Santa Clara, CA - October 8, 2002 - UTS Global, LLC, the worldwide leader in Unix® and Linux® mainframe operating environments, today announced Distributed Tape Subsystem (TSS-DTS), the newest component of their recently released Tape Services Suite for Linux. Using the tape and data management tools of the Tape Services Suite, TSS-DTS adds to mainframe Linux systems the ability to share tapes among mainframe, distributed and desktop systems.

Without any administrator’s involvement, TSS-DTS enables users to share a pool of mainframe tape drives among LPARS running Linux/390, Virtual Machines running Linux/390, x86 systems running Linux and Sun Microsystems® systems running Solaris®. "Using the Distributed Tape component of our Tape Services Suite means that you can easily share your tape drives among all your virtual Linux systems." explained Douglas DeMers, Linux Product Manager for UTS Global.

TSS-DTS provides a user interface to the remote tape drives that makes them appear as if they are local. It also manages access and scheduling of the drives.

When combined with the Tape Silo Feature (TSS-TSF), another optional component of the Tape Services Suite, TSS-DTS facilitates access of tapes stored in StorageTek® tape silos from any supported client system.

A trial version of TSS-DTS is available for download from the UTS Global website, www.utsglobal.com. All components of the Tape Services Suite are supplied in standard binary RPM format.

About UTS Global, LLC
Formed in 2000 as a spin-off from Amdahl® Corporation, UTS Global is the worldwide leader in Unix® and Linux® operating environments for mainframe business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower businesses through mission-critical system software and support.

Contact Information: Email linux@utsglobal.com or call (408)496-4200