Cox Communications Selects Storability Software to Manage U.S. Storage Infrastructure; Global Storage Manager Offers Innovative Technology, Functionality and Support.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2003 Storability Software, a leader in storage management solutions, today announced that Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : COX), the nation's fourth largest cable provider, has selected Storability Software's Global Storage Manager solution to manage its sophisticated storage infrastructure in its markets throughout 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. . Consistent gains in market share and sustained growth led Cox to seek a strategic tool that would enable it to better manage its existing storage infrastructure and respond efficiently to changing storage requirements as a result of continued high consumer demand. Noted for its high-capacity, reliable broadband delivery network, Cox Communications has more than 6.3 million customers and approximately 20,000 employees. "We completed an aggressive evaluation process involving storage management solutions from all of the top vendors in the industry today. We chose Global Storage Manager because it meets the majority of our primary requirements," said Edd Smith, Storage Architect, Cox Communications. "In addition to outstanding support capability, Storability Software stood out among its competitors in nearly every area of storage management functionality we evaluated." Global Storage Manager is an innovative software solution that helps companies drastically reduce storage management costs by consolidating enterprise-wide storage management responsibilities. It delivers a single, scalable tool for managing all components within multi-vendor, multi-site storage environments - including storage area networks (SANs), networked attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ), direct attached storage (DAS), tape, file systems, databases and more. Seeking to avoid "vendor lock-in In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in, customer lock-in, lock-in is where a customer is dependent on a vendor for products and services and cannot move to another vendor without substantial switching costs, real and/or perceived. ," Cox determined that multi-vendor support was a critical requirement, as was policy-based threshold alerting and the ability to support both disk and backup environments. In addition, the company needed an efficient, secure solution to centralize 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. the way it collected and analyzed data from the many devices installed at its two primary data centers and seven remote locations. "Cox Communications joins a growing number of large enterprises who have chosen Global Storage Manager to help them improve the way they manage their complex storage infrastructures," noted Tim Leisman, Storability Software 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. . "These companies see the value in consolidating their storage management, and immediately recognize the tremendous benefits offered by Global Storage Manager. In fact, many of our customers have reported ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). on the first day of operations because Global Storage Manager allows them to instantly identify mis-configured or unused disk capacity and eliminate manual tasks." About Storability Software Storability Software is a leading provider of storage management solutions that simplify and centralize the management of complex, multi-site, multi-vendor storage infrastructures. Storability Software's Global Storage Manager software enables customers to comprehend, control, and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. their storage investment as never before. Customers benefit from increased asset utilization, improved management efficiency, enhanced quality of service, and higher availability. For more information, please visit http://www.storability.com. |
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