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EVP Eran Farajun Outlines How Cloud-Based Virtual Disaster Recovery

Speeds Recovery and Reduces Cos

TORONTO – December 8, 2011 – Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud Backup™, Recovery and Restore (BURR) software provider since 1986, will present at the DatacenterDynamics (DCD) 2011 Toronto conference on the topic of cloud-based virtual disaster recovery (VDR). Asigra’s executive vice president, Eran Farajun, will recount approaches and key advantages of cloud-based disaster recovery when deployed in an enterprise environment. Interested attendees should go to Hall 2 at the Mariott Eaton Center in Toronto on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 9:55 a.m.

Tweet This: @Asigra’s EVP presents on #cloud based virtual #disasterrecovery at #Datacenter Dynamics 2011 #Toronto http://bit.ly/sG9wOY

As a growing number of organizations restructure their IT environments to enhance uptime, Virtual Disaster Recovery (VDR) is emerging as a key ingredient for any organization’s business continuity plan. VDR focuses on backing up virtual machines instead of physical servers, which often requires re-installation of the operating system and the use of local-client backup applications to recover applications and data. With VDR, recovery is much quicker since there is no need to re-install the operating system and applications on a physical server. Instead, virtual machines are recovered with these elements intact. VDR advantages include:

  • High-speed recovery which is critical when time is of the essence and a production data center becomes unavailable.
  • Recoverability of virtualized applications to either the same or disparate hardware platforms.
  • The ability to recover data to the location of choice for greater operational flexibility.
  • Many-to-one recovery for greater efficiency. This allows companies to get the most out of fewer recovery servers compared to the production site.

Guidance on cloud-based VDR strategies and techniques will be provided during Farajun’s presentation to help organizations ensure access to critical business applications and data when required.

“Virtual Disaster Recovery can provide significant advantages for organizations virtualizing their IT environments,” said Lauren Whitehouse, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “As companies transition to a more virtualized state, they are being exposed to new strategies and solutions that allow for greater flexibility and control of data protection processes. VDR is one such approach to recovering virtualized applications and data that helps organizations become more prepared when the situation requires.”

“VDR is an advanced approach to expediting data recovery in the event of system downtime, returning access to important business data quickly and efficiently without the need for costly additional hardware or offsite recovery locations,” said Farajun. “With cloud-based VDR, data recovery is performed without the need to reinstall software applications, patches or services packs to any computing platform.”

About DatacenterDynamics

DatacenterDynamics is a full service B2B information provider at the core of which is a unique series of events tailored specifically to deliver enhanced knowledge and networking opportunities to professionals that design, build and operate data centres.

With 40 established annual conferences in key business cities across the world, DatacenterDynamics is acknowledged as the definitive event where the leading experts in the field share their insights with the top level datacentre operators in each market.

In 2010 over 16,000 senior data center professionals attended a DatacenterDynamics event, creating the most powerful forum in the industry today.

DatacenterDynamics is renowned for its proximity to the data center market in all its event locations, seeking to establish one on one relationships with every professional with whom we engage. This personal touch coupled with a deep understanding of the market mechanics makes DatacenterDynamics much more than just a B2B media provider, which is highlighted by the number of long-term relationships that have been forged internationally with end-users, vendors, consultants, governments and NGOs alike.

Follow Asigra on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/asigra

About Asigra
Asigra is the leading Canadian cloud computing vendor focused on backup, recovery and restoration with more than 400,000 customer sites deployed globally. Asigra Cloud Backup™ transforms the way businesses manage and protect their data by delivering seamless end-to-end data protection that efficiently scales and easily adapts to any IT environment. Asigra Cloud Backup is built for new and existing MSPs/VARs who focus on data protection, IT constrained organizations, and industries with compliance mandates that are looking to improve their backup with a secure, reliable and predictable data protection cloud backup model. With more than 25 years of experience as backup/recovery pioneers, Asigra manages one of the largest business-class backup service provider ecosystems in the world who power their cloud backup services using Asigra technology. Asigra is recognized among top-tier industry analysts, including the Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC, Forrester Research and the 451 Group. Recently, the company was recognized as a leader in cloud backup for 2011 by the MSPmentor 250, a leading online destination for managed service providers. Asigra is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices globally. For more information, visit www.asigra.com.

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Publish Date: December 8, 2011 4:17 PM


STORAGE SWITZERLAND REPORT HIGHLIGHTS GRIDSTORE’S SCALE-OUT NAS AS EXCELLENT ALTERNATIVE FOR GRID STORAGE OVER CLUSTERED STORAGE MODEL

Leading Storage Analyst Firm Endorses Grid Storage Infrastructure as the Best Approach for Modern Data Centers

Mountain View, Calif. – November 16, 2011 – Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out NAS solutions, today announced the findings of a report by analyst firm Storage Switzerland that highlights scale-out NAS as an excellent alternative for grid storage over clustered storage models. In the report, “Scale-out NAS Storage Grid vs. Cluster: Which Storage Infrastructure is Best For the Modern Data Center?”  Storage Switzerland’s lead analyst, George Crump compares grid storage to clustered storage approaches and determines that scale-out storage via a grid design is gaining in popularity for meeting the demands of the dynamic data center.

According to the findings by Storage Switzerland, a clustered, scale-out storage system is built a node at a time. In addition, each node is responsible for volume management, snapshots, replication and cloning and places a burden on each node in the scale-out cluster. To resolve this issue these systems must have multiple processors, multiple cores and multiple network connections to keep up with the amount of work they have to perform behind the scenes. This adds cost and complexity with the likelihood of a node failure which can have a cascading effect on the rest of the infrastructure.

On the flip side, scale-out NAS storage systems with a grid architecture, like those offered by Gridstore, take a different approach to addressing the scalable storage challenge. Storage Switzerland acknowledges that Gridstore’s NAS solution is an excellent alternative to the shortcomings of scale-out cluster-based storage.

“Scale-out storage continues to grow in popularity but many customers, assume that cluster -based, scale-out storage is their only option, simply tolerate its shortcomings,”  said George Crump, lead analyst, Storage Switzerland. “Grid storage solutions like those available from Gridstore are an excellent alternative. By eliminating the cost, complexity and overhead of a cluster, these solutions provide scalable performance and capacity at a more cost effective price point while raising the bar from just high availability systems to completely fault tolerant systems.” 

Gridstore uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scalability and reliability. The virtualized storage pool is built from simple, low cost storage blocks of various capacities. Gridstore provides incremental capacity scaling so customers can start small and incrementally add nodes to grow capacity to any size they need. 

