Softek Expands Participation in IBM PartnerWorld Program; Softek TDMF Software Used for 10th Consecutive Year by IBM for Non-Disruptive Data Migration Software in Heterogeneous Environments.VIENNA, Va. -- Softek Storage Solutions, the leader in non-disruptive data migration solutions, today announced that the company has expanded its participation in IBM's PartnerWorld business partner program to the Advanced level. The company also announced that it is celebrating its tenth anniversary of supplying IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. with the Softek TDMF TDMF Transparent Data Migration Facility TDMF Time Division Matrix Function data migration software as an essential tool to move customer data to IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) storage arrays, particularly in heterogeneous environments. "Over the years at FPL, we have used TDMF on numerous occasions to non-disruptively move thousands of volumes to newer DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) Pronounced "daz-dee." A peripheral device that is directly addressable, such as a disk or drum. The term is used in the mainframe world. DASD - Direct-Access Storage Device subsystems," said Wayne Clark Wayne Maxwell Clark (born September 19, 1953, Perth, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 2 ODIs from 1977 to 1979. Clark is the current coach of the Western Warriors Pura Cup and Ford Ranger Cup sides. , storage administrator at Florida Power and Light. "We have migrated data during prime shift with no impact to customer applications or online response times. IBM Global Services provided the expertise to allow us to accomplish a difficult task at reasonable cost, while maintaining data integrity." Softek's Advanced level participation in the PartnerWorld program was the result of successfully demonstrating that the company's enterprise data mobility solutions are installed at customer sites running on approved IBM hardware with IBM middleware, as well as a significant commitment to IBM technologies. The new level is greater than Softek's previous Member-level participation, and was achieved by accepting the IBM PartnerWorld agreement. "Our long-term relationship with IBM in data migration has now been enhanced with this new Advanced-level partnership status," said Amena Ali, senior vice president of worldwide marketing and product strategy, at Softek. "Over the past decade, we have helped IBM Global Solutions Information Technology Services teams move more than 1,000 customers to IBM storage - while keeping every one of their applications fully online. Expanding our status in the IBM PartnerWorld program represents the next logical step to enhance awareness within IBM and their customer base so that our relationship can achieve new heights." PartnerWorld is a worldwide program for IBM business partners offering sales and marketing tools, skill building courses and technical support to create new opportunities for business growth and profit. It encompasses the entire portfolio of industry-leading IBM technologies, products, services and financing. Resources are provided in the areas of selling, marketing, technical resources and support, as well as training and certification. About Softek Softek provides non-disruptive data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. solutions that enable companies to see, move and recover data, with full customer choice, regardless of server platform or storage vendor. The company offers a family of host-based enterprise data migration software, utilizing synchronous, asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. and point-in-time copy replication technologies, and covering UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows and z/OS platforms. Since 1996, Softek data migration, data replication and storage resource management solutions have helped more than 700 enterprise customers improve data availability while reducing the risk, cost and complexity associated with optimizing multi-vendor storage infrastructures. Softek Storage Solutions Corporation is an independent software company based in Vienna, Virginia. Technology partners include 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. , Fujitsu, Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , HP, IBM and Sun/StorageTek, in addition to VARs and distributors worldwide. For further information, visit www.softek.com. Softek is a trademark of Softek Storage Solutions Corp. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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