Ventana New Media: 2012

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Nexsan’s Hybrid Storage Benefits Explained http://bit.ly/MmwYES

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

@JimMoyle of @AtlantisILIO receives prestigious @Citrix CTP award – bit.ly/moylectp

@AtlantisILIO for @Citrix XenApp tested by @shawnbass results available at bit.ly/xenapp

Atlantis Computing Accelerates Virtualized Citrix XenApp According To Independent Testing by Citrix CTP Shawn Bass

Product Review Validates Atlantis ILIO for XenApp Accelerates Performance with 53% Faster Provisioning and 77% Shorter Boot Times While Using 92% Less Storage

Atlantis Computing™, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) storage and performance optimization solutions, today announced the results of an independent product test performed by Citrix CTP and Microsoft MVP, Shawn Bass. The findings of the product review validate that the Atlantis ILIO for Citrix XenApp solution delivers 53% faster provisioning, 77% shorter boot times and a reduction in storage requirements by 92%. Based on the report by Shawn Bass, deploying virtualized Citrix XenApp workloads with Atlantis ILIO can accelerate XenApp performance, reduce storage requirements and increase density in an IO constrained environment.

Atlantis ILIO for XenApp is a software virtual machine that complements virtualized Citrix XenApp by accelerating performance, increasing server density and reducing the amount of storage required. Accelerating provisioning and boot times simplifies the management of XenApp by giving administrators the flexibility to refresh VMs more frequently with less downtime. By eliminating the IO bottleneck associated with running virtualized XenApp with SAN or NAS, Atlantis ILIO is able to increase density while delivering a better user experience.

Atlantis ILIO for XenApp Test Results Summary
In testing by Shawn Bass in a storage-constrained environment, Atlantis ILIO for XenApp was able to:
• Reduce provisioning time by 53%
• Reduce VM boot time by 77%
• Reduce storage requirements by 92%
• Provide 16% more XenApp sessions while delivering 30-100% faster response time as measured by LoginVSI

However, testing single server scalability isn’t enough to show the true value of Atlantis ILIO. To illustrate the benefits of Atlantis ILIO at scale, Shawn Bass conducted tests that maximized IOPS and throughput on the underlying storage. Atlantis ILIO for XenApp was found to:

• Increase IOPS by a factor of 60-100
• Increase disk throughput by a factor of 75
• Reduce perceived storage latency by a factor of 75

“Shawn Bass has been involved with some of the largest XenApp deployments in the world and the findings of this independent testing is further validation of the value Atlantis ILIO brings to the XenApp market,” said Bernard Harguindeguy, president and CEO, Atlantis Computing. “Atlantis ILIO will help anyone who wants to virtualize their XenApp to avoid performance problems related to storage and get the most out of their infrastructure.”

To view the complete Shawn Bass test results for Atlantis ILIO visit: bit.ly/xenapp

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About Shawn Bass
Shawn Bass is an independent consultant that specializes in Server Based Computing technology. He has been involved in Citrix related technologies since the WinView product and has worked through each new version of Citrix’s products over the years. Most of Shawn’s consulting engagements are with Fortune 500 companies in the financial services and insurance sectors. He is an active poster in a variety of Citrix-related support forums and is recognized by Citrix as a Citrix Technology Professional. Bass is also a Microsoft MVP for Terminal Server.

About Atlantis Computing
Atlantis Computing is transforming enterprise desktop computing by making virtual desktops more affordable, reducing implementation risks and addressing the key barriers to market adoption: storage costs and user acceptance. Atlantis Computing software complements Citrix and VMware solutions by reducing the amount of storage needed, enabling the use of less expensive storage, and boosting the performance of desktop and mobile devices. Atlantis Computing is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

@AtlantisILIO for @Citrix XenApp Accelerates Provisioning, Boot Time, Applications – @shawnbass test results bit.ly/xenapp

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

@StorageSwiss identifies @Gridstore 2.0 scale-out NAS solution as the fault tolerant grid http://bit.ly/zdUnZ8

Storage Switzerland Identifies Gridstore Scale-Out NAS Solution as The Fault Tolerant Grid

Hands-On Reliability Test Reveals Gridstore’s Highly Available Storage Grid is Unstoppable

Mountain View, Calif. – Gridstore™, the leader in grid-based, scale-out storage solutions, today announced that its Gridstore 2.0 system has passed the reliability test performed by leading analyst firm Storage Switzerland, with flying colors. Gridstore’s scale-out NAS solution has now withstood four months of rigorous testing with absolutely no issues or outages.

With this latest test, Storage Switzerland wanted to find out if the Gridstore grid-based storage solution was a true fault tolerant system as claimed. “We set up a test scenario writing files continually to the test system and failed a node to see what would happen,” said George Crump, senior analyst, Storage Switzerland. “As a result of the node failure the test application experienced no hesitation, nor did we see any change in performance.”

Once the test was completed the failed node quickly re-synced itself into the grid. The re-sync process was seamless and there was no need to repopulate the restarted node from scratch. The system was able to do a quick comparison of data and it returned to operations with no business disruption, data loss, or performance degradation.

Gridstore uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scalability and reliability. Gridstore provides a building block approach to capacity scaling so customers can start small and incrementally add nodes. This eliminates the need to overprovision costly resources and removes the management complexity and risk of traditional clustered storage models.

“Gridstore’s scale-out NAS solution has stood up to the arduous testing by Storage Switzerland and the findings validate that our grid-based storage system has enterprise-class fault tolerance,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO, Gridstore. “Organizations can now choose a mid-tier enterprise storage system that delivers 3x more throughput and capacity efficiency while providing plug and play simplicity all at a fraction of the price of silo-based, legacy solutions.”

To view the latest Storage Switzerland test and video, as well as previous tests, visit: http://bit.ly/w2QM8D

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About Gridstore
Gridstore is the leader in grid-based, scale-out storage products. The Gridstore scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scaling and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity. Founded in 2009, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/eANsx
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Monday, March 12, 2012

@anitaborg_org Top Ten Solutions to Recruit Technical Women - http://bit.ly/Aamx4B

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Anita Borg Institute Releases New Report on Hiring Practices - http://bit.ly/zvrRgk

Anita Borg Institute Releases New Report on Hiring Practices to Help Companies Compete in the Global War for Technical Talent

Research-based Report Offers Proven Solutions to Overcome "Blind Spots" in Recruiting Technical Women to Increase Workforce Diversity and Innovation - http://bit.ly/zvrRgk

The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology today released a new report that outlines four key areas where companies should focus their recruitment efforts to increase access to a range of technical talent available in a highly competitive environment. Solutions to Recruit Technical Women is the first in a series of reports offering solutions companies can employ to improve the recruitment, retention, and advancement of technical women.

When it comes to technical talent, industry recruitment and hiring practices have become highly complex over the past decades as the labor market for scientists and engineers has shifted from individual national economies to a truly global labor market. Multinational companies face significant challenges and competition to fill technical positions, and renewed talk of a “global war for tech talent” emerged shortly after the recent global economic downturn.

The Anita Borg Institute report points out that for both large and small organizations who invest in a recruiting infrastructure as well as outsourced recruiters and head hunters, there continue to be consistent blind spots in recruiting and hiring practices that prevent companies from tapping into the wide spectrum of technical talent available — men, women or underrepresented minorities.

Extensive organizational research indicates that these blind spots are concentrated in four areas that, if ignored, can negatively impact equity, productivity and innovation:

• Concentrating recruitment at a small number of sites;
• Narrow recruitment criteria;
• Hiring processes that are implicitly biased; and
• Lack of organizational infrastructure to support recruitment and hiring efforts that yield high returns to both talent and diversity.

