Genie-soft, an established developer of backup and security software solutions, announced that its 8.0 release of Genie Backup Manager Software products will have advanced support for Iomega REV Backup Drives. The Iomega REV Backup Drive is a proven technology that is becoming a small business backup and archive storage standard around the world. The first REV product was introduced in April 2004 with the debut of the Iomega REV 35GB Backup Drive and the 35GB REV disk.

Genie-soft has worked closely with Iomega Corporation to implement basic support for Iomega's REV 35GB and second generation 70GB drives. The collaboration also led to the development of new features, most importantly One-Step Disaster Recovery which enables GBM users to create Windows bootable REV disks that contain both the system files as well as the backup data. Restoring a complete system is done in one step only. The Iomega REV 70GB Backup Drive, ideal for server implementations, is available in external USB 2.0 and internal ATAPI and SATA models. The Iomega REV 35GB Backup Drive, targeted to desktop backup and archive applications, is available in ATAPI, external USB 2.0, FireWire, SCSI, and SATA configurations.

"Genie-soft delivers on its promise of allowing cost-conscious users and businesses access to the latest data protection technology. The rounding up of features and simplification of the User Interface combined with support for Iomega's REV drives allows the implementation of backup plans at performance/price points unheard of in the past." said Muayyad Shehadeh, CEO and president of Genie-soft Corporation.

"We're very happy that Genie-soft has built advanced support for REV technology into its latest release of Genie Backup Manager Software products. Iomega's REV Backup Drives deliver easy-to-use, robust backup and archiving with removable storage that today's SMBs and others require to protect the digital assets of their business. Combining native support from Genie-soft's latest backup software with Iomega's REV technology is a win-win for today's small and mid-sized enterprises," commented Loren Bryner, worldwide product manager for REV products at Iomega.

Iomega's desktop REV autoloaders include the REV Loader 560, which uses a single REV 70GB drive and holds up to eight REV disks for up to 560GB storage capacity.Removable Iomega REV disks, with an estimated archival life of 30 years, are highly portable and combine the speed and reliability of a hard drive with the removability of tape. Reliability, ruggedness, security, instant access to data, archivability and no maintenance are all advantages of REV products.

Genie Backup Manager Product line includes:
- Home Edition: GBM Home is a solution for users looking for a simple yet robust solution to performing daily backups for their sensitive data. Through its clear wizard-based interface, users can backup their data to virtually any storage destination. It provides enhanced data security with 128-bit AES encryption capabilities.
- Pro Edition: A full-featured backup solution that adds 256-bit AES encryption, tape backup support, multi-drive spanning, logs manager, backup performance speed control, manual file/folder selection, advanced scheduling, as well as pre & post-task commands.
- Server Edition: Targets Small and Medium Businesses and incorporates Continuous Data Protection for Microsoft SQL and Exchange.