“With Gridstore’s scale-out NAS solution, every organization can have a true storage grid designed from the ground up without the complexity and risk of monolithic, clustered storage alternatives,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO, Gridstore. “And, as Storage Switzerland has confirmed in their report, Gridstore brings significant advantages over clustered approaches to deliver higher performance, fault tolerance and 3X less wasted capacity – all at a price point that is changing the dynamics of storage.”

To view the complete Storage Switzerland report visit: http://www.storage-switzerland.com/Articles/Entries/2011/11/15_Scale_Out_NAS_Storage_Grid_vs._Cluster.html

Tweet this:  @StorageSwiss report favors @Gridstore for grid #storage over scale-out cluster storage http://bit.ly/sx6aSr

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About Gridstore

Gridstore is the leader in scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scaling and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise-class storage without the cost and complexity.  Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://www.gridstore.com

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Ventana Public Relations
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Publish Date: November 16, 2011 2:08 PM


Metalogix Archive Manager – Exchange Edition Allows Kahuna Ventures To Eliminate PST Files and Improve Email Archiving, Data Retention and Recovery

Natural Gas Consulting & Engineering Firm Reduces Email Archiving Storage Volume by 50% and Dramatically Improves Email Backup and Management Processes with Metalogix 

WASHINGTON, DC– Metalogix Software, the trusted provider of content lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft® SharePoint®, Exchange®, and Cloud platforms, announced today that KAHUNA VENTURES LLC has purchased its Metalogix Archive Manager – Exchange Edition solution to manage its Outlook mailboxes and PST files. The company chose Metalogix Archive Manager – Exchange Edition because it needed an email archiving solution that would offer sound data protection and disaster recovery for email data by backing up email to an offsite location.

In just 12 years, Kahuna Ventures has grown from a one-employee company to an organization supporting a variety of clients ranging from midstream limited partnerships to major gas producers.  As a longstanding leader in natural gas engineering and consulting, Kahuna Ventures employees often rely on previous email communications to support current or past project details and often need to access email information that might be years old. With some mailboxes topping 10GB and risking corruption, Kahuna Ventures needed to act fast in order to protect their data.

“We didn’t want to go through with the overhead created by most email archiving solutions that focused mainly on legal retention,” said Steve Russell, Manager, Information Technology, Kahuna Ventures. “That’s when we were introduced to Metalogix. After looking at Metalogix Archive Manager – Exchange Edition, we narrowed it down very quickly and decided Metalogix was the best fit for what we were looking for.”

Metalogix Archive Manager – Exchange Edition includes the legal retention features that Kahuna Ventures needed with a lightweight implementation that other competitors could not match. Metalogix Archive Manager – Exchange Edition is a flexible solution for email archiving,  retention and disposition that collects, uploads and archives PST files to protect them and make them available, even when working remotely. The product features an easy-to-use Outlook or Outlook Web Access experience, which makes it transparent for users while providing complete email lifecycle management by capturing, routing, storing, restoring, migrating and deleting emails automatically based on company policy.

Kahuna Ventures reduced its email volume by 50% after installing Metalogix Archive Manager, making it much easier to backup and manage to its offsite data center. Kahuna Ventures now has the email protection it needed without the management risk of burdensome PST files as its email data is reliably backed up and can be easily recovered by the users themselves.

“Metalogix Archive Manager – Edition Exchange provided Kahuna Ventures with the email archiving solution it needed to archive emails due to legal retention and securely protect email data," said Steven Murphy, CEO of Metalogix. "Thanks to our solution’s lightweight implementation and ability to reduce the company’s email volume in half, Kahuna Ventures entrusted Metalogix to archive their files. Kahuna Ventures has been able to increase productivity as their end users now have the freedom to quickly recover business-critical emails that could be several years old.”

Metalogix Archive Manager—Exchange Edition
Metalogix Archive Manager is the market leading e-mail and file archive solution for the mid-market. Through its powerful single instance and hierarchal storage management, you can meet your compliance and performance requirements. Archive Manager is transparent to end-users, minimizes Exchange mailbox and unstructured content storage requirements, improves search and recovery at the e-mail and mailbox level and establishes an efficient and standardized eDiscovery workflow. Archive Manager simultaneously enhances Exchange performance and uptime, allowing for reduced server and administration costs and with continuous access to data. 

Tweet this: Kahuna Ventures improves #email archiving, data retention and recovery with @Metalogix #Archive Manager http://bit.ly/rNj3K7

Follow Metalogix at http://twitter.com/metalogix

About Metalogix

Metalogix is the trusted provider of innovative content lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange and Cloud platforms.  We deliver high-performance solutions to scale and cost-effectively manage, migrate, store, archive and protect enterprise content. Metalogix provides global support to thousands of customers and strategic partners and is a Microsoft Gold Partner, a managed partner in Microsoft’s High Potential ISV Group and GSA provider.  Metalogix is a privately held company backed by Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. For more information, please visit: www.metalogix.com

About KAHUNA VENTURES
Kahuna Ventures was founded on the precepts of providing sound project management, quality engineering and outstanding safety measures. These principles coupled with our shared vision to be the premier Natural Gas Consulting firm drives our ability to form meaningful partnerships with our clients. In order to accomplish this we strive to create the best working environment for our employees, delivering vital products and services to our customers, and thus providing an unsurpassed value to our clients. For more information please visit: www.kahunaventures.com

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Publish Date: November 9, 2011 4:34 PM


STORAGE SWITZERLAND 90-DAY TEST DRIVE IDENTIFIES GRIDSTORE 2.0 AS THE EASIEST SCALE-OUT NAS SOLUTION THEY’VE TESTED

Hands-On Review Demonstrates that the Gridstore Scale-Out NAS Solution Succeeds in Installation, Expansion and Harnessing Multiple File Servers into a Single Powerful Storage Grid 

Mountain View, Calif. – November 2, 2011 – Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out NAS solutions, today announced that its Gridstore 2.0 solution has received top marks in a three-month “test drive” by analyst firm Storage Switzerland as the easiest scale-out NAS implementation they have tested. In the hands-on review, “Storage Switzerland Drives SME Scale Out NAS – Initial Set Up of Gridstore 2.0,” Storage Switzerland’s senior analyst, George Crump, focuses on all aspects of the Gridstore Scale-out NAS out-of-the box experience including installation, expansion, and consolidation of multiple file servers into a single storage grid.

Gridstore’s Scale-out NAS solution has stood up to months of rigorous performance and reliability testing by Storage Switzerland with absolutely no issues or outages. In the past, the analyst firm has tested other NAS systems without proper power shutdown and found that they inexplicably reboot, turn themselves off or just drop their network connection. However, Gridstore excelled at the challenge by continuing to run no matter what torture testing was done to it. 

“What makes Gridstore unique is its combination of a grid architecture with virtualization to eliminate the need for clusters,” said Crump. “This allows them to take advantage of parallel processing and I/O which should significantly improve throughput. Having been involved in several scale-out implementations, this is the easiest that I have seen thus far. We had the systems from box to accepting data in less than 30 minutes.”

