University of Kansas Medical Center Selects XIOtech Magnitude 3D Clustered Storage Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2004 Magnitude 3D Dimensional Storage Clustering Chosen for its Dynamic Simplicity, Unmatched Resilience, and Seamless Scale XIOtech Corporation, a storage networking innovator, today announced that the University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. Medical Center (KUMC KUMC Kansas University Medical Center ) has chosen a Magnitude 3D(TM) storage area network (SAN) to support the medical center and the schools of nursing, medicine, and allied health. Magnitude 3D, launched in August 2003, applies the proven benefits of clustered computing to SANs, delivering dynamic simplicity, unmatched resilience, responsiveness, and scalability. To meet its rapidly growing storage needs, KUMC needed a SAN that would be highly scalable, easy to use and reprovision, and worked well in a large Novell(R) environment. After a lengthy search, KUMC selected Magnitude 3D for its dynamic simplicity, scalability, the ability to boot from SAN with both NetWare(R) and Windows(R), Zero Server Footprint(TM), and the ability to spread data across an entire set of drives quickly and easily. KUMC was especially impressed with XIOtech's deep relationship with Novell and its commitment to supporting the needs of Novell customers. "Our legacy direct-attached storage Direct-attached storage (DAS) refers to a digital storage system directly attached to a server or workstation, without a storage network in between. It is a retronym, mainly used to differentiate non-networked storage from SAN and NAS. solution was out of date, impossible to reprovision, and completely unable to keep up with our exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. growing storage needs," said Matthew Fuoco, Director of Network Services at University of Kansas Medical Center. "Magnitude 3D's dynamic simplicity and ease of management, combined with its incredible scalability, Zero Server Footprint, and strong Novell support make it the ideal solution for us." KUMC selected a Magnitude 3D SAN with over 11 terabytes of capacity. The system will be used for KUMC's email system, enterprise applications, and regular file storage. Magnitude 3D will also be employed by medical center researchers to store data in accordance with state and federal regulations. "Education and healthcare organizations need reliable, scalable storage solutions that are simple to deploy and manage," said Alain Andreoli, 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 XIOtech(R). "Magnitude 3D's enterprise-class architecture and dynamic simplicity have been proven to help hospitals and medical centers of different sizes, capabilities, and needs manage and control their storage easily and affordably." About XIOtech: Founded with the express goal of blending storage technology innovation with enhanced usability, XIOtech challenges the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. of traditional storage networking design. XIOtech has continuously demonstrated technology leadership, chalking up an impressive array of innovations culminating in Magnitude 3D, the industry's first distributed clustered storage solution. Today, the Magnitude family of storage solutions continues to deliver on a fundamental XIOtech promise: enable customers to "do more with less." This demonstrated blend of innovation and usability led XIOtech to recently win the Deloitte & Touch Fast 50 Award--named as the fastest growing technology company in Minnesota with growth in excess of 4900% over the past 5 years. Current customers and partners include Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , Bechtel, Lucent, Hibernia Bank, and St. Vincent Hospital. XIOtech has also partnered with industry leaders such as Microsoft, Oracle, Novell, VERITAS, 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. , and Qlogic. XIOtech is based in Eden Prairie, Minn. For more information, visit www.XIOtech.com, email info@XIOtech.com, or call toll free 1.866.472.6764. XIOtech, Magnitude, Magnitude 3D, and Zero Server Footprint are trademarks or registered trademarks of XIOtech Corporation. |
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