Aerosystems International Ltd. Selects StoreAge SVM to Improve Development of Advanced Software Systems for Aerospace and Defence.Business Editors YEOVIL, UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003 StoreAge Networking Technologies, an innovator in enterprise SAN storage management, today announced the deployment of its SVM SVM Support Vector Machines SVM School of Veterinary Medicine SVM Solaris Volume Manager SVM Space Vector Modulation SVM Storage Virtualization Manager (StoreAge) SVM Service Module (also abbreviated as S/M) (TM) (Storage Virtualisation Manager) at Aerosystems International Ltd. (AeI), a leading company in the analysis, design, development and delivery of complex, software intensive systems for the aerospace and defence sectors. The deployment was effected in cooperation with Bytes Technology Group, a key partner of StoreAge in the UK. AeI (http://www.aeroint.com) is an independent software and systems company operating across the UK, USA and Europe, with over 400 personnel. The company provides products and services to major aerospace and industrial companies and international defence users, to reduce the overall cost of maintenance and support of complex systems. AeI offers systems for maintenance management, mission planning, asset tracking, logistics data management, training and simulation, and the provision of consultancy services. To support the development processes of these complex systems, AeI needs high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. of data, as well as a simple way for managing and provisioning storage in a distributed environment. In the past, AeI had several development sites, which over time, have been consolidated to a single site in Yeovil. As a result, the company has a large number of diverse server platforms, with direct-attached storage Direct-attached storage (DAS) refers to a digital storage system directly attached to a server or workstation, without a storage network in between. It is a retronym, mainly used to differentiate non-networked storage from SAN and NAS. holding business-critical data. In common with most similar enterprises, Ael was finding the management cost of such a large server farm prohibitive. Being a software development house, the most important issue for AeI is information consistency and availability, and the company sought a cost-effective, reliable solution for managing their data and maintaining business continuity. After examining various alternatives based on symmetric (in-the-data path) architecture, AeI realized that only StoreAge's unique asymmetric (out-of-the-data path) technology could meet their requirements, and selected SVM to provide centralised Adj. 1. centralised - drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government" centralized storage management and data protection for a centralised enterprise SAN. In this way Ael was able to deploy a "tiered" storage infrastructure, with different storage properties matched to the requirements of each data set. SVM provides centrally managed storage pooling and virtual volume allocation for the entire SAN. Allocated storage volumes can be expanded on-line, accommodating growth in application storage requirements without interrupting the applications or user connections. StoreAge's snapshot and volume copy solutions -- multiView(TM), multiCopy(TM) and multiMirror(TM) -- greatly enhance data recoverability in the event of virus attack or data corruption Data corruption refers to errors in computer data that occur during transmission or retrieval, introducing unintended changes to the original data. Computer storage and transmission systems use a number of measures to provide data integrity, the lack of errors. , as well as reduce the backup window for SAN-based application servers. Completely separate additional disk arrays from multiple vendors can be added as necessary, and seamlessly integrated into the storage-pooled environment. In this way, Aerosystems is protected from vendor lock-in In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in, customer lock-in, lock-in is where a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services and cannot move to another vendor without substantial switching costs, real and/or perceived. and retains control over future disk expansion. AeI are using SVM to manage their production environment, and plan to implement a full disaster recovery solution soon, using StoreAge's multiMirror application for providing the required copy services Copy services is a term used in IBM storage systems, to describe a group of services that provide a method of copying or moving data from one location to another. Generally a source and target logical disk are required. Data is copied or moved form the source to the target. . Using the "periodic" feature of multiMirror, large data sets can be efficiently replicated over low-cost IP links to remote recovery locations, with no further investment in IP conversion hardware. This feature further reduces the cost of implementing such a comprehensive data replication solution. "StoreAge SVM is the perfect solution for us, letting us make the most of our SAN", said Ian Dicker dick·er intr.v. dick·ered, dick·er·ing, dick·ers To bargain; barter. n. The act or process of bargaining. , IT manager at Aerosystems International Ltd. "With SVM, we can deploy different disk arrays for different data storage requirements, as well as rely on the flexibility provided by SVM for using snapshots and volume copies for maximum cost-effectiveness. We are very satisfied with SVM's performance and depend on it for data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. and consistency, to support the development processes needed for our continued growth." Neil Murphy, managing director at Bytes, commented: "We are happy that our cooperation with StoreAge allows us to offer customers storage management solutions that fulfill their organizations' specific needs and meet their requirements in terms of business continuity. More industry leaders are now recognizing the added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
Dani Naor, vice president of business development at StoreAge, added: "We continue to work together with Bytes in providing leading UK companies unique, cost-saving storage management solutions that simplify the work of their IT staff, so crucial in today's economic environment." To learn more about SVM and other StoreAge solutions, please visit our website http://www.store-age.com or email us: info@store-age.com About StoreAge Networking Technologies StoreAge Networking Technologies is an innovative developer and provider of enterprise storage management solutions that centralize and simplify storage network administration. StoreAge network-based solutions provide a uniform, SAN-wide method for provisioning storage, ensuring business continuity, enabling cost-effective disaster recovery, and centrally managing cross-platform, multi-vendor storage environments. StoreAge's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , SVM(TM) (Storage Virtualisation Manager), has been successfully deployed worldwide, gaining exceptional success in managing storage in a wide variety of application environments including databases, OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , e-mail, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , video and many others. StoreAge offers worldwide sales, service and support, with principal offices in Irvine, CA and Nesher, Israel, and is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. spun-off from IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. Intelligent Information Systems (IISLF.OB) in 1999. For additional information, please visit www.store-age.com About Bytes Technology Group Bytes Technology Group is a specialist IT services company providing a range of technical skills and services to support corporate networks based on industry standard technologies. These services enable companies to exploit commercial opportunities available to them through the effective use of information technology. Our skills are focused on matching business drivers with technical reality so that cost of ownership is lowered and value of investment is maximised. With the benefit of over 20 years' experience in the UK, a wealth of referenced IT implementations and the majority of our staff dedicated to service delivery, we can guarantee our customers effective IT solutions - first time. Our key partners are the world's market leaders who provide best-of-breed hardware, software and communication solutions. We are amongst the very few companies that maintain both the highest accreditations and senior contacts with major vendors such as Microsoft, HP, Citrix, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. 2 and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) which benefits our customers through increased profile, availability and involvement. For additional information, please visit www.bytes.co.uk SVM, multiView, multiCopy, multiMirror and SVM Policy Manager for Exchange are service marks of StoreAge Networking Technology. All other company, brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. 120203 |
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