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Syncsort to Lend Expertise to Data Protection Roundtable Discussion at 2004 Storage World Conference

Posted on: Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 06:00 CDT

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Syncsort Incorporated is pleased to announce that Winston Hait, Senior Product Manager for Backup Express, will be participating in Roundtable # 9: "Taking Data Protection to the Next Level," during next week's Storage World Conference, 2004. The Storage World Conference is being held June 28 -- July 1 at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California. The discussion will be moderated by Arun Taneja, founder and consulting analyst at the Taneja Group and will be presented Thursday, July 1 at 3:50 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom B.

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"I am very pleased to have been selected to participate in this roundtable on such a business-critical subject. Companies are realizing that data protection is integral to their business plans, and need to know the best way to implement it. There are many options and different methods available for different levels of data, and it can be confusing. I hope to illuminate some of the best ways to take advantage of the new and existing technologies available," said Winston. "For instance, our product, Backup Express, is using some of the most advanced and sophisticated technologies out there, and this can be a benefit for many enterprises."

Winston Hait has an extensive software marketing, sales, strategic positioning and new product development background. Currently, he is the Senior Product Manager at Syncsort Inc., a leading developer of high-performance data management and data warehousing software for mainframe, UNIX, Linux and Windows environments. His areas of responsibilities include the company's Backup Express, a high-performance enterprise data protection solution with innovative technology and manageability for UNIX, Windows, Linux and NetWare environments. Winston has 15 years of experience managing the worldwide development, branding, product management and positioning of numerous software products and technologies to the telecommunications, networking communications, information technology, data warehousing, transportation, manufacturing, government, military and call center industries.

About Backup Express

Backup Express is a high-performance enterprise data protection solution with innovative technology, flexibility and manageability for UNIX, Windows, Linux and NetWare environments. Backup Express is the only solution that integrates heterogeneous snapshot, image and rapid recovery options, supports any combination of UNIX, Windows, NetWare, Linux and NDMP/NAS in a SAN, performs backup of all data directly across the fibre or iSCSI network, dynamically shares all drives, supports all NDMP incrementals, and controls this entire enterprise environment with a single catalog and browser-based GUI.

Backup Express's distributed architecture allows it to utilize any storage device in the network regardless of platform. Backup Express can attach tape drives, including large automated libraries, at any server on the enterprise; dynamically allocate drives within a SAN; keep sensitive data off the network; and allow online backups of large database servers such as Oracle, SAP, MS Exchange, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2 and Lotus Notes.

About Syncsort

Syncsort Incorporated is a leading developer of high-performance data management and data warehousing software for mainframe, UNIX, and Windows environments. For more than 30 years, Syncsort has built a reputation for superior product performance and reliable technical support. An independent market research firm has named Syncsort as one of the top Data Warehouse 100 Vendors for six years in a row and the company was recently chosen as the leading provider of Data Acquisition and Integration products. Over 95 percent of the Fortune 100 companies are Syncsort customers, and Syncsort's products are used in more than 50 countries to back up and protect data in distributed environments, speed data warehouse processing, improve database loads and speed query processing. For more information, visit the Syncsort Web site at http://www.syncsort.com/.

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CONTACT: Victor Werner, +1-201-930-8259, vwerner@syncsort.com, or KathyBerkowitz, +1-914-666-8119, KWBCOM@aol.com, both of Syncsort Incorporated

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