For Immediate Release 		
4/22/96             	
Contact: Brent Bowlby
612-730-4156


Back Again/2 Professional for OS/2 Gains Network Centric, Ease of Use Features.

WOODBURY, MN.  Computer Data Strategies, Inc., the leader in OS/2 based backup and recovery software, is excited to announce the availability of its newest release of Back Again/2 Professional Version 4.0.

"We have gone over thousands of user requests and have implemented dozens of new features in the user interface, backup scheduling, disaster recovery, and scalability," said Brent Bowlby, President of CDS.  "Back Again/2 is the only backup package to fully exploit the power of OS/2."

"We are pleased to have the continued support of CDS with the new version of Back Again/2 for OS/2," said Wally Casey, vice president of client product management, IBM Personal Software Products.  "With 13 million copies of OS/2 in the market, the opportunity for success and increasing revenues is great for companies like CDS."

To better manage your unattended backups, we've developed a new extension to the Workplace Shell folder.  You can now schedule a backup set, program, or REXX script to execute at a single date and time, a timed interval, or a combination of days at a chosen time.  All by simply dragging it into the new backup scheduler folder.

With features like user exits, you can configure any external command to execute before or after a backup is performed.  This adds a whole new level of power to your backups.  Delete temporary  files, log onto or off of a network, broadcast a network message, or shutdown and restart a data base - all before and/or after a backup.

More robust Workplace Shell integration allows you to backup and restore with "drag and drop" ease.  The new quick backup user interface can dramatically reduce the time to start your backup, and now you can keep your backup sets, message files, and catalogs in their own directories and folders for easy access.

Disaster recovery couldn't be easier with Back Again/2 Professional 4.0.  With a new text mode graphical user interface, you can easily restore an entire backup set, subdirectory, or individual file.  All from a boot diskette, taking the "disaster" out of recovery.

Back Again/2 Professional delivers support for SCSI and ATAPI/IDE tape drives, removable cartridges (Iomega ZIP, JAZ, Bernoulli, Syquest removable drives), IBM LAN Server, and floppy diskette.            

Back Again/2 Professional Edition v4.0 is available through leading OS/2 resellers as well as directly from Computer Data Strategies.  If you are currently using another backup solution, be sure to ask about our competitive upgrade program! Dealer inquiries are welcome, volume pricing and site licensing programs are available.  CDS can be reached 612-730-4156, 800-284-4156 or at http://www.cds-inc.com

* Back Again/2 Professional is a trademark of Computer Data Strategies, Inc.  IBM, OS/2, Workplace Shell, and LAN Server are trademarks of their respective companies.