Veritas Software Corporation and QLogic Corporation have announced an alliance that will provide customers with integrated storage area network (SAN) solutions for complete SAN management. Under the agreement, the two companies will bundle and resell VERITAS SANPoint Control with QLogic`s host bus adapters and switches. The software, to be branded "VERITAS SANPoint Control for QLogic," is designed for open heterogeneous SANs and includes the ability to centrally discover, visualise and zone other vendors` SAN components, as well as QLogic switches and servers using QLogic host bus adapters. Together, the products from VERITAS Software and QLogic answer the call from Global 2000 IT for end-to-end SAN infrastructure solutions consisting of end nodes, switched fabrics and software to manage them. The agreement also outlines plans for collaboration on delivery of the next level of integration between VERITAS SANPoint Control and QLogic SAN hardware. VERITAS SANPoint Control for QL ogic is scheduled to be included with QLogic switches and host bus adapters in October 2000.
"VERITAS SANPoint Control continues to be recognised as the software standard for providing heterogeneous SAN management capabilities to companies that are in need of such a solution to answer their customers` demands," says Nick van Noordwyk, regional director, Middle East and Africa at VERITAS Software. "We`re pleased that QLogic selected our product as the SAN management platform, as this, and other deals like it, allows us to broaden our market reach, positively impacting our customers by providing them with complete SAN solutions."
"Integrators and Global IT professionals want to overcome the complexity of designing, installing and operating SANs cobbled together with components from multiple vendors," says Frank Berry, QLogic vice president, product marketing. "By working closely together, QLogic and VERITAS Software will replace SAN integration projects with solutions that are easy to sell, easy to buy and easy to manage."
This announcement is the first of its kind between VERITAS Software and QLogic and creates the opportunity for the two Companies to continue to work closely on solutions benefiting SAN integrators and enterprise SAN customers.
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VERITAS SANPoint Control
VERITAS SANPoint Control is a SAN management product that provides centralised monitoring and control of all SAN resources, including logical volumes, Fibre Channel adapters and switches, and peripheral devices.
Providing automatic discovery, resource visualisation and zoning administration of SAN-connected devices, VERITAS SANPoint Control allows storage administrators to use a single management product for the majority of day-to-day SAN operations, reducing the need to learn multiple device management applications. This new application is the first VERITAS Software product to integrate the VERITAS V3 SAN Access Layer(tm) technology, a new host-based service that provides SAN discovery services using both industry standard interfaces, such as SNMP and Fibre Channel services, and vendor-specific extensions.
VERITAS Software
VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS) provides essential data availability software solutions that enable customers to protect and access their business-critical data for Business Without Interruption(tm) . The Company`s corporate headquarters is located at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone: (650) 335-8000. Fax: (650) 335-8050. Email: vx-sales@veritas.com. WWW site: http://www.veritas.com/.
QLogic Corporation
QLogic Corporation is changing the way the world views Storage Area Networks (SANs), serving OEMs, VARs and system integrators with the broadest line of SAN infrastructure components in the industry. With over 15 years of enterprise storage experience, the company delivers a full range of Fibre Channel switches, PCI host bus adapters, controller silicon and management chips for systems and peripherals, as well as the QLogic Management Suite of SAN management software solutions. A member of the Nasdaq-100`O Index, QLogic recently emerged on the Forbes 500 and Business Week 200 lists. QLogic is integrated in over 200 OEM solutions, including: AMI, Compaq, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, INRANGE, Iwill, MTI Technology Corp., Quantum, Raidtec, Siemens, Sun and Unisys. For more information about QLogic and its products, contact QLogic Corp., 26600 Laguna Hills Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656; telephone: 800/662-4471 (sales); 949/389-6000 (corporate); fax: 949/389-6126; home page http://www.qlogic.com.