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Data Protection Solutions by Arco Expands its Disk 2 Disk (D2D) Product Offerings with New Bay Mount Products.
EzBackup™ Solutions Now Offer More Integration Options In Addition to Simplifying Data Backup and full Image Restore for the SMB and SOHO market.

Hollywood, FL, March 2, 2005 - Data Protection Solutions, or DPS, the provider of disk mirroring, backup and bare metal restore solutions for the edge of the network, announced today the addition of two Disk 2 Disk (D2D) products to the EzBackup™ product line. The EzBackup product line now includes both 3.5" and 5.25" Bay Mount versions offering end-users and system integrators more integration options. The EzBackup Bay Mount products enable end-users with limited access to the front panel of a system to use either a 3.5" or a 5.25" bay to install an EzBackup controller in either form factor.

Both EzBackup solutions bring the benefits of higher-end, enterprise data backup and recovery capabilities to the edge of the network with full image copies of the hard drive and fast, efficient bare metal restore of that drive. These solutions are offered through the distribution partners of Data Protection Solutions at a suggested retail price of $199, considerably less than that of much more expensive tape or CD solutions in the market today.


"The data at the edge of the network has been neglected for years. Either it was too cumbersome to conduct any meaningful backups with the available products or the user simply ignored back ups and kept his or her fingers crossed. With products like EZBackup, and now with these additional models, there is no more excuse for the user not to protect data as it should be protected," states Arun Taneja of the Taneja Group.

"The use of the EzBackup patented technology ensures that full image backups are executed on the backup drive, virtually guaranteeing a complete restore when one is needed," states Steve Hammond, SVP of Sales and Marketing at DPS. "DPS has recently completed distribution agreements with both Tech Data Product Management and D&H Distributing based on the considerable need in the market for EzBackup solutions. With its price point less then half of the traditional backup and restore products on the market today, we are to remove the price decision barrier and are better able to better address the demand for these solutions."

"Our technology, which is simple to use, yet an extremely sophisticated application, will allow so many additional users at the edge of the networks to finely properly protect their data and have complete confidence in restoring their critical data," states Lawrence F Steffann, President/ CEO of DPS.

About DPS' Technology

The company's DupliDisk™ and EzBackup™ product lines eliminate the costs of data loss by preventing its occurrence. A fully bootable image copy ensures that the system can be restored in a matter of seconds, versus hours. DPS' family of products also removes the backup load from the host CPU, requiring no drivers, IRQs or TSRs. Furthermore, data security is greatly enhanced through the application of the company's patent-pending Hidden Device Technology (HDT). HDT's unique capability renders the backup drive invisible to the system and also to the user, requiring no customer intervention or scheduled commands. As stated by Steffann, "we are providing our customers with an easy-to-use, enterprise-class solution at minimal cost, whether they're SOHO, SMB or enterprise-level customers."

Headquartered in south Florida, Data Protection Solutions by Arco (http://www.ezd2d.com/) was founded in 1989. Its disk mirroring RAID controller and EzBackup™ disk-to-disk (D2D) product lines, powered by the company¹s patented DupliDisk technology, are designed to preserve the value of personal and corporate data. Data values are growing exponentially, and the high failure rate of tape-based backups and restores is a more serious threat to these values than ever. D2D backup provides cost-effective backup and storage up to terabyte capacity. It is now recognized as the "fail-safe" solution to data protection for enterprise, SMB and SOHO applications. The company serves both direct and OEM markets through distributors and resellers in the United States, Europe and the Far East.