Legato Systems Inc, Palo Alto, California, will release version 4.2 of its NetWorker storage management software for Unix later this quarter. Enhancements over the 4.1.3 release include faster restores, more administration tools, and the capacity to support hierarchical storage management applications, the company says. Legato last month paid $6.5m to acquire its Hamilton, Ontario-based OEM customer Innovus Technologies Inc. It will take a one-time $1.9m hit against its first quarter 1996 figures as a result. Innovus created a NetWorker-compatible version of Legato’s software for HP-UX, which will now be offered as NetWorker for HP-UX version 4.1.3. A combined release will be offered early next year, Legato says. Meantime the HSM for NetWorker storage management software Legato is developing in conjunction with Eastman Kodak Co’s Imagery Software will be available for AIX, SunOS and Solaris in the spring, with support for HP-UX and Santa Cruz Unix due by mid-year. Legato hopes all of its 12 other OEM partners will take the software. NetWorker 4.2 will be $2,000 to $8,000 depending on the system.
