CLARiiON, DATALINK, STORAGETEK, AND VERITAS SOFTWARE PARTNER TO PRESENT; Storage Area Network SAN Technical Forums.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998--Open computing computing - computer information management industry leaders, the CLARiiON Advanced Storage Division of Data General Corporation, Datalink, StorageTek and VERITAS Software Veritas Software Corp. was an international software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp. in 1989, and merged with Symantec in 2005. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California. Corporation, today announced that they are strategically partnering to lead their second 8-city Storage Area Network (SAN) Road Show across the eastern and southeastern portions of 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. . In response to the immense popularity of the inaugural series presented by Datalink, StorageTek and CLARiiON this past spring, this series features an expanded format with the addition of VERITAS, a leading developer of storage management software. Each half-day technical forum, targeted at IT professionals who are responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting information management solutions, will examine the role of SANs; implementation strategies and issues; high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , disaster prevention and data protection architectures; as well as new and emerging technology advancements, such as Fibre Channel, that enhance access to, and protection of, business-critical information. "Fibre Channel is an evolutionary new technology that offers numerous benefits to today's enterprises. By coupling Fibre Channel with Storage Area Networking (SAN), users can build storage solutions that offer higher availability, greater performance, and improved total cost of ownership," said Joel Schwartz, senior vice president and general manager of CLARiiON. "By educating IT and Network Managers about the basics of Fibre Channel technology, as well as some of the more popular SAN architectures, we have a great opportunity to demonstrate our expertise and industry leadership to current customers, as well as key prospects." "Faced with exploding amounts of business critical data to store, manage, protect, and access, many IT organizations are exploring their options for reengineering their networks. With the advent of Fibre Channel, Storage Area Networks are poised to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. information management." commented Greg Meland, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Datalink. "We are pleased to partner with three industry leaders to update IT professionals about the latest information management capabilities, strategies, and technologies". "Storage Area Networking represents a paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. in storage architecture that enables more scalable, faster and stronger storage environments," said Jeff Hodgins, vice president of global distribution for StorageTek's Multiplatform Business Group. "SANs will be created from storage, networking and storage management applications. StorageTek is bringing SAN-enabled storage and intelligent networking to customers as part of integrated solutions. We are bringing together key partners in delivering total SAN solutions with CLARiiON, Datalink and VERTIAS." "As storage-centric computing becomes a reality through the implementation of SANs, customers have the opportunity to achieve higher levels of data accessibility, performance, and manageability than ever before possible. With partners including CLARiiON, Datalink, and StorageTek, VERITAS is helping lead the charge toward storage-centric computing through SAN-enabled storage management and high availability solutions," said David Spenhoff, vice president of marketing for VERITAS Software. "Customer education is key to enabling the adoption of SANs, and we are pleased to be a part of this seminar series to show customers how they can benefit from this new architecture." The forums are scheduled as follows: Boston, MA (October 27), Columbus, OH (October 28), Washington, D.C. (October 29), Nashville, TN (November 4), Birmingham, AL (November 5), Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , FL (November 17), Raleigh, NC (November 18), Atlanta, GA (November 19). Each forum will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Those interested in registering for a seminar should call 1-800-798-4704 or register via the internet at www.datalink.com. About CLARiiON, Datalink, Storage Technology Corporation, and VERITAS Software Corporation With more than 70,000 disk arrays and over 4 petabytes (4,000 terabytes) of usable RAID-protected storage shipped, the CLARiiON Advanced Storage Division of Data General Corporation is the leading supplier of advanced storage solutions to major computer system manufacturers, value-added storage resellers, and system integrators See systems integrator. around the world. The CLARiiON high availability solutions are based on its Multidimensional mul·ti·di·men·sion·al adj. Of, relating to, or having several dimensions. mul  ti·di·men Storage Architecture(tm) and feature a full range
of flexible, scalable products for UNIX UNIXOperating 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). and Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT platforms, including SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. arrays, end-to-end Fibre Channel arrays, and enterprise storage management software. For more information regarding CLARiiON and its enterprise storage solutions, call 1-800-67-ARRAY, e-mail info@clariion.com, or visit the web page at http://www.clariion.com. With over a decade of leadership, Datalink addresses diverse and complex information management requirements and delivers solutions that store, distribute, manage, and protect an organization's chief asset - information. As an information management solutions specialist, Datalink combines unparalleled insight, comprehensive technical services, and innovative technologies to deliver enterprise-wide Open Systems solutions. For more information on Datalink, call 1-800-448-6314, e-mail info@datalink.com, or visit its web site at http://www.datalink.com. StorageTek, based in Louisville, CO, is the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae provider of network storage. The company's products and services are used to store, transport and secure more than 100 petabytes of the world's information, ranging from mainframe data to client/server applications to video, audio and still images. Information on StorageTek is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.storagetek.com and http://www.network.com. VERITAS Software Corporation designs, develops and markets enterprise storage management and high availability software products that manage both on-line and offline data for business critical computing systems. Our products are designed to improve system performance, availability and manageability while reducing the cost of administration. VERITAS products are delivered through a worldwide direct sales force and a network of resellers and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company's corporate headquarters is located at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone 650-335-8000. Fax 650-335-8050. E-mail vx-sales@veritas.com, WWW site: http://www.veritas.com. CLARiiON is a registered trademark of Data General Corporation. Datalink is a registered trademark of Datalink Corporation Datalink Corporation (NASDAQ: DTLK) is an American data storage corporation with operations throughout the United States. The company engages in the design, installation, and support of data storage infrastructures that store, protect, and provide continuous access to . StorageTek is a registered trademark of Storage Technology Corporation. VERITAS and the VERITAS logo are registered trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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