Permabit Selected to Co-Chair SNIA Content Addressable Storage Solutions Initiative; Permabit and EMC To Lead Influential Industry Committee For CAS Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Storage Decisions NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004 Permabit(TM), the storage software company that is setting the standard for content addressed storage A storage technique from EMC for content that is in its final form (fixed content). CAS assigns an identifier to the files so they can be accessed no matter where they are located. (CAS), today announced that the company was selected to co-chair the Storage Networking Industry Association's influential Content Addressable Storage Solutions Initiative (CASSI). Permabit and 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. are the two industry leading companies that will direct this committee with Rich Vito, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Permabit, leading the technical aspects of the initiative. CASSI will be part of SNIA's overall Data Management Forum and the Information Lifecycle Management Information Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM. (ILM) program. CASSI was recently formed by SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via in recognition that CAS is an important future storage technology. The goal of this initiative is to make CAS ubiquitous as a storage technology for reference information, with specific focus on regulatory compliance, active archiving, online reference information and backup to disk. The initiative will provide resources for end-users and a focal point for standard CAS technology development. One of the initial objectives of the committee includes developing interoperable management interfaces for CAS based on the Storage Management Interface (SMI (1) (Storage Management Initiative) The initiative developed by the SNIA in 2003 to create a single standard interface for storage management technologies used by multiple vendors and networking communities. ). "I'm excited to represent Permabit and the CAS technology our engineering team has developed over the last four years," said Rich Vito, Chief Operating Officer of Permabit. "The benefits of CAS for the secure archival storage of reference and compliance information are significant and our mission is to ultimately help customers by providing in-depth technical information on CAS as well as industry standard solutions." "I'm thrilled that Permabit's technical expertise and our focus on industry-standard CAS solutions was recognized by SNIA," said Randy Seidl, 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 Permabit. "Rich's strong technical background coupled with his more than 20 years of storage industry expertise make him a natural fit for this prestigious position." About The SNIA CAS Solutions Initiative SNIA recently formed the CASSI group recognizing CAS as an important storage technology with particularly advantageous characteristics for archival storage and retrieval of reference information. The goal of CASSI is to accelerate CAS standards development and provide resources for both vendors, in the creation of CAS technology, and end-users, as they implement CAS within their environments. Initial meetings were held in April at the Storage Networking World Storage Networking World (commonly called SNW) is a for data storage professionals in the United States. Sponsored by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association, SNW is held twice each year. conference. The first formal CASSI committee meetings will take place at the SNIA Symposium on May 19th, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts. Membership is now open to all SNIA DMF (Distribution Media Format) A floppy disk format from Microsoft that was used to distribute its software. DMF floppies compressed more data (1.7MB) onto the 3.5" diskette, and the files could not be copied with normal DOS and Windows commands. A DMF utility had to be used. members. To find out more information on CASSI or to join, go to www.snia.org/dmf or contact Michael Peterson at mlp@sresearch.com. About Permabit Permabit, the storage software company that is setting the standard for content addressed storage (CAS), enables companies to efficiently and cost-effectively store and retrieve archived electronic content for compliance and reference purposes. By utilizing Permabit's Permeon software, customers can securely retain and quickly access archived records such as email, instant messages, financial statements and office documents, as well as digitized images and media files. Our software enables enterprises to comply with even the most stringent government regulations for record retention and verification. Permabit is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.permabit.com, email at pr@permabit.com, or call 1.617.252.9600. Permabit and Permeon are trademarks of Permabit, Inc. All other brand and product names contained in this release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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