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IPR International Signs Contract With Tasty Baking Company to Provide Data Backup and Storage Solutions CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- IPR International, the leader in data protection and recovery for small-to-midsize and enterprise-level organizations, today announced an agreement with Philadelphia-based Tasty Baking Company , for IPR's data backup and storage solutions, DATAGUARDIAN(TM) and their newest offering for long term archiving, OptiGuard(TM). The DATAGUARDIAN Rapid Recoveryservice allows Tasty Baking to shorten significantly its daily back-up window and ensure round the clock availability of mission-critical applications and information. IPR's OptiGuard solution, a unique long-term archiving capability, enables Tasty Baking to free up space on enterprise servers while allowing users instant retrieval of stored data. One of the country's leading bakers of snack cakes, pies and cookies, Tasty Baking Company manages the manufacturing and distribution of more than 100 products nationwide. The company approached IPR when information technology management became interested in exploring state-of-the-art alternatives for backup and recovery. Tasty Baking needed solutions that would reduce the window required for system backup and ensure information availability at all times. "IPR provides us with powerful solutions for seamless data backup and management," said Mr. Charles P. Pizzi, President and CEO of Tasty Baking Company. "Not only will our daily backups be simplified, but data and application recovery should improve dramatically. Instead of restoring from tapes, we'll be able to point-and-click for instant information availability. Access to our information is a critical part of driving operational excellence within this company." Tasty Baking Company has agreed to implement two IPR solutions. DATAGUARDIAN Rapid Recovery provides an electronic vaulting alternative to traditional tape backup. The DATAGUARDIAN service will reduce Tasty Baking's daily backup window by more than 60%, storing system information on one client-site server and at one of IPR's secure, remote locations. OptiGuard, an optical data archiving service, will allow Tasty Baking to free up server space by transferring old information via software agent to the newest WORM (Write Once-Read Many) technology, a more secure and reliable solution than tape storage that makes archived information easier to find and access. As various regulations require that data be stored and recoverable for longer periods of time, the use of high-speed search and indexing capabilities and the latest in WORM technology are quickly becoming the standard for "best practices." "Tasty Baking Company is a marquee client on our roster and is a perfect candidate for both our DATAGUARDIAN and OptiGuard solutions," said Michael Emmi, Chairman and CEO, IPR International. "We are pleased to work with such a high-profile company and to be able to offer services across the data lifecycle-from business continuity to long-term data storage and retrieval." About Tasty Baking Company Tasty Baking Company, founded in 1914 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is one of the country's leading bakers of snack cakes, pies, cookies, and donuts with manufacturing facilities in Philadelphia and Oxford, Pennsylvania. Tasty Baking Company offers more than 100 products under the Tastykake brand name. For more information on Tasty Baking Company, visit http://www.tastykake.com/ . In addition, consumers can send Tastykake products throughout the United States from the company website or by calling 1-800-33-TASTY. About IPR International IPR International, LLC, the leader in data protection and recovery for small-to-midsize to enterprise-level organizations,offers solutions that ensure instant data backup, recovery, archiving, and retrieval, no matter where the data resides. IPR's comprehensive, best-of-breed products and services -- DATAGUARDIAN(TM), DATAGUARDIAN LT(TM) and OptiGuard(TM) -- protect the information assets and the business viability of organizations in today's highly regulated, and increasingly high-risk 24x7 environment. In partnership with leading hardware and software vendors, IPR is a trusted source for solutions to protect and preserve data, throughout its lifecycle, providing complete access, the highest level of data security and integrity and disaster recovery best practices -- at very competitive prices. From guaranteed backup systems to archiving processes based on today's most cost effective WORM technology, IPR provides reliable and verifiable data retrieval solutions that are unequalled. IPR is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and serves clients worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.iprintl.com/ . DATASOURCE: IPR International, LLC CONTACT: Beth Hespe, x235, or , or Mari Silbey, x245, or , both of Garfield Group Public Relations, +1-215-867-8600, for IPR International, LLC; or Alice Quinn of IPR International, LLC, +1-610-238-0280, or Web site: http://www.iprintl.com/ http://www.tastykake.com/

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