StorageTek Teams Up With FalconStor in Australia and New Zealand to Deliver Network Storage Services.Business/Technology Editors SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2001 Partnership Provides SAN-based Killer-App Storage Services Over Fibre Channel and/or IP Storage Networks FalconStor Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC FALC Frame And Line Interface Component (electrical engineering) FALC French and African Language and Culture Center ), a leading storage networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . infrastructure company, today announced that StorageTek (Storage Technology Corporation -- NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STK), an expert in high-performance, efficient digitized data storage, entered into a agreement to resell FalconStor's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , IPStor(TM), in Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . The two companies jointly tested and cross-certified StorageTek's 9176 Disk Subsystem and FalconStor's IPStor software. StorageTek's 9176 disc storage system brings high performance and SAN-ready features for customers to reap the benefits of open, hassle-free SAN environments. IPStor provides a storage networking software infrastructure that enables companies to utilize storage efficiently, execute backup quickly, expand capacity smoothly, and significantly reduce total storage management costs. Combining these two solutions provides customers with centralized storage, disk pooling, high availability, seamless scalability and performance. "Our customers use StorageTek solutions for business-critical applications where systems need to stay running reliably in 24 x 7 x forever environments," said Phil Belcher, managing director, StorageTek Australia/ New Zealand. "Automated information storage, where organizations can set high-level IT policies to automatically eliminate the 'out of space' problem is addressed by FalconStor's IPStor. Our aim is to help customers do more with less, driving their costs down while maximizing ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ." "FalconStor will continue to drive its commitment to providing fully interoperable, highly scalable solutions through successful product certifications with mission-critical solutions such as StorageTek's 9176 disk subsystem. Joint certifications such as this ensure quality and compatibility of data mobility -- a key element for the protection of business-critical information," said David Thrum thrum 1 v. thrummed, thrum·ming, thrums v.tr. 1. Music To play (a stringed instrument) idly or monotonously: thrummed a guitar. 2. , FalconStor general manager, Australia/New Zealand. "FalconStor is pleased to be partnering with StorageTek -- the combination of their SAN expertise and IPStor's mission-critical storage management and consolidation should greatly benefit our mutual customers." To read the complete release, including the Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. agreement, visit www.falconstor.com/storagetekaustnz.htm. |
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