In the report from Storage Switzerland, they found that Gridstore’s next-generation NAS solution significantly reduces cost and complexity while delivering on the promise of harnessing multiple file servers into a single, powerful storage grid. 

“Gridstore’s Scale-out NAS solution eliminates the heavy upfront cost of buying an enterprise NAS platform while still providing organizations, no matter how small or large, enterprise-class performance and fault tolerance of a true scale-out NAS – eliminating single points of failure, complexity and cost of multiple devices,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO, Gridstore. “And, as Storage Switzerland has validated in their test drive evaluation, implementation can be completed in as little as a half an hour with reliability that exceeds other vendors tested.”

Gridstore Scale-out NAS storage solutions offload storage processing onto an unlimited number of Virtual Storage Controllers running in client side machines. This enables very simple low cost storage nodes to be used in parallel while generating exceptional performance, scaling and reliability that goes beyond any product it its class.

“Gridstore’s NAS provides a simple, scale-out file storage solution with surprising performance and an even more surprising price point,” said Crump. “The Gridstore system continues to impress. It has been reliable, performs very well and has been easy to use and expand.”

The Storage Switzerland report includes video of the lab’s installation of the management software and system configuration. To view the complete Storage Switzerland report visit: http://cl.ly/181A3t09260c1c0X1J2I

Tweet this:  @StorageSwiss report identifies @Gridstore 2.0 as the easiest Scale-Out #NAS solution they’ve tested http://bit.ly/tS3ovN

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About Gridstore

Gridstore is the leader in scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scaling and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise-class storage without the cost and complexity.  Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://www.gridstore.com

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Publish Date: November 2, 2011 6:27 PM


ATLANTIS COMPUTING BROADENS STORAGE OPTIMIZATION OFFERING WITH ATLANTIS ILIO FOR CITRIX XENSERVER

Citrix, Atlantis and GlassHouse to Publish Desktop Virtualization Architecture for XenServer and Atlantis ILIO

Mountain View, CA –October 26, 2011 – Atlantis Computing™, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) storage and performance optimization solutions, today announced the expanded support for Citrix technologies including the ability for Atlantis ILIO to run as a virtual appliance natively on the Citrix XenServer hypervisor. Atlantis ILIO is the first storage optimization solution to deliver up to 90 percent storage reduction and better than PC performance for Citrix XenDesktop on XenServer.

The Atlantis ILIO™ software virtual appliance allows customers to reduce the cost of their Citrix implementations by cutting the amount of storage normally required and enabling the use of lower cost storage options as part of any desktop virtualization project. In addition, Atlantis ILIO makes virtual desktops run faster than PCs to ensure user acceptance and enables security measures to be deployed without impacting the number of users per server.

“We are thrilled to offer Citrix customers the ability to deploy Atlantis ILIO on their hypervisor of choice together with the Citrix FlexCast™ desktop delivery model that fits their requirements and budgets,” said Bernard Harguindeguy, CEO of Atlantis Computing. “It is now possible for Citrix XenDesktop customers to deploy Atlantis ILIO on XenServer and deliver a virtual desktop at a cost below that of a PC while delivering an incredible user experience.”

Atlantis ILIO complements the following Citrix technologies:
• XenDesktop – Atlantis ILIO reduces storage required by up to 90 percent, enables use of lower cost storage options, boosts desktop performance and can run on XenServer.
• XenApp – Atlantis ILIO increases user density and reduces storage costs for IO-bound XenApp deployments.
• Machine Creation Service (MCS), Provisioning Server (PVS), Personal vDisk (RingCube), Hosted Shared Desktops – Atlantis ILIO complements the process used to manage and deliver Citrix virtual desktops. It accelerates all aspects of desktop performance including boot, logon, application launching and anti-virus scanning.

Citrix, Atlantis Computing and GlassHouse are designing, testing and publishing a Desktop Virtualization reference architecture that is focused on the following objectives:
• Lowering the cost of a virtual desktop to less than a PC.
• Making a virtual desktop run faster than a PC to ensure user acceptance of Desktop Virtualization
• Integrating critical components of Citrix technologies such as PVS, MCS, XenServer and personal vDisk with Atlantis ILIO.

For more information on the GlassHouse vLab deployment of Atlantis ILIO, visit http://tinyurl.com/3gp4mds

Atlantis ILIO Technology
Atlantis ILIO is a software virtual machine that optimizes how the Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7 operating systems interact with storage. Atlantis ILIO technologies include highly efficient processing – in the rack – of Windows NTFS storage IO traffic and inline deduplication of Windows images before they reach storage. They are designed specifically for VDI workloads and as a result, Atlantis ILIO reduces the amount of traffic going to storage by up to 90 percent and decreases the storage capacity required by up to 99 percent, further reducing the amount of storage needed for a successful VDI deployment. The impact is a dramatic reduction in the cost of the virtual desktop and a large boost in desktop performance.

Atlantis ILIO for Citrix XenServer™ Availability
Atlantis ILIO for Citrix XenServer edition will be generally available on October 27, 2011. In addition, Atlantis Computing will be accepting requests to participate in a private Beta program for Atlantis ILIO for XenApp starting October 26, register by emailing citrixflexcastbeta@atlantiscomputing.com.

Atlantis ILIO at Citrix Synergy Barcelona
Atlantis Computing will be demonstrating Atlantis ILIO for Citrix XenServer and accepting requests to participate in the XenApp beta programs at Citrix Synergy, Barcelona, October 26th to 28th. Stand #521.

In addition, Atlantis Computing will be presenting “Slashing VDI Costs with Cisco UCS, Atlantis ILIO and Citrix XenDesktop” Citrix Synergy at Cisco stand 204 on October 27 at 3:45 pm.

To arrange a meeting at Citrix Synergy with Atlantis Computing, please contact sales@atlantiscomputing.com

Tweet This: @AtlantisILIO broadens #storage optimization offering #AtlantisILIO for #Citrix #XenServer http://bit.ly/se1WK2

About Atlantis Computing
Atlantis Computing is transforming enterprise desktop computing by solving the challenges of virtual desktop deployments: storage costs, performance and the impact of security on server density. The Atlantis ILIO software complements Citrix, VMware, and Quest VDI solutions to cut VDI costs and deliver a desktop that is faster than a PC. With Atlantis ILIO, IT organizations can deploy 4-7 times more desktops on the same storage footprint, making VDI more affordable by both cutting the amount of storage needed per desktop and enabling the use of less expensive storage. Atlantis Computing is privately held and funded by El Dorado Ventures, Partech International and Cisco Systems with headquarters in Mountain View, California, and offices in London, England and Bangalore, India.

