Acopia Networks Joins HP's Information Lifecycle Management Partner Program; Plans to Pursue Opportunities to Integrate Award-Winning Functionality with the HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System.LOWELL, Mass. -- Acopia Networks, the innovator of Adaptive Resource Networking, today announced it has joined HP's Information Lifecycle Management Information Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM. (ILM) Partner's Program to deliver ILM solutions based on the use of its ARX(TM) products with HP's StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System (RISS RISS Reference Information Storage System (HP) RISS Regional Information Sharing System RISS Real-Time IR/EO Scene Simulator RISS Revised Injury Severity Score ). Through innovative use of its ARX switches, Acopia provides to RISS users a global namespace A Global Namespace is a heterogeneous, enterprise-wide abstraction of all file information, open to dynamic customization based on user-defined parameters. This becomes of particular importance as multiple network based file systems proliferate within an organization -- the challenge for both Windows and Unix environments and the ability to migrate data between HP RISS and standard file servers without application disruption or client configuration changes. The combined use of ARX switches with RISS will provide enterprise customers with the ability to deploy highly scaleable RISS archive solutions, with unprecedented accessibility to information, for their existing global file data. "Acopia's products offer unique file access capability for enterprise customers who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. innovative ways to manage global file data," said Paul O'Brien Paul O'Brien (born April 14 1978) is a Logie Award winning actor from South Africa. Although born there, Paul grew up in Australia as well as Mauritius. He currently plays Jack Holden on the Australian television soap opera Home and Away. , Director of ILM at HP. "Together, the ARX and RISS deliver a unique solution for highly scaleable file data archival and lifecycle management across the global enterprise." "We're excited about the opportunity to partner with a leading ILM solutions provider to create new product capabilities in the market," said Brendon Howe, VP Marketing at Acopia. "A combined ARX/RISS solution will offer unique capability for enterprises looking to deploy state of the art adaptive enterprise infrastructure." 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 Data that does not reside in fixed locations. Free-form text in a word processing document is a typical example. Contrast with structured data. See free-form database. 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 (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 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. 2005 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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