StorageTek, locally represented by CMS, a division of JSE-listed MGX, has become a member of the Celestra Consortium, an organisation promoting an open and integrated architecture for effective data movement and management of storage area network (SAN) environments.
The Celestra Consortium, founded by Legato Systems, provides a forum to facilitate open technology adoption and enhance integration efficiency.
Storagetek`s strategy is to deliver SAN applications that bring intelligence into the storage network. The next SAN solution will be serverless backup.
Explains Mike White, chief technology officer, MGX, "The Celestra Consortium will help ensure that solutions developed by industry players like Storagetek will work seamlessly together to make managing data easier throughout an entire enterprise."
"With data growth rates exceeding 100 percent per annum, IT managers are demanding the integrated solutions that consortium companies are developing to make serverless and LAN-free backup a reality today," concludes White.
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Celestra Consortium
The 60-plus members of the consortium have demonstrated a strong commitment to SANs and solution interoperability and are considered the leading vendors in this market. Members have a high degree of commitment and provide input and funding to support consortium integration efforts. The consortium was kicked off at an introductory meeting in Monterey, Calif., June 15 and 16, 1999.
StorageTek
StorageTek is the only global information storage provider to use "Open, Intelligent and Integrated" technologies to promote the efficient use of critical information and remove the information management constraints that inhibit business growth.
MGX
MGX is a specialist in the information sector and is the market leader in the supply of products and services for the capture, storage, retrieval and management of information.
It services allow customers to effectively manage the explosion of information, whether digital or paper-based, to turn this information into knowledge and to save time, money and resources.
MGX, which listed on the JSE in 1995, has achieved consistent growth in earnings of over 40% p.a., employs over 1 200 people nationally, and has a market capitalisation in excess of R1 billion.