Media contact:
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Sabrina Sanchez
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Publish Date: October 26, 2011 7:21 PM


Core Issues for Companies that Sell Through the Channel - http://bit.ly/oER3tX

If businesses are going to be successful in developing an indirect channel, giving partners the tools they need to successfully sell, service and support their products is critical to success. Partner relationship management (PRM) enables companies to improve both the management and enablement of partner networks. It also improves communication and collaboration with partner members. PRM in its best form will reduce the costs of managing partner networks while, at the same time, improving the partner experience in those networks. It allows companies to scale and manage thousands of partners without having to increase staff. It enables partner success by giving partners what they need, when they need it.

However, there are core challenges common to all companies that sell through two-tier distribution. While there are many, the four below are some of the toughest to overcome.

Scalable and Effective Management of a Partner Network
It is very difficult to recruit, develop and maintain a good relationship with a large partner network. Technology is a must to cost-effectively get your partners the tools necessary to sell, service and support your products. Automation and on demand access to resources are key to scalability and cost-effective management.

Developing a Relationship with End Users
If you sell through the channel, it is very difficult to find out who your customers are. This gets more difficult as products move down the cost and complexity curve (think mainframes vs. mice). However, you must find a way to develop a relationship to effectively up-sell, resell and retain these customers. Moreover, you have to do this in a way that supports and complements the relationship the partner has with the end user. If not, you risk losing partners and many future customers in the process.

Staying Top of Mind with Partners
Partners rarely, if ever, build a business around a single product. How do you find ways to keep your solutions top of mind with your partner network? If you are a large company, you can probably spend your way out of this problem. If you are not, you need to get much more creative. Having effective communication with partners, motivating them with spiffs and providing better sales tools keeps your company and products on their preferred recommendation list.

Preventing Channel Conflict
It is critical when working with partners that you develop processes to prevent or at least minimize channel conflict. Conflict can exist between partners or between different segments of partners like VARs, OEMs and direct marketers. It can also exist where your company has both a partner network and a direct sales team.

To learn more about these issues and some of the tools companies are using to effectively manage them, visit http://www.treehousei.com/reseller_view/overview.aspx.

TreeHouse Interactive™ (www.treehousei.com) is the technology leader in on-demand partner relationship management (PRM) and marketing automation solutions.

Tweet This: @treehousei Discusses Core Issues for Companies that Sell Through the Channel - http://bit.ly/oER3tX

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For parties interested in partner relationship management, partner portal, PRM

Publish Date: October 11, 2011 7:52 PM


Micro Matic Streamlines Backup Processes and Eliminates the High Cost of Tape Using Gridstore Scale-Out NAS

Leading Global Supplier of Draught Beer Equipment Reduces Storage Sprawl and Eliminates the Cost of Physical Tapes with Next-Generation NAS Solution from Gridstore

Mountain View, CA. – October 11, 2011 – Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out NAS solutions, today announced that Micro Matic, a leader in the global delivery of draught beer equipment, has optimized their growing storage infrastructure and reduced storage sprawl by deploying Gridstore’s next-generation NAS solution. With Gridstore’s Scale-out NAS solution Micro Matic now has a completely disk-based backup process which has streamlined the company’s data protection processes while eliminating the high cost and risk associated with tape.

Micro Matic is a major supplier of draught beer equipment in over 120 countries throughout the world. It serves the U.S. market through four strategically located distribution centers in west, central, southeast and northeast locations. These centers provide just-in-time delivery as a daily achievement. The company is committed to continually seek better ways to deliver quality draught beer and excellence in customer service.

Faced with the challenge of managing over 5TB of data sprawled over multiple data centers in California and Florida, Micro Matic needed to optimize its storage operations. Video training files, engineering drawings and user desktop files were rapidly consuming incrementally growing volumes of storage capacity.

“We quickly found ourselves managing over 5TB of data and our backup and restore process from tape placed us at risk,” said Eddie Palmer, system administrator, Micro Matic. “NAS was a practical approach to solving the problem, but traditional NAS would have been too expensive and would have continued to perpetuate our storage sprawl problem. We wanted to be proactive so that we could be prepared for our future growth and wanted to be able to expand as needed without having to overprovision our storage.”
 That’s when Micro Matic discovered Gridstore. With the Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution, the beverage equipment company is able to combine the simplicity, convenience and affordability of NAS with the scalability, performance and reliability of enterprise-class storage. As a result, the company can achieve a powerful NAS storage grid that eliminates storage sprawl and multiple single points of failure while benefiting from a next-generation storage offering at half the cost of standalone NAS solutions.
 
“With Gridstore it was literally ‘set it and forget it,’” said Palmer. “Backups just work and there is no worry about tapes. It works completely with our existing infrastructure, except now we are completely disk-based for our backups which saves us both time and money.”
 
Micro Matic has seen the following benefits as a result of deploying Gridstore’s Scale-out NAS:

• Eliminated costly physical tape environment to a single disk-based backup operation removing single points of failure across its remote sites

• Powerful NAS storage grid that leverages parallel I/O to eliminate performance bottlenecks and scales to meet the growing demands of backup processes from multiple server environments.

• NonStop reliability - protection that goes beyond RAID protection of 1 or 2 disks. Micro Matic’s backup target can suffer multiple node failures without impacting backup processes or the availability of data.  Gridstore makes it easy to recover from failed hardware by simply attaching a new storage node to the network.

• Incremental capacity that can be added on a Pay-as-you-Grow basis eliminates the need to overprovision storage resources and ensures backups never fail due to capacity limitations

“Gridstore’s Scale-out NAS is an ideal fit for organizations like Micro Matic that need to unify their distributed backup operations to eliminate risk and ensure a comprehensive data protection and business continuity process that allows them to simply set it and forget it,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO, Gridstore. “Our customers can take advantage of a simple building block approach to storage that offers significantly better performance, reliability and scaling. It’s the ideal solution for any company looking to achieve greater storage flexibility at the industry’s most aggressive price points.”

Tweet this: @MicroMatic Streamlines Backup and Eliminates High Cost of Tape Using @Gridstore #Scale-out NAS solution http://bit.ly/o1s9Tk

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About Gridstore
Gridstore is the leader in scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scaling and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity. Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://www.gridstore.com


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Publish Date: October 11, 2011 6:21 PM


ATLANTIS COMPUTING EXPANDS VDI SOLUTION PARTNER PROGRAM

Dell and 46 New Partners Offer Atlantis ILIO to Accelerate VDI Opportunities 

Mountain View, Calif., October 4, 2011 – Atlantis Computing™, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) storage and performance optimization solutions, today announced the expansion of its VDI Solution Partner Program with Dell and 46 new authorized partners in North America, EMEA and APAC. The Atlantis Computing VDI Solution Partner Program offers a unique opportunity for VMware, Citrix, and Quest partners to complement their existing VDI offerings with a solution architected to help them grow their VDI business.  

