Adaptec's GoBack Software Recognized As "Best Debut" At Prestigious Codie Awards
MILPITAS, March 22, 2000 - Adaptec, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: ADPT) GoBack software received the 2000 Codie award for Utilities "Best Debut" from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA.) GoBack is the industry leader in desktop protection software that allows PC users to effortlessly undo a multitude of problems arising from system crashes, failed software installations, and user error. The software takes a computer back in time to virtually any moment in the recent past when everything was working fine.
Adaptec recently acquired Wild File, maker of GoBack, enhancing Adaptec's position as the premier provider of software products that move, manage, and protect PC users' valuable data. With Adaptec's existing ReZOOM and Take Two data recovery solutions, GoBack completes a line of data protection software that ranges from simple disk imaging to full redundancy.
"The 2000 Codie Awards recognized GoBack as an easy and ingenious solution for PC users' to protect their valuable data and instantly recover in the event of a system crash or error," said Tom Shea, vice president and general manager of Adaptec's Software Products Group. "We are honored to receive this award."
The SIIA Codie Awards showcase the industry's finest products and services and honor excellence in the software and information industry. The Codie Awards program is a tribute to ingenuity and creativity, spotlighting the best in product development, excellence and achievement. The SIIA is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry.
Among GoBack's other awards are PC Magazine's Editors' Choice and PC World's Best Buy. It was also listed as the number one Business and Productivity Software product on barnesnoble.com. GoBack ships with the PC lines of several major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) accounting for over a million units every quarter.
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