Mainstar Launches Database Backup And Recovery for IMS (DBR for IMS)

Simplifies IMS Backup, Recovery and Disaster Recovery Using a System-Level
Backup Methodology
NEWTON, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Mainstar (www.mainstar.com), an industry-leading provider of data-management
solutions in the IBM System z arena, today announced the availability of a new
product, Database Backup and Recovery for IMS (DBR for IMS) on z/OS, that
maximizes investment in large system databases and storage systems. Mainstar is
a Rocket Software (www.rocketsoftware.com) brand.

DBR for IMS is a storage-aware backup and recovery solution that integrates
storage processor fast-replication facilities with IMS backup and recovery
operations to allow instantaneous backups with no downtime, reduce recovery
time, and simplify disaster recovery procedures while using less CPU, I/O, and
storage resources.

"For years, organizations have used the same technology for IMS backups. DBR for
IMS provides a lower cost, higher quality, and ultra-high availability
solution," says Doug Bryan, Mainstar's Vice President of Sales and Marketing in
North America. John Procter, Vice President of Sales and Marketing in the United
Kingdom and continental Europe, says, "Now IMS systems and/or databases can be
backed up without an outage. Restores happen in parallel with recovery, and
disaster recovery is as simple as starting from a power failure. We have
listened to our customers and have developed DBR for IMS to provide the high
availability required today. DBR for IMS empowers organizations with a solution
to meet their high availability initiatives while reducing costs."

DBR for IMS provides organizations with a new set of IMS backup and recovery
techniques not provided by any other IMS tool on the market. DBR for IMS
provides backup and recovery techniques to address the high availability and
integrity needed by organizations today. DBR for IMS complements Database Backup
and Recovery for DB2 (DBR for DB2) to provide a consistent methodology for both
DB2 and IMS database management systems.

About Rocket Software

Rocket Software (www.rocketsoftware.com) is a global software development firm
that builds and services Enterprise Infrastructure products for the world's
leading OEMs, networks and software companies and enterprises. The company's
current lines of business complement and extend strategic OEM offerings in the
areas of business intelligence, storage, networks and telecom, terminal
emulation and FTP, integration, modernization and SOA, database, and security.
Rocket is engaged in OEM relationships and technology partnerships with IBM,
EMC, HP, RSA, Nortel, Motorola, and many others. Rocket Software is based in
Newton, Massachusetts.

For Rocket Software
Richard Berman, 415-359-4906
richard@verbfactory.com

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