New Report Analyzes Enterprise Disk Backup Products NEW YORK, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Disk backup has emerged as the tool of choice for alleviating the enterprise backup squeeze, but storage professionals are struggling to cut through the vast range of features and options offered by vendors, according to detailed new report from the subscription research service Byte and Switch Insider (http://www.byteandswitch.com/insider). The report, Enterprise Disk Backup: Getting It All Together, evaluates the new breed of disk-based systems that aim to speed backup and recovery for large enterprises. It includes data tables that compare 19 products from 11 different vendors against more than a dozen performance criteria, including capacity, network interfaces, disk types supported, and price. "While vendors adhere to the basic protocols and networking standards, proprietary features and unique implementations have complicated deployment decisions," says the report's author, Brett Mendel. "Our primary research provides invaluable reference data for enterprises, integrators, and vendors concerned with alleviating the capacity crunch in storage backup infrastructure." Among the report's conclusions: * Virtual tape has helped advance disk-based backup by simplifying previously complex tasks, but standard disk optimized for backup also merits consideration. * Enterprise disk backup products will co-exist with, rather than replace, tape media in the foreseeable future. This leads to a three-tiered storage hierarchy, consisting of primary disk storage, disk backup, and tape archiving. * Networking for these products remains focused on the data center, with little capability for replication to remote sites. Expect upgrades to interfaces and software that enable this function. Established public companies analyzed in this report: Advanced Digital Information Corp. (NASDAQ:ADIC), EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC), Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Holding) BV [jointly owned by Fujitsu Ltd. (OTC: FJTSY; Tokyo: 6702) and Siemens AG (NYSE: SI; Frankfurt: SIE)], IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Network Appliance Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), Quantum Corp. (NYSE:DSS), and Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) (NYSE:STK). Privately-held companies analyzed in this report: Copan Systems Inc., Data Domain Inc., Nexsan Technologies Ltd., and Sepaton Inc. Other companies featured in this report: Breece Hill LLC, Intradyn Inc., Overland Storage Inc. (NASDAQ:OVRL), Spectra Logic Corp., and Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW). Enterprise Disk Backup: Getting It All Together is available as part of an annual subscription (12 monthly issues) to Byte and Switch Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual reports are available for $900. To subscribe, please visit: http://www.byteandswitch.com/insider. For additional information, to request a free executive summary of the report, or for details on multi-user licensing options, please contact: Jeff Claudino Sales Manager Insider Research Services 619-229-9940 Members of the media may request review copies of the report from: Laura West Outbound Marketing Director Insider Research Services 212-925-0020 ext. 105 DATASOURCE: Byte and Switch CONTACT: Jeff Claudino, Sales Manager, Insider Research Services, +1-619-229-9940, , for Byte and Switch Web site: http://www.lightreading.com/ http://www.byteandswitch.com/insider

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