Alacritus Software Announces OEM Agreement with Hitachi, Ltd.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers TOKYO, Japan and LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 9, 2002 Strategic Alliance Brings New Disk-based Data Protection Solution To Market: Hitachi Virtual Tape Library A hard disk array that emulates a tape library. A virtual tape library (VTL) enables the storage medium to be switched from tapes to disks while continuing to use the existing tape backup software. See virtual tape system and storage virtualization. Delivers New Class of Storage Technology Storage innovators Alacritus(TM) Software and Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HIT) have partnered to deliver the Hitachi Virtual Tape Library, introduced as the VF100 Series in Japan, a disk-based data protection solution designed to work seamlessly within an organization's existing storage infrastructure. Now organizations can replace existing tape libraries with this disk-based solution reducing storage management costs while setting new standards for capacity, performance, price, and manageability. The first customer ship is scheduled for June in Japan. Since disk storage prices have dropped to a level now competitive with tape, technologies such as the Hitachi Virtual Tape Library have been developed to assist customers with the critical task of backup and restore. With this latest move by Hitachi and Alacritus, IT administrators get all the benefits of utilizing a disk-based technology. The solution works as a replacement to or as a complement to existing storage systems while still running backup applications and other programs without interruption. Steve Kenniston, a Technology Analyst with the Enterprise Storage Group, commented, "The combination of Hitachi's expertise with disk array subsystems and Alacritus' powerful software is a perfect example of where the next generation of backup and restore technologies are headed. Customers now have a viable alternative for tape backup Using magnetic tape for storing duplicate copies of hard disk files. Users can add an internal or external tape drive to their desktop computers for backup purposes, and files are typically copied to the tapes using a backup utility that updates on a periodic schedule. and restore." Shigeru Yoneda, General Manager, SAN Systems Solution Division, Hitachi, Ltd., said, "The partnership of Alacritus and Hitachi strengthens our ability to deliver storage management solutions that are meaningful to our customers; the Hitachi Virtual Tape Library provides high performance backup operations." Alacritus Software Co-Founder and Chief Strategic Officer, Don Trimmer trimmer see resco nail trimmer, toenail scissors. added, "This solution brings a great relief to customers struggling to keep up with growing data volumes. The rapid advances that disk technology has over tape technology solve a critical problem for IT administrators: the shrinking backup window." Hitachi Virtual Tape Library Series The virtual tape library technology utilizes Hitachi's disk array subsystem technology and the Alacritus Securitus ITM ITM See: In-the-money firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. . With simple plug-and-play installation, this disk-based appliance is able to emulate one or more tape libraries but is much faster and more reliable. The solution lowers administration costs with simplified configuration and dynamic performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. , making library sharing transparent. The Hitachi Virtual Tape Library Series is compatible with the leading backup applications such as Legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. Systems or other software vendors. Hitachi will distribute the Virtual Tape Library Series through its partners and directly to customers. Capacity starts at 560 Gigabytes and scales to 2,840 Gigabytes. About Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies with fiscal 2000 (ended March 31, 2001) consolidated sales of 8,417 billion yen ($67.9 billion(1)). The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products, and power and industrial equipment. For more information on Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's Website at http://global.hitachi.com. (1) At an exchange rate of 124 yen to the dollar. About Alacritus Software Alacritus(TM) Software creates high performing, highly available, plug-and-play virtual technology for interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. storage networks. By delivering this open, heterogeneous compatibility, customers may utilize their existing software infrastructures. The first product, Securitus I, is a virtual tape library that serves as a replacement to tape library subsystems. The principals of Alacritus have been responsible for industry advances such as Celestra for serverless backup A type of LAN free backup that does not use any of the resources of an application server or a backup server. See LAN free backup. , the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol) An open standard for backing up data in a heterogeneous environment. Developed by Network Appliance and IntelliGuard Software, NDMP uses a common data format which is written to and read from drivers for the specific disk and ), and Third Party Copy, among many others, including BudTool, the first backup and restore tool for networked, UNIX-based environments. Alacritus Software is located at 1650 Holmes Street, Livermore, California Livermore is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 80,723 as of January 1, 2007.[2] Livermore is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Livermore is a "major suburb" of the Bay Area. 94550. For more information, call (925) 960.0695 or visit http://www.alacritus.com. |
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