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Princeton Softech expands database archiving technology support for ILM solution from HP


Johannesburg, 07 Jul 2005

Princeton Softech, the market leader in enterprise database archiving, has announced the general availability of Archive for Servers Release 6.1.

This database archiving solution integrates directly with HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System (RISS) to manage data retention policies and is available locally through IT infrastructure and solutions provider, Datacentrix, an authorised southern African distribution partner.

"Expanded archiving capabilities allow for archiving data and associated file attachments from a target database," says Alan Kuun, Datacentrix product manager for the Princeton Softech product suite. "Database archiving is a key component and enabler of information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies that enable customers to reduce costs and better support compliance initiatives."

Using a standards-based grid computing architecture, HP StorageWorks RISS delivers storage services such as active archiving and rapid data search and retrieval across a highly scalable and centrally managed system.

The integration between Princeton Softech`s Archive for Servers and HP StorageWorks RISS simplifies the storage and retrieval of archived data to and from HP RISS using HP`s Open RISS API. Together these solutions provide a secure storage alternative that helps companies to reduce risk and lower the cost of data retention compliance.

"The ILM market is maturing," says Kuun. "In order to achieve the full benefits of information lifecycle management and a positive return on investment, storage managers should target vendor solutions that enable long-term data retention and address compliance issues across unstructured, semi-structured and structured enterprise data."

Princeton Softech`s database archiving solution helps customers to customise their ILM solutions according to their business needs. With the integration of Active Archive Solutions, customers are able to connect their applications directly to HP StorageWorks RISS via Princeton Softech`s industry-standard interfaces without undertaking major integration of disparate technologies.

Princeton Softech`s Active Archive Solutions enable companies to archive and store historical data in a tiered storage configuration with a variety of low-cost storage media including online or near line disk systems, offline tape systems, disk-based Write Once Read Many (WORM) devices, or long-term permanent storage devices, such as HP StorageWorks solutions, NetApp NearStore with SnapLock, the IBM Total Storage solutions (including the DR550) or EMC Centera Release 6.1 of Archive for Servers also expands processing capabilities for archiving file attachments associated with complex relational data.

Release 6.1 of Archive for Servers also expands processing capabilities for archiving file attachments associated with complex relational data. This capability, says Kuun, opens up many significant new opportunities.

"Specifically, there are many applications where the most significant data is in files and the database is relatively small and merely serves to `catalogue` the real data. Consider medical imaging applications, engineering applications with CAD files, banking applications with check images, and even voice mail systems. The new support enables archiving of the voluminous data stored by all these applications in files that are pointed to by a database."

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