AppIQ Extends Industry-Leading Storage Area Management Capabilities.High-Tech Writers STORAGE DECISIONS NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004 New Release of AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite Highlighted by Storage Provisioning Enhancements and Sybase Support AppIQ(TM), Inc., a leading provider of storage area management solutions, today announced a new release of AppIQ StorageAuthority(TM) Suite that extends the award-winning product family with new capabilities for efficiently and securely managing enterprise storage networks. Highlighting the new version are advanced "path provisioning" capabilities that streamline and error-proof processes for allocating SAN capacity in support of business-critical applications; and StorageAuthority for Sybase, a new module that helps ensure the availability and performance of Sybase(R) Adaptive Server Enterprise See ASE. (database) Adaptive Server Enterprise - (ASE) The relational database management system that started life in the mid-eighties s "Sybase SQL Server". For a number of years Microsoft was a Sybase distributor, reselling the Sybase product for OS/2 and (later) Windows in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. Combined with deeper support for leading storage arrays and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , as well as custom reporting enhancements, AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite R3.1 enables IT organizations to exceed storage service levels, reduce operational costs, and improve business performance. "Storage administrators are being challenged to meet more aggressive service levels as enterprises keep 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. ways to improve productivity and respond faster to business opportunity," said Jamie Gruener, senior analyst, Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. . "AppIQ continues to make advancements in its storage resource management product family that will help enterprises meet these challenges, even as data storage needs escalate es·ca·late v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates v.tr. To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf. v.intr. . AppIQ's rules-based provisioning capabilities should be particularly interesting to IT organizations that need to speed up and secure their procedures for bringing new projects on-line and keeping existing applications running smoothly." Path Provisioning StorageAuthority Provisioning, an optional Business Module of AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite, now offers intelligent "path provisioning" capabilities that error-proof and streamline an IT organization's ability to allocate storage capacity for new projects or critical business applications:
-- "All-in-one" window provides end-to-end provisioning of array
volumes, LUNs, and fabric zones, with individual panes guiding
each selection;
-- SmartGuide(TM) technology leverages the common knowledge base
of application-to-LUN connectivity and dependency information
to provide rules and filters that minimize mistakes, and
ensure provisioning operations adhere to unique business and
IT requirements. For example:
-- The multi-path SmartGuide forces administrators to select
at least two HBA ports on two separate servers to
eliminate single points of failure;
-- The host SmartGuide filters out servers that are not
physically cabled to and reachable by any array that was
selected;
-- The quality of service SmartGuide filters out all storage
arrays that do not satisfy the preferred storage tier.
-- Job queue enables storage administrators to quickly create
hundreds of provisioning jobs with one-click ease;
-- Job scheduler enables administrators to schedule provisioning
jobs to execute during off-hours to minimize impact on
business operations.
StorageAuthority for Sybase AppIQ StorageAuthority for Sybase, a new Application Module, enables administrators to quickly perform root cause analysis of SAN-related performance problems that impact users of Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise. This module automatically discovers Sybase instances, databases, database files, and tables and leverages AppIQ's unique Application Explorer to graphically depict de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. the dependencies of these Sybase elements on the supporting SAN infrastructure. The path that each Sybase element takes through host mount points; host servers; volume management software; HBAs and HBA (Host Bus Adapter) See host adapter. ports; fabric switches and switch ports; and storage systems and LUNs is represented in a single, integrated view. Administrators can leverage these powerful dependency management capabilities in combination with the real-time performance monitoring features of AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite to predict the impact of planned and unplanned SAN downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. on Sybase applications, and determine where in the SAN "stack" performance is being impacted. StorageAuthority for Sybase also extends the suite's complete foundation of capacity management, role-based security, reporting, event management, and policy-based automation capabilities to this leading relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. platform:
-- Role-based security prevents Sybase administrators from
monitoring or provisioning SAN elements that are not relevant
to Sybase;
-- Organizations prevent Sybase elements from even appearing in
the SAN topology views of administrators who are not
responsible for Sybase;
-- Policies and events monitor Sybase utilization and free space;
-- Reports on Sybase assets and utilization can be automatically
emailed on a scheduled basis in PDF, Excel, XML, or HTML
formats.
