The VMware certification allows both Data Robotics and VMware to provide mutual customers with the following benefits: -- Combine scalable, self-managing storage solutions from Data Robotics with products from the world's leading virtualization company -- Deploy a proven solution that has been extensively tested and will be jointly supported -- Further reduce capital and operational expenses associated with hardware acquisition and management Technology Alliance Partner Benefits As a TAP program member, Data Robotics will be able to take advantage of a number of benefits to better serve joint customers including:
-- A software suite that aids in integration when deploying Data
Robotics' products in a virtual environment
-- Access to educational, training, and technical support services to
build new skill sets within Data Robotics to create a knowledge base aimed
at improving customer service
Steve Duplessie, founder and senior analyst at The Enterprise Strategy
Group, Inc., said, "Getting VMware certification for the DroboPro is a huge win
for Data Robotics. VMware is the clear leader in virtualization, and a
majority of their customers are SMBs with limited budgets. Every single
one of them could benefit from the simplicity and scalability of the DroboPro when addressing
storage growth in their VMware environments."
DroboPro -- Storage that Manages Itself
In April of this year, Data Robotics introduced the DroboPro -- the first
business class storage array that
manages itself. DroboPro delivers a
radically simplified storage experience enhanced by advanced
self-monitoring and self-healing functionality that enables small and
medium businesses to maintain uptime in the face of constant data growth.
Built on the company's award-winning BeyondRAID™
virtualized storage platform, DroboPro provides
enterprise-level business continuity features -- including protection
against multiple concurrent drive failures and no-downtime capacity
expansion with thin provisioning -- while eliminating the lock-in of
traditional RAID
configurations. In addition, its timesaving Smart Volume management
technology allows volumes to pull storage from the common pool of disks
rather than a specific physical disk allocation. The labor of resizing and
migrating volumes is replaced with the simplicity of intelligent
engineering.
About Data Robotics
Data Robotics, the company that is changing the way the world stores
digital content, develops automated storage products designed to ensure
data is always protected, accessible and simple to manage. The
award-winning Drobo® storage arrays are the first to provide the
protection of traditional RAID without the
complexity. The revolutionary BeyondRAID
technology frees users from making the difficult and confining choice of
"Which RAID
level to deploy?" by providing an unprecedented combination of advanced
features and automation, including single and dual disk redundancy, instant
expansion, self-monitoring, data awareness, self-healing, and an
easy-to-understand visual status and alert panel. For more information,
visit Data Robotics at www.datarobotics.com.
Data Robotics, DroboPro, and BeyondRAID are trademarks of Data Robotics,
Inc., that may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other trademarks
used are owned by their respective owners.
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