The Atlantis ILIO™ software virtual appliance allows organizations that are deploying virtual desktops to ensure the success of their project by slashing the amount of storage normally required, boosting performance to ensure user acceptance, and enabling security to be deployed without impacting server density. The solution is easily deployed by channel partners into existing VMware View, Citrix XenDesktop, or Quest vWorkspace deployments to either support more users on the same storage, or address ongoing scalability and performance issues. 

“We designed Atlantis ILIO specifically with channel partners in mind,” said Bernard Harguindeguy, president and CEO of Atlantis Computing. “It’s easy to install and complements VMware, Citrix, and Quest VDI solutions to deliver a lower cost per desktop while enriching the user experience. The continued expansion of our partner program underscores the value of our products as more and more solutions providers use Atlantis ILIO to address the two major VDI obstacles: high storage costs and poor user acceptance.”

“The top VMware and Citrix desktop virtualization solution providers in North America have joined our program not only because of our game changing technology, but also because of our unique, best in class channel program,” said Joel Davis, vice president of sales for North America, Atlantis Computing. “Our partner program is one of the richest in the industry with margins between 20 to 30 percent and our unique "Opportunity Registration" enables our partners to protect their house accounts." 

New solution providers include:

• ePlus Inc., www.eplus.com, is a leading provider of technology solutions and helps to enable organizations to optimize their IT infrastructure and supply chain processes by delivering world-class IT products.  “When it comes to delivering on the value of VDI, Atlantis ILIO is an innovative, high-impact solution that offers immediate value in terms of performance and user experience,” said Mark Melvin, CTO, ePlus. “As an authorized member of their VDI Solution Partner Program, we are pleased to deliver Atlantis ILIO to our customers that are adopting VDI to lower their infrastructure costs.”

• GreenPages Technology Solutions, www.greenpages.com, is a national IT consulting and integration organization that helps clients fully virtualize their environments and transform their datacenter and IT operations to strategically leverage the power of cloud computing. “The full value of a virtual infrastructure comes through a combination of cost savings and strong user performance and experience,” said Chris Ward, vice president of consulting and integration, GreenPages. “There are few products like Atlantis ILIO that have such a dramatic impact on both. Joining the Atlantis VDI Solution Partner Program is further validation of our strong belief in both their technology and organization.”

• INX, Inc., www.inxi.com, is a leading U.S. provider of IP communications and data center solutions for enterprise organizations. It offers a suite of advanced technology solutions focused around the entire lifecycle of enterprise IP network communications and data center infrastructure. “Designing storage for VDI is critical to the success and significant cost for all VDI projects,” said Steven Kaplan, vice president of virtualization, INX. “We are recommending that our customers use Atlantis ILIO to make VDI storage more efficient, lower the cost per desktop and ensure the success of their VDI deployments by providing users with a much better desktop experience.”

• Long View, www.longviewsystems.com, is one of the most powerful IT solutions and services companies in North America. With a clear focus on the strategic sourcing of IT environments, and combining business and technology in key areas such as Cloud, Data Center Infrastructure, User Support, and IT outsourcing, Long View is able to customize and define the future of IT. “Atlantis matches their innovative optimization technology with unmatched VDI expertise and the support attention of a world-class organization,” said Kent MacDonald, vice president, business development, Long View. “We are very pleased to be a member of their partner network as we leverage their technology for dramatic VDI storage cost savings and performance benefits.” 

• OnX Enterprise Solutions Ltd., www.ONX.com, is a leading business and technology solutions provider with clients and operations throughout North America and Europe. OnX has the depth and breadth to address the most demanding data and data center challenges of major corporations as well as medium size enterprises and government organizations.  “With Atlantis ILIO, our customers can experience a VDI implementation that delivers affordability as well as a user experience that is on par with physical PCs,” said Dan LeGrow, global software alliance manager, OnX Enterprise Solutions Ltd. “We have proudly become an Atlantis partner to leverage the flexibility of their unique VDI optimization technology to drive further VDI adoption among our customers.” 

• Varrow, www.varrow.com, is a leader in world-class information solutions and unparalleled service for virtualization, storage and disaster recovery. “Atlantis ILIO fundamentally changes the economics and performance of VDI,” said Jeremiah Cook, CTO, Varrow. “By helping to simplify VDI so that persistent and non-persistent desktops can leverage any type of storage, Atlantis is rapidly changing the VDI landscape for the better. We are pleased to become a member of their authorized partner network.”

About the VDI Solution Partner Program

The Atlantis VDI Solution Partner Program supports its certified technology and solution partners with sales tools, training, and marketing materials to fuel their success. As a channel driven company, Atlantis Computing embraces partners that have built a virtualization practice and works in partnership to enable their long term growth and success. For more information on the Atlantis VDI Solution Partner Program and a list of current partners, please visit: http://www.atlantiscomputing.com/partners/solutions/

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About Atlantis Computing

Atlantis Computing is transforming enterprise desktop computing by solving the challenges of virtual desktop deployments: storage costs, performance and the impact of security on server density. The Atlantis ILIO software complements Citrix, VMware, and Quest VDI solutions to cut VDI costs and deliver a desktop that is faster than a PC. With Atlantis ILIO, IT organizations can deploy 4-7 times more desktops on the same storage footprint, making VDI more affordable by both cutting the amount of storage needed per desktop and enabling the use of less expensive storage. Atlantis Computing is privately held and funded by El Dorado Ventures, Partech International and Cisco Systems with headquarters in Mountain View, California, and offices in London, England and Bangalore, India.

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Publish Date: October 4, 2011 1:10 PM


Asigra Powers NTT America Cloud Backup for Medium and Large Enterprises

Leading Global Infrastructure Services Provider Enhances Data Protection with Backup and Recovery Services Built on Asigra Cloud Backup Platform

  

TORONTO – September 26, 2011 – Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud Backup™, recovery and restore (BURR) software provider since 1986, today announced that NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), a global infrastructure services provider, has selected Asigra Cloud Backup™ as its data and application continuity platform. The NTT America Cloud Backup service is a turnkey offering that incorporates business continuity, disaster recovery, data protection services and virtual disaster recovery (VDR) to ensure enterprise-class recovery in the event of a disaster.

 

Tweet this: NTT America Selects @Asigra to Power Enterprise #Cloud #Backup Services

 

NTT America is a leader in end-to-end network, IT solutions and services for midsize and large enterprises. The company provides managed network services, one of the largest Internet backbones, and data center services including managed hosting and private enterprise cloud computing services globally under the NTT Communications brand. By leveraging Asigra Cloud Backup, NTT America now delivers advanced data and applicationcontinuity, disaster recovery and data protection services with the reliability, flexibility, operational efficiency, and security required formission-critical business operations. NTT America’s cloud portfolio improves uptime and compliance with regulatory requirements while reducing the capital expense, management and complexity of traditional computing infrastructure.

