Acopia Networks Named Finalist for 2007 Techworld Product of the Year Award.Acopia ARX[TM] File Virtualization See storage virtualization. Solution, Featuring FreedomFabric[TM] Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. Software, Finalist in Virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. Category LOWELL, Mass. -- Acopia Networks[R], Inc., the world's leading provider of high-performance, intelligent file virtualization solutions, today announced that its ARX[TM] system, featuring the FreedomFabric[TM] operating system software, has been named a finalist for the 2007 Techworld Awards, in the category of Virtualization Product of the Year. The Techworld Awards recognize and reward the very highest standards of individual and collective achievement. With over 200 entries each year, they are considered a benchmark throughout the computer industry. The unique blend of awards for products, networking teams, and individuals recognize both sides of the industry - the product vendors and the network managers and teams who implement the solutions. Entrants are evaluated on strategy, creativity, innovation, and effectiveness. All finalists and winners, selected by a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
"The Techworld Awards 2007 recognize the vendors and products, such as Acopia and its ARX systems and FreedomFabric software, that have made significant advances over the past year. From storage to wireless, these solutions have contributed extensively to improving the way network managers work worldwide," said Max Cooter coot·er n. Lower Southern U.S. 1. An edible freshwater turtle of the genus Chrysemys. 2. Any of various turtles or tortoises. See Regional Note at goober. , editor, Techworld. "Being named a finalist for the 2007 Techworld Awards in the category of 'Virtualization Product of the Year' is indeed a great honor. We also see it as additional validation of the growing significance of the file storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. market," said Kirby Wadsworth, senior vice president of marketing and business development, Acopia. "We look forward to this final phase of competition and wish 'good luck' to all the esteemed finalists." About Acopia Networks Acopia Networks is the leader in high-performance, intelligent file virtualization. Solutions based on Acopia's 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 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 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 , 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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