and storage resource management, call 973-890-7300, e-mail sales@fdrinnovation.com or visit http://www.innovationdp.fdr.com

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