35 Top-Tier Resellers Select SANergy by Mercury Computer Systems' Since January.CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1999-- Worldwide Reseller Distribution Channel Tops 70, Boosting SANergy Penetration of Digital Media, Enterprise Computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. , and Prepress Markets Mercury Computer Systems Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. NASDAQ: MRCY provides high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions. Mercury designs and builds embedded multicomputers, which may be considered to be either loosely coupled (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MRCY) announced today that its Shared Storage Business Unit (SSBU) has signed on 35 new resellers of SANergy since January, bringing the total distribution channel to more that 70 value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. partners. SANergy is the premier software for enabling heterogeneous distributed file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. on storage area networks (SANs). As a result of this channel growth, companies now selling SANergy include Box Hill Systems, Boxer Systems, Ltd., Ciprico, Compass Corporate Systems, Inc., DataDirect Networks, Forefront Graphics Inc., Hybinette, Ideal Hardware, Intergraph Computer Systems, MicroNet Technology, Inc., Norstan Consulting, Sagitta Performance Systems, Inc., and Winchester Systems, Inc. These partners span the digital video, enterprise computing, and prepress markets, boosting SANergy's worldwide distribution through their own respective sales channels. "We believe this broad channel adoption of SANergy is indicative of growing end-user demand for SAN-based file sharing, and we are extremely proud to be able to deliver SANergy's 'Power to Share' through this elite group of solutions providers," said Barry Burke Barry Burke is a footballer for Monaghan United. He has previously played for Dublin City F.C., Kildare County and Shelbourne F.C. , vice president & general manager of SSBU. "We will continue to work closely with our channel partners and their customers to exploit and extend SANergy's true file sharing for heterogeneous computing environments." SANergy provides true file-level data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. across a SAN for a wide range of I/O-intensive applications. By transparently managing concurrent access The ability to gain admittance to a system or component by more than one user or process. For example, concurrent access to a computer means multiple users are interacting with the system simultaneously. to SAN-based storage without the need for an intermediary file server, SANergy enables high-speed file sharing at data rates unmatched by even the fastest LAN-based alternatives. Shipping since November of 1998, the latest of release of SANergy supports full file-level and byte-range locking across heterogeneous networks of Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R), Sun Solaris(TM), SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. (R), and Mac(R)OS-based systems. As an extension to industry-standard file systems and networking protocols, SANergy supports virtually any network-aware application without the need for costly programming or systems administration changes. SANergy and Fibre Channel-based systems create a SAN that provides direct access to shared data on the disk, at the speed of the disk subsystem. This translates into enhanced productivity, and enables work-flow steps to be eliminated while increasing the production throughput. SANergy is available exclusively through a growing global community of value-added systems, storage, and vertical market resellers. Reseller Quotes Andy Wray, Sales Director, Boxer Systems, Ltd. "Having spent a considerable amount of time investigating the various SAN products available on the market, Boxer found that SANergy from Mercury offers the best mix of performance, platform support, and value for the money." Paul Tsuchiya, Director of Ciprico Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , Ciprico "SANergy offers Ciprico Fibre Channel disk array customers the most heterogeneous platform options available for high-performance file sharing. Our customers will be able to have a mixture of SGI, NT, and Apple workstations all sharing video, image, and broadcast files from a Series 7000 Fibre Channel disk array, providing efficiency of work flow and cost savings." Philip Black, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Box Hill "As part of our product line, SANergy allows us to provide our customers with fully integrated hardware and software SAN solutions." Bill Komiss, Director of Sales and Marketing, Compass Corporate Systems, Inc. "As a provider of enterprise Fibre Channel RAID solutions, SANergy has added 'eye-popping' speed and file-sharing capabilities to our SAN installations. The combination of Fibre Channel and SANergy also enables the fast integration of new business applications and information sharing See data conferencing. ." Bob Woolery, Senior Director of Marketing, DataDirect Networks "Working closely with Mercury on optimizing SANergy into the first of our SANware Application Suites is a great example of how proven DataDirect technology and key third-party partners' products are brought together to deliver the most comprehensive SAN solutions available. Our SANDS data sharing Application Suite, fueled by SANergy software, is optimized, tested and certified to provide network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. professionals fast shared access to images and data." Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson (b. 19 May 1931, Hendon, London - d. 14 August 1967, Northampton) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racecar driver from England. , General Manager, Forefront Graphics Inc. "After considerable testing and evaluation of the existing SAN management products, Mercury's SANergy was chosen not only because of the broad base of OS coverage it provided, but also because of the commitment Mercury has made to the further development of this product. Over the past year we have seen SANergy maturing steadily and comfortably into its leadership position as the solution of choice for heterogeneous, file-level SAN management." Johan Hybinette, President/ V.P. Engineering, Hybinette, Inc. "Hybinette is very excited to work with Mercury on implementing the SANergy software in the pre-press and graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. industries. Customers are thrilled to experience this great time savings and the benefit of added security in their day-to-day work environments." Alistair MacKenzie, Network Sales Manager, Ideal Hardware "We see great benefit in reselling the SANergy product because it allows us to provide a complete solution for our customers and complements the SAN hardware which we distribute." Jeff Edson, President of Visual Computing, Intergraph Computer Systems "Intergraph's agreement with Mercury reaffirms our commitment to providing creative and technical professionals with powerful and well-balanced systems, network and disk components, and software. SANergy software combined with Intergraph's leading-edge hardware balances and enhances system performance across a SAN and gives our customers more value for their investment." Alex Grossman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, MicroNet Technology, Inc. "MicroNet has positioned itself as an innovator in SAN and Fibre Channel technologies by providing the first fully functional and interoperable Storage Area Network that utilizes the full power of our top-of-the line RAID system, Genesis. With the integration of Mercury's unique SANergy software, user productivity is significantly increased since file-level operation is virtually transparent to the user." Mike Hogan, Technology Specialist, Norstan Consulting "SANergy has been one of the key tools in our SAN product line at Norstan Consulting. We have found it to be the only viable solution for true data sharing models and it integrates across multiple industries, from enterprise to medical to prepress and beyond." David Whitt, President, Sagitta Performance Systems, Inc. "Sagitta has evaluated numerous SAN sharing technologies. After extensive testing, SANergy is the only software that we feel comfortable recommending to our customers for file-level sharing. Our commitments to the SAN industry are unique in that we sell only SAN-based solutions. SANergy is a key technology that we focus on offering to our customers." Joel Leider, Chief Executive Officer, Winchester Systems Inc. "SANergy satisfies a need in the market to share data across multiple servers and thus creates new opportunities for us to better serve our customers." About Mercury Mercury's Shared Storage Business Unit develops and markets software products that manage the shared access to common storage in heterogeneous environments. SSBU products support high-performance/high-throughput I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output environments such as digital video, digital prepress, and enterprise computing, and are available through a growing community of resellers and systems integrators worldwide. Based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, other business units of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) produce high-performance image and digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). computer systems that transform sensor data to information for analysis and interpretation on a real-time basis. Mercury's products play a critical role in a wide range of defense and medical diagnostic imaging applications. In air-, sea-, and land-based military platforms, these systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signal intelligence data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic devices, including magnetic resonance imaging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), noninvasive diagnostic technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to produce cross-sectional images of organs and other internal body structures. (MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. ), computed tomography Computed tomography (CT scan) X rays are aimed at slices of the body (by rotating equipment) and results are assembled with a computer to give a three-dimensional picture of a structure. (CT), and the rapidly growing field of digital X-ray. For these products, Mercury serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through a network of subsidiaries and distributors. For more information, please visit www.SANergy.com and www.mc.com. SANergy is a trademark of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Other products mentioned may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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