HorizonTek Joins Okapi Software's Growing VAR Network to Distribute Its ipXcelerator D2D2T Backup Solution; New York VAR To Host iSCSI ipSeminar To CIOs, IT Managers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003 Okapi okapi (ōkăp`ē), nocturnal ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, of the giraffe family. It inhabits the almost sunless rain forests of the upper Congo and feeds on leaves. Software Inc. (www.okapi-software.com), a leading developer of D2D2T (Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape) Refers to backing up data on disks first and tape (or optical disc) second. Backing up onto tape is performed at less frequent intervals than from disk to disk. See D2D and virtual tape. (TM) accelerated backup and business continuance solutions using iSCSI, has teamed with New York-based storage and backup solutions provider HorizonTek (www.horizontek.com) to distribute its recently introduced ipXcelerator(TM) D2D2T(TM) Backup Acceleration Appliances. HorizonTek is also working with Okapi, Overland Storage Overland Storage was founded in 1980 in San Diego, California. Known as Overland Data until June 2002, the company is a manufacturer of robotic tape libraries and related data storage equipment. Overland originially manufactured IBM compatible 9 track tape drives. and BakBone Software to produce a one-day iSCSI-ipSeminar in mid-Manhattan on March 20. Celebrating the recent approval of the iSCSI standard, the event is titled ITZDAY - ITZ ITZ In the Zone ITZ Inter-Tidal Zone HERE, ITZ READY, ITZ NOW and has already booked more than 60 NY-area IT managers and CIOs. At least 100 storage-savvy executives are expected to attend the one-day event one-day event a contraction of the three-day event but like that contest is aimed at selecting the best all-round horse and rider. The events usually contested are show-jumping, dressage and cross-country. . ITZDAY will feature a live demonstration of the ipXcelerator D2D2T backup system, including Overland's NEO Series(R) tape library and BakBone's NetVault(TM) backup and recovery software. All companies will have technical representatives onsite to present their role in the backup process. Among the speakers will be Okapi'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. , John Matze, co-author of the now-approved iSCSI standard. One of metropolitan New York's leading providers of storage and backup solutions for many of the area's largest companies, HorizonTek is among the six VARs that Okapi has signed since its ipXcelerator was introduced in January. VAR agreements have also been cemented with Cambridge Technologies, Arkay, NCE NCE Networks of Centres of Excellence NCE New Chemical Entity (pharmaceutical research) NCE Normal Curve Equivalent NCE New Civil Engineer (UK Journal) NCE Non-Commercial Educational NCE New Century Energies Computer Group, MPAK MPAK Mini Package Technologies and HA Storage. ipXcelerator Uses iSCSI For Powerful, High-Speed ipStorage Okapi's high-speed backup-and-restore ipXcelerator is the industry's first Serial ATA-based product and marks the fusion of the iSCSI protocol, GbE and SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. disk technology. "The ipXcelerator has made iSCSI-based storage a reality," said HorizonTek's Founder and CEO John Zammett. "We can finally offer our customers a powerful and affordable ipStorage solution that delivers the iSCSI promise of an easily integrated, affordable and robust backup solution." The ipXcelerator provides 1.6TB of storage using eight 200GB SATA drives. Achieving sustained data transfer rates of 300GB/hour, or 90-100MB/second, while performing multi-server backup over a single GbE connection, the ipXcelerator reduces backup times from 50-95%, provides near-instantaneous restores, and uses patent-pending technology for "secondary backup" to tape. The 90-100MB/sec speed can be balanced between the appliance's two GbE ports. "HorizonTek will capitalize on the pent-up demand for iSCSI and build immediate momentum for our ipXcelerator," said Bob Farkaly, Okapi's chief marketing officer and executive vice president, sales. "From day one, they immediately understood how our D2D2T solution fits into the big storage picture." About HorizonTek Inc. HorizonTek Inc. (www.horizontek.com) has extensive experience in manufacturing, sales and support of high-tech products. Headquartered in Huntington, N.Y., the company specializes in serving the storage and backup requirements of the full spectrum of computer users and resellers. The company's office in Gaithersberg, Md. provides storage and backup solutions to the government market. About Okapi Software Inc. Okapi Software Inc. (www.okapi-software.com) is the storage industry's pioneering provider of D2D2T(TM) backup acceleration appliances used as key components in business continuance and data protection strategies. Using iSCSI to build applications that competing storage technologies are unable to deliver, Okapi's technology and products are disruptively priced and go beyond solutions using Fibre Channel and 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 . Headquartered in San Diego, the company was formed in 2002 by John Matze, one of the original co-authors of the iSCSI standard. |
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