Solutions to Recruit Technical Women is designed to help companies overcome these blind spots based on data-driven results in both academic research and corporate practice. The report features case studies from Cisco, IBM, Intel and Intuit, and provides strategies to enables companies to address each blind spot:

• Recruitment avenues: Companies should consider expanding recruitment channels such as reaching out to a broader array of academic institutions, developing internship programs, leveraging social networks and other ways that expand their pool of job candidates.
• Recruitment practices: Carefully examining internal recruitment practices and how they market job opportunities externally will have a significant effect on how potential talent views the company and considers whether to join a candidate pool.
• Hiring process: As companies begin to attract more diverse candidates, then it becomes important to focus on the hiring process itself to ensure a positive experience for candidates and to reduce the elimination of candidates based on implicit biases.
• Overarching considerations: Lasting change depends on a variety of factors such as implementing solutions not in isolation but in bundles, commitment to diversity from the top leadership down, setting and measuring against established goals, and longer term, helping to build the pipeline by funding or engaging in K-12 initiatives when interest in STEM educations and careers is all too often made or broken.

"The goal of our Solutions to Recruit Technical Women report is to help companies continuously improve and adjust their hiring practices and reduce barriers to attracting a diverse pool of top technical talent," said Telle Whitney, CEO of the Anita Borg Institution. "By doing so, they will see greater returns on their recruitment investment, enhance innovation levels, and position themselves to succeed in an increasingly competitive global market."

For more information:

• Top Ten Solutions to Recruit Technical Women Identified in New Research Report from Anita Borg Institute, press release
• Solutions to Recruit Technical Women, full report

About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
 The Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech fields, resulting in higher levels of technological innovation. Our programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to help them develop their careers. The Anita Borg Institute is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. Partners include: Google, HP, Microsoft, CA Technologies, Cisco, Facebook, First Republic Bank, IBM, Intel, Intuit, Lockheed Martin, Marvell, National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, NetApp, SAP, Symantec, Thomson Reuters, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Amazon, Broadcom, Motorola Foundation, Raytheon, Salesforce.com, and Yahoo! For more information, visit www.anitaborg.org.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

@TreeHousei Webinars Offer Innovative Strategies and Best Practices for MarketingAutomation, PartnerMarketing and SocialMedia - http://bit.ly/gvaUgk

TreeHouse Interactive webinar series to address how to avoid marketing automation disasters, implement effective partner marketing, and 10 laws of building a successful online community - http://bit.ly/gvaUgk

TreeHouse Interactive™ (www.treehousei.com), the technology leader in on-demand partner relationship management (PRM) and marketing automation solutions, today announced the continuation of its popular webinar series for increasing sales, marketing and channel effectiveness.

TreeHouse Interactive’s educational webinar series is focused on helping companies increase their understanding of how to improve business processes for accelerated revenue growth. The webinars feature thought leaders who share their marketing, sales and channel expertise, and inform attendees of the latest trends and best practices.

Scheduled webinars include:

• Marketing Automation Disasters – February 29th, 1 p.m. EST
• Kick-Starting Your Partner Marketing – March 22nd, 1 p.m. EST
• The 10 Laws of Building a Successful Online Community – April 19th, 1 p.m. EST

Visit TreeHouse Interactive’s Resource Library to download past webinars.

Marketing Automation Disasters Presenter: Chris Frank – Director of Marketing, TreeHouse Interactive
Register: www.treehousei.com/company/marketing_automation_disasters_webinar.aspx

The majority of best-in-class organizations use marketing automation, yet less than 25 percent fully utilize its potential. Attendees will learn how to better leverage their marketing automation systems and avoid marketing automation disasters by addressing alignment, process and infrastructure issues that can often create difficulties.

About Chris Frank
Chris Frank is the Director of Marketing for TreeHouse Interactive. A marketing automation expert, Chris has spent years understanding and refining marketing automation and has helped hundreds of companies understand the strengths and weaknesses of their organization’s marketing plan.

Kick-Starting Your Partner Marketing
Presenter: Heather K. Margolis – Founder, Channel Maven Consulting
Register: www.treehousei.com/company/kick_starting_partner_marketing_webinar.aspx

If you are like most channel organizations, your partners don't have the sophistication, people power or motivation to market your products. In this webinar, channel expert Heather K. Margolis will discuss tips, creative ideas and technology for kick-starting successful partner marketing efforts and capturing more business in your industry.

About Heather K. Margolis
Heather K. Margolis is the founder of Channel Maven Consulting. She has led channel programs for companies like EMC, EqualLogic, and Dell. Channel Maven Consulting provides strategic channel and marketing consulting services to IT channel organizations of all sizes. Heather helps channel organizations build smarter channel programs, manage channel relationships to find added value, and engage their communities through social and traditional media.

The 10 Laws of Building a Successful Online Community
Presenter: Craig Rosenberg – Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Focus.com and author of The Funnelholic.com
Register: www.treehousei.com/company/successful_online_community_webinar.aspx

Many marketing departments are jumping on the community-building bandwagon. And guess what? They should. As more communities are built, more compelling metrics are starting to justify the movement: Community members engage with vendors 900 percent more than non-community members and community members spent 54 percent more money with vendors than non-community members. The quest for marketing departments has shifted from simply building a community, to how to build a successful community. In this webinar, the popular marketing blogger Craig Rosenberg will talk about his experiences building a community from scratch for Focus.com and how to effectively build a successful community.

About Craig Rosenberg
Craig is the co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Focus.com. In this role, he is responsible for the entire revenue engine from the top of the funnel to close. Craig is also the author of the popular sales and marketing blog, The Funnelholic, where he writes about b2b marketing issues including demand generation and lead management. Prior to Focus.com, Craig worked for Sales Ramp where he designed, built and managed lead generation and inside sales strategies and processes for high-tech startups. During that time, Craig built lead generation machines at more than 25 different companies in a variety of high-tech verticals ranging from business applications to IT infrastructure.

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Resource Library: For more information about marketing automation and partner relationship management, visit the TreeHouse Interactive Resource Library.

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About TreeHouse Interactive
TreeHouse Interactive delivers enterprise-class hosted solutions to marketers and partner program managers. The company provides both marketing automation and partner relationship management (PRM) solutions to accelerate company performance. TreeHouse supports organizations ranging from start-ups to Global 1000 companies. For more information, visit www.treehousei.com or call 801.576.8428.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

@Gridstore named Red Herring Americas Top 100 finalist for their Scale-out NAS solution http://bit.ly/wzKR4V

GRIDSTORE NAMED FINALIST FOR THE RED HERRING AMERICAS TOP 100 AWARD FOR ITS SCALE-OUT NAS SOLUTION

Mountain View, Calif. – February 17, 2012 – Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out storage solutions, today announced that the company has made the Red Herring Americas Top 100 short-list for its scale-out NAS solution. Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy.

The Gridstore scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scalability and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations that struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the problems associated with clustered storage approaches. The result is a disruptive storage platform designed from the ground up for the virtual data center that eliminates 20 years of legacy technology and eliminates the virtualization roadblocks of cost, complexity and performance that has limited wider adoption of the virtualized data center.

Finalists have made it through two of three phases. In phase one, judges eliminated companies based on viability of the business model in terms of technology focus and innovation, or lack thereof. The remainder of the companies left went through phase two, which consisted of a peer review where the judges reached out to experts, i.e., the venture capitalist community or analysts from large investment and consulting firms, to discuss the viability of a company’s business model and growth/revenue projections, the competitive landscape, and the big picture in that company’s sector.

“It is an honor to be named a finalist by Red Herring for the Americas Top 100 award,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO Gridstore. “This further validates our position as a game changing, scale-out storage solution that eliminates the complexity, risk and limitations of traditional, cluster-based storage models. With Gridstore, organizations now have an enterprise-class, scale-out NAS that delivers the simplicity and reliability they require - at half the cost of standalone NAS offerings.”

The finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at Red Herring Americas in Los Angeles, May 21-23, 2012. The top winners will be announced at a special awards dinner on May 23.

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About Gridstore
Gridstore is the leader in grid based, scale-out storage products. The Gridstore scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scaling and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity. Founded in 2009, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/Gz5Dp

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

@AtlantisILIO increases global VDI deployments, saving customers millions on deployment making desktops faster than a PC bit.ly/yBOeHV

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

@Nexsan Assureon Secure Online Archive Recognized as “First Class Solution” for Compliant Long Term Data Archiving in Customer Survey

Nexsan Assureon Secure Online Archive Recognized as ?First Class Solution? for Compliant Long Term Data Archiving in Customer Survey

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., February 15, 2012 -- Nexsan®, a leading independent provider of disk-based data storage systems, today announced results from a TechValidate user survey which reveal a high product satisfaction rate for Nexsan Assureon in applications that require long term data archiving, storage optimization and secure, compliant storage. The product received a high overall satisfaction rate, underscoring the value of the online archiving solution, especially in applications that require high file integrity, automated replication and adherence to disposition and retention policies.

