Intradyn e-Mail Active Archiving Appliances Gain Significant New Features With the Release of Version 4.0 Software Update

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Intradyn(TM), the leader in simple, affordable appliance solutions for automated e-mail archiving and retrieval, today announced the immediate availability of a major update of the software that powers the company's popular ComplianceVault(TM) and Orca(TM) eMail Archiver line of e-mail archiving appliances. Intradyn's new fourth-generation software release expands the capabilities of the Orca Archiver product line with enhanced mail management, message and file de-duplication and compression, and email recovery features that are critical to small and medium sized businesses. The ComplianceVault eSeries product line also gains important new features that are a "must-have" for enterprise customers, such as enhanced security, remote monitoring and control, enhanced searching and audit reports, and an optimized message store that is scalable to over 30TB with multiple data retention and legal hold options for compliance.

"Version 4.0 shows a maturation of our email archiving products," said Brent Bowlby, Intradyn's Chief Executive Officer. "We knew back in early '04, when Intradyn created the email archiving appliance category with our first product for SMB customers, that it was only a matter of time before companies of all sizes could benefit from the significant ROI and lower TCO that is inherent in the appliance model, and now that time has come with this new release."

The software upgrade provides:

Secure Encrypted Message Transportation: Securely transport email messages from the email server to archive, utilizing the secure POP/IMAP protocol. This added security is particularly beneficial to customers who wish to locate their email archiving appliance at a remote location.

Enhanced User Interface: Provides a new "Step-by-step" wizard for creating user and group accounts, providing many additional options which are more granular and easier to administer. Each user can select a "Homepage" for more convenient navigation. And, the usability is improved by only displaying authorized functions.

LDAP and Active Directory integration: Provides for shared user and group policy management.

Enhanced Search and Discovery: New options for searching content selectively by: email header, email attachment (Office, PDF, and TXT), attachment type, and message body, while also providing for easy automated scheduling of popular searches.

Three Stage Data Retention Management: Intradyn's Orca and ComplianceVault appliances incorporate the cost savings, efficiency and versatility of a "disk-to-disk-to-tape" data protection scheme, providing businesses with the most reliable solution available for complete life cycle management of electronic communications. In addition, data written to tape can optionally be encrypted with AES 256-bit "strong encryption" (the highest level of encryption available), and can be certified "unalterable" by utilizing Sony's AIT WORM tape technology.

Optimized De-duplication and Compression of Emails: Actively reduces the message store on the email archiver by an estimated 75 percent, resulting in a leaner more efficient email message store that also shrinks backup and restore times.

SNMP Monitoring and Remote Control: Provides network operations with alerts on the ComplianceVault status, and remote access to the ComplianceVault even if the appliance is in a powered down state.

Intradyn was the first to offer the industry an e-mail archiving appliance that employed departmental policies to index and organize e-mail, helping companies comply with legal and regulatory requirements for records retention, and reducing the cost and complexity of archiving email. Intradyn's email archiving appliances are the ideal solution for meeting regulatory requirements, as well as providing the critical capability of retrieving messages quickly for legal or HR purposes by combining policy-driven email management, storage, and archiving into an easily installed and operated unit that includes all software and hardware and does not require per-user fees. "E-mail archiving continues to be an integral part of a comprehensive data protection strategy. Sony has worked closely with Intradyn to make sure their email archiving appliances take full advantage of the unique benefits offered by Sony's AIT tape technologies. Our AIT based tape libraries with WORM functionality offer all of the benefits of tape automation and have been tested and configured to work seamlessly with Intradyn's ComplianceVault and Orca eMail Archiver appliances for easy installation and maintenance. By taking advantage of the cost effectiveness of these bundled hardware and newly released software products from Sony and Intradyn, the end user is able to leverage enterprise class feature sets at an SMB price," said Alan Sund, vice president of sales and marketing for Sony Electronics' Component and Business Solutions Division.

Software upgrades are available at no charge to Intradyn's existing customers who are currently covered under a software maintenance contract. Current customers who have questions about the software upgrade may contact Intradyn by emailing support@intradyn.com, or by calling 651-556-4336.

About Intradyn, Inc. Intradyn's mission is "Data Protection Made Simple"(TM) Headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, the company develops software that it incorporates into all-in-one data protection and preservation appliances -- providing enterprise-class functionality at prices affordable to businesses of all sizes. Founded in 2001, Intradyn designs its products specifically to address the overriding IT issues facing all businesses today: managing complexity while dealing with tight budgets. The company sells its products throughout the U.S. and internationally through a growing network of resellers and partners, including marketing partner Sony. Additional information is available from the company's web site http://www.intradyn.com, by contacting info@intradyn.com, or by calling 651-203-4600.

Note:

Intradyn, ComplianceVault and Orca eMail Archiver are trademarks of Intradyn. SONY and Sony AIT are trademarks of Sony, Inc. Office, Outlook, Windows, and Exchange are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. GroupWise is a trademark of Novell, Inc. Domino is a trademark of IBM.