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CEC INTROS FULLY MANAGED, NETWORK-BASED DATA PROTECTION

Con Edison Communications, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison Inc, introduced PowerProtect, a fully managed, network-based data protection service.

PowerProtect is a turnkey, ultra-reliable utility service that makes it fast, easy and cost-effective for CEC's New York City area business customers to automate the offsite backup and restore of mission-critical data.

PowerProtect simplifies every aspect of protecting corporate data. It is easy to set-up and provides automated backups and rapid Web-based restores. PowerProtect minimizes the impact on servers and networks and reduces operating and storage management costs. Using advanced storage technology, PowerProtect enables customers to remotely backup their data leveraging their existing network. Once an initial backup has been completed for a particular server or PC, PowerProtect facilitates daily backups and point-in-time copies occur automatically with minimal impact on system and network performance. And with its Web-based portal, PowerProtect ensures immediate access to vital company data. This enables customers to restore data whenever and wherever they need it, whether to an existing company location or a disaster recovery facility.

"Experience shows us that the smartest way to protect critical business data is to maintain it at remote locations in the event of manmade or natural disasters," said Peter Rust, president and CEO of CEC. "Our PowerProtect service addresses this need directly. In the same way that our diverse conduit system protects telecommunications services more than single conduit offerings, remote backup and restore services protect data better than onsite methods alone."

PowerProtect offers a minimum of 99.99 percentt availability. Other features include:

• Network-based data protection for servers and personal computers.
• Proven, reliable turnkey data backup and restore service.
• Supports hundreds of application servers and terabytes of data.
• 24-7 support.
• Usage tracking and analysis via online portal.
• Provides tape-based data protection.