In addition to customer satisfaction, the TechValidate study assessed key responses on top product usage, typical data retention periods, important product features and archive growth rates. The following topline results were based on 196 customers surveyed:
· Customers cited overall satisfaction of the Assureon Secure Online Archive for compliant data retention and storage optimization (93%).
· Customers reported that the top uses of Nexsan Assureon were for long term archiving (75%), storage optimization (58%) and compliant storage for regulatory adherence (39%).
· Typical data retention periods reported by customers using Nexsan Assureon were five to ten years (48%) and greater than 10 years (29%). Under a quarter of customers typically retained data for between two and five years (23%).
· Customers also confirmed the rapid growth rates of their archives. Of those surveyed, the majority have archives that are growing between 20% and 30%, or more, annually (65%).
· The most important capabilities cited by customers were:
o File integrity (65%)
o Replication (59%)
o Disposition and retention policies (47%)
o Price (35%)
o Deduplication (32%)
o Performance compared to prior archiving solution (26%)
o Ingestion functionality (24%)
o WORM support (21%)
· Customers are also using Assureon to streamline backup operations and reduce costs by optimizing the storage environment (64%)

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) selected the Assureon storage system to improve its object storage archive, assure regulatory compliance and seamlessly support its disaster recovery strategy. "I was impressed by Nexsan’s secure online archive," said John Jones, Desktop and Systems Supervisor for UTA. "We found significant value in the features and were even more surprised by the price. It was a fraction of that charged by other system vendors. With Assureon we reduced our backup window and significantly improved our overall storage efficiency. It has proven to be a very capable storage archive, both simple and reliable. You just set it and forget it."

Nexsan partners have also experienced superior reliability and performance with Nexsan. Another Assureon user, ATS Cloud, offers scalable EMR services that provide organizations of all sizes access to state-of-the-art technology. This allows their clients to enjoy Fortune 500-caliber IT functionality without the upfront infrastructure investment or internal staffing requirements. According to Randall Weyers, Cloud System Architect for ATS Cloud, “Assureon offers exceptional performance and scalability when used with our cloud-based EMR services. When we have a hospital that employs our solution for secure and compliant data storage, we are confident in the ability to deliver the service levels required without hesitation.”

Part of the Nexsan Flexible Storage Platform™ of products, Assureon is a secure online archive that is ideal for storage optimization, secure storage for regulatory and corporate compliance, and long-term data archiving. For storage optimization, Assureon offloads primary storage to free up space for active data and thereby reduces the size, time and costs of monthly full backups by completely eliminating the unstructured datasets from the backup stream. For regulatory and corporate compliance, Assureon complies with governmental regulatory requirements including HIPPA, SOX and SEC-17 and simplifies the enforcement of company data retention, privacy and protection policies.

“As a company dedicated to meeting the needs of its customers’ archiving requirements, we are honored to have achieved high customer satisfaction for our Assureon solution,” said Ed Apy, Vice President, Worldwide Assureon Sales, Nexsan. “To know that our products offer multiple value propositions to companies that have growing requirements, means that our focus on enterprise-class storage that is easy to use and efficient can have a direct impact on customer success.”

To view the TechValidate survey, visit http://www.techvalidate.com/portals/nexsan-assureon

About Nexsan
Nexsan® is a leading independent provider of disk-based data storage systems purpose-built and priced for the mid-market, offering industry-leading reliability, space and power efficiency. Nexsan SAN and NAS storage systems provide scalability, integrity and security for growing volumes of unstructured data and are ideal for virtual storage, disk-to-disk backup, secure online archiving, bulk and cloud storage applications. Overcoming the challenges of traditional storage, Nexsan delivers a different kind of storage experience with easy-to-use, efficient and enterprise-class solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of storage. Nexsan delivers its storage systems through a select global partner ecosystem of solution providers, OEMs and system integrators. Nexsan is based in Thousand Oaks, Calif. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nexsan.com.

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Nexsan is a registered trademark of Nexsan Corporation. All other product or company names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

@Gridstore wins bronze in storage systems for 2011 Products of the Year by @SearchStorageTT for Scale-out NAS http://bit.ly/y52vaH

Gridstore Wins Award in Storage Systems Category for 2011 Products of the Year by Storage Magazine

Mountain View, Calif. – February 14, 2012 – Gridstore™, the leader in scale-out storage solutions, today announced that the company has placed Bronze in the Storage Systems category for the 2011 Products of the Year presented by the editors of TechTarget’s Storage Media Group. This category covered FC, iSCSI, SAN, NAS, multiprotocol systems, DAS, hard disk drives, solid-state storage, disk controllers, caching appliances, storage virtualization appliances and cloud storage gateway appliances. The Storage Magazine-SearchStorage.com editorial staff, in conjunction with a team of users, industry experts, analysts and consultants chose the winning products for this year’s awards.

Winners were selected based on innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality, and value. Judges selected the 18 “Products of the Year” from among enterprise storage-related products introduced, upgraded, and shipped between November 1, 2010 and October 28, 2011. The top three winners were selected in six data storage categories: backup and disaster recovery software and services, backup hardware, networking equipment, storage management tools, storage systems, and storage system software.

Gridstore uses an advanced grid-processing platform to dramatically lower the cost of scale-out storage and make it simple for small-medium sized business to deploy. By leveraging distributed processing and parallel I/O, Gridstore offers increased scaling, performance and reliability over traditional storage solutions without adding complexity. Now small-medium sized businesses can enjoy the benefits of scale-out storage without having to hire a storage guru or have an enterprise budget.

“We are so excited to be recognized by Storage Magazine in such a highly competitive category like storage systems,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO Gridstore. “The Gridstore scale-out NAS solution is a disruptive product that delivers enterprise-class performance, reliability and scalability that is superior to first generation clustered scale-out storage – at unparalleled pricing for the mid-tier market.”

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About TechTarget’s Storage Media
TechTarget's SearchStorage.com is the number-one online destination for IT professionals charged with purchasing, implementing, and managing storage systems at the core of large- and medium-sized businesses. More than 600,000 storage-focused IT executives, managers, and staff rely on SearchStorage.com for the information they need to do their jobs. SearchStorage.com content includes original editorial features, news, expert storage advice, Webcasts, and white papers. TechTarget's Storage magazine is the only monthly resource that provides information technology (IT) executives, managers, and staff with in-depth analysis and forward-looking guidance on managing, storing, networking, and safeguarding the data at the core of large organizations. More information can be found at www.SearchStorage.com.

About Gridstore
Gridstore is the leader in grid based, scale-out storage products. The Gridstore scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scaling and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity. Founded in 2009, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/c8Qug

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@VMware @AtlantisILIO @TrendMicro View 5 Architecture – Cost per Desktop of $172-$234, 1000 full clones 1TB storage bit.ly/xsmATg

Atlantis Computing and Trend Micro Launch First VMware View Reference Architecture that Drives Down the Cost of a Desktop to as Low as $172 with ?Better than PC? User Experience

1,000 Desktop Deployment Blueprint Includes VMware View 5, View Persona, VMware ThinApp, Trend Micro Deep Security 8 and Atlantis ILIO

VMware Partner Exchange – Las Vegas, NV – February 14, 2012 – Atlantis Computing™, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) storage and performance optimization solutions and Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cloud security leader, today announced the release of the first VMware View 5 reference architectures for 1,000 persistent and non-persistent virtual desktops. The groundbreaking new reference architectures were developed by Atlantis Computing and Trend Micro with guidance from VMware and is the first to incorporate the latest technology from VMware View 5 including vSphere 5, View persona, ThinApp and View Planner as well as Trend Micro Deep Security 8 to secure every desktop.

