AppIQ and QLogic Broaden Relationship to Deliver Interoperable Storage Networking Solutions.Business Editors Storage Networking World Storage Networking World (commonly called SNW) is a for data storage professionals in the United States. Sponsored by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association, SNW is held twice each year. Spring 2004 PHOENIX, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2004 AppIQ Storage Area Management Software to Support QLogic Fibre Channel Switches AppIQ(TM), Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software that enables data storage to be managed as an IT utility, today announced that it has broadened its relationship with QLogic, a leading provider of storage networking solutions, to help customers more simply and cost-effectively build and manage storage area networks (SAN). AppIQ and QLogic will collaborate to ensure that AppIQ's award-winning SAN management and storage resource management solution family, AppIQ StorageAuthority(TM) Suite, supports the QLogic SANbox(R) series of Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
"QLogic and AppIQ are both committed to simple, low-cost SANs," said Frank Berry Berry, former province, France Berry (bĕrē`), former province, central France. Bourges, the capital, and Châteauroux are the chief towns. , vice president of marketing, QLogic Corp. "AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite is a powerful SAN management solution that will become even stronger by supporting QLogic SANbox switches. The integration of our solutions will offer clear benefits to our joint customers, and our common channel partners." The technical collaboration between QLogic and AppIQ is centered around the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S SMI-S Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SNIA) ), the open standard created and maintained by the Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ) to ensure interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. storage solutions. QLogic and AppIQ share a deep commitment to the SMI-S, and are active participants and leaders in SNIA. QLogic will leverage AppIQ's expertise in the SMI-S to enhance its SMI-S interface for QLogic SANblade switches, while AppIQ will qualify AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite, a native SMI-S client, to work with the QLogic SMI-S provider. "We're pleased to expand our relationship with QLogic to provide standards-based management of QLogic's SANbox Fibre Channel switches," said Tom Rose, vice president of marketing, AppIQ. "By supporting the QLogic SANbox family of switches with AppIQ StorageAuthority Suite, we will deliver the easy-to-implement, easy-to-manage storage networking solutions that customers are demanding to cost-effectively scale their data storage environments." AppIQ expects to deliver support for QLogic SANbox switches later this year. About QLogic SANbox Switches QLogic SANbox switches make it easy for small and medium-sized enterprises to connect many new or legacy servers to shared storage devices, fully leveraging the power of SANs. With QLogic SANbox switches, businesses can easily build powerful storage networks that are interoperable with servers, networking equipment and storage systems, enabling high-performance switched storage networking at affordable prices while protecting existing investments. About AppIQ AppIQ(TM), Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise 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. 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, 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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