Acopia Networks Announces NeoPath Buyback Program.LOWELL, Mass. -- Acopia Networks([R]), Inc., the leader in high-performance intelligent file virtualization See storage virtualization. , today announced the details of its "NeoPath Buyback Buyback The buying back of outstanding shares (repurchase) by a company in order to reduce the number of shares on the market. Companies will buyback shares either to increase the value of shares still available (reducing supply), or to eliminate any threats by shareholders who may Program." The limited-time promotion offers customers up to a 100% product allowance when they trade-in NeoPath Networks File Director products towards the purchase of Acopia ARX[TM] systems, featuring the recently announced FreedomFabric[TM] network operating system An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. software. Under the terms of the program, customers who purchased a NeoPath File Director product prior to March 12, 2007 are eligible for a purchase credit towards an equivalent or greater Acopia product. The purchase credit is in addition to any pre-negotiated Acopia customer discount. The program runs through June 30, 2007. Acopia's FreedomFabric software, combined with its award-winning ARX series intelligent file virtualization platforms - including the ARX 6000, ARX 1000, and ARX 500, provides the basis for enforcing powerful automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. intelligent data management policies, including: * Non-disruptive data migrations move data across heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). storage devices to facilitate seamless server consolidation, platform upgrades, and vendor switches. * Automated storage tiering places data on the appropriate storage tier automatically and manages the data lifecycle over time, reducing capital expenditures (CAPEX) and shrinking backup and recovery windows. * Efficient data replication In database management, the ability to keep distributed databases synchronized by routinely copying the entire database or subsets of the database to other servers in the network. There are various replication methods. of file data between heterogeneous storage devices for more efficient and cost effective disaster recovery. * Dynamic load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them distributes demand across existing storage devices dynamically, improving application performance. Further information and specific terms of the NeoPath Buyback Program can be obtained by visiting www.acopia.com/neopathy. About Acopia Networks Acopia Networks is the leader in high-performance, intelligent file virtualization. Solutions based on Acopia's FreedomFabric[TM] network operating system software help customers manage the growth, complexity, and cost of unstructured, globally distributed, file-based information. By providing automatic, policy-driven, data migration, tiering, load balancing, snapshots, and replication across multi-vendor storage environments, Acopia helps IT executives to reduce management overhead and accelerate business workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. . For further information about Acopia's products and services, please visit its Website at www.acopia.com, call 978-513-2900 (US) / 49-89-944-90-165 (Europe) or email info@acopia.com. [c] 2007 Acopia Networks, Inc. Acopia, Acopia Networks, ARX, and FreedomFabric are trademarks of Acopia Networks, Inc. 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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