This reference architecture documents the blueprint for scaling from 300 desktops to tens of thousands of users with Atlantis ILIO to drive down the infrastructure cost per desktop to $172 for non-persistent desktops and $234 for persistent desktops while delivering a rich user experience that users can embrace. The impact is a dramatic reduction of up to 94 percent in the cost of storage for VDI and a major boost in performance of View desktops.

“Successful VDI deployments have one thing in common. They are able to achieve the right balance of cost, user experience and security that is needed to compete with a physical PC and win over the CFO, the security team and most importantly the end users,” said Bernard Harguindeguy, CEO of Atlantis Computing. “Too often reference architectures are designed without consideration for cost or for critical security components like Anti-Virus to achieve better performance numbers. This reference architecture is unique because it documents exactly how to assemble the components, the cost of the infrastructure, and the performance of every application without having to bring in new hardware components to the architecture.”

VMware View 5 with Atlantis ILIO storage and performance optimization software enables customers to deploy virtual desktops at a lower cost, while at the same time boosting performance to new levels. Atlantis ILIO fundamentally changes the economics and performance characteristics of VMware View deployments by intelligently optimizing how the Windows operating system running on vSphere interacts with shared or local storage. Atlantis ILIO technologies include highly efficient processing within the vSphere hypervisor of both Windows NTFS storage IO traffic and inline deduplication of Windows images before they reach storage.

In the reference architecture, Trend Micro Deep Security 8 provides agentless security for virtual desktops without negatively impacting density or performance. The Deep Security virtual appliance integrates with vShield Endpoint APIs developed by VMware in collaboration with Trend Micro to offer the industry’s first anti-malware solution designed specifically to protect the vSphere platform without requiring an agent in the virtual machine.

“Security is a critical component of any VDI deployment and yet it is often not included in reference architectures because of the impact on server density and performance,” said Thomas J. Miller, President, Trend Micro US Commercial Operations. “This reference architecture showed that you can deliver the lowest possible infrastructure costs, an amazing user experience and leading edge security in a complete VDI solution that costs less, performs better and is more secure than a physical PC.”

Reference Architecture Results

• Cost Per Desktop – With Atlantis ILIO, the total infrastructure cost per desktop including the servers, storage and Atlantis ILIO license was $172 for a non-persistent desktop with local disk storage and $234 per desktop for a persistent desktop with shared SAN/NAS storage. Atlantis ILIO reduced the cost per desktop of the SAN/NAS by 94 percent for persistent desktops.

• Performance – With Atlantis ILIO, the architecture was able to deliver an average response time of 0.5 (local disk) to 0.7 seconds (SAN/NAS) for common applications such as Microsoft Office, Adobe, IE, Windows Media Player, Firefox and more. Atlantis ILIO provided 300 IOPS per desktop which is approximately 2x what a desktop PC would provide.

• Deployment Time – The testing showed that Atlantis ILIO new Fast Cloning feature enabled VMware View to deploy 1,000 persistent desktops with full clones in only 11 hours – instead of the 100 hours that it normally requires. This means that customers can deploy 1,000 virtual desktops 9 times faster in hours instead of 4+ days.

• Application Virtualization – VMware ThinApp was used to provide reliable and flexible application access resulting in improved launch times and performance.

• Security – Trend Micro Deep Security 8 provided industry leading anti-malware protections including anti-virus, integrity monitoring, intrusion prevention, web application protection, application control and firewalls without impacting the number of desktops that were used per server or degrading performance. The Atlantis ILIO virtual appliance worked alongside the Deep Security virtual appliance to handle IO storms and increase the performance of all desktops using Deep Security.

To read the full reference architecture “VMware View, Atlantis ILIO and Trend Micro Reference Architecture”, visit bit.ly/vmwareatlantistrend

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About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704), a global cloud security leader, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers. A pioneer in server security with over 20 years' experience, we deliver top-ranked client, server and cloud-based security that fits our customers' and partners' needs, stops new threats faster, and protects data in physical, virtualized and cloud environments. Powered by the industry-leading Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ cloud security infrastructure, our products and services stop threats where they emerge – from the Internet. They are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe.

About Atlantis Computing
Atlantis Computing is transforming enterprise desktop computing by making virtual desktops more affordable, reducing implementation risks and addressing key barriers to market adoption: storage costs and user acceptance. Atlantis Computing software complements Citrix and VMware solutions by reducing the amount of storage needed, enabling the use of less expensive storage, and boosting performances of desktop and mobile devices. Atlantis Computing is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

N-able Technologies and NTRglobal Deliver Secure Cloud-Based Remote Connectivity to N-able Partners

Integration Offers N-able Customers Instant Secure Unattended Remote Support

Ottawa, Canada, Dallas, Texas – February 8, 2012 – Building on a successful alliance, N-able Technologies®, the global leader in remote monitoring and management (RMM) automation software for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT departments, and NTRglobal, a specialist in cloud-based help desk and ITSM delivery systems, today announced the integration of the NTR Cloud into the award-winning N-central RMM platform.

Through its cloud-based API, NTRglobal enables ISVs to seamlessly integrate its secure remote connectivity technology. By leveraging this flexible interface, N-central now includes NTR Cloud unattended remote control functionality as part of its overall service offering. Available now, the powerful remote desktop module allows support technicians to securely connect to and manage a wide range of remote devices in seconds. It is also proven to reduce support queues, optimize workflow and boost time to repair by 50 percent or more by enabling faster, more effective incident resolution.

“Being able to remotely manage and resolve a client’s IT infrastructure from anywhere at any time in a secure environment provides tangible value that can make MSPs more competitive,” says Gilles Samoun, CEO, NTRglobal. “By integrating the NTR Cloud into the N-central platform, we’re allowing N-able’s MSPs to take advantage of services that deliver even greater security, productivity and cost-savings.”

N-able Technologies President and COO JP Jauvin agrees. “Integrating the NTR Cloud gives N-able’s partners the flexibility and confidence to address a client’s IT concerns or technical issues remotely without hesitation in a secure environment. We see its reliable, fast connectivity and ability to support the strictest regulatory environments as a true win for our customer base.”
A webinar is scheduled for February 15 to highlight N-central’s remote desktop functionality. More information is available on the N-able website.

About NTRglobal
Millions of users worldwide rely on NTRglobal’s modular, cloud-based help desk and ITSM solutions. The NTR Cloud integrates seamlessly with MSPs, enterprise help desks and software partners to deliver global IT management, automation, remote access and support services. Data transfer and storage are protected through the extensive NTRglobal SSL network and ISO 27001-certified data centers located across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

For more information about NTRglobal, please visit www.ntrglobal.com. Follow NTRglobal on Twitter at www.twitter.com/NTRglobal and Google+

About N-able Technologies
N-able Technologies is the global leader in remote monitoring and management automation solutions for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT departments. N-able’s award-winning N-central® software and complementary toolsets are proven to reduce IT support costs, improve network performance and increase productivity through the proactive monitoring, management and optimization of IP-enabled devices and IT infrastructure. N-central features an industry-first freemium model that drives down the cost of remote management and accelerates the mass adoption of managed services. With offices in North America, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Australia, N-able is 100% channel-friendly and maintains strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Intel, IBM, CA, Cisco and APC, among others. For more information about N-able Technologies, visit www.n-able.com. Follow N-able on Twitter at www.twitter.com/NableMSP.

Press Contacts

Derik Belair
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
N-able Technologies dbelair@n-able.com
Office: 613-592-6676 x304
Toll Free: 1-877-655-4689 x304 (U.S./Canada)
00-800-6225-3000 (outside U.S./Canada)

Marie Rourke
Channel PR
WhiteFox Marketing (for N-able Technologies)
marie@whitefoxpr.com
Cell: 1-714-292-2199

Tim Hillison
Vice President of Global Marketing
NTRglobal
thillison@ntrglobal.com
U.S.: 866-459-2543
Office: +34 93 445 0700

@N-able Technologies and @NTRglobal Deliver Secure Cloud-Based Remote Connectivity to N-able Partners

Friday, February 3, 2012

@treehousei offers exclusive MarketingAutomation Readiness Lab at omsummit 2012 in SanDiego - http://bit.ly/gvaUgk

TreeHouse Interactive to Offer Exclusive Marketing Automation Readiness Lab at Online Marketing Summit (OMS) - http://bit.ly/gvaUgk

TreeHouse Interactive™ (www.treehousei.com), the technology leader in on-demand marketing automation and partner relationship management (PRM) solutions, today announced it will offer an exclusive Marketing Automation Readiness Lab at the Online Marketing Summit (OMS) 2012, February 6-9 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego. Interested parties may register in advance at MA Readiness Lab or at TreeHouse's booth 105 at the summit.

