Hitachi Data Systems and Network Appliance have announced the signing of an agreement to market and sell enterprise NAS solutions.
Under terms of the agreement, Hitachi Data Systems will offer NetApp enterprise NAS gateway solutions for Hitachi Freedom Storage environments, managed by HiCommand Management Framework tools.
"Together," comments Sam Benaroche, VP Sales - EMEA, Hitachi Data Systems, "Network Appliance and Hitachi Data Systems are focused on making it easier for enterprise customers to deploy a storage pool that can be shared across SAN and NAS applications, providing better storage asset management and investment protection".
The agreement is a result of both companies' commitment to an open and collaborative business model, emphasising delivery of high-performance, reliable, interoperable storage solutions based on industry standards.
The enterprise NAS gateway is expected to ship in the first calendar quarter of 2003.
Dave Roberson, Hitachi Data Systems president and COO, notes: "A key principle of our TrueNorth strategy is the simplification of storage management. Working closely with Network Appliance to develop an enterprise NAS gateway offering, we can empower customers to unify their storage pools and leverage their enterprise-class SAN infrastructures to deliver all application and data types. This will reduce the complexity of customers' IT infrastructures and lower management costs."
Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Network Appliance, adds: "The real winners are our customers, who are looking to leverage their investments, reduce the complexity of their IT infrastructures, increase data availability, and simplify storage management."
Conference call
A replay of the US conference call between Dan Warmenhoven and Dave Roberson will be available by dialling (706) 645 9291, replay code 6989544.
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