CipherMax Completes CM140T Testing To Encrypt LTO Tapes for IBM Library

CipherMax, Inc. announced that its CM140T tape storage
encryption product has successfully completed interoperability testing
with IBM’s System Storage TS3200 Tape Library product equipped with
both LTO-3 and LTO-4 tape drives and has been confirmed as IBM System
Storage Proven. The IBM System Storage Proven program builds on IBM’s
already extensive interoperability efforts to develop and deliver
products and solutions that work together with third party products.

"Proven
interoperability with IBM System Storage tape library products is a
critical requirement for our mutual customers," said Charles Portnoy,
Sr. Director of Business Development for CipherMax. “The successful
completion of testing in the System Storage Proven program shows our
commitment to delivering innovative storage security solutions that can
support a high level of interoperability.”

The CipherMax
CM140T offers highly scalable, cost-effective encryption for tape-based
storage. Its innovative, fabric-based architecture supports up to 16
Fibre Channel connections and supports installation options as a
transparent appliance or a SAN switch with integrated security
services. The CM140T provides a comprehensive tape security feature
set, including support for data compression, data integrity checking,
and secure key management.

The tested solution offers a
seamless migration path for companies planning on combining encrypting
LTO-4 tape drives with their legacy non-encrypting drives. Deploying
the CipherMax CM140T enables encryption for tape backups using existing
drives and for LTO-4 drives using LTO-3 media. CipherMax’s KeyCruiser
also provides a centralized key lifecycle management system for both
drive-based as well as CM140T based encryption services. Organizations
no longer have to worry about introducing complexities in their backup
environment such as securing only a limited portion of their backups,
segregating LTO-4 media from legacy LTO media, or administering
multiple key management systems.

The IBM System Storage
Proven program supports the ability of independent hardware and
software vendors to build high-quality solutions with the latest
technology on leading storage platforms as well as reduce solution
design time when multiple, tested building blocks have already been
pre-tested.

CipherMax,
Inc.

IBM Corp.