 

"Trends in IT show that an increasing number of businesses are making the switch from traditional to cloud-based backup solutions, benefitting from the added agility and elasticity that cloud backup brings," said Lauren Whitehouse, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "The partnership between NTT America and Asigra is ideal, combining experience, innovation and reach to provide public, private and hybrid cloud backup supported by two respected technology vendors."

 

“We are seeing strong demand from both midsize and large organizations for cloud-based applications, especially backup. Asigra has proven to be a leading player in this area and our strategic relationship validates our trust in their solution,” said Doug McMaster, vice president for NTT America’s Data Center Services. “As NTT America helps businesses align IT infrastructure with the demands of their business, our Cloud Backup servicesupports them with reliable solutions that are secure, efficient and scale to meet their business and cost requirements.”

 

The NTT America Cloud Backup service powered by Asigra provides a complete solution:

Enterprise-class backup and recovery that protects theentire digital footprint from the data center to the smartphone

Cross-platform support for distributed heterogeneous IT environments

Non-disruptive agentless deployment and management

Support for local and remote recovery in public, private and hybrid cloud backup configurations

Limitless protection of physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure

Asigra Cloud Backup is the only agentless cloud backup and recovery (BURR) platform with FIPS 140-2 certification, providing the highest level of security assurance. FIPS 140-2 certification is the most current security requirement for cryptographic modules and data encryption. (View the NIST document here).

Virtual disaster recovery (VDR) for anytime, anywhere business recovery

 

“Regardless of organizational complexity, Asigra Cloud Backup helps businesses simplify and gain added maneuverability in how theymanage data protection,” said Eran Farajun, EVP, Asigra. “With software that enables private, public or hybrid cloud backup, Asigra caters to organizations regardless of the cloud adoption phase they are in. In the end, this allows our partners to be more responsive and better serve the unique demands of their customers.”

 

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About Asigra
Asigra is the leading Canadian cloud computing vendor focused on backup, recovery and restoration with more than 400,000 customer sites deployed globally. Asigra Cloud Backup™ transforms the way businesses manage and protect their data by delivering seamless end-to-end data protection that efficiently scales and easily adapts to any IT environment. Asigra Cloud Backup is built for new and existing MSPs/VARs who focus on data protection, IT constrainedorganizations, and industries with compliance mandates that are looking to improve their backup with a secure, reliable and predictable data protection cloud backup model. With more than 25 years of experience as backup/recovery pioneers, Asigra manages one of the largest business-class backup service provider ecosystems in the world who power their cloud backup services using Asigra technology. Asigra is recognized among top-tier industry analysts, including the Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC, Forrester Research and the 451 Group. Recently, the company was recognized as a leader in cloud backup for 2011 by the MSPmentor 250, a leading online destination for managed service providers. Asigra is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices globally. For more information, visit www.asigra.com.

 

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Publish Date: September 26, 2011 1:26 PM


Asigra Presents on Cloud-Powered Virtual Disaster Recovery at 2011 SNIA Cloud Burst Summit

High Speed Virtual Disaster Recovery Addressing Demanding Business Continuity Requirements

 

TORONTO – September 21, 2011 – Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud Backup™, recovery and restore (BURR) software provider since 1986, will present at the 2011 Cloud Burst Summit in a session titled, “Cloud-Powered Virtual Disaster Recovery.” As a growing number of organizations restructure their IT environments to enhance uptime, Virtual Disaster Recovery (VDR) is emerging as a key ingredient for any organization’s business continuity plan. Guidance on cloud-based VDR strategies and techniques will be provided during the Asigra Cloud Burst presentation to help organizations secure and ensure access to critical business data in the event of a disaster.

 

Tweet This: @Asigra to Present on Cloud-Powered Virtual #DisasterRecovery (VDR) at 2011 #SNIA #Cloud Burst Summit

Presentation Details:

WHO:             Ashar Baig, Senior Director Strategic Alliances & Business Development at Asigra and Chairman, SNIA Cloud Backup Special Interest Group

WHAT:           2011 Cloud Burst Summit

WHEN:           September 22, 2011 at 1 pm Pacific

WHERE:         Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA

Most organizations today rely on bare-metal-restore (BMR) capability to restore from an existing hardware environment to a different configuration. BMR is performed without reinstalling software applications, patches, services packs, etc. The reality is that the typical procurement times within most organizations range from 4-to-12 weeks. In case of a disaster, most organizations may not have the new hardware immediately available to restore data they backed up offsite, extending recovery time. This is the scenario that is ideal for cloud-based VDR.

Virtual Disaster Recovery is a new approach for expediting data recovery in the event of system downtime, returning access to important business data quickly and efficiently without the need for costly additional hardware or offsite recovery locations. VDR takes disaster recovery (DR) to the next level, and when delivered by a professional service provider, can be deployed as a cloud-based service. With cloud-based VDR, the latest virtual server snapshot is recalled by the service provider and the image that suffered the data loss is then reloaded without having to rebuild the entire virtual machine. Recovering lost information is a much shorter procedure than alternative methods because restoration is incremental. The advantages of VDR over traditional data recovery models include rapid recovery and much lower cost.

“Virtual Disaster Recovery (VDR) has been proven in thousands customer environments of every size and across every vertical,” said Ashar Baig, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances & Business Development, Asigra. “A company’s ability to recover servers to and from the cloud, or any location required by the business, provides an inherent advantage in terms of speed and cost while preserving data integrity.” 

SNIA Cloud Burst Summit
The 2011 SNIA Cloud Burst Summit educates and offers insight into this fast-growing market segment. The event features presentations from industry luminaries, live demonstrations and new products and services from innovative technology vendors to help get started with cloud storage. The audience for the SNIA Cloud Burst Summit is IT storage professionals and related colleagues who are looking to cloud storage as a solution for their IT environments.

Follow Asigra on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/asigra

About Asigra
Asigra is the leading Canadian cloud computing vendor focused on backup, recovery and restoration with more than 400,000 customer sites deployed globally. Asigra Cloud Backup™ transforms the way businesses manage and protect their data by delivering seamless end-to-end data protection that efficiently scales and easily adapts to any IT environment. Asigra Cloud Backup is built for new and existing MSPs/VARs who focus on data protection, IT constrained organizations, and industries with compliance mandates that are looking to improve their backup with a secure, reliable and predictable data protection cloud backup model. With more than 25 years of experience as backup/recovery pioneers, Asigra manages one of the largest business-class backup service provider ecosystems in the world who power their cloud backup services using Asigra technology. Asigra is recognized among top-tier industry analysts, including the Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC, Forrester Research and the 451 Group. Recently, the company was recognized as a leader in cloud backup for 2011 by the MSPmentor 250, a leading online destination for managed service providers. Asigra is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices globally. For more information, visit www.asigra.com.

