EMC Introduces New Windows-Powered NAS Platform; New NetWin 200 System Extends Reach Of EMC Automated Networked Storage, Offering Customers Broadest Portfolio of NAS Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Technology Summit 2003 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003 As part of an expanded strategic partnership with Microsoft to develop innovative, tightly integrated automated networked storage solutions for Windows (see separate release), EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. today introduced the first in a new family of Windows(R) Powered Network 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 ) products: the EMC NetWin 200. The new integrated NAS offering combines 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. technology and EMC's industry-leading CLARiiON networked storage platform, delivering an attractive price/performance entry point for NAS customers looking to more cost-effectively manage, share and protect business-critical data running in a Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. . The NetWin 200 system is the new entry point into EMC's NAS product family, coupling the power of Windows Powered NAS See Windows Storage Server. with EMC's proven CLARiiON CX networked storage platforms. Ideal for Windows Powered NAS customers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. 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. , larger storage capacities, and advanced storage-based functionality, the NetWin 200 systems will elevate the reach of Windows Powered NAS beyond offerings currently in the marketplace. NetWin 200 systems will enable integrated storage array management from Windows Powered NAS, seamlessly integrate CLARiiON's storage functionality with Windows Powered NAS, and will be fully supported by EMC's OnCourse software, providing automated distribution of files across the enterprise in a simple, consistent fashion. The NetWin 200 can be fully managed from either a Windows or EMC ControlCenter environment. EMC's Executive Vice President of Platform Operations, David Donatelli, said, "With the introduction of NetWin, EMC can now offer customers the broadest, most scalable family of NAS offerings in the industry -- providing consistent management, powerful file distribution capabilities and Microsoft Windows compatibility from the entry-level Windows Powered NAS family scaling up to our market-leading Celerra family." A Portfolio of NAS Solutions for the Networked Enterprise The NetWin 200 and future EMC Windows Powered NAS products will complement EMC's existing high-end Celerra NAS product family. Customers who need additional levels of scalability, performance and functionality will move from the NetWin Windows Powered NAS family to EMC's Celerra NS600, which combines the power of CLARiiON with Celerra's DART operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. and purpose-built data movers in a modular, integrated package. Customer may continue to grow their NAS environment into EMC's Celerra CNS See Continuous net settlement. CNS See continuous net settlement (CNS). , which uses up to 14 data movers within the DART operating environment to deliver the highest possible levels of consolidation, performance, availability and business continuity. The Celerra CNS is the world's #1 NAS gateway A front end to disk storage that is highly scalable. A NAS gateway functions like a diskless file server with unlimited storage. Unlike the traditional "legacy" NAS device, which contains the file sharing protocol for access, the file system for storage and the disks themselves, a NAS , providing high-end file services for storage area networks (SANs) built with EMC's CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage platforms. As part of the expanded EMC and Microsoft partnership (announced today), both companies will collaborate to deliver full Windows compatibility across EMC's entire NAS family, providing customers with the broadest, most scalable family of NAS solutions in the industry. EMC and Microsoft have also entered into a cooperative support agreement to provide mutual support for the EMC NetWin family and the EMC Celerra family of NAS products. Steve Kenniston, Enterprise Storage Group Analyst, said, "Over the past 18 months, networked storage, and specifically NAS, has become mainstream in the data center and is now edging its way to Windows-compatible solutions. EMC's development of the NetWin 200 and its collaboration with Microsoft to integrate its enterprise NAS operating system with Windows technology will enable EMC to offer a broad, uniformly managed portfolio of NAS solutions." The EMC NetWin 200 will be available in the third quarter with list prices starting at $50,000. About EMC EMC Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EMC) is the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing automated networked storage solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to better and more cost-effectively manage, protect and share their information. More information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com. EMC is a registered trademark and Celerra and OnCourse are trademarks of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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