Press Release
Evesham Technology to Resell NetApp® StoreVault™ All-in-One Network Storage Solution to Growing U.K. Education Market
Evesham, 9th January 2007
Evesham Technology today announced a reseller relationship to deliver StoreVault S500 storage solutions to the fast-growing education market in the United Kingdom. First introduced in the United States in June 2006, StoreVault, a NetApp company (NASDAQ: NTAP), created a scalable global business system to address customers' needs around the world. Evesham will showcase the StoreVault S500 at Bett 2007 (Stand J9).
Tailored Solution to Meet Unique Education Needs in the U.K. The StoreVault S500 is the industry's first scalable all-in-one network storage appliance that supports NAS, iSCSI SAN, and Fibre Channel (FC) SAN, providing education customers unparalleled flexibility compared to direct-attached storage. Aimed at the IT generalist, who typically need a half terabyte to three terabytes of data storage, the StoreVault S500 delivers the scalability needed as their storage grows, simplicity of storage management and backup processes, and security for reliable data protection, all at a price point that fits small budgets.
The StoreVault S500 is distinguished from competitive offerings by its simplified management, scalability, and security, meeting the storage needs of schools, colleges or universities. StoreVault delivers the best of enterprise-proven storage technology from NetApp through an easy-to-use and flexible network storage solution allowing access to the following best-in-class storage technologies from StoreVault:
Simplified Management o 14-year data-center-proven operating system Data ONTAP® o StoreVault Manager, a simple, intuitive Windows®-based application for easy storage management o NAS, iSCSI SAN, and FC SAN capabilities available in one StoreVault system
Scalability o Easy-to-grow system is scalable to 6TB without disruption to operations o Compatible with either 250GB or 500GB SATA HDD drives o Drives can be added or removed non disruptively, to allocate and reallocate storage on the fly
Security with StoreVault Advanced Protection Architecture o Advanced system protection technologies deliver a highly reliable storage platform, including RAID-DP™, to guard against dual drive failure, predictive failure analysis enabling preemptive rebuild of failed drives using global hot spares, nondisruptive firmware updates, and single-drive power cycling for easy drive management o Advanced data protection technologies enable rapid data recovery with patented NetApp Snapshot™ technology for efficient, frequent backup, enabling 255 Snapshot images compared to only 8 to 64 snapshots from competitive solutions, as well as SnapRestore® for near-instantaneous restore
In addition, the following new features provide improved simplicity, scalability, and data management and to further extend enterprise-class functionality to the masses:
o StoreVault Replication. Based on NetApp enterprise technology, StoreVault Replication is the first SMB storage software that can copy both file and block data between locations. StoreVault Replication is easily enabled with a software license key and designed to simply manage replication between multiple StoreVault S500s using the new StoreVault Manager 2.0 interface. Instead of third-party software loaded on various servers, StoreVault Replication provides comprehensive replication at an affordable price that is integrated in the StoreVault S500 to address all types of data on the system.
o Fibre Channel (FC) Support. StoreVault is teaming with QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QLGC) to provide the StoreVault FC Starter Kit, which includes a factory-installed host bus adapter (HBA), a 10-port 4Gbit Fibre Channel switch, and QLogic SANsurfer Express software. Additional FC HBAs are available for a simple, customized solution. The FC Starter Kit is ideal for first-time FC installations.
"We are pleased to enhance our education product portfolio in the U.K. with the addition of StoreVault," said Chris Wintle, Storage Product Manager at Evesham Technology. "The education market continues to experience solid growth and, as a market we know very well, we expect StoreVault to be well received. NetApp is a proven storage leader around the world with a reputation of great customer satisfaction, which is extremely important for our education customers."
re very enthusiastic about working with a leading U.K. reseller such as Evesham Technology," said Roger Lu, StoreVault senior business development manager. "Their extensive experience in the education sector fully complements the StoreVault S500 ability to easily deal with the growing needs of schools, colleges and universities to address their rapidly expanding storage requirements in a safe, secure and budget conscious manner."
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ABOUT EVESHAM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Evesham Technology is a leading UK based provider of IT Solutions and Consumer Electronics. Evesham develop and assemble its own range of PCs, notebooks, servers LCD TV's and Satellite Navigation devices. Evesham PCs have become one of the highest award winning ranges of personal computers in the UK. www.lowestonweb.com is a subsidiary of Evesham Technology Ltd, specialising in peripherals and other IT related equipment. Evesham also has a reseller, retail and channel division.
Evesham's strength lies in its very strong relationship with manufacturers and suppliers. Evesham has regularly been partnered with Intel, Microsoft and AMD to bring new products to market in the UK. Evesham has also worked directly with Intel for server product development and has strong storage products based on co-operation with suppliers. Evesham is a strong leader in the promotion of the Microsoft Home Media Center and Microsoft Vista OS.