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Agency Contact:

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Ventana PR

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Asigra

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nerissa.martin@asigra.com

 

Publish Date: September 21, 2011 12:53 PM


Gridstore Discusses Storage In The Virtualized World During Interface 2011

Show Attendees See Benefits of Gridstore’s Next-Generation Scale-out NAS Solution To Reduce Risk, Complexity and Cost of Sprawling NAS Islands 

Mountain View, CA – Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out NAS solutions for the SMB market, today announced that it will lead a discussion titled, “21st Century Storage – For the Next Generation Data Center,” during Interface 2011 in Phoenix, AZ, September 22, at 11:10 a.m. The session will highlight why traditional storage technologies are obsolete in the virtualized data center, due to high cost, reduced performance and increased complexity. While current server virtualization allows you to do more with less, Gridstore’s virtual storage grid technology allows you to harness the resources of your computer infrastructure into the most powerful platform available. 

The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution combines the simplicity, convenience and affordability of traditional NAS with the scalability, performance and reliability of enterprise storage at half the cost of standalone solutions. The Gridstore next-generation storage management platform consolidates distributed NAS islands into a powerful, enterprise-class storage grid. As a result, the Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution is an ideal offering for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) and distributed enterprises because it eliminates storage sprawl and combines the ease of NAS with the scalability and performance of enterprise-class storage.

Gridstore’s Scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines an innovative grid architecture with virtualization to build a cost-effective, file-based storage solution that enables organizations to create efficient storage pools that centralize sharing and management of massive amounts of NAS files. The benefits of this approach include unlimited storage capacity, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited processing capability and reliability beyond the limits of enterprise storage RAID.

“I selected Gridstore because I can get a scalable and reliable scale-out NAS system that provides me with enterprise features with minimal capital investment, and I don’t have to plan or pay for my future storage requirements today,” said Steve Garcia, systems and security administrator, Wenatchee Valley College. “We are implementing the [Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution] across our different departments and campuses; the system's combination of scalability and economies of scale are a very compelling value proposition for anyone who wants an on-demand storage solution that lets you add capacity on the fly with no performance or management headaches.” 

The Gridstore storage platform is designed to eliminate the risk, cost and complexity of traditional silo-based storage and gives SMBs a “Pay as you Grow” pricing model that allows organizations to add storage as needed to eliminate the high cost of over provisioning and managing storage resources - while minimizing the reliability and risk of multiple NAS storage silos.

“Organizations are under the constant strain to do more with less in spite the fact that their storage demands continue to grow exponentially,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO, Gridstore. “Gridstore addresses the problem for organizations by providing a scale-out NAS solution that delivers the simplicity and reliability they require to transparently grow and manage their virtualized storage infrastructure – at a price tag they can afford.”

Tweet this: @Gridstore discusses #storage in a #virtualized world at Interface 2011 in #Phoenix 

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About Gridstore

Gridstore is the leader in scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution provides unlimited storage capacity and reliability at a fraction of the cost of traditional storage products. Gridstore’s next-generation NAS solution is designed for small-to-mid-sized businesses and Managed Service Providers who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity.  Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, California and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://www.gridstore.com/

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Publish Date: September 19, 2011 5:05 PM


GRIDSTORE CEO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXECEVENT’S DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES PANEL

Panel Members Will Discuss How They Have Made a Difference in the Virtualization/Cloud Industries 

Mountain View, CA. – September 14, 2011 –Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out NAS solutions for the SMB market, announced today that CEO, Kelly Murphy will be participating in the ExecEvent’s Disruptive Technologies panel that will feature CEOs of leading companies discussing how their innovative technologies have made an important impact in the marketplace. 

Moderated by Henry Baltazar of the 451 Group, the Disruptive Technologies panel is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. PDT on September 15.  It features executives from companies considered truly disruptive to the marketplace, whether from a unique sales model, innovative pricing structure or a twist on technology.  Each company will have a few minutes to describe what they do and why it is disruptive with a Q&A to follow.

“The growing need for cloud and virtualization architectures is creating challenges that are opening up opportunities for a new generation of vendors to provide disruption, which is what an event like the ExecEvent is all about,” said Baltazar.  “We have gathered a group of storage innovators who have the potential to reshape how we utilize key technologies such as flash and also provide innovative architectures for cloud storage and long term data retention – and to keep things interesting we will be opening up questioning by the audience to challenge our participants and make sure this is a not-to-be-missed panel.”

Gridstore uniquely combines a grid processing architecture with virtualization to provide a fault tolerant, scale-out storage platform with unlimited capacity, processing and IO – at a fraction of the cost of traditional enterprise storage.

“The shift to the virtualized data center has broken the traditional storage architecture that emerged decades ahead of virtualization,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO of Gridstore. “Gridstore is a virtualized storage architecture designed from the ground up to eliminate the cost, complexity and performance bottlenecks common with the monolithic storage model that limits wider adoption of virtualization.”

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About Gridstore

Gridstore is the leader in scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution provides unlimited storage capacity and reliability at a fraction of the cost of traditional storage products. Gridstore’s next-generation NAS solution is designed for small-to-mid-sized businesses and Managed Service Providers who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity.  Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, California and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://www.gridstore.com/

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Publish Date: September 14, 2011 2:00 PM


Metalogix And Equilibrium Partner To Efficiently Centralize All Enterprise Content Into Microsoft SharePoint

Pairing Metalogix StoragePoint with Equilibrium MediaRich ECM for SharePoint Accelerates Productivity and Collaboration Through an Instant Visual View of Digital Content While Speeding SharePoint Performance

 

WASHINGTON, DC, September 7, 2011 – Metalogix Software, the leading provider in content lifecycle management (CLM) solutions for Microsoft® SharePoint®, Exchange®, and legacy environments, and Equilibrium, the seamlessly integrated on-demand content visualization and digital asset management company, today announced a partnership which will deliver the quickest and most efficient way to centralize digital enterprise content into SharePoint. By combining the capabilities of Metalogix StoragePoint and Equilibrium MediaRich ECM for SharePoint, mutual customers will benefit from an enhanced visual experience when searching and inspecting SharePoint document libraries – even when content has been offloaded from the SharePoint database to improve system performance.

