Press Release

Data Archiving using Optical Storage

PoINT Archiver is a Windows Server application designed to provide a secure and cost effective process to identify, monitor and archive relevant data in a network. The content of defined network folders is monitored by PoINT Archiver. Files contained within these monitored folders are classified for migration to the archive based upon defined filters, which can be configured according to individual requirements. PoINT Archiver periodically monitors these network folders and copies or moves files to removable optical media according to the defined filters. Migration of the filtered files and directories to optical media is performed without any user interaction using robotically-controlled CD/DVD/BD publishing systems for recording and label printing.

Data Security

During the migration process, all significant information is stored in a database. If a specific file version has to be retrieved from the archive, a database query identifies the required media. Individual files, directories or complete archives can be copied back to hard disk. PoINT Archiver can check the integrity of archived files and verify if a medium or file was manipulated. This assures the trustworthiness of the archive and its documents. PoINT Archiver provides companies, organizations and agencies with the security and authenticity of information which is required to fulfil the constantly rising number of compliance regulations. In order to recognize possible manipulations of the archived data, digital fingerprints of the files as well as of the complete medium are encoded and stored on the media itself and also in the database. Thus any individual archive medium can be examined for consistency and compared with the database records. Additionally the files in the origin folder can be compared with the database or with the archived files. Documents which have been deleted or changed are identified and reported to the administrator. An optional encryption module further protects the entire file system, preventing external access to the archived data. The combination of a system key and different archive keys makes the files illegible outside of the specific PoINT Archiver installation. This combines the advantages of removable media with the security characteristics of closed systems.

Search and Retrieve

PoINT Archiver’s “Directory Tree” displays the structure of the archived data in a view similar to the Windows Explorer. The file information (e.g. name, size, date of preparation) and the name of the corresponding archive medium can be queried for each stored file version. During the retrieval process of a file, a directory or a complete archive, the PoINT Archiver generates a list of all necessary media and requests the user to insert these into the publishing system. Only the requested files are automatically copied into the selected target directory.

Standardized File systems, media and devices

The PoINT Archiver supports standardized, durable and economical optical drives and media (CD, DVD and BD). If the standardized UDF file system is used, the data can also be accessed in single drives under virtually every operating system (Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac OSX). PoINT

Archiver Version 1.0 supports the following technologies:

File Systems

• UDF 1.5, 2.5
• PoINT Secure File System

Optical Technologies

• CD-R, DVD-R
• Blu-ray Disc

CD/DVD/BD publishing systems

• LSK, Primera, Rimage
• The list of supported devices is continuously extended

server operating system

• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows Server 2003

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