Lightsand and Dacoso Announce Agreement to Provide SAN Connectivity Solutions in Germany.PLANO, Texas -- LightSand([R]) Communications, Inc., a company pioneering SAN Connectivity solutions, announced today that it has signed a reselling agreement with Dacoso GmbH, one of the leading integrators of data communication solutions in Germany. Under the agreement, Dacoso will provide LightSand state-of-the art Distant SAN Connectivity Solutions to its enterprise-class and SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. customers in the country. LightSand is a global leader in the development and delivery of SAN connectivity products that can be used to interconnect multiple SANs regardless of physical proximity or vendor disparity, and enable companies to implement mission critical applications Dacoso GmbH specializes in fulfilling their customers' data center networking and connectivity requirements, by sourcing out the right systems to meet their needs and budget. Years of experience enable Dacoso to competently and reliably deal with all connectivity requirements, be it ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. , FICON (FIber CONnector) An IBM mainframe channel introduced with its G5 servers in 1998. Based on the Fibre Channel standard, it boosts the transfer rate of ESCON's half-duplex 17MB/sec to a full-duplex 100MB/sec. , Fibre Channel, Ethernet or Gigabit-Ethernet, either via WAN protocols or fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber . "We are well on our way to complete the European phase of our worldwide expansion strategy announced last year. Germany is obviously a key market for us because of its size and the concentration of world-class organizations seeking to implement effective Business Continuity and Resilience, said Richard Czech, 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. of LightSand. We are very pleased that Dacoso has joined our group of select value-added resellers and integrators in Europe. Dacoso provides its customers with a great deal of expertise in the design, implementation, installation and maintenance of distant connectivity solutions. This makes them an ideal partner for LightSand to address the German market." "Dacoso GbmH is extremely pleased to provide LightSand Distant Connectivity solutions to the German market, said Horst Pohl, CEO of Dacoso. Today's distant data communication solutions need not only to be highly effective, reliable and transparent, but also economically viable. LightSand solutions fit our customer needs perfectly, as they provide a number of unique features to extend any data management and protection application, regardless of distance, transfer protocol or IT environment. Their solutions allow to optimize both the performance and the cost of the WAN, thus improving the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) The amount of time a computer system or application can stop functioning before it is considered intolerable to the enterprise. It can be computed to be from seconds to days, depending on how critical the application is to the organization. and RPO RPO Recruitment Process Outsourcing RPO Recovery Point Objective (disaster recovery) RPO Royal Philharmonic Orchestra RPO Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra RPO Representative Poetry Online RPO Railway Post Office for our customers." As the result of this agreement taking effect immediately, interested customers in the Germany can contact Dacoso or LightSand to enquire en·quire v. Variant of inquire. enquire Verb [-quiring, -quired] same as inquire enquiry n Verb 1. about solutions to their SAN Connectivity needs. About LightSand LightSand offers a variety of products for increasing SAN connectivity, both within the data center and over MAN/WAN networks. LightSand SAN extension gateways connect FICON or Fibre Channel with Ethernet Layer 2 over distance using IP, SONET/SDH, DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing and dedicated fiber. The company's revolutionary AR/DAT technology allows these gateways to function as FC routers, and enable the segmentation of SANs into autonomous regions, and providing reliable interconnections between heterogeneous multi-vendor SAN fabrics. LightSand is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Plano, TX. For more information visit www.lightsand.com About Dacoso GbmH Dacoso (www.dacoso.com) specializes in fulfilling your data centre networking and connectivity requirements. We source the right new or used systems to meet your needs and budget. Years of experience enable us to competently and reliably deal with your connectivity requirements, be it ESCON, FICON, Fibre Channel, Ethernet or Gigabit-Ethernet, either via WAN protocols or fibre-glass. |
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