Small and Medium Businesses Find Advantages with Server Virtualization and Storage Solutions Built for the SMB Market BOSTON, Sept. 30
BOSTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Open-E, Inc., a leading provider of
unified IP storage management software, today announced that
Open-E Data Storage Server (DSS(TM)) has been certified for use with Virtual
Iron's server virtualization software. Environments deploying both Virtual
Iron and Open-E Data Storage Server (DSS(TM)) will benefit from streamlined
virtual infrastructure, improved server and storage utilization and robust
business continuity.
"The server virtualization market is red hot and gaining rapid adoption as
organizations strive to achieve physical server consolidation, maximize
resource utilization and deploy disaster recovery solutions," said Mark
Bowker, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "In a recent survey of
current and planned virtualization users, ESG discovered the importance of
networked storage as 86 percent of the respondents that have implemented
server virtualization use some form of networked storage to support their
infrastructure requirements. The combination of capabilities from Virtual Iron
and Open-E will help customers streamline virtual infrastructure deployments,
improve overall resource utilization and implement robust business continuity
solutions."
Virtual Iron provides easy-to-use, enterprise-class server virtualization
capabilities on a next-generation architecture. The platform combines the
leading open source hypervisor with advanced virtualization services and
policy-based automation capabilities such as LiveMigrate(TM) for easy movement
of workloads, LiveRecovery(TM) for automated virtual machine failover,
LiveCapacity(R) for dynamic workload balancing, and LiveSnapshot(TM) for hot
backup and patch management. These capabilities enable offloaded, space
efficient and no-downtime backups on live virtual machines running in
production environments. Virtual Iron also takes full advantage of the latest
hardware virtualization extensions from Intel and AMD to deliver near native
performance.
Smooth integration of Open-E DSS with Virtual Iron provides simple and
efficient storage consolidation that supports capital and operational cost
reduction throughout the IT environment. DSS brings enterprise-class
functionality, enhanced manageability and proven reliability to small and
medium businesses that depend on server/storage infrastructure for continued
business operations. As a result, companies have a cost-effective avenue
toward advanced IT to strengthen their competitive advantage.
"SMBs are increasingly realizing the advantages of virtualizing their
server environments in an effort to consolidate and become more efficient.
This in turn is driving demand for more flexible storage solutions that
interoperate and add value," said Krzysztof Franek, CEO of Open-E. "The
combination of Virtual Iron and Open-E addresses complexity, cost and
installation difficulty head-on to deliver efficient and productive
server-storage capabilities in support of the bottom line."
About Open-E Data Storage Server (DSS)
Open-E Data Storage Server (DSS) provides a fast, reliable, and scalable
storage operating system (OS) for block and file storage management. DSS
offers enterprise functionality, enhanced manageability, superior reliability
and increased productivity for applications ranging from file sharing, storage
consolidation, backup and recovery, virtualization and disaster recovery.
DSS is built on Open-E's industry recognized NAS/SAN software technology
which is noted for its performance, superior security, robust operation and
ease-of-use management advantages. With DSS, users can cost-effectively and
quickly add storage to an existing network, consolidate storage and backups
for multiple servers, centralize storage management with optimal performance
and data protection, and improve data availability and efficiency.
Additionally, DSS is a full, independent OS and does not require the
installation of Linux, Windows or any other OS and can be up and running in 10
minutes.
About Virtual Iron Software, Inc. -- True Server Virtualization for
Everyone
Virtual Iron provides server virtualization software that reduces the cost
and complexity of operating and managing IT infrastructure for organizations
of all sizes. Leveraging industry standards, open source, and built-in
hardware-assisted acceleration, Virtual Iron provides a complete and
cost-effective solution including VI-Center, an intelligent virtual
infrastructure management platform. Over 2,000 customer organizations
worldwide leverage Virtual Iron today to support a broad range of data center
initiatives including server consolidation, virtual server management,
dev/test optimization, business continuity and virtual desktop infrastructure
(VDI) enablement. The software is available exclusively through Virtual
Iron's Channel One partner network. Trial versions of the software are also
available for free download at http://www.virtualiron.com/free. For more
information, visit http://www.virtualiron.com or e-mail info@virtualiron.com.
About Open-E
Open-E, Inc. is a pioneering leader and developer of IP-based storage
management software with headquarters in the United States and Europe.
Open-E's DSS, NAS-R3 and iSCSI-R3 product lines, built from the ground up for
the SMB and SME markets with scalability to the enterprise, enjoy a
multi-national reputation for best-in-class performance, flexibility,
reliability, scalability and return-on-investment.
Open-E delivers its software exclusively through a world-wide network of
experienced system integrator and reseller partners. With an extensive
network of over 600 registered OEMs, distributors and reseller partners,
including over 200 Open-E certified partners, organizations have the
flexibility to work with the hardware solution provider of their choosing,
allowing Open-E to focus on its core competency of storage software
development.
Open-E and Open-E Data Storage Server (DSS) are trademarks of Open-E. All
other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered
owners.
SOURCE Open-E, Inc.
