Bus-Tech Joins the Hitachi Data Systems ISV Partner Program.Offers Enterprise Customers a Simple, Compliant, Secure and Fast Nearline Archive Solution BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Bus-Tech, Inc., a market leader in mainframe tape-on-disk controllers and data center connectivity products, today announced its membership in the Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. Partner Program. In support of the Hitachi Data Systems partnership, Bus-Tech's Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) tape controller will support the Hitachi Content Archive Platform. With this announcement, Bus-Tech and Hitachi Data Systems provide a mainframe digital archiving solution to better manage information growth, regulatory compliance, and governance for secure long-term preservation and retention of digital content, and also ready access to content whenever it is needed. As a member of the Hitachi Data Systems ISV Partner Program, Bus-Tech will provide a completely complimentary mainframe tape-on-disk solution for standard tape operations through collaboration with Hitachi Data Systems. The combined Hitachi Content Archive Platform and Bus-Tech's Mainframe Appliance for Storage offering is delivering a fully integrated solution. "Hitachi Data Systems' partnership with Bus-Tech represents further industry endorsement of the Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS). We are thrilled that Hitachi Data Systems with its position in the mainframe enterprise space has chosen to utilize Bus-Tech in satisfying its customers' archive requirements," said Al Brandt, President, Bus-Tech, Inc. The MAS is a tape-on-disk controller that attaches directly to the mainframe FICON (FIber CONnector) An IBM mainframe channel introduced with its G5 servers in 1998. Based on the Fibre Channel standard, it boosts the transfer rate of ESCON's half-duplex 17MB/sec to a full-duplex 100MB/sec. or ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. input/output channels and uses standard Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. IP to attach to the Hitachi Content Archive Platform. To the mainframe, the MAS emulates up to two-hundred fifty-six 3480/3490/3590 tape drives, allowing mainframe-based applications to transparently store data on Hitachi Content Archive Platform by writing files to an emulated tape device. With the joint solution, customers will receive the benefits of the MAS with the Hitachi Content Archive Platform, specifically fast data retrieval, cost competitive disk economics, large capacity in a small footprint, and industry leading options for data replication In database management, the ability to keep distributed databases synchronized by routinely copying the entire database or subsets of the database to other servers in the network. There are various replication methods. . "We welcome Bus-Tech to the Hitachi Data Systems ISV Partner Program," said Jack Domme, Executive Vice President, Global Solutions Strategy and Development at Hitachi Data Systems. "Mainframe archive is a strategic market for Hitachi Data Systems. The performance, scalability and security of the combined solution emphasize our focus on delivering best-of-breed solutions to our mainframe archive enterprise customers." About the Hitachi Data Systems ISV Partner Program The Hitachi Data Systems Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Program is committed to developing mutually supportive and beneficial partnerships which result in delivering robust, collaborative storage solutions for customers. The program is designed to provide ISV Partners with the support they need to bring solutions to market that interoperate See interoperable. best with technology offerings from Hitachi Data Systems. About Bus-Tech, Inc. Bus-Tech, Inc. founded in 1987 is the industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art connectivity solution for the data center to Original Equipment Manufacturers. The company's powerful suite of adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. and platform solution satisfy even the most rugged demands of data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a professionals for high-bandwidth, high-availability, and high-performance connectivity. With more than 20,000 installed sites worldwide, Bus-Tech is a recognized leader in the data center interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. market. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company is privately held with location around the world. For more information about Bus-Tech and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech World Wide Web site at http://www.bustech.com, send email to info@bustech.com, or call 800-284-3172 or 781-272-8200. |
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