Simi Valley, Calif. — February 21, 2000 — NovaStor Corporation announced the release of their powerful new NovaNET network tape backup software with support for Windows 2000/NT, Linux and NetWare networks. The NovaNET product line offers aggressive pricing and superior performance for a multi-platform network backup product. Each NovaNET server backup product includes free autoloader support and the ability to be managed conveniently from the administrator’s desktop.

As one of the most diverse network backup products available, NovaNET has broad range of product offerings that start with support for an individual server. The range extends to a mixed network of multiple Windows clients and multiple servers running any combination of Windows 2000/NT, Linux and NetWare. NovaStor’s previous version of NovaNET generated huge demand by seamlessly supporting both NT and NetWare in a single product. With the addition of Windows 2000 and Linux support to this new version, customers can now quickly reduce administration costs by implementing a common backup solution across Windows 2000/NT, Linux and NetWare servers with support for Windows clients.

NovaStor’s president and CEO, Peter Means, comments, "We have seen an incredible response from the NT and NetWare users over the past 18 months. With the addition of Windows 2000 and Linux support we are expecting to be the clear winner for those networks with multiple operating systems." Means continues, "We are seeing thousands of users converting from ArcServe and BackupExec solutions after evaluating NovaNET. We are confident that NovaNET will become a leader in network backup."

NovaStor has introduced two new plug-ins with the release of NovaNET. A new Disaster Recovery plug-in allows a NovaNET user to boot from floppy disks or a CD to quickly recover the entire contents of a failed system. NovaNET also supports the fast and easy One Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR), which is available with most HP tape drives. The new Storage Area Network (SAN) plug-in enables NovaNET to work effectively in the many emerging high-speed fibre channel backup networks. In addition to these new plug-ins, NovaNET also supports plug-ins for SQL server, Exchange server, Open file backup, Clustered servers and advanced autoloaders.

The NovaNET product line continues to be one of the fastest and most flexible backup solutions available. With its unique Distributed Architecture, any number of servers or workstations can host a backup device that can be used to backup any other computers on the network. This technology enables NovaNET to generate some of the fastest backup times ever seen by simultaneously writing to multiple tape devices. System Administrators are praising NovaNET’s Distributed Architecture because it allows the backup configuration to be securely managed from any server or workstation.

Pricing for NovaNET starts at $349 and is currently available directly from NovaStor Corporation and NovaStor’s Registered Resellers. NovaNET will soon be available from major U.S. distributors such as, Ingram Micro, Tech Data and Merisel.

About NovaStor

Established in 1987, NovaStor Corporation is a leading developer and supplier of data protection and disaster recovery software for Windows 9xx, NT, NetWare, Linux and Windows 2000. NovaStor has developed a wide range of desktop, home network, Internet and enterprise network backup, data synchronization and data management software solutions that position the company as a major provider of Internet and Enterprise data protection solutions.

NovaStor is headquartered at 80-B West Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93065. Web site: www.novastor.com. E-mail: sales@novastor.com. Phone: 800-NOVASTOR or 805-579-6700. FAX: 805-579-6710.

Contacts:
Keith Murphy, Wildfire! 818-597-2114, kmurphy@wildfirepr.com Brian Dickman, Director of Marketing, 805-579-6700, Ext. 345 brian@novastor.com

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