According to research by industry analyst firms such as Aberdeen Group and Sirius Decisions, the majority of best-in-class organizations use marketing automation, yet less than 25 percent fully utilize its potential. In this one-on-one marketing automation lab offered by TreeHouse, participants will get specific recommendations on how they can prepare for and better utilize marketing automation. They will gain a clear understanding of how to better align internal teams, make marketing processes more efficient, and create the infrastructure necessary to be successful.

“We look forward to giving OMS attendees the opportunity to learn how they can improve their marketing results by leveraging the advantages of marketing automation,” said Erich Flynn, CEO, TreeHouse Interactive. “Having the tools necessary to better employ marketing automation can reduce tedious manual processes and ultimately enhance an organization's bottom line."

TreeHouse will also provide demos of the new salesforce.com advanced integration functionality in its industry-leading Marketing View™ marketing automation platform. Marketing View can now integrate with the Opportunity object in Salesforce CRM, allowing for sophisticated nurturing and marketing automation using values from Opportunity object fields such as Sales Stage, Vertical Market or Product Purchased.

To learn more about the TreeHouse Marketing Automation Readiness Lab or get personal help registering for the lab at Online Marketing Summit 2012, contact chris.frank@treehousei.com.

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About Online Marketing Summit
Online Marketing Summit (OMS) offers an educational environment that facilitates incredible learning, networking and collaboration opportunities amongst marketers, executives and digital professionals. OMS is singularly committed to its mission to educate marketers on the emerging best practices of online marketing through a professional development conference and exhibition. More than 12,000 marketers have learned, collaborated and networked at OMS events over the years. For more information, visit www.onlinemarketingsummit.com.
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About TreeHouse Interactive
TreeHouse Interactive delivers enterprise-class hosted solutions to marketers and partner program managers. These include marketing automation and partner relationship management (PRM) solutions that accelerate company performance. The TreeHouse client base includes organizations ranging from start-ups to Global 1000 companies. For more information, visit www.treehousei.com or call (801) 576-8428.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

@Gridstore wins CloudComputing Excellence Award from TMCnet for their scale-out NAS storage - http://bit.ly/y8gs4J

Gridstore's Scale-Out Storage Solution Wins the 2011 Cloud Computing Excellence Award Sponsored by Cloud Computing Magazine

Mountain View, Calif. – February 1, 2012 – Gridstore™, the leader in grid based, scale-out storage solutions, today announced that the company has been awarded the first Cloud Computing Excellence Award from TMC. Gridstore was selected as one of the top 30 companies that most effectively leveraged cloud computing in efforts to bring new, differentiated offerings to market. The winners will be published in the January 2012 issue of Cloud Computing Magazine.

With Gridstore’s scale-out storage solution small and medium sized organizations enjoy simple plug and play scaling of capacity, IO and performance without the cost, complexity and 3X capacity bloat of first-generation cluster based offerings. Gridstore’s unique grid based NAS is the only scale-out solution that provides a fault tolerant system designed to withstand multiple, simultaneous failures without downtime or data loss to ensure customers can run 24/7 non-stop. Gridstore allows customers to start small and grow capacity to any size required simply by adding storage nodes to their network. This eliminates the need for customers to over provision storage and removes the risk and cost of standalone storage silos common with traditional storage approaches.

“We continue to see strong adoption of storage applications in the cloud and we are honored to be recognized for our innovation and leadership by Cloud Computing Magazine,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO Gridstore. “Receiving the top storage software award for our scale-out storage solution is further validation of our building block approach to storage that offers enterprise-class performance, simplicity, reliability and scalability – at an affordable price for any organization.”

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About Gridstore
Gridstore is the leader in grid based, scale-out storage products. The Gridstore scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scaling and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity. Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/cY3OY

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Friday, January 27, 2012

@treehousei announces partnerrelationshipmanagement prm on salesforce.com's appexchange - http://bit.ly/gvaUgk

TreeHouse Interactive Announces Partner Relationship Management (PRM) on Salesforce.com's AppExchange, the World's Most Popular Marketplace for Business Apps - http://bit.ly/gvaUgk

Hostway, Leading Hosting Provider, to Use New Reseller View AppExchange App for PRM

TreeHouse Interactive™ (www.treehousei.com), the technology leader in on-demand partner relationship management (PRM) and marketing automation solutions, today announced the release of Reseller View™ PRM on salesforce.com’s AppExchange, designed for Salesforce Sales Cloud users. The new application puts enterprise-class partner management within reach of companies starting a new partner program, and those who are building out more robust partner networks to sell, service and support their solutions. Built on Force.com, salesforce.com’s enterprise cloud computing platform for building employee-facing social apps, Reseller View PRM is immediately available for test drive and deployment on AppExchange at http://ping.fm/h679O

TreeHouse Interactive’s Reseller View PRM is a complete partner management system available to those using the Salesforce Sales Cloud Professional Edition. PRM capabilities and the complete Reseller View PRM system from TreeHouse Interactive have, until now, been available in the enterprise and above editions of the Salesforce Sales Cloud only. Reseller View ties a fully customized partner portal with functionality such as deal registration, lead distribution, training and certification, dealer locator and more. Leads can be passed on to partners, and partners can submit deals for approval. Data flows seamlessly in real-time between the Sales Cloud Professional Edition and the Reseller View PRM portal.

Leading hosting provider Hostway is the first company to deploy Reseller View—launching its well-received partner program in early October. “When we set out to launch our partner program, we knew we wanted to build it on top of the Salesforce Sales Cloud we already had in place, yet really offer something special and unique to partners,” said Russell Griffin, director, channel programs, Hostway. “In addition to having a fully-customized, enterprise-class, password protected web portal, and key features like a partner locator and deal registration, TreeHouse Interactive’s Reseller View had the deep, custom capabilities we wanted to power our partner program. Working with TreeHouse to help get our new partner program up and running has been the right choice.”

“TreeHouse Interactive is committed to creating the best PRM system available for organizations that use channel sales to drive revenue,” said Erich Flynn, CEO, TreeHouse Interactive. “Integrating the channel with a company’s CRM system is a critical part of that commitment. Making the new Reseller View Aloha app available to Salesforce Sales Cloud Professional Edition users represents our continued commitment to the Salesforce CRM platform, and provides enterprise-class PRM to companies.”

Reseller View for Salesforce Sales Cloud Professional Edition is available now. To see a demonstration, contact TreeHouse Interactive at 801.576.8428, sales@treehousei.com or visit www.treehousei.com.

To learn more about partner relationship management and Reseller View, see Reseller View resources.

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About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange
Force.com is the trusted social enterprise platform for building and running any employee app in the cloud. Force.com powers the Salesforce CRM apps, the more than 200,000 custom apps used by salesforce.com customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and Sprint Nextel and the more than 1,300 ISV apps built by partners such as BMC, FinancialForce.com and Fujitsu.   Enterprise apps built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed and marketed through the salesforce.com AppExchange http://ping.fm/unLuT   The salesforce.com social enterprise platform delivers the most trusted and comprehensive cloud technologies for social, mobile and open apps. It includes Force.com, the cloud platform for employee apps, Heroku, the cloud platform for customer apps and Database.com, the cloud database to integrate the social enterprise.   Salesforce, Dreamforce, Force.com, Heroku, AppExchange, Database.com and others are trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.

About TreeHouse Interactive
TreeHouse Interactive delivers enterprise-class hosted solutions to marketers and partner program managers. These include marketing automation and partner relationship management (PRM) solutions that accelerate company performance. The TreeHouse client base includes organizations ranging from start-ups to Global 1000 companies. For more information, visit www.treehousei.com or call 801.576.8428.

