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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

Robert L. Price
UNIX Marketing Group
(508) 493-4297


... provides unattended backup for widest range of UNIX and personal 
    computer systems in the industry ...


       DIGITAL EXPANDS NETWORK BACKUP AND RESTORE CAPABILITIES
                   FOR MOST POPULAR UNIX PLATFORMS


MAYNARD, Mass. -- December 14, 1992 -- Digital Equipment Corporation 
announced the latest version of its industry-leading storage 
management product, DEC Network Save and Restore (DECnsr), as part 
of its POLYCENTER offerings.  DECnsr is specifically designed for 
UNIX environments and provides a range of backup capabilities for 
UNIX-based systems and personal computers attached to TCP/IP 
networks and Digital's UNIX servers.

     Users will see significant gains in system management 
productivity, data and file availability and security, at the same 
time, keeping costs to a minimum through time and media savings. 
Capabilities in the latest version (DECnsr V2.0) include:

     o  New capacity allows backup of an entire UNIX computing 
        environment without a system operator in attendance, and on 
        a schedule which assures all users full access to their 
        systems according to their needs

     o  Flexibility in backing up only the files in personal 
        computers and UNIX systems which should be saved to maintain 
        the integrity and availability of users' data when needed

     o  More backup capacity with the addition of support for tape 
        jukebox devices with storage up to 270 Gbytes

     o  Simplified system manager interaction through a graphical 
        user interface based on OSF/MOTIF

     o  Time savings from improved throughput via multiple output 
        devices in parallel 

     o  Flexibility in choice of backup media with backup to disk 
        and/or five different tape formats (4mm, 8mm, QICtape, 
        Digital TK cartridge, IBM 3480 cartridge)

     o  Lower cost licensing for PC clients ($100 per client)

     o  Support for HP 9000/700 clients


     DECnsr V2.0 continues to provide unattended backup with 
flexible scheduling to assure that system users on the network are 
not affected by data and file backups; file compression to increase 
tape capacity and cut both tape cost and operator time required to 
back up systems in a network; data encryption to assure that data 
being moved on the network for backup is secure; support for UNIX 
systems from Digital, Sun, IBM and MIPS Computer Systems; and 
support for personal computers networked by Digital's PATHWORKS 
TCP/IP or PC-NFS. 

     "The latest version of DECnsr gives our customers greater 
latitude in managing their installed UNIX and PC systems from a 
common point," said Gary Gottschalk, Product Marketing Manager for 
UNIX Storage Management Products. "Customers like the new features 
in DECnsr V2.0 because it's easy to set up and automate management 
of backup operations, it's easy to recover files, and it supports a 
wide range of platforms from more vendors. The new features improve 
both the productivity of system management personnel and the data 
availability in the computing environment." 

     DECnsr V2.0 is priced at $100.00 for PC clients, $265.00 for 
UNIX clients, from $1,890.00 for single UNIX systems, and from 
$2,830.00 for servers. It is available immediately.

     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor
computing.  Digital and its business partners deliver the power to
use the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center -
in open information environments.
                                ####

Note to Editors:  DECnsr, Digital, the Digital logo, PATHWORKS, and 
                  POLYCENTER are trademarks of Digital Equipment 
                  Corporation.

     		  OSF and Motif are trademarks of the Open Software 
                  Foundation.

     		  UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System 
                  Laboratories, Inc.

     		  PC-NFS is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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