TRUESAN BECOMES BROCADE FABRIC ACCESS PARTNER.TrueSAN Networks, Inc. (www.truesan.com) has become 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. Fabric Access Partner. With this alliance, TrueSAN gains access to the Brocade Fabric Access API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. (application programming interface), Brocade development support, and the extensive Brocade SAN interoperability labs. As a Fabric Access partner, TrueSAN can deliver advanced SAN management technology for Brocade SilkWorm silkworm, name for the larva of various species of moths, indigenous to Asia and Africa but now domesticated and raised for silk production throughout most of the temperate zone. The culture of silkworms is called sericulture. fabric switches and will also cooperate with Brocade on solution testing and qualification. "This alliance enables enterprises with Brocade SANs to use TrueSAN's Cloudbreak Storage Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. to maximize the 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). benefits of their storage networks," stated Tom Isakovich, President and 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 TrueSAN. "Becoming a Brocade Fabric Access Partner is the first of many alliances that TrueSAN has forged with industry-leading storage vendors to deliver an end-to-end platform for managing heterogeneous storage infrastructures." TrueSAN's Cloudbreak solution represents the first Storage Operating System: a comprehensive, network-based platform for managing heterogeneous storage networks. Unlike single-purpose utilities, Cloudbreak represents a unique solution: a software suite that combines essential storage management technology (storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. , storage network and device management, storage resource management, business continuance The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. applications, and policy management) in a single, integrated solution. TrueSAN's end-to-end approach to storage management enables customers to more quickly reduce storage management costs and more effectively capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the benefits of storage networking. Cloudbreak's storage network and device management technology leverages the Brocade Fabric Access API to provide seamless monitoring, management, and performance analysis of Brocade SilkWorm fabric switches within the Cloudbreak environment. "We are pleased to welcome TrueSAN as a Brocade Fabric Access partner," said Jay Kidd, Brocade Vice President of Product Marketing. "Products such as TrueSAN's Cloudbreak help simplify and enhance storage area network management. Through the Brocade Fabric Access API, TrueSAN can leverage the advanced fabric services available in Brocade SANs, enabling powerful management capabilities that allow customers to leverage the value of their storage network infrastructure." Brocade makes the intelligence in the Brocade fabric available to key partners through the Fabric Access API. Brocade fabric switches are based on the Brocade Fabric Operating System (Fabric OS), which is an intelligent, distributed operating system for Brocade fabrics. The Brocade Fabric OS provides a feature-rich platform for SAN-designed applications and offers advanced features for proactive SAN management and monitoring, enabling applications to dynamically discover physical components in a SAN and monitor fabric resources. TrueSAN Networks, Inc., based in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , and backed by over $30 million in private funding, has developed a comprehensive, platform-independent solution for enterprise storage management. TrueSAN's revolutionary storage operating system, known as Cloudbreak, simplifies the management of the storage infrastructure to reduce cost, increase productivity, maximize efficiency, and extend the ROI of existing storage investments. TrueSAN's open platform for storage and data management enables enterprises to immediately capitalize on the strategic, financial, and operational benefits of storage networking. |
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