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September 29, 1997

CA Moves ArcServe For NT Closer To The Enterprise

Storage manager to be integrated into Unicenter TNG

By Caryn Gillooly

C omputer Associates this week will reposition its ArcServe for Windows NT storage-management product as more of an enterprise-class offering. CA is adding high-end features to ArcServe, acquired with the company's purchase of Cheyenne Software this year, and is integrating the product into its Unicenter TNG management platform.

Topping the new-feature list for ArcServe 6.5 is an option that lets users automatically migrate a virtually unlimited amount of data off a hard drive onto other media, such as a tape drive or o ptical jukebox.

CA is targeting organizations with many offices with a new remote disaster-recovery option. The previous version required the administrator to connect a tape drive to the server to restore it; this new feature provides recovery capabilities over a remote connection.

Other features include data compression, mainframe backup, data encryption, and the ability for administrators to create a central server for an enterprise view of all backed-up information. "In the past, ArcServe was positioned just as a backup solution," says CA marketing manager T.M. Ravi. "But Windows NT customers are looking for complete storage management."

ArcServe 6.5 will come bundled and integrated with the Unicenter TNG Framework, a scaled-down version of CA's management platform. But most ArcServe customers are relatively small shops, so there's little demand among the installed base for Unicenter integration.

For example, Halley Exchange, a data clearinghouse in Elgin, Ill., that has tested ArcServe 6.5 , has no plans to implement TNG. But Halley LAN administrator Sam Chen likes the disaster-recovery capabilities. "As you might imagine, our data is very important to us," Chen says.

ArcServe 6.5 for Windows NT/ Enterprise Edition is available now for $1,395, without the added options. The mainframe backup option is priced at $6,995; the disaster-recovery option, $395; and the data- migration option, $2,995.


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