Compellent's Storage Center(TM) Named ''SAN of the Year'' by InfoWorld.MINNEAPOLIS -- Leading technology publication recognizes Compellent's solution as 2005's most innovative and effective data storage array Compellent Technologies, a provider of modular and affordable enterprise storage solutions, today announced Storage Center, the company's innovative midrange storage area network (SAN), has been named "SAN of the Year" by IDG's InfoWorld, the leading magazine for technology decision-makers. In recognizing Compellent's SAN, InfoWorld cited the solution's "extensive management, strong performance and scalability, and great ease-of-use." Storage Center is known for its innovative tiered storage A data storage system made up of two or more types of storage based on their access speed. For example, magnetic disk and tape or magnetic disk and optical disc are widely used in a tiered storage system. See HSM. , thin provisioning Thin provisioning[1] is a mechanism that applies to large-scale centralized computer disk storage systems, SANs, and storage virtualization systems. Thin provisioning allows space to be easily allocated to servers, on a just-enough and just-in-time basis. and remote replication features that enable information technology (IT) departments to automate data lifecycle management, 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 disaster recovery for their businesses. "When we started Compellent, we set out to build a SAN that delivered every enterprise feature in an affordable and modular package," said Phil Soran, Compellent co-founder 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. . "Our engineers delivered on this vision by creating an all-in-one solution that drives down the cost of owning and operating storage while driving up the capability to store, manage and recover data. On behalf of our engineers, partners and customers, we are honored to receive the award for SAN of the Year from InfoWorld." InfoWorld's annual Technology of the Year Awards identify significant technologies of the past year that promise to make the greatest impact on enterprise IT strategies and honor the products that best exemplify the implementation of those technologies. The Technology of the Year Awards are not open to outside nominations. The final selections are made by InfoWorld's Test Center analysts and editors. "InfoWorld's 2006 Technology of the Year Award winners represent the best products defining, and often redefining, the role of IT and resulting business impact," said Steve Fox Steve Fox may refer to:
About Compellent Compellent (www.compellent.com) delivers affordable, modular storage solutions exclusively through business partners that provide companies of all sizes enterprise storage capabilities without big system costs or complexities. Designed by network storage and virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. pioneers, Compellent enables any business to cut storage expenditures in half, recover from data hazards within minutes, scale to any capacity across any technology and easily manage its storage without adding staff. Headquartered in Eden Prairie Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn., Compellent has raised more than $38 million in financing from leading investors including Cargill Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Crescendo Ventures and El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. Ventures. |
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