KOM Networks announces support for HIT GmbH NETZON Series CD/DVD Jukeboxes 

KOMworx® automates Data Migration, Retention and Archiving to NETZON CD/DVD Libraries

19.10.2005

Ottawa ON, Canada & Nuremberg, Germany - October 19, 2005: KOM Networks, a global leader of storage management software solutions featuring Compliance, Archiving and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Human Interactive Technologies (HIT), today jointly announced support for HIT GmbH NETZON CD/DVD jukeboxes with KOMworx suite of products. The CD/DVD Jukeboxes offer nearline storage solutions with flexible number of media slots, reliable robotics for fast media swapping and improved performance.

KOMworx simplifies storage management by consolidating organizations diverse set of data storage devices into a single view ‘virtual pool’ represented by a global namespace. KOMworx solutions are policy driven and dynamically managed helping organizations easily archive, access and protect digital assets across multiple storage devices. Customers using KOMworx can archive data to CD/DVD jukeboxes such as offered by HIT GmbH for long term data archiving. KOMworx extends simplified storage management to healthcare, financial and legal applications, as well as third party applications such as Enterprise Content Management (ECM), E-mail archiving, and Document Management Systems (DMS).

"KOMworx adaptive technology and transparent interface provides simplified administration, seamless integration and automated archiving; and is the ideal complement for our NETZON series CD/DVD jukeboxes," said Dr. Ming Zhu, CEO, Human Interactive Technologies (HIT) GmbH. “We are pleased to announce that KOM Networks will be supporting our CD/DVD Libraries. KOMworx archiving solutions preserve digital assets and archive fixed content such as X-Ray images, financial records and legal documents on optical media including CD and DVD,” he added.

KOMworx adaptive design enables customers to transparently combine various storage technologies, including CD/DVD optical removable media and Hard Disk (direct attached, NAS or SAN) into a dynamically scalable single global namespace. KOMworx key features such as e-WORM (fixed content hard disk archiving) and e-WORM++ (WORM permanence combined with high performance disk storage) deliver unmatched data protection and satisfy the most stringent regulatory requirements. In addition KOMworx offers adaptive ILM NAS aggregation and dynamic capacity management.

“We welcome HIT GmbH to our portfolio of supported companies that provide optical media and jukeboxes to archive, files, records and images. We are committed to offering the widest range of supported technologies to cater to the varying needs and requirements of our partners and clients. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with HIT to deliver solutions that utilize and leverage KOMworx technology,” said Dr. Taher Shaath, CEO of KOM Networks. “KOMworx software provides long term data archiving and compliance enabling solutions. KOMworx industry leading features such as e-WORM, e-WORM++ and data shredding satisfy the most stringent government compliance laws and regulations,” Dr. Shaath added.
About KOM Networks
KOM Networks, founded in 1969, is the world leader of innovative storage management software solutions. Pioneers of Data Protection & Retention, KOM Networks’ products provide Compliance, Archiving and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) to over 10,000 installations globally. KOM Networks products are delivered through a worldwide network of value-added resellers, strategic partnerships and alliances.

KOM Networks’ easy-to-integrate products let you Simply Manage, Protect, and Serve STORAGE, The Way You Want It. For more information please visit www.komnetworks.com.

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About Human Interactive Technologies
Headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, HIT offers system solutions based on the modular CD/DVD jukeboxes supporting standard drives and thermal media printers.