Asigra Joins Network Appliance Partner Program; Relationship Enables Certification of Joint Solutions.TORONTO -- Asigra, the technology specialists in distributed backup and recovery software for network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. , today announced it has become a member of the NetApp(R) Partner Program. Membership in the Partner Program will help enable Asigra and NetApp to certify each company's solutions for the benefit of customer data protection needs. By joining the NetApp Partner Program, Asigra's Televaulting(TM) distributed backup solution will be tested and validated with NetApp unified storage The capability of combining different data formats such as files, folders, contacts and e-mail messages into collections that can be viewed and manipulated as one group. See WinFS. systems to deliver customers better centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. backup administration of remote site data islands. This will help ensure that customers' network infrastructures will properly function with simplified management to efficiently manage staffing requirements, and lower costs that are inherent to enterprise architectures. "This partnership is a continuing effort by Asigra to reassure our customers that we are dedicated to providing total storage solutions that eliminate data protection, performance, and scalability limitations while dramatically reducing the cost and management of backup across the WAN," said Eran Farajun, Asigra Executive Vice President. "We are pleased to have joined the NetApp Partner Program. The NetApp Partner Program demonstrates that NetApp is equally dedicated to providing customers complementary technologies that better address the realities of heterogeneous network (networking) heterogeneous network - A network running multiple network layer protocols such as DECnet, IP, IPX, XNS. environments." "The NetApp Partner Program helps us work with partners, such as Asigra, so we can jointly provide customers reduced complexity, enhanced performance, unlimited scalability, and more reliable data access," said Patrick Rogers, vice president, Partners and Alliances Marketing at Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Inc. "In this case, Asigra and NetApp customers will benefit from enhanced reliability via centrally-managed multi-site backups with virtually unlimited scalability." Asigra eliminates many storage pain points through technology that is designed for enterprise-wide centralization cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , built from the ground up to perform on a global level. It is tested and certified compatible by leading infrastructure providers, not to take the place of to be substituted for. - Berkeley. See also: Place data center backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. , but complement it for multi-site backup and recovery. Business benefits that differentiate Asigra's offering from other backup solutions include true regulatory compliance, reduction in worldwide IT management expenditures, compounded reduction of hardware/software capital and enterprise-wide license costs, a pay-as-you-grow pricing model and the highest level of assurance that all company data is protected. About the NetApp Partner Program The NetApp Partner Program provides qualified infrastructure and application providers with access to NetApp solutions, software development kits, technical support, training, certification, product information, and marketing and sales assistance. Customers benefit by having access to best-of-breed partner solutions that are tested to work with NetApp storage. Additional information on the NetApp Partner Program is available at http://www.netapp.com/partners/become/join.html. About Asigra Founded in 1986, Asigra is the specialist in distributed data backup and recovery solutions for network computing. With Asigra's Televaulting software, enterprises can reliably protect mission-critical information across all their geographically dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. "data islands," whether they reside on servers, desktops or laptops. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is based in Toronto, Canada. For more information, contact Asigra at 416-736-8111 Ext. 101 or visit the company's website at www.asigra.com. A trademark or trade name of Asigra Inc. NetApp is a registered trademark and Network Appliance is a trademark of Network Appliance, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. Other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or trade names of their respective owners. |
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