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EMC Enhances Award Winning Retrospect Backup and Recovery Software for Small and Medium Businesses

Posted on: Monday, 6 February 2006, 09:00 CST

HOPKINTON, Mass., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation, world leader in information management and storage, today announced EMC Retrospect 7.5, a significant new version of the award winning EMC Retrospect for Windows backup and recovery software. It has never been easier for small and medium businesses (SMBs) to implement automated, business-class data protection.

Retrospect delivers powerful yet easy-to-use data protection for servers, applications, desktops and notebooks. New features include user-initiated restores, automated deployment of client software, automated software updates, the ability to restore data or copy to tape during backups to disk, offline verification, and broader support for the latest operating systems and business critical applications.

Larry Zulch, Vice President and General Manager, EMC Insignia, EMC Corporation said, "The need for effective backup and recovery has never been greater. SMBs who want the best protection with the least effort will find Retrospect to be their partner in recovery management, the real reason to back up. Retrospect 7.5 is the most advanced Retrospect product ever offered, with enhancements in many significant areas. And through government-certified AES encryption users can ensure their backup data is always secure."

"The automated deployment of client software and software updates over the Internet are the Retrospect 7.5 enhancements that have improved our efficiency," said Chuck Fee, IT Manager, Oregon Social Learning Center. "With 400 PC's to support, being able to push the client install is critical for us. Given that number of users, we are also moving to fault-tolerant systems so Retrospect's cluster support is also a welcome addition for us."

What's New in Retrospect * User-Initiated Restores -- Users can restore their lost data via a Web browse, freeing administrators from common restore tasks. * Single-write/Multiple-read Backups to Disk -- Perform transfers to tape or user-initiated restores while backups are running. * Automated deployment of Windows Clients -- Use Microsoft SMS, Active Directory Group Policy, or other deployment tools and save hours setting up desktop and notebook backups. * Automatic login of Windows Clients -- Ensures newly added computers are backed up regularly. * Offline backup verification -- Allows the entire backup window to be used for backups enabling protection of more data and more computers in less time. * Faster backups of Windows File Servers -- Improved data compression and highly efficient gathering of file/folder security information accelerates protection. * World Ready -- Localized in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese * Automatic Updates over the Internet -- Helps administrators stay current with new software and device support updates. * Retrospect in the EMC NetWorker Management Console -- Automatic reporting of Retrospect status and events helps simplify administration for enterprises protecting their data centers with EMC NetWorker and workgroups and branch offices with Retrospect. * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 -- Retrospect fully supports Windows Server 2003 R2 in both 32-bit and x64 versions * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -- Provide online protection for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of SQL Server 2005 that are supported through the Microsoft SQL Server Agent add-on * Additional Clients -- Protects computer running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Novell Linux Desktop 9, and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

"I have been using Retrospect since Version 1," said Ed Glassgow, President, Scott, Cox & Associates. "Every release has been better and more feature rich. EMC Retrospect 7.5 follows this trend with more options, better speed, excellent stability and good value. I find it hard to imagine a better backup tool."

Retrospect is renowned for its ease of use and power. It automatically adjusts backup operations to ensure that all computers are protected without requiring manual intervention. Unlike other backup applications, it accurately restores a computer to a point in time that an incremental backup was performed, eliminating the need to perform weekly full backups. Management of onsite and offsite backup media is greatly simplified, and AES encryption ensures the safety of the backup media in transit and at rest.

Pricing and Availability

Retrospect 7.5 for Windows backup and recovery software is available immediately from authorized EMC resellers and EMC Velocity SMB channel partners at a starting price of $399 for Retrospect for Windows Business Editions, and $129 for Retrospect Professional Edition designed for Small Office/Home Office environments. Special upgrade pricing is also available for earlier versions of Retrospect and competitive replacements.

EMC Insignia

EMC Retrospect is part of the EMC Insignia line of software and hardware products, which enable small and medium businesses (SMBs) to store, manage, protect, and share vital business information. To learn more about EMC Insignia, contact your authorized EMC Velocity SMB channel partner or visit http://www.emcinsignia.com/.

About EMC

EMC Corporation is the world leader in products, services and solutions for information management and storage that help organizations extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com/.

EMC and Retrospect are registered trademarks, and NetWorker is a trademark of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 2006 copyright language

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) risks associated with acquisitions and investments, including the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (iv) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (v) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (vi) component and product quality and availability; (vii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (viii) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (ix) war or acts of terrorism; (x) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (xi) fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xii) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

CONTACT: Jennifer Dreyer (508) 293-7238 dreyer_jennifer@emc.com

EMC Corporation

CONTACT: Jennifer Dreyer, EMC Corporation, +1-508-293-7238,dreyer_jennifer@emc.com

Web site: http://www.emc.com/http://www.emcinsignia.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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