DiskSites Delivers First File Storage Consolidation Solution for Consolidating Branch Office File Storage Back to the Data Center.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2002 DiskSites W-NAS(TM) provides high performance read/write (1) Refers to a device that can both input and output or transmit and receive. (2) Refers to a file that can be updated and erased. If a shared file is given read/write access, it can be changed by someone else on the network. See share. access to storage over the WAN and is shipping today. DiskSites, Inc., a file storage consolidation solutions company, today announced availability of W-NAS(TM), a groundbreaking solution for consolidating branch office file storage. W-NAS was developed by DiskSites to enable companies with file storage in multiple branch offices to simply eliminate the need for such file storage, but letting branch office users work directly with a central file server at the data center. This is done by eliminating the performance problem usually associated with accessing storage over WAN. W-NAS allows organizations such as financial institutions and government with multiple branch offices, and file storage at each, to dramatically lower the overall cost of managing file storage. Using W-NAS appliances to provide high performance read/write access to storage over the WAN, organizations can now consolidate critical data from branch offices to the data center where the data can be protected and managed from one location "Today's distributed enterprises do not have the IT resources or expertise necessary to support every remote office location." The manpower required to protect and manage data that resides in multiple remote offices is monumental mon·u·men·tal adj. 1. Of, resembling, or serving as a monument. 2. Impressively large, sturdy, and enduring. 3. ," said Steve v. t. 1. To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve. Kenniston, Analyst, Enterprise Storage Group. "The DiskSites technology allows companies to consolidate distributed file storage located in these remote offices to the data center where IT best practices exist. Managing data growth, data protection, disaster recovery, and ensuring business continuity are tasks easier performed with a distributed file system Software that keeps track of files stored across multiple networks. When the data are requested, it converts the file names into the physical location of the file so it can be found. technology." "Compared to other distributed file storage solutions, W-NAS is the only product available and shipping today that facilitates true file storage consolidation by enabling high performance read/write access to storage over the WAN," said Divon Lan, DiskSites' 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. . "This kind of product truly makes life easier for IT managers in large organizations, who are responsible for managing a large number of branch offices," said Lan. Appliance A stand-alone hardware device or software environment dedicated to a specific task. See hardware appliance and software appliance. configurations The DiskSites W-NAS appliances include FileCache for branch offices and FilePort for data centers. W-NAS appliances run W-NAS software using commodity hardware available from vendors such 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) and HP. W-NAS includes a zero management, plug & play FileCache appliance that is installed at each branch office and a FilePort appliance that is installed at the data center. End users at the branch offices access files stored at the data center by going through the locally installed FileCache. The result is LAN performance over the WAN when reading or writing files. About DiskSites, Inc. DiskSites, Inc. is a leading supplier of appliance solutions that enable file storage consolidation for enterprises with distributed branch offices. DiskSites groundbreaking W-NAS appliances enable file storage consolidation in distributed enterprise environments by providing high-performance read/write access to storage over the WAN. DiskSites is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. DiskSites is funded by Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Inc and leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . For more information about DiskSites, visit www.DiskSites.com or call 408/748-2600. 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