 

“Equilibrium’s MediaRich solution transforms any SharePoint Document Library Web Part into a visually appealing interface while simultaneously enabling deep inspection of all files and search results,” said Sean Barger, CEO, Equilibrium. “This helps to accelerate productivity and collaboration while also enabling anyone to find and preview the right file for the job. When combined with StoragePoint, users can more easily store and find all content in SharePoint without burdening their SQL database with large files that can impede overall performance.”

 

“The partnership between Equilibrium and Metalogix helps resolve the fundamental problem of storing digital assets in SharePoint,” said Trevor Hellebuyck, vice president of enterprise technology, Metalogix. “When used together, MediaRich and StoragePoint enable SharePoint users and administrators to not only instantly visually search and view all digital content, but to also have the unstructured content BLOBs offloaded so that SharePoint databases can perform at optimumlevels.”

 

Users of thepaired solutions can achieve a visual experience with superior performance and scalability of content. A simple click of the MediaRich enable button in any document library transforms SharePoint document libraries into a visually appealing interface. This simultaneously enables deep inspection of all files and search results, accelerating productivity and collaboration, allowing anyone to find, review and prepare the right file for the job – in record time.

 

To learn more about this joint Metalogix and Equilibrium solution register here for an upcoming webinar titled, “Managing Digital Assets in SharePoint 2010: Metalogix and Equilibrium Will Show You the Way.”  The webinar will take place on September 22, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. EDT.  

 

About StoragePoint

Winner of Microsoft’s® SharePoint® 2010 Innovation award, Metalogix StoragePoint enables organizations to keep their unstructured content such as PDF, JPEG images, Microsoft Word documents, video and other digital content – also known as Binary Large Objects (BLOBs), out of SharePoint’s content databases and offload them onto virtually any mix of NAS or SAN storage – on premise or in the cloud. Installed and configured in minutes, StoragePoint provides immediate ROI by enabling companies to leverage cost effective storage without sacrificing performance, functionality or user experience.

 

About MediaRich ECM for SharePoint

Companies seeking to accelerate collaboration and workflow approvals or need to simply find, view and prepare content, now have a great experience in any SharePoint workspace and from any smart device with MediaRich ECM for SharePoint.  This enables teams to quickly review approval workflows in record time and without thirdparty software for over 400 different file types, including Adobe graphics, eps and pdf files, videos, audio, documents and most raw camera formats.  Export and batch processing functionality provides self-service features toeven further accelerate content preparation for any task.  For quick b-to-b portals, diverse media projects from multiple locations or simply centralizing your marketing collateral for easy distribution – MediaRich ECM for SharePoint On-Line provides an Instant-On hosted media collaboration portal.

 

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About Equilibrium

Equilibrium has been publishing MediaRich for SharePoint since 2003. Built on the patented, scalable MediaRich engine enabling automatic real-time personalization, preparation and delivery of audio, images and video for websites, portals, digital asset management systems and hosted services. Equilibrium MediaRich’s customers include Sony, Disney, Warner Bros, Nikon Europe, Feeding America, WorldVision.org and Monsanto.

 

About Metalogix

Metalogix is the leading provider of content lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange, and legacy enterprise content environments. We enableorganizations to scale and cost-effectively manage, migrate, store, archive and protect enterprise content whether on-premises or in the cloud. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, privately held, and backed by Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners.

 

Metalogix, and the Metalogix logo are trademarks of Metalogix Software. Equilibrium and MediaRich are Registered Trademarks of Equilibrium. All other product and company names herein are trademarks of their respective owners.

 

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Publish Date: September 7, 2011 8:35 PM


Queplix Offers Best Practices for Data Integration by Author: Michael Zuckerman, CMO, Queplix

The explosion in information technologytools and capability has accelerated. Our information technology environment is moving at absolute light-speed. Yet, the back of data integration is broken. 90% of customers are using 20-year old ETL technology designed to move batch files into the data warehouse at 1:00 am. It is a manual process. Worst of all, is that some vendors have even put this 20-year old technology in their newly minted 1-year old cloud. Who wants 20-year old technology in a 1-year old cloud?

To add insult to injury, data quality is … “another product.” I humbly submit that without resolving data quality issues and providing for their ongoing maintenance, you cannot integrate even two applications, load your data warehouse, consider a future Virtual MDM deployment.

The cause of this is simple. Look at the revenue mix for the two major vendors that control the market for large enterprise. Their business is about professional services – not software tools. They are in business to sell you, their customer, as much professional services at the highest rates you can imagine. Legacy ETL technology is a bonanza to a company that sells your company services by the hour.

Even worse, they don’t offer you the right mix of services and technology. The integration was done to specification but it doesn’t seem to work. I guess we’ll just have to sell you additional consulting to do the data quality clean-up.

The five best practices in data integration break this model. Queplix turns the model upside down. By using advanced data virtualization, and pushing back at the legacy monopoly attached to your wallet, you can reduce your costs and speed your time to implementation.

To learn more, visit http://bit.ly/oroH0f and download the "Five Best Practices for Data Integration" white paper. Go here http://bit.ly/oD7xA2 to see the video.

For parties interested in Queplix, data integration, data management, data virtualization, data integration software, master data management, businessintelligence, ETL, informatica, IBM cast iron

Publish Date: September 3, 2011 11:17 PM


Five Best Practices for Data Integration - http://bit.ly/oroH0f by Author: Michael Zuckerman, CMO, Queplix

The explosion in information technology tools and capability has accelerated. Our information technology environment is moving at absolute light-speed. Yet, the back of data integration is broken. 90% of customers are using 20-year old ETL technology designed to move batch files into the data warehouse at 1:00 am. It is a manual process. Worst of all, is that some vendors have even put this 20-year old technology in their newly minted 1-year old cloud. Who wants 20-year old technology in a 1-year old cloud?

To add insult to injury, data quality is … “another product.” I humbly submit that without resolving data quality issues and providing for their ongoing maintenance, you cannot integrate even two applications, load your data warehouse, consider a future Virtual MDM deployment.

The cause of this is simple. Look at the revenue mix for the two major vendors that control the market for large enterprise. Their business is about professional services – not software tools. They are in business to sell you, their customer, as much professional services at the highest rates you can imagine. Legacy ETL technology is a bonanza to a company that sells your company services by the hour.

Even worse, they don’t offer you the right mix of services and technology. The integration was done to specification but it doesn’t seem to work. I guess we’ll just have to sell you additional consulting to do the data quality clean-up.

The five best practices in data integration break this model. Queplix turns the model upside down. By using advanced data virtualization, and pushing back at the legacy monopoly attached to your wallet, you can reduce your costs and speed your time to implementation.

To learn more, visit http://bit.ly/oroH0f and download the "Five Best Practices for Data Integration" white paper. Go here http://bit.ly/jtSOma to see the video.

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Publish Date: September 2, 2011 10:36 PM

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