Acopia Expands Presence in United Kingdom with New Partner; Award Winning Switches Sold Through Partnership with Posetiv Ltd.LOWELL, Mass. -- Acopia Networks(R), the innovator of Adaptive Resource Networking, announced today that it has signed a partnership with Posetiv Ltd, a leading storage services and solutions integrator, to sell Acopia's award winning Adaptive Resource Switching (ARX(R)) products in the United Kingdom. Acopia has signed a value added reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). (VAR) agreement with Posetiv Ltd for sales, service and support of Acopia's products in the European Market. "The explosive growth in enterprise data and the need to control the escalating storage management costs have accelerated the adoption of Acopia's ARX products by companies in the European market. We are thrilled to have one of the leading storage solutions providers, Posetiv Ltd, as our partner in the United Kingdom", said Christopher P. Lynch, 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. of Acopia Networks. "Acopia's solution immediately reduces the cost and complexity of managing the rapid growth of file data, while also providing a platform to deploy valuable ILM functions. Posetiv is extremely pleased to be one of the early adopters of this technology", said Adriaan Serfontein, Chief Technical Architect, Posetiv Ltd. Acopia is the pioneer of file virtualization See storage virtualization. products that dramatically simplify the management of NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular (Network Attached Storage) resources, providing improved utilization, non-disruptive data migration and increased performance for enterprise file storage environments. Acopia's customers today include a growing list of Fortune 500 companies including Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , Toshiba, Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and Yahoo!. About Acopia Networks Acopia Networks is the innovator of Adaptive Resource Networking products, a new class of file switches that uniquely solve the problem of managing unstructured data in the global enterprise. Acopia's Adaptive Resources Switches (ARX) allow customers to improve performance and better utilize existing file server infrastructure. The products also provide non-disruptive data replication, migration, and capacity balancing across multiple NAS devices, thereby reducing management overhead and accelerating business workflow in the process. Information about Acopia's products and services can be found at http://www.acopia.com. Acopia corporate headquarters are located at 41 Wellman Street, Lowell MA. Phone: 978-513-2900, email: info@acopia.com. Its European headquarters are at Acopia Networks EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. , Humboldstr. 12, 85609 Munich-Aschheim/Dornach, Germany. Phone: 49-89-944-90-165. Email: sales@acopia.com. 2006 Acopia Networks, Inc. Acopia is a trademark of Acopia Networks. All other brands, products, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of the companies with which they are associated. |
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