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DANTZ ANNOUNCES BUSINESS-CLASS BACKUP USING EXTERNAL HDs

Dantz Development Corp, a leader in backup and restore software for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), announced the immediate availability of Dantz Retrospect Disk-to-Disk for Windows. For the first time, inexpensive, high-capacity external hard drives are practical for backing up SQL, Exchange, and Windows servers, filling a persistent gap in the market above optical media and below high-performance tape drives and autoloaders.

"With as few as two 1394 or USB2 external hard drives, a business can implement an offsite backup strategy using Retrospect Disk-to-Disk," said Tony Barbagallo, vice president of worldwide marketing at Dantz Development Corp. "As business needs change, the Retrospect family of products allows companies to move seamlessly across the spectrum of disk-based and tape-based backups."

"Our Solution Providers are excited because they can now provide costeffective and easy-to-manage backup for servers by configuring them with portable hard drives and Retrospect Disk-to-Disk," said Dan Schwab, vice president of marketing at leading national computer products distributor D&H. "We now can offer the perfect backup strategy for any size SMB with the wide breadth of backup products from Dantz."

To be considered "business-class," backups must protect all important data and configurations, run automatically on a schedule, save time and conserve media by backing up only new and changed files during each session, enable offsite backups and provide a variety of restore options including disaster recovery. Traditional backup software cannot provide business-class backup using only external hard drives because they were designed to work with a series of tapes and don't adequately address the unique requirements of backing up to external hard drives.

"Today, our customers are using the power of the Maxtor OneTouch external hard drives with Retrospect software to back up a desktop or notebook," said Mike Williams, vice president of product marketing at Maxtor. "Retrospect Disk-to-Disk software targets the needs of SMB customers to back up their valuable business data stored on Windows servers."

Retrospect Disk-to-Disk is part of the Dantz Retrospect 6.5 for Windows product family. Retrospect 6.5 for Windows is available in five editions:

• Retrospect Multi Server -- Backs up multiple networked servers and unlimited networked desktops and notebooks to hard disks and/or tapes at a suggested list price of $1,099.
• Retrospect Single Server -- Backs up a single server and unlimited networked desktops and notebooks to hard disks and/or tapes at a suggested list price of $699.
• Retrospect Small Business Server -- Designed specifically for Microsoft's Small Business Server, which includes Exchange Server and SQL Server, at a suggested list price of $749.
• Retrospect Disk-to-Disk -- Backs up a single server to 1394/USB2 hard drives or CD/DVDs, at a suggested list price of $299. Additional client licenses are available.
• Retrospect Professional -- Backs up data on a single desktop and two additional networked desktop and notebook computers in home and small offices, at a suggested list price of $129.
• Add-on Products -- For backup of open files, automated desktop and notebook backup, Exchange and SQL backup agents, and disaster recovery, and advanced tape support are also available.