Crosswalk Earns Key Endorsement from IBM.Crosswalk's iGrid[TM] Intelligent Storage Grid System Validated as "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) Ready for Grid Computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal " WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- Crosswalk[R], Inc., the innovator of intelligent storage grid systems that transparently scale performance, access to data, capacity and resiliency, today announced that their revolutionary iGrid[TM] Intelligent Storage Grid System has been designated "IBM Ready for Grid Computing" by IBM (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IBM). IBM Ready for Grid is both a program and a process that ensures an application is capable of executing and realizing benefits from running in a grid computing environment. As a member of the IBM Ready for Grid Computing program, Crosswalk provides customers with the assurance that the grid functionality found in the iGrid Intelligent Storage Grid System has been analyzed and verified as Ready for Grid by IBM, resulting in more reliable implementations. "The IBM Ready for Grid Computing validation is an important endorsement of the iGrid Intelligent Storage Grid architecture and Crosswalk's commitment to ensure organizations around the world experience substantial benefits by implementing grids in critical business processes to achieve both business and technology benefits," said Jack McDonnell, Crosswalk's 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. . "This validation also ensures that iGrid can seamlessly integrate and interoperate See interoperable. with the broad portfolio of IBM technology and 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 products, so IBM Business Partners and our mutual customers can implement iGrid into new and existing grid computing environments with confidence and peace of mind." About Crosswalk, Inc. Crosswalk[R] delivers an innovative storage architecture that integrates the simplicity of network-attached storage See NAS. with the performance advantages of parallel file systems to create the first storage grid that can support both high performance computing and enterprise datacenter environments. The iGrid[TM] Intelligent Storage Grid System provides a single shared view of storage, thereby eliminating the complexity associated with managing traditional storage architectures. Performance, access to data, and storage capacity can scale in a non-disruptive fashion regardless of the number of applications, servers, or storage devices it supports. For more information, visit www.crosswalkinc.com. About IBM IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. . Drawing on resources from across IBM and key business partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable companies to take full advantage of the on demand era. For more information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com. For more information about IBM Grid Computing, visit http://www.ibm.com/grid. |
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