Onaro Receives Industry Validation for its Change Management Solution for Storage Area Networks.BOSTON -- Onaro SANscreen called "must-have software for large, complex SANs" in Storage product review and said to "eliminate an inordinate amount of downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. " in Enterprise Strategy Group brief Onaro, developer of the first software to predict and troubleshoot problems caused by changes in storage area networks (SANs), today announced industry validation for its breakthrough change management solution, SANscreen(R). Industry-leading publication Storage magazine recently featured a detailed review of Onaro's SANscreen in its September 2004 issue: "Hands-On Review: Onaro SANscreen 2.5.2: Manage SAN changes with confidence". In the review, Storage contributor Darryl Brooks wrote that Onaro's SANscreen is "must-have software for large, complex SANs that undergo frequent configuration changes. SANscreen 2.5.2 steers change management away from Murphy's law (humour) Murphy's Law - (Or "Sod's Law") The correct, *original* Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it. and puts the SAN administrator back in control." Brooks is a Brocade brocade (brōkād`), fabric, originally silk, generally reputed to have been developed to a high state of perfection in the 16th and 17th cent. in France, Italy, and Spain. Certified SAN Designer and principal architect at SANology, Inc, a premier storage engineering and management firm and vendor-neutral service provider. To read the entire review, please visit: http://www.storagemagazine.com. Additional industry praise comes from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG ESG Enterprise Strategy Group (Veritas) ESG Emergency Shelter Grant (Florida, USA) ESG Expeditionary Strike Group ESG Electronic Service Guide (used in DVB) ), a leading industry analyst firm that provides guidance and service to IT users, technology vendors, institutional investors Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. , and venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. . ESG Founder Steve Duplessie, who is considered one of the most influential voices in the storage industry, said the following about SANscreen in the September 17, 2004 brief, "Onaro's SANscreen Change Management System": "ESG has confirmed that the issue of change management is not only real, it in essence represents the single biggest challenge to big shops going forward - you can't manage, maximize, virtualize To cause a virtual technique to be performed. See virtualization. , improve utilization, or anything else if you don't have a stable infrastructure. It seems we've put the cart before the horse, in that respect. The Onaro SANscreen product is one of the smartest things I've run into in years... SANscreen makes all the previous investments you have made in storage management, network management, and application management finally return on your investment... If your world rarely changes, you don't need SANscreen - but if you are part of the real world of chaotic storage environments, you'll find SANscreen may literally change your life." To read the full ESG brief, please visit: www.onaro.com/ESGbrief. SANscreen reduces the risks and time in changing and growing SANs. The software simulates, manages and troubleshoots the complex maze of access paths throughout an end-to-end SAN in order to detect and resolve problems before they impact applications. In addition, SANscreen continuously validates changes during and after their execution. Its root-cause analysis identifies and fixes violations that stray from policies and best practices, exposing potentially fatal errors A condition that halts processing due to faulty hardware, program bugs, read errors or other anomalies. If you get a fatal error, you generally cannot recover from it, because the operating system has encountered a condition it cannot resolve. and vulnerabilities. "SANscreen's automated change management process allows IT administrators to attain superior SAN availability, security and performance," said Onaro 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. Shai Scharf. "As industry experts attest To solemnly declare verbally or in writing that a particular document or testimony about an event is a true and accurate representation of the facts; to bear witness to. To formally certify by a signature that the signer has been present at the execution of a particular writing so as , SANscreen complements SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. products by providing a sound SAN infrastructure and effectively managing changes - the cause of most SAN problems and certainly the most serious ones. SANscreen puts control and order in the hands of SAN specialists by both simulating the effects of change in advance and through real-time, root-cause analysis and troubleshooting." About Onaro Boston-based Onaro is the pioneering leader in Change Management for SANs, enabling enterprises to quickly and effectively manage changes and growth in complex Storage Area networks with absolute assurance through SANscreen(R) Change Management software. SANscreen is currently deployed at Fortune 500 companies within some of the world's largest SANs. The patent-pending technology behind SANscreen has been applied first to storage networks, but has pertinent application across many domains beyond storage. Founded in 2002, Onaro is a privately-held company backed by leading investors Newbury Ventures and Cedar Fund. For more information, please visit http://www.onaro.com. SANscreen is a registered trademark of Onaro, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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