Articulent Partners with HighGround Systems to Enhance Consulting and Analysis of Storage Needs.Business/Technology Editors HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000 Articulent Inc., a storage management services See SMS. (storage) Storage Management Services - (SMS) Software that enables network administrators to route backup data from various devices on a network to another device such as a server or a magnetic tape backup unit. provider, today announced its partnership with HighGround(R) Systems, the leading developer of storage resource management software. The agreement equips Articulent consulting and analysis practices with Surveyor(TM) 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. (TM), a member of HighGround's Storage Resource Manager (TM) (SRM) product family and the first Web-based storage assessment tool targeted at storage consultancies. Surveyor SRM provides a complete storage infrastructure assessment solution by automating the discovery of enterprise-wide storage resources while collecting key capacity utilization Capacity Utilization measures the rate at which a firm makes use of their capital productive capacities, such as factories and machinery. Capacity Utilization generally rises when the economy is healthy and falls when demand softens. and availability statistics. Surveyor SRM will help Articulent manage the increasing complexities associated with planning and deploying storage network infrastructures, specifically storage area networks (SANs) and network-attached storage See NAS. (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ), furthering the breadth and quality of Articulent's storage management offering. "Articulent is always 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 our excellent client service, and HighGround's Surveyor SRM offers precisely that opportunity," said Tom Martin, director ofbusiness development, Articulent. "Surveyor SRM gives Articulent a more accurate picture of the storage environment, allowing for the very best assessment of storage needs for any company." "We're pleased to be partnering with Articulent in their efforts to deliver increasingly valuable consulting services to their customer base," said Geoff Hogan, director of channel partner management at HighGround. "The combination of HighGround's Surveyor SRM assessment tool and Articulent's solid consulting experience demystifies the SAN/NAS planning, migration and implementation dilemma and offers an unprecedented level of expertise to the storage marketplace." About Articulent Articulent is a leading provider of storage management services, enabling companies to store, protect and manage business-critical information. Since 1989, Articulent has provided professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , specialized consulting, implementation, and critical infrastructure solutions to fast-growing companies that manage an increasing volume of data. Headquartered in Hopkinton, MA, Articulent has offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Dallas, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Philadelphia. For more information, please visit www.articulent.com or call 800.323.8839. About HighGround Systems, Inc. HighGround(R) Systems, Inc. is the leading developer of storage resource management software for open systems. HighGround markets Global Storage Resource Manager(TM) (SRM(TM)), a comprehensive family of solutions for managing storage resources in today's complex enterprises. Built on Web technology and with support for Windows NT(R), Windows 2000(R), NetWare(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) and Linux(R) operating systems; storage-intensive applications such as Microsoft(R) Exchange; and direct-attach, SAN (Storage Area Network) and NAS (Network Attached Storage) storage topologies; HighGround offers the industry's most comprehensive storage infrastructure monitoring, analysis, reporting and event management solutions. HighGround can be reached toll-free at (800) 395-9385; via e-mail at info@highground.com; or via the World Wide Web at www.highground.com. |
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