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@treehousei launches first partnerrelationshipmanagement system PRM for Microsoft Dynamics CRM users - http://bit.ly/gvaUgk

TreeHouse Interactive Announces First Partner Relationship Management (PRM) for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Users - http://bit.ly/gvaUgk

Reseller View Gives Microsoft Dynamics CRM Users New Capabilities for Integrating Channel Efforts into their CRM

TreeHouse Interactive™ (www.treehousei.com), the technology leader in on-demand partner relationship management (PRM) and marketing automation solutions, today announced the release of its Reseller View™ PRM system for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The new integrated offering puts enterprise-class partner management capabilities in the hands of Microsoft Dynamics CRM users for the first time.

Reseller View is the most complete PRM solution available, offering a password protected enterprise-class web portal that can be customized to include any navigation desired and match any corporate branding guidelines including a company-branded URL. Its unmatched feature set automates partner on-boarding and enables partner information to flow seamlessly between Dynamics CRM and Reseller View. Once in the system, partners can register opportunities or receive leads directly from Microsoft Dynamics CRM while logged into the Reseller View portal. Some of the available features include: deal registration, lead distribution, automated training and certification, partner marketing enablement, automated contract management, MDF/co-op management, automated partner on-boarding, partner locator, advanced document management, and partner marketing automation.

“We have relied on TreeHouse Interactive Reseller View PRM to help manage our critical partner relationships for nearly five years,” said Mike Stinson, vice president worldwide marketing for Motion Computing. “TreeHouse Interactive’s Reseller View is tightly integrated with our CRM data, so when we looked at transitioning CRM platforms, we had to ensure that our partners would not be negatively impacted. TreeHouse made this possible by supporting both platforms—making the transition to Microsoft Dynamics CRM seamless for our partners worldwide while maintaining important features such as deal registration and lead distribution.”

“We were seeing channel organizations begin to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the marketplace, so it made sense to integrate,” said Erich Flynn, CEO, TreeHouse Interactive. “One of our primary goals has always been to give channel teams what they need to make their partners successful. Being first to offer a PRM solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM is part of that philosophy. We expect to see more and more PRM integrations with Microsoft as they continue to increase market share.” Reseller View for Microsoft Dynamics is available now. To see a demonstration, contact TreeHouse Interactive at 801.576.8428, sales@treehousei.com or visit www.treehousei.com.

To learn more about partner relationship management and Reseller View, see Reseller View resources.

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About TreeHouse Interactive
TreeHouse Interactive delivers enterprise-class hosted solutions to marketers and partner program managers. These include marketing automation and partner relationship management (PRM) solutions that accelerate company performance. The TreeHouse client base includes organizations ranging from start-ups to Global 1000 companies. For more information, visit www.treehousei.com or call 801.576.8428.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Connectria Hosting Achieves ?Off the Chart? Operational Efficiency with Cloud-Based Storage Solution from Nexsan and CommVault

Global Managed Hosting Company Sees Significant Improvement in Backup and Recovery Efficiency and Reliability over Previous Solution

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., January 26, 2012 -- Nexsan®, a leading independent provider of disk-based data storage systems, today announced that Connectria Hosting, a global managed hosting company, has deployed the Nexsan Flexible Storage Platform™ in support of the company’s cloud-based backup and recovery services for enterprise clients. In combination with CommVault® Simpana® data and information management software, Nexsan’s storage systems have dramatically improved Connectria’s backup and recovery efficiency when compared to the previously deployed solution.
Connectria Hosting is a global managed hosting company that provides managed services, cloud hosting, dedicated server hosting and custom hosting services for enterprise customers. Connectria offers flexible cloud solutions that include public, private, hybrid and cloud storage options. As a growing managed hosting company, Connectria’s cloud hosting customers rely upon them to deliver high availability guarantees. To achieve superior service levels in a data center with more than 100 TB in data protection storage alone, the managed hosting company needed to improve its cloud backup and recovery infrastructure.

Connectria searched for a robust, enterprise-class solution to meet its high standards for service. They found that many storage solution companies were too unstable or uneconomical for an enterprise data center environment. Every solution, that is, until Connectria found the Nexsan / CommVault combination.

“We solicited feedback from industry colleagues and were quickly pointed to Nexsan and CommVault,” said Rusty Putzler, Vice President of Engineering for Connectria. “Everyone who had used the combination of technologies validated their reliability and performance. Once we performed a trial we agreed. Nexsan and CommVault just work. Plus, they are truly ‘off the chart’ in terms of operational efficiency and this translates into reliable, high performance services for our enterprise customers.”

With the help of their deployment partner, EAGLE Software, Connectria has deployed multiple Nexsan SASBeast™ and Nexsan SATABeast™ storage solutions based on the Nexsan Flexible Storage Platform. To support the backup and recovery operations for the data housed on these systems, Connectria selected CommVault Simpana data and information management software. Connectria achieved significant efficiencies with the combined solution by reducing IT resource requirements, simplifying management and lowering operational costs. This was supplemented by enhanced reliability, technological innovations and advanced power management, providing up to 60% energy savings compared to the previous solution.
“For Connectria, achieving a high-efficiency data center design was critical,” said Dave Hiechel, President and CEO, EAGLE Software. “The combination of Nexsan and CommVault technologies achieves this efficiency and more. The powerful combination gives Connectria a distinct advantage over its competition in terms of both performance and reliability.”

Key benefits Connectria receives from the new Nexsan / CommVault solution include:

· High performance RAID storage systems that are ideal for disk-to-disk backup and recovery operations, especially when leveraging fibre channel-based interfaces
· Energy-efficient AutoMAID® Level-3 technology which enables Connectria to spin-down the disk arrays when not in use, providing significant energy and cost savings
· High density storage, enabling Connectria to conserve valuable rack space in its fully populated data center
· CommVault Simpana software to provide a single unified data protection platform for a more modern, secure and efficient cloud-based approach to data recovery
“Cloud-based managed hosting services are on the rise and providers such as Connectria need enterprise-class, high-value solutions they can rely on,” said Victoria Grey, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Nexsan. “Together, Nexsan and CommVault offer a distinct combination of price, performance and reliability for operations in the cloud. It’s truly the ultimate in efficiency with uncompromising performance.”

To learn more about Nexsan products and news, visit http://www.nexsan.com/products/

About Connectria
Connectria Hosting (www.connectria.com) is a profitable and growing, global managed hosting provider of cloud hosting, dedicated server hosting and custom hosting services. Hosted solutions are available for technologies including OS, virtualization, database, email/collaboration and application/web servers. Connectria’s hosting expertise represents one of the industry’s widest range of supported platforms from a variety of vendors, including Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, HP, Dell, SUN, Citrix, VMware and Open Source (e.g. Linux/LAMP, MySQL).

A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any external equity financing. Connectria operates as an extension of our clients' IT organizations through our world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

About Nexsan
Nexsan® is a leading independent provider of disk-based storage systems purpose-built and priced for the mid-market, offering industry-leading reliability, space and power efficiency. Nexsan data storage systems provide scalability, integrity and security for growing volumes of unstructured data and are ideal for virtual storage, disk-to-disk backup, secure online archiving, bulk and cloud storage applications. Overcoming the challenges of traditional storage, Nexsan delivers a different kind of storage experience with easy-to-use, efficient and enterprise-class solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of storage. Nexsan delivers its storage systems through a select global partner ecosystem of solution providers, OEMs and system integrators. Nexsan is based in Thousand Oaks, Calif. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nexsan.com.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Asigra Named 2011 Product of the Year Finalist by Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.com

Asigra Cloud Backup v11 Recognized in Backup and Disaster Recovery Category

TORONTO – January 25, 2012 – Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud Backup™ and recovery software provider since 1986, today announced that the company has been named a finalist in the “backup and disaster recovery (DR) software and services” category of the 2011 Product of the Year Awards. Presented by Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.com, the backup and DR software and services category includes backup, recovery, disaster recovery, snapshot, replication, electronic vaulting and archiver solutions.

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Now in its ninth year, this year’s finalists included forty-eight enterprise data storage products from six categories. Judges from the publication’s selection panel selected finalists from nearly 200 entries in six data storage categories: backup and disaster recovery software and services, backup hardware, networking equipment, storage management tools, storage systems, and storage system software.

