NeoScale CryptoStor Tape Appliance to Be OEMD by Fujitsu


Bundled Security Solution to Offer Secure Tape Backup to Customers

MILPITAS, Calif., Dec. 18 -- NeoScale Systems, the independent leader in enterprise storage security solutions, today announced the immediate availability of NeoScale's award-winning CryptoStor(TM) Tape appliance as part of its multiple bundled security solutions available through Fujitsu Limited. Fujitsu will offer NeoScale's CryptoStor(TM) Tape appliance as an OEM product to deliver secure backup solutions in Japan for the Fujitsu ETERNUS LT tape libraries. The bundled solution will assist customers in complying with initiatives such as Japan's Personal Information Protection Act and other privacy initiatives.

"The new Fujitsu tape security solution allows us to offer customers a one-of-a-kind solution that meets their unique security challenges," said Hitoshi Matsushima, Senior VP, Storage Systems Unit, Fujitsu Limited. "With a readily deployable bundled security solution Fujitsu and NeoScale's combined technology expertise gives our ETERNUS tape library enterprise and mid-range customers the confidence to know that their business critical data is secure and protected on their backup tapes."

Fujitsu performed extensive testing, evaluation and competitive product comparisons before selecting the NeoScale CryptoStor Tape appliance as the best tape security solution in the market. Fujitsu's bundled security solution for tape, using NeoScale's CryptoStor Tape appliance, meets and exceeds the unique needs of a customer's backup and archival application environment:

o Open Systems customers with existing Fibre Channel environments can
secure tape backups on Fujitsu ETERNUS LT Series tape libraries using
NeoScale's CryptoStor Tape appliances which are deployed on a Fibre
Channel network.
o Customers requiring a packaged archive solution can deploy a Fujitsu
ETERNUS SP5000 Series network storage server. ETERNUS disk arrays and
ETERNUS LT tape libraries along with a CryptoStor Tape appliance enables
secure archiving of networked storage.

"NeoScale is committed to ensuring the privacy and integrity of sensitive data," said Bill Lozoff, managing director of Asia Pacific sales, NeoScale Systems. "CryptoStor storage security appliances enforce data privacy by automating the encryption of data as it's stored on tape drives. The Fujitsu solution combined with NeoScale's CryptoStor tape is further proof that NeoScale's best-in-class tape appliances are not only easy to implement but provide a critical business function -- protecting a companies electronic assets against theft or loss and ensuring the integrity of its brand and reputation with customers and business partners."

NeoScale's CryptoStor Tape storage security appliance is deployed on a storage network. It compresses, encrypts, and cryptographically authenticates data stored on tape media. CryptoStor appliances transparently integrate with the backup applications on Fujitsu servers and require no server agents or encryption overhead. The appliance's strong AES encryption ensures privacy of the tape content and also incorporates a tiered approach to global key management to ensure that information can always be reliably restored.

Availability

The bundled Fujitsu security solution for Open System is available in Japan immediately from Fujitsu Limited.

About NeoScale Systems

Founded in June 2000, NeoScale Systems, Inc. is the independent leader in storage security, enabling enterprise customers to achieve data privacy with the lowest operational impact and at the lowest total cost. The company's award-winning CryptoStor® appliances automate key management and encryption of data that is either in flight over a storage network or at rest on disk, virtual tape, or tape media. NeoScale solutions have been certified by leading storage vendors and have been deployed worldwide by more than 150 customers including Global 500 companies, top financial institutions, healthcare organizations, government agencies, and a growing list of companies seeking to protect their organizational data. For more information, visit www.neoscale.com .

Source: NeoScale Systems, Inc.

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