Winchester Systems and FlashServer HA-4100 Achieves VMware Ready(TM) Status

BILLERICA, MA--(Marketwire - Sep 5, 2012) - Winchester Systems, a leading provider of data storage and server products, today announced that its FlashServer HA-4100 has achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process FlashServer HA-4100 has achieved VMware's highest level of endorsement, and can be found on the VMware Solution Exchange (VSX) at https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/flashserver-ha-4100.

"It is even more critical than ever that applications continue to run without data loss during hardware failures. FlashServer High Availability Servers run multiple virtual machines on a highly available physical machine that protects applications and data with redundant, auto-failover hot-swappable servers," said Mr. Jerry Namery, the company's chief technical officer. 

"We are pleased that Winchester Systems and FlashServer HA-4100 qualifies for the VMware Ready™ logo, signifying to customers that it has met specific VMware integration and interoperability standards and it works effectively with VMware cloud infrastructure, which will speed time to value within customer environments." said Sheryl Sage, director, Alliance Programs, VMware.

The VMware Ready program is a co-branding benefit of the Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program that makes it easy for customers to identify partner products certified to work with VMware cloud infrastructure. Customers can use these products and solutions to lower project risks and realize cost savings over custom built solutions. With thousands of members worldwide, the VMware TAP program includes best-of-breed technology partners with the shared commitment to bring the best expertise and business solution for each unique customer need.

Winchester Systems and FlashServer HA-4100 can be found within the online VMware Solution Exchange (VSX) at https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/flashserver-ha-4100.

About Winchester Systems Inc.

Winchester Systems provides "Purpose-Built" data storage solutions for commercial and military applications that include servers, networking, storage and software combined with professional integration services. Storage offerings include FlashDisk RAID Disk Arrays in Direct Attached Storage (DAS), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations. These tiered storage solutions offer a wide variety of SAS and SSD disks for Fibre Channel, SAS and iSCSI environments. FlashServer Intel-based servers include standard and high availability configurations. For more information visit: www.winsys.com.

Winchester Systems and FlashDisk are registered trademarks and FlashServer is a trademark of Winchester Systems Inc.

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