New Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition Drive Provides Simple, Affordable and Automated Backups for Small-business Servers
Dubai, UAE, 9 May 2005 - Extending its leadership in external storage and backup, Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) announced today that it has taken the simplicity of its award-winning Maxtor OneTouch II drive and created a one-of-a-kind server backup solution for small businesses. The new Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive provides easy installation, automatic backups, quick restore features, remote notification, and simple storage management for small business Windows servers. Offered at 200GB, the drive can easily and cost-effectively backup up to 300GB of compressed business files, accounting records, emails and more, automatically every day, without the hassle of swapping out tapes, CDs or DVDs.
The Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive has no complex menus or commands, and no in-depth technical knowledge is required to set it up. Just plug it in using the included USB 2.0 cable, install and walk through Maxtor's easy setup wizard, and it's done. The default setting is ready to back up everything on the server's local disk drives nightly at 10 pm. If needed, users can quickly and easily set their own schedule for server backups. Remote notification is provided by way of simple red light/green light desktop icons on a networked PC, as well as email notification communicating the completion of backups.
The Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive comes integrated with an exclusive version of EMC Dantz Retrospect Express HD Server software with open file backup support, a feature usually available only in more expensive enterprise backup packages. This feature helps protect database applications that must run 24x7, or files accidentally left open at the end of the day. The drive also features Maxtor's exclusive, user-friendly interface for easy drive management as well as Maxtor DriveLock technology to password protect the contents of the drive in case of loss or unauthorized use.
"Small business owners know that they should be backing up their data, just like they know they should be flossing their teeth, but not everyone does it," said Ray Boggs, vice president, Small/Medium Business Research at IDC. "Only about 40% of small businesses regularly back up and keep it in a safe location, which speaks to the need of an affordable, easy-to-use solution such as the new Maxtor small business drive."
"Most small businesses do not have an IT staff and rely on solutions that are easy to install and easy to use, so extending our Maxtor OneTouch product into the small business server market is a natural fit," said Stacey Lund, vice president of marketing for Maxtor's Branded Products Group. "As the leader in innovative pushbutton backup and storage, it's important to provide our customers with a solution that protects the data they've worked so hard to build. With the Maxtor OneTouch Small Business Edition drive, we've created a best-in-class solution, giving small business owners peace of mind in knowing that their data is safe."
Comparing Maxtor's new server backup solution to tape, third-party vendor National Technical Systems (NTS), www.ntscorp.com, said, "to put it simply, the Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition outperformed all competitors tested in all categories tested, period." According to the company's report, users can backup 50GB of server data up to 4.5 times faster than with tape. If a full restore is needed using the same amount of data, the Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive can complete this task during a lunch hour, while a tape solution takes an entire day. This additional time could be crippling for a small business.
Other benefits of the Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive include:
* Improved productivity with automated unattended backups - there is no waiting around to swap tapes
* Lower total cost of ownership, including the time to manage backups and media every day
* Remote notification via simple red light/green light desktop icons on a networked PC, as well as email notification to let you know if the backups are completed successfully
* External format enables one or more backup copies to be quickly rotated and stored offsite for additional protection
* Eliminates human errors in tape handling, thereby improving reliability in restoring files
* Self-grooming storage management feature automatically purges duplicate or older version files to maintain the capacity level of the drive
* Elegant and sleek design
The Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition drive comes in 200GB (300GB compressed) capacity and is priced at $599.95 MSRP. Major retailers, distributors and online stores, as well as www.maxstore.com, will begin carrying the drive in mid-May. Please visit www.maxtor.com for more details.
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About Maxtor
Maxtor Corporation (www.maxtor.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and consumer storage solutions. The company has an expansive line of storage products for desktop computers, storage systems, high-performance Intel-based servers, and consumer electronics. Maxtor has a reputation as a proven market leader, built by consistently providing high-quality products, services and support for its customers. Maxtor and its products can be found at www.maxtor.com or by calling toll-free (800) 2-MAXTOR. Maxtor is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MXO.
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Maxtor and the Maxtor stylized logo design are registered trademarks, and Maxtor OneTouch, OneTouch and Maxtor DriveLock are trademarks of Maxtor Corporation. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Compression assumes 3:2 compression ratio. Actual compression may vary depending on the type of data.
To view the report from National Technical Systems, please visit the company's website at http://www.ntscorp.com/scripts/test/test.asp?df_action=browse&cat=60
For purposes of measuring disk drive storage capacity, one gigabyte (GB) represents one billion bytes. The Maxtor OneTouch serves as an element of an overall backup strategy.
This announcement relating to Maxtor may contain forward-looking statements concerning future technology, products incorporating that technology, and Maxtor's execution. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties which could materially affect the company's results, including, but not limited to, market demand for hard disk drives, integration of the company's products with products produced by others, the company's ability to execute future production ramps and utilize manufacturing assets efficiently, pricing, competition, and the significant uncertainty of market acceptance of new products and technologies. These and other risk factors are contained in documents that the company files with the SEC, including the Form 10-K for fiscal 2004 and its recent 10-Qs. Maxtor is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any responsibility to update or alter, its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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