STORServer and Compellent Join Forces to Offer End-to-End Storage Backup and Management Solution with SAN StorageAugust 28, 2007
City of Arvada, Colo. Significantly Simplifies and Lowers Total Costs of Storage Management
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - August 28, 2007 — STORServer®, manufacturer of the all-in-one suite of Data Protection Appliances announces today that the company has expanded its product offering to include Compellent’s storage area network (SAN). The Compellent SAN will further STORServer’s vision of enabling organizations to simplify the management of complex IT operations in the areas of system, storage, and data protection to give their customers peace of mind.
"Our customers and business partners are excited about the new offering as they wanted STORServer to leverage our expertise to help design a fully integrated solution for primary storage, data protection and business continuity," said Ellen Rome, STORServer vice president of sales and marketing. "Partnering with Compellent gives us the ability to work with a customer to evaluate their needs and provide a total storage solution including a full spectrum of data protection and archiving options."
The Compellent Storage Center builds on its Dynamic Block Architecture to deliver a scalable, open-systems platform that is designed to allow businesses to mix and match disk drives, controllers and enclosures. Compellent will allow STORServer customers to improve utilization and lower overall costs with automated tiered storage, boot from SAN, thin provisioning and remote replication over Internet protocol (IP).
"Together, Compellent and STORServer are further driving down costs and easing the adminstrative burden for data center managers," said Bruce Kornfeld, vice president of marketing for Compellent. "By providing file level backup, offsite disaster recovery and continuous data protection, STORServer provides another layer of business continuity benefits to complement our industry-leading SAN capabilities."
STORServer focuses on the mid-size enterprise and offers a family of fully featured, pre-configured, totally integrated appliances that are easy to install and manage with only one number to call for support. STORServer is now extending its industry-leading support service and strong reseller channel network to users of Compellent’s modular, scalable SAN storage.
"The combination of STORServer and Compellent is outstanding," said Ron Czarnecki, network systems manager for the City of Arvada. "These two components are key for helping us easily manage the electronic storage of the many diverse computer systems we have. We are able to easily leverage the powerful capabilities of both the backup appliance and the SAN to meet our current and future storage and backup needs."
Through an extensive search to find the best SAN solution for their target base, STORServer was able to easily conclude that Compellent was the best fit as the company has achieved widespread industry recognition for innovative technology, satisfied customers and world-class support. Compellent’s combination of sophistication, cost savings and simplicity is completely redefining the impact storage can have for every enterprise.
Compellent's integrated all-in-one suite of applications and centralized interface provide customers with simplified management without requiring external server hosts or complex tools. Together, Compellent and STORServer will offer an end-to-end storage backup and management solution sold exclusively through STORServer's network of channel partners.
For more information on STORServer or to locate a reseller in your area, visit http://www.storserver.com. For additional Compellent product information, visit http://www.compellent.com.
About STORServer®
A privately held corporation located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the Netherlands, STORServer®, Inc. is an employee-owned manufacturer of the award-winning line of STORServer® Business Continuity Appliances. Recently awarded the Editor’s Choice Award by WindowsIT Pro Magazine, the Business Continuity Appliances are LAN friendly, enterprise-wide products, which reduce install and management time to just minutes. Formed in 1995 from SSSI, STORServer is recognized as having the leading TSM consultants in the industry. STORServer® sells through a nationwide distribution of partners, who have established themselves as the leaders in product and solution delivery. For press inquiries contact Liza Dittoe of Dittoe PR at 317-202-2280 or liza@dittoepr.com. For more information on STORServer® and its products, visit http://www.storserver.com.
About Compellent
Compellent delivers affordable, modular storage solutions exclusively through business partners that provide companies of all sizes enterprise storage capabilities without big system costs or complexities. For more information, visit http://www.compellent.com.