Blum Chooses StoreAge SVM to Provide Advanced SAN Storage Management and Ensure Business Continuity.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOCHST, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004 StoreAge Networking Technologies, an innovator in enterprise SAN storage management, today announced that its SVM SVM Support Vector Machines SVM School of Veterinary Medicine SVM Solaris Volume Manager SVM Space Vector Modulation SVM Storage Virtualization Manager (StoreAge) SVM Service Module (also abbreviated as S/M) (TM) (Storage Virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. Manager) has been deployed at Julius Blum GmbH, an international furniture hardware company. Blum selected StoreAge to provide heterogeneous storage consolidation, asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. mirroring, zero-window backup and centralized storage management, all while significantly lowering administration costs. The installation was accomplished in cooperation with ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. Consult GmbH, StoreAge's partner in Austria. Blum (www.blum.com) is a leading manufacturer of hinge, drawer and pullout pull·out n. 1. A withdrawal, especially of troops. 2. Change from a dive to level flight. Used of an aircraft. 3. An object designed to be pulled out. Noun 1. systems as well as assembly devices for furniture fittings. The company was founded in Hochst in 1952, and has since developed as an international company, active in 70 countries around the world with subsidiaries in 17 countries. Blum has 3,700 employees worldwide, and its annual turnover is 590.7 million EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . Before implementing the StoreAge solution, Blum had a homogeneous Compaq storage environment, but wanted to shift to a heterogeneous SAN including newly purchased IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) FAStT700 and FAStT900 storage arrays. In order to enable such change and provide storage consolidation, Blum chose StoreAge SVM as its central management system for integrating heterogeneous storage platforms and a variety of 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. . The new remotely mirrored SAN supports and protects their critical Oracle clusters and CAD applications. Blum is also using StoreAge's advanced copy services, multiView, a logical copy ("snapshot") application, and multiCopy, an innovative copy facility that enables the instant creation of multiple physical copies of volumes. This allows for fast backup and restore of data (LAN-free & Server-free backup) that has significantly increased Blum's backup capability. To ensure business continuity, Blum is now implementing a disaster recovery site at a distance of 2 km., connected by a Fibre Channel link. The remote site includes the same components as the primary site, with the integration of the existing HP StorageWorks MA8000. Data is mirrored from the primary site to the secondary (DR) site using StoreAge's multiMirror application, thus enabling instant recovery of data at the remote site should the primary site fail. Wilfried Obermayer, IT manager at Blum, stated: "We are very pleased with the StoreAge solution, which enabled seamless migration from our existing, homogeneous environment to the new vendor independent heterogeneous SAN. Furthermore, we are now able to employ a comprehensive and dependable DR plan, using multiMirror's unique capabilities." Gerhard Blaschek, managing director at ILS Consult, added: "The StoreAge SVM allowed Blum to implement uniform management for different departments, which previously required dedicated administration resources. At such a time when organizations are struggling to reduce costs, this is truly a great benefit for our customers." "This successful installation was achieved through our close cooperation with ILS Consult," noted Dani Naor, vice president of business development at StoreAge. "StoreAge's mission of delivering highly scalable, yet affordable storage management solutions to customers is fulfilled through strong ties with leading industry partners worldwide." About StoreAge Networking Technologies StoreAge Networking Technologies is an innovative developer and provider of enterprise storage management solutions that centralize and simplify storage network administration. StoreAge network-based solutions provide a uniform, SAN-wide method for provisioning storage, ensuring business continuity, enabling cost-effective disaster recovery, and centrally managing cross-platform, multi-vendor storage environments. StoreAge's flagship product, SVM(TM) (Storage Virtualization Manager), has been successfully deployed worldwide, gaining exceptional success in managing storage in a wide variety of application environments including databases, OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , e-mail, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , video and many others. StoreAge offers worldwide sales, support and service, with principal offices in Irvine, CA and Nesher, Israel, and 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. spun-off from IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. Intelligent Information Systems (IISLF.OB) in 1999. For additional information, visit the StoreAge website at www.store-age.com or contact the company at info@store-age.com. About ILS Consult GmbH Since its establishment in 1994, ILS has been a provider of overall solutions for complex technical IT requirements ranging from consulting and planning, through implementation, installation and rollout, to training and support. ILS delivers advanced hardware and software products, and is supported by a network of local and international branches, ensuring rapid response and maximum flexibility, at affordable costs. Whether equipment is purchased, leased or financed per use (ASP), the customer's TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. is always optimized. The ILS Group was rated number 5 of 1,500 companies surveyed worldwide by the IBM Premiere-Business-Partner audit in 2003. To learn more about ILS, please contact office@ils-consult.at or visit www.ils-consult.at. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. SVM, multiView, multiCopy, multiMirror and SVM Policy Manager for Exchange are service marks of StoreAge Networking Technology. All other company, brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. |
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