“Asigra Cloud Backup V 11 is a cloud backup product designed to protect storage, servers, desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones,” said the editors of Storage Magazine and SearchStorage.com. “The software supports 10 Gbps local-area network (LAN) interfaces on storage and server infrastructure, while internal processes have been improved for faster data read/writes with multi-threaded data deduplication, parallel processing for read I/O and data throughput, multiple overlapped I/O and delta differencing.”

"Backup and recovery can be a thankless job, but we give IT professionals something to look forward to with end-to-end data protection and recovery assurance from the data center to the smartphone,” said Douglas Ko, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Asigra. “Like Storage Magazine, our customers recognize the unique advantages our solution brings. Asigra’s multi-platform support of public, private and hybrid cloud environments and the ability to protect both physical and virtual infrastructure simultaneously provides a refreshing approach for enterprises struggling with data protection in complex IT environments.”

For more information about the Storage Magazine/SearchStorage.com 2011 Product of the Year awards and a complete list of finalists, visit: http://ping.fm/xDLVb

About Asigra Cloud Backup v11
Asigra Cloud Backup v11 is designed to address the requirements of public, private or hybrid cloud computing and offers efficiencies unavailable with traditional backup architectures. Asigra’s advanced platform allows users to capture less, ingest less, and store less data thereby reducing the amount of backup software cycles and storage hardware required to deploy and maintain high levels of data protection. Asigra overcomes the limitations of traditional backup products that are unable to handle the exponential data growth, variances in information value and complexities within the IT infrastructure with a highly resilient and elastic platform that adapts to the changing nature of today’s IT environments. This provides unmatched backup efficiency and security as well as the ability to respond to today’s dynamic business challenges.

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About Asigra
Asigra is the leading Canadian cloud computing vendor focused on backup, recovery and restoration with more than 400,000 customer sites deployed globally. Asigra Cloud Backup™ transforms the way businesses manage and protect their data by delivering seamless end-to-end data protection that efficiently scales and easily adapts to any IT environment. Asigra Cloud Backup is built for mature business savvy MSPs/VARs who focus on data protection, IT constrained organizations, and industries with compliance mandates that are looking to improve their backup with a secure, proven and flexible cloud backup and recovery model. With more than 25 years of experience as backup/recovery pioneers, Asigra manages one of the largest business-class backup service provider ecosystems in the world who power their cloud backup services using Asigra technology. Asigra is recognized among top-tier industry analysts, including the Enterprise Strategy Group, Gartner, IDC, Forrester Research and the 451 Group. Recently, the company was recognized as Best Channel Vendor 2012 by Business Solutions and the company was recognized as a leader in cloud backup in 2011 by the MSPmentor 250, a leading online destination for managed service providers. Asigra is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices globally. For more information, visit www.asigra.com.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Nexsan Recognized in CRN Magazine's Data Center 100 for Data Center Efficiency, Performance and ROI

Channel Publication Honors Nexsan E-Series and E5000 Storage Systems

THOUSAND OAKS, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 24, 2012) - Nexsan®, a leading provider of data storage systems, today announced that the company's E-Series and E5000 storage systems have been named in the 2012 Data Center 100 list of top technologies by CRN Magazine. The annual list features the top 100 vendors responsible for powering data centers with cutting-edge technologies that increase data center efficiency, performance and ROI while reducing energy consumption and cost.

The 2012 Data Center 100 recognized Nexsan for its comprehensive range of enterprise-class, easy-to-use and efficient storage systems, offering customers the ultimate value proposition when it comes to meeting an organization's ever-evolving storage requirements. Nexsan disk arrays uniquely combine the benefits of cost-effective performance, power and space efficiency, density, ease-of-use, outstanding scalability and unmatched reliability to provide exceptional performance and functionality.

Selected this year were the Nexsan E-Series™ SAN and E5000 NAS storage systems. E-Series delivers the highest performance ultimate density SAS/SATA/SSD RAID storage, featuring unsurpassed power savings, and enterprise-class reliability. Nexsan E5000™ NAS storage systems are purpose-built for midmarket and enterprise organizations that need high performance and enterprise-class features at an affordable price. The E5000 boasts a robust feature set including FASTier™ SSD cache for blazing performance as well as snapshots, replication, quotas/thin provisioning, no single point-of-failure configuration and much more. Both systems are members of the Flexible Storage Platform™ and provide Nexsan's Anti-vibration Design™, Cool Drive Technology™, Active Drawer Technology™ and AutoMAID® power management.

The CRN Data Center 100 helps VARs efficiently evaluate the products and technologies powering the data center and make strategic technology decisions in the data center to support their business.

"The 2012 Data Center 100 list recognizes vendors that, over the course of 2011, have shown a dedication to the innovation and advancement of today's data center services," said Kelley Damore, Vice President and Editorial Director for UBM Channel. "The recent upsurge in cloud computing has solution providers searching for new ways to ensure their clients maintain connectivity while mitigating costs and security threats. We congratulate each vendor on the 2012 Data Center 100 list for providing a significant growth opportunity for solution providers to build their business by offering cutting-edge products and services to customers."

"Nexsan was a pioneer in the development of low-cost, large-capacity storage systems featuring SATA and SAS technology," CRN noted in the Data Center 100 list. "The company now offers SAN and SSD-powered NAS storage systems built for virtual server storage, backup, archiving and video storage."

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About Nexsan
Nexsan® is a leading independent provider of disk-based storage systems purpose-built and priced for the mid-market, offering industry-leading reliability, space and power efficiency. Nexsan storage systems provide scalability, integrity and security for growing volumes of unstructured data and are ideal for virtual storage, disk-to-disk backup, secure online archiving, bulk and cloud storage applications. Overcoming the challenges of traditional storage, Nexsan delivers a different kind of storage experience with easy-to-use, efficient and enterprise-class solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of storage. Nexsan delivers its storage systems through a select global partner ecosystem of solution providers, OEMs and system integrators. Nexsan is based in Thousand Oaks, Calif. For more information, visit the company's website at www.nexsan.com .

For more information about Nexsan's products and solutions, visit www.nexsan.com

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@Nexsan Recognized in @CRN Magazine's Data Center 100 for Data Center Efficiency, Performance and ROI

Monday, January 23, 2012

@TreeHousei - The New Partner Marketing Enablement - http://bit.ly/sFdPTK

The New Partner Marketing Enablement - http://bit.ly/sFdPTK

Author:
Erich Flynn, CEO
TreeHouse Interactive

The New Partner Marketing Enablement

Marketing assistance is one of the most requested benefits that partners ask for from the companies they represent. CRN’s Annual Report Card found that resellers value “channel enablement” more than anything else. This is echoed by Everything Channel’s recent recognition of “Channel Champions,” all of which have implemented partner marketing enablement in their programs.

So what new trends are there in partner marketing enablement? How can you best help partners that are typically sales focused, have small marketing staffs and limited technical or financial resources? Here are some things partner programs are beginning to offer to stand out:

1. Automated co-branding of collateral
2. Full service co-branded campaign execution
3. Partner microsites

For the full article, visit http://bit.ly/sFdPTK, or download the webinar at http://bit.ly/nBxhxF.

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Monday, January 16, 2012

@AtlantisILIO Launches Industry’s First Diskless VDI Solution That Eliminates Storage - CAPEX below $200/desktop http://bit.ly/xpDcvt

Atlantis Computing Launches Industry?s First Solution That Eliminates Storage for VDI

Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI Cuts CAPEX to Under $200 Per Desktop with Boot Times of 12 Seconds

Mountain View, CA – January 16, 2012 – Atlantis Computing™, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) storage and performance optimization solutions, today announced the release of Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI™, the first solution to eliminate storage for Citrix and VMware virtual desktop images. Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI enables customers to reduce VDI CAPEX to under $200 per desktop and eliminates all storage related CAPEX and OPEX, while at the same time providing a stellar user experience with desktop boot times of 12 seconds.

In November 2011, PAETEC Communications with over 4,000 employees (now a Windstream Company – Nasdaq: WIN), purchased Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI and the Cisco UCS Blade System with Extended Memory Technology (EMT) for their Citrix XenDesktop VDI deployment.

