Tarmin Solutions Integrates Advanced Secure Information Archival Solution to EMCs Centera

Integration of Tarmins Indus Intelligence Technology with EMC Centera Content Addressed Storage System Allows Customers End-To-End Secure Information Lifecycle Management

London, UK (PRWEB) February 16, 2004 ---Tarmin Solutions, developer of the award winning Indus Intelligence security platform, today announced it entered into EMC Corporations Centera Development Program and completed the integration of its Indus Symposium with EMCs Centera content addressed storage (CAS) solution. The Symposium solution, when combined with the EMC Centera CAS system, represents an entirely new software-driven secure storage solution designed to specifically address the unique information storage requirements of fixed content, an increasingly critical component of organizations informational assets.

Tarmin Solutions Indus Symposium is a unique offering that brings unmatched security and ease of use to organizations' record retention initiatives. Symposium delivers a Legislation Compliant, Information Lifecycle Management Solution, enabling policy-based information access, security, and control. The solution features include: personal archival options, user policy-based retention with customizable encryption settings, seamless EMC Centera integration, simplified Windows client/server installation with digital ID based smart-card/token support and more, enabling users to self-manage the secure retention and archival of their sensitive information while ensuring adherence to corporate information security policies and relevant legislation.

Tarmin is committed to delivering best in class legislation compliant security solutions", said Shahbaz Ali, Tarmins CEO. Proactive, structured management of fixed content is a vital concern for todays risk adverse organization. The Centera / Symposium offering uniquely provides the infrastructure for reducing the costs associated with securely managing fixed content and will help to facilitate effective regulatory compliance. We have chosen to standardize our secure solutions on EMC Centera for one simple reason; it delivers a highly reliable storage technology that is unmatched in the marketplace."

Meeting the key needs of today's complex risk management and regulatory compliance environment, Indus Symposium integrates with Centera either as an in-house configuration or as part of an outsourced Centera package delivered through a trusted third-party service provider, making Centera with Symposium an ideal combination for ensuring effective risk management of fixed content across a range of industries and business models.

The marketplace demand for effective information lifecycle management of fixed content is growing rapidly, fueled by corporate risk management and compliance initiatives. As the worlds first CAS solution, Centera addresses the unique requirements of fixed content," said Roy Sanford, Vice President of Content Addressed Storage at EMC. I am pleased that Tarmin is working with EMC and has developed an intelligent security solution for the Centera CAS platform that delivers high usability, easy integration and excellent value."

As fixed content increasingly moves online the need to easily and effectively manage, protect and access this information grows accordingly. Centera with Symposium represents a highly innovative package for the evolving need for fixed content to be both immediately accessible and highly secured. The EMC Centera storage solution is designed to scale from multiple terabyte to petabyte-sized environments, ensuring a lasting solution for organizations fixed content management needs.

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world leader in products, services and solutions for information storage and management that help organizations extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

About Tarmin Solutions Ltd.

Tarmin Solutions is a developer of lifecycle information security solutions that make it easier to protect and manage enterprise user data and communications. Based upon its innovative Indus Intelligence Platform (II-P) Core Runtime Engine, Tarmin products intelligently leverage existing IT infrastructure to deliver best in class legislation compliant data layer protection to information within and beyond the network. Tarmin is the first European company to receive the highly coveted US Department of Defense JITC, PKI and CAC Smart-Card Program Interoperability Certification. Tarmin Solutions is headquartered in London, England, with a regional office in Californias Silicon Valley. For more information, visit http://www.tarmin.com.