FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
DataCore's SANmelody solution has won the SNS Achievements in Technology Award
for the "Storage Virtualization Project of the Year" for the installation at
Volkswagen Financial Services. Voted for by readers of SNS Europe, Data Centre
Solutions and SNS UK magazines, the award recognized VWFS' use of DataCore's
SANmelody to provide a dedicated virtualized SAN with central management, auto
failover and recovery to protect its business critical data which is growing
300% year on year. The Award was received at the Carlton Jumeirah Hotel, London,
and within the Storage Virtualization Project of the Year category, DataCore
beat LeftHand Networks, FalconStor Software and Pillar Data Systems.
Mike Duxbury, Senior Networking Specialist, Volkswagen Financial Services,
selected SANmelody to virtualize the existing network storage because of its
auto recovery features and its ability to centrally provide capacity on demand
reducing administrative efforts and improving utilization of existing capacity.
Within the first three months of operation, VWFS noted that storage was easier
to manage with optimal utilization of available disk. And there are tangible
cost benefits that outweighed the initial cost of the solution. Mike concluded,
"A painless, straightforward SAN experience with what has to be classified as a
major infrastructure change."
This is the first year of the SNS Achievement in Technology Awards, set up to
recognize the best utilization of storage technologies in the UK. Keith Joseph,
Regional Manager, Northern Europe, DataCore Software, noted: "It's always great
to pick up such an award in such a strong category. This Award endorses that
SANmelody on the ground continues to provide practical and affordable high
availability."
DataCore's SANmelody software converts standard Intel/AMD servers, blades or
virtual machines (VMs) into fully capable SAN storage servers that virtualize
disks & serve them over existing networks to application servers. They are
simple to operate, take only minutes to install, and let you cost-effectively
optimize, manage and protect data storage and disk space.
DataCore Announces New SAN Software Solutions - Making Storage Cost Avoidance
and Fault Tolerance Practical for Server Virtualization Environments
DataCore has recently announced new software packages; each includes thin
provisioning, data migration technology, storage performance caching software,
snapshots for fast disk backups, remote site disaster recovery replication and
DataCore's High Availability (HA) data protection. In virtual server and desktop
environments, DataCore's HA is unmatched in automation (true failover/failback
recovery), manufacturer independence (storage and server brands), network
connectivity (iSCSI or FC, or both) and proven fault tolerance (deployed in
thousands of systems worldwide).
Please visit: www.datacore.com/costsavings and learn how DataCore can help you
avoid costs by not routinely having to buy more storage - because DataCore
enables you to get more out of what you already own.
For more details on the SANmelody packages, please visit:
www.datacore.com/SANpackages.
About DataCore Software
DataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualization SAN software,
fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage with innovative software
that combines advanced functions and services with the agility and savings of
hardware independence. DataCore lowers the cost and complexity of IT by making
storage efficient, fast, flexible, fail-safe and virtual. DataCore's portable
storage server software simplifies and automates capacity expansion and
centralizes storage management for Windows, UNIX, Linux, MacOS and NetWare
operating systems as well as hypervisors from VMware, Citrix, Microsoft and
other suppliers. DataCore is privately held and its corporate headquarters are
in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, call (877) 780-5111 or visit
www.datacore.com.
DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANmelody are trademarks or registered
trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service
names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software
Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may
be trademarks of their respective owners.
KPR Global (Representing DataCore Software)
Contact (UK):
Sharon Munday, Account Director, +44 (0) 1189 745418
smunday@kprglobal.com
or
Corporate Contacts (US):
DataCore Software
Bettye Grant, 954-377-6000
publicrelations@datacore.com
or
Red Nine PR
Stuart Smith, 336-896-1874
ssmith@redninePR.com
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