“We chose the Atlantis ILIO solution as well as the Cisco UCS B230 M2 blades because together they gave us the best possible combination of performance, low upfront CAPEX, and lowest possible OPEX," said Steve Bell, Infrastructure Systems Architect, PAETEC Communications (now a Windstream Company). “As a result of Atlantis ILIO and Cisco UCS, our virtual desktop solution costs less than a workstation or laptop, provides a better user experience, and was able to reduce or eliminate our storage, network, power, cooling, and rack space CAPEX and OPEX costs more so than any other VDI offering. From a storage perspective, we wanted to eliminate the reliance of VDI on SAN/NAS storage while at the same time not sacrificing and perhaps even improving overall user experience. We considered local SSDs as well as PCI based RAM drives, but these solutions by themselves either drove up VDI costs, reduced the number of virtual desktops, or proved to be inferior to Atlantis ILIO optimization capabilities. We found the perfect solution with Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI combined with Cisco UCS, which will make it possible to eliminate all disk-based storage and run upwards of 160 Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktops on each blade.”

PAETEC is deploying 160 virtual desktops per Cisco B230 M2 blade using the Atlantis ILIO software virtual appliance in combination with Citrix XenDesktop. With Atlantis ILIO optimization, PAETEC will be able to deploy up to 6,400 virtual desktops in a single rack of Cisco UCS blade servers without the need to purchase any disk-based storage, SSDs, or PCI based RAM drives for VDI.

“Many VDI deployments have been put on the shelf or stalled because of the high cost of storage which can eat up to 80 percent of the total VDI budget,” said Deni Connor, principal analyst, Storage Strategies NOW. “Storage optimization solutions like Atlantis break that choke hold by enabling the deployment of VDI with much less storage, or by eliminating disk-based storage all together.”

Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI software works with all virtual desktop solutions to eliminate the use of storage for non-persistent virtual desktop deployments, while boosting performance to new levels. With existing VDI solutions, virtual desktop images are stored on either shared SAN/NAS storage or local SAS/SSD disks, which are costly, have limited IOPS for VDI workloads and can have short lifespans/warranties. Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI is software that performs NTFS traffic processing and inline deduplication of images to run all desktops from local server memory. There are no more disks to fail and no rack space, power and cooling required for storage. Diskless VDI results in response times that are faster than even the most expensive local SSD drives (MLC or SLC) and reduces the cost of a virtual desktop below that of a physical PC.

“This is the first time that anyone can deploy VDI with no storage for virtual desktop images,” said Bernard Harguindeguy, President and CEO, Atlantis Computing. “In addition, when users experience a virtual desktop powered by Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI, they are immediately won over by super-fast boot times and applications that launch near-instantly.”

Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI Benefits Include:

• Unmatched Performance – Dramatically improves all aspects of desktop performance including boot, login, application launches, patching and anti-virus scanning.
• Lower Cost – Using Atlantis ILIO and Cisco UCS Extended Memory, customers will drive down the cost per desktop from both a CAPEX and OPEX perspective:
o CAPEX – The upfront cost per desktop can be decreased to under $200 per desktop including the server hardware, Atlantis ILIO license and storage.
o OPEX – Diskless VDI architectures mean that IT organizations can lower operating expenses by eliminating rack space for SAN/NAS storage, lower power consumption and cooling costs, and eliminate the operational expenses of maintaining disk-based storage including replacing failed disks.
• Increased Lifespan– Memory does not suffer from the lifespan issues SSDs have when dealing with write-intensive VDI workloads. Diskless VDI architectures have lower operational costs as disk failure and replacement have been completely eliminated.

For more information on Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI, visit www.atlantiscomputing.com/disklessvdi

For technical information about Cisco UCS and Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI, read the Whitepaper “Diskless VDI with Cisco UCS & Atlantis ILIO: Eliminating Storage from VDI Architectures” at bit.ly/ciscoatlantisdisklessvdi

Availability
Atlantis ILIO Diskless VDI is generally available now through Atlantis Computing and its solution partners. To find an Atlantis Computing solution partner in your area, contact sales@atlantiscomputing.com or visit: www.atlantiscomputing.com/partners/solutions/

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About Atlantis Computing
Atlantis Computing is transforming enterprise desktop computing by solving the challenges of virtual desktop deployments: storage costs, performance and the impact of security on server density. The Atlantis ILIO software complements Citrix, VMware, and Quest VDI solutions to cut VDI costs and deliver a desktop that is faster than a PC. With Atlantis ILIO, IT organizations can deploy 4-7 times more desktops on the same storage footprint, making VDI more affordable by both cutting the amount of storage needed per desktop and enabling the use of less expensive storage options. Atlantis Computing is privately held and funded by El Dorado Ventures, Partech International and Cisco Systems with headquarters in Mountain View, California, and offices in London, England.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

@Gridstore Names Storage-Industry Veteran, @GeoffBarrall as Executive Chairman of the Board http://bit.ly/zRdLpU

Gridstore Names Former Drobo CEO and BlueArc Founder Geoff Barrall as Executive Chairman of the Board

Industry Visionary Brings Key Insight, Innovation and Leadership as Gridstore Sets the Standard for a New Generation of Scale-Out NAS

Mountain View, Calif. – January 11, 2012 – Gridstore™, the leader in grid-based, scale-out NAS, today announced that Geoff Barrall has been named the company’s executive chairman of its board of directors. The storage-industry veteran and visionary brings decades of insight and leadership in creating disruptive storage solutions and building highly successful new markets opportunities for the SME to the enterprise. Barrall will play an integral role as Gridstore continues to set the standard for a new generation of scale-out NAS.

The appointment of Barrall is a strong validation of Gridstore’s innovation and ability to execute and deliver the industry’s next generation of scale-out NAS. Gridstore uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform designed from day one to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management and increases performance, scalability and reliability verses traditional clustered scale-out NAS at a fraction of the total cost. Gridstore provides plug and play capacity and I/O scaling so customers can start small and incrementally grow to any size they require. This eliminates the need to overprovision costly storage resources and removes the complexity and waste associated with clustered NAS solutions.

“I've been looking at scale-out storage solutions for many years and every product has been fraught with low performance and high cost caused by the clustering model that has been universally used,” said Geoff Barrall. “When I was introduced to Gridstore my first thought was, ‘Here is a company that finally has it right’. It's simple, elegant design allows for a much higher level of performance and scale than cluster-based solutions, while requiring a fraction of their cost to maintain. I'm excited to join Gridstore's team as the company actually delivers the promised benefits of scale-out storage to the market.”

Formerly the chief technology officer and vice president of engineering for Overland Storage, Barrall brings years of experience and contacts in the areas of product strategy, marketing strategy and technology consulting to his new executive chairman role at Gridstore. During his time at Overland the company grew its market share and continued to lead the market with technology innovations for more scalable and reliable storage solutions.

Prior to his position with Overland Storage, Barrall was the founder and CEO at Drobo (formerly Data Robotics), an innovate storage platform designed for the SOHO market where he rapidly grew sales from zero to a $40 million annual run rate within just ten quarters of initial product launch. Prior to Data Robotics, he was founder and CTO of BlueArc, an enterprise storage company acquired by Hitachi Data Systems.

“Gridstore is at a pivotal growth point and we are delighted to have Geoff on board as executive chairman,” said Kelly Murphy, CEO, Gridstore. “He brings an amazing track record in growing highly successful storage businesses with solutions that have made a huge impact on the industry. While Gridstore brings the next generation of scale-out storage to the market that eliminates the cost, complexity and waste of cluster based solutions - adding Geoff’s experience, leadership and vision will accelerate the impact our products will have in changing the storage market.”

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About Gridstore
Gridstore is the leader in grid-based, scale-out Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. The Gridstore Scale-out NAS solution uniquely combines virtualization with a grid processing platform to deliver a single pool of storage that simplifies management while increasing performance, scaling and reliability. The Gridstore system is designed for organizations who struggle with the risk, cost and complexity of storage sprawl and who need enterprise class storage without the cost and complexity. Founded in 2007, Gridstore is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. and has development facilities in Dublin, Ireland. For more information, please visit: http://ping.fm/q8XUU

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