Open SAN solution set is the first major interoperability initiative registered under the SNIA Supported Solutions Forum (SSF) to enable data mirroring and SAN extension
LUMBERTON, NJ — August 28, 2002 — Six members of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) today announced the first major interoperability initiative registered under the SNIA Supported Solutions Forum (SSF) to enable data mirroring between geographically dispersed sites for backup/recovery, and to connect remote Storage Area Network (SAN) islands to create a single fabric.
Storage networking leaders Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), Inrange® Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: INRG), IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM) including IBM Tivoli Software, LEGATO Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTO), Storage Technology Corporation (StorageTek®, NYSE: STK), and VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS) today announced the completion of interoperability testing of two jointly-developed open SAN solutions designed to extend storage area networks and offer multiple options for protecting and enabling enterprise backup/recovery of mission critical applications.
"Enterprise customers are looking for scalable, interoperable solutions for their heterogeneous storage environments," stated Eric Sheppard, research analyst at IDC. "SNIA SSF solutions represent the commitment of participating companies to work together to provide truly interoperable solutions, not just vendor hype. This announcement provides customers with a proven option for implementing high availability SANs for business continuity."
The SNIA SSF was organized in 2001 to solve customer interoperability problems and to offer customers more choices and flexibility. "Supported Solutions" are multi-vendor interoperable storage networking solutions that are supported by the participating vendors working together for the benefit of end users. The solutions are developed by the participating vendors to meet customer requirements for scalable, flexible, interoperable, cooperatively supported storage networking infrastructures that maximize their investment in storage networking technology.
Customers with the following business requirements are expected to benefit most from this open SAN solution set:
The design highlights of this registered solution set include:
Cooperatively supported by each company, this registered solution set also formally satisfies the SSF criteria of being a "Competitive Solution Set", as it contains competing disk storage and competing tape storage. The solutions also represent a "Companion Solution Set", as the two solutions offer the choice of vendor tape backup/restore software as differentiators.
With increasing attention being placed on disaster recovery and business continuity plans, organizations are looking for ways to move, manage and protect their mission critical data. Data mirroring offers users a highly reliable, cost-effective strategy to enable instantaneous data access and to protect data integrity between storage networks.
Unique to this solution is the use of channel extension technology to combine remote SAN islands into a single fabric. This solution also illustrates the ability to mirror mission critical applications such as DB2 and Oracle between different locations. Customers can now benefit from interoperable, flexible solutions to maintain data availability and enable backup/recovery.
"As data growth continues to explode and increasing demands are placed on existing storage networks, customers require proven, interoperable storage solutions that enable reliable methods of enterprise backup and recovery," noted Warren Smith, board member, SNIA SSF Committee. "As users continue to implement and expand SANs, mirroring provides a cost-effective method for both backup/recovery and for connecting SAN islands into a single fabric. Today's announcement is evidence of vendors working together for the good of the customer to provide solutions that can be deployed in the real-world to solve business problems and enable customers to maintain highly available storage networks."
For additional information about this open SAN solution set, please refer to the Storage Networking Industry Association website at http://www.snia.org/tech_activities/supported_solutions/reg_sol/.
Committed to helping customers exploit the value of information technology for success in the Internet economy, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), is a leading provider of business solutions for the world's most information-intensive corporations. For further information on Hitachi Data Systems, access www.hds.com/.
Inrange Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: INRG) is the world leader in high-end scalable storage networking solutions and provides users with the building blocks to manage and expand large, complex storage networks simply without geographic limitations. INRANGE's core-to-edge-to-anywhere solutions solve the growing storage challenges facing today's IT organizations, while providing investment protection and a proven foundation for future growth. INRANGE has a 33-year history of providing mission-critical networking technologies, servicing over 2,200 customers in 90 countries. For more information, visit www.inrange.com.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) is the world leader in storage systems, software, services and technology. The recipient of the Year 2000 National Medal of Technology for its contributions to hard disk drive and storage technology, IBM led all companies once again with U.S. patents in 2001. IBM's open storage solutions are designed for the rigors of e-business collaboration utilizing next generation concepts for open storage by integrating modular technologies including disk, tape, storage networking and optical storage media, powerful processors, and rich software. For more information about the products and enhancements announced today, visit www.ibm.com/totalstorage/.
Tivoli Software from IBM is designed to help IT organizations reduce the total cost of ownership and improve service levels of the IT infrastructure. Tivoli systems management software helps traditional enterprises and e-businesses worldwide manage security, storage, performance and availability, and configuration and operations. Backed by world-class IBM services, support and research, Tivoli software is one of four key IBM Software Group brands — DB2, Lotus, Tivoli and WebSphere. For more information, visit www.tivoli.com.
LEGATO Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGTO) delivers worldwide enterprise class software solutions and services that keep the world's business-critical information and applications available. With a direct sales force and through strategic partnerships and alliances, LEGATO delivers the advantage of business continuance through enterprise automation with information protection, application availability as well as content, message and storage management solutions. The company's corporate headquarters are located at 2350 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 210-7000, fax: (650) 210-7032, Web site: www.legato.com/.
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit organization, made up of over 300 companies and individuals worldwide spanning the entire storage industry. SNIA members share a common goal: to set the pace of the industry by ensuring that storage networks become efficient, complete and trusted solutions across the IT community. To this end the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For information, contact the SNIA at 650-949-6720 or via e-mail at executivedirector@snia.org, or visit the SNIA web site at http://www.snia.org.
StorageTek (NYSE: STK), a $2 billion worldwide company with headquarters in Louisville, Colo., delivers a broad range of storage solutions for digitized data. StorageTek solutions are easy to manage and allow universal access to data across servers, media types and storage networks. StorageTek is the innovator and global leader in virtual storage solutions for tape automation, disk storage systems and storage networking and is a voting member of the SNIA. Because of StorageTek, customers can manage and leverage their digital assets as their businesses grow and can maximize IT productivity to ensure enterprise-class business continuity. For more information, see www.storagetek.com/, or call 1.800.786.7835.
The Supported Solutions Forum (SSF) is a group of companies within the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) that promotes customer adoption of open storage networking solutions by encouraging vendors to work together and deliver to customers mutually supported, interoperable solutions. In support of the SNIA goals, the highly innovative SSF was established in June of 2001, so that SNIA members could improve storage networking interoperability through solutions jointly developed and qualified by Forum members. Each Supported Solution is cooperatively supported by sponsoring Forum members to provide a streamlined customer support process for the end-user company. Visit the SSF web site at http://www.snia.org/ssf.
VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS) provides essential storage software solutions that enable customers to protect and access their business-critical data. The company's corporate headquarters is located at 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View, CA 94043. (650) 527-8000, fax: (650) 527-8050, e-mail: vx-sales@veritas.com, Web site: www.veritas.com/.
Contacts: PR
Jodi Reinman, Hitachi Data Systems, (408) 970-1050, jodi.reinman@hds.com
Clint Roswell, IBM Corporation, 914-766-3722, roswellc@us.ibm.com
Holli Haswell, IBM Tivoli Software, 512-286-3265, hhaswell@us.ibm.com
Nichole Yochus, INRANGE Technologies, 609-518-4357, nichole.yochus@inrange.com
Michelle Basche, Legato Systems, Inc., 650-210-7403, mbasch@legato.com
Max Shu, SNIA Marketing Manager, 719-884-8903, marketingmanager@snia.org
Jason Knadler, StorageTek, 303-673-5520, jason_knadler@storagetek.com
Jeremy Roe, VERITAS Software, 650-527-3010, jeremy.roe@veritas.com
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