More New Features StorageAuthority Suite R3.1 also becomes the first storage area management solution to provision Host Security Groups for Hitachi storage systems, enabling storage administrators to virtualize To cause a virtual technique to be performed. See virtualization. and logically group the physical storage ports on Hitachi arrays such that they can be shared by multiple hosts and different operating systems. This feature is representative of the first-mover advantage First-mover advantage is the advantage gained by the initial occupant of a market segment. This advantage may stem from the fact that the first entrant can gain control of resources that followers may not be able to match. that AppIQ enjoys as a result of its strategic OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partnerships. Also new in AppIQ StorageAuthority R3.1 are:
-- Database views and an optional custom report writer, which
enables integrators, OEMs, and customers to develop any number
of asset, configuration, chargeback, capacity, and performance
reports tuned to end users' unique business requirements;
-- Organization filters and nested organizations, which give IT
architects more flexibility in grouping SAN elements for
specific departments, geographies, and administrative
responsibilities;
-- StorageAuthority for File Servers, AppIQ's optional file-level
storage resource management (SRM) module previously available
for Windows-based environments, now supports Sun's Solaris
Operating System with scalable file age, type, and size
analysis and user consumption reporting;
-- Integration with Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager(TM) (HDLM) load
balancing and failover software in Sun's Solaris Operating
System;
-- Integration with the most recent firmware versions of
supported storage arrays, fabric switches, and HBAs.
"Our strategic partners and rapidly expanding base of customers have been instrumental in guiding our product roadmap," said David Chang, vice president of product management, AppIQ. "Our new path provisioning capabilities will help satisfy the market need for on-demand storage, while our new application module for Sybase delivers much-needed SAN performance and availability management for Sybase applications. We will continue to leverage our standards-built platform to rapidly deliver innovative storage area management capabilities." Availability AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite R3.1 is available immediately through AppIQ, certified See certification. AppIQ Solution Partners, and strategic OEM partners Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. (HDS (Hitachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA, www.hds.com) A leading provider of high-end storage hardware, software and services. Part of the Information Systems & Telecommunications Division of Hitachi Ltd. ) and Silicon Graphics (SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. ). About AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite is an award-winning family of open, integrated, heterogeneous Storage Area Network (SAN) management and Storage Resource Management (SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. ) solutions. With AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite, IT organizations can discover, visualize, monitor, report on, chargeback Chargeback The charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. Notes: Customers dispute charges to their credit card usually when goods or services are not delivered within the on, and provision complex, multi-vendor storage area networks from a single, Web-based enterprise platform with unprecedented simplicity and speed. Once the suite's 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. capabilities have replaced the error-prone, inefficient point tools, spreadsheets, and whiteboards currently used to manage storage operations, AppIQ's flexible development tools and customizable policy and reporting engines can be used to create an internal storage utility that aligns storage infrastructure with business objectives. About AppIQ AppIQ(TM), Inc. is a leading provider of Storage Area Network (SAN) management and Storage Resource Management (SRM) solutions. AppIQ StorageAuthority(TM) Suite is "Enabling the storage utility"(TM) for today's data-intensive enterprise by seamlessly integrating storage resource visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all , provisioning, monitoring, reporting, and policy-based automation, and by correlating the availability of business-critical applications with SAN configuration, capacity, and performance. AppIQ products are sold across all continents directly and through a network of strategic OEMs and resellers. Customers worldwide in almost every industry rely on AppIQ software to reduce operational costs and improve business performance. AppIQ 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. based in Burlington, Mass. For more information, visit http://www.appiq.com. (C) 2004 AppIQ, Inc. AppIQ, StorageAuthority, SmartGuide, and "Enabling the storage utility" are trademarks of AppIQ, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
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