DataCore Softwares Storage Hypervisor Boosts Manufacturing Efficiency at WINIOWSKI Company

Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) November 22, 2011

DataCore Software, the industrys premier provider of storage virtualization software, announced today that WINIOWSKI Company has deployed a high availability and high performance, virtualized storage infrastructure with DataCore SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor software to ensure uninterrupted access to manufacturing data.

Thanks to DataCores SANsymphony-V software our production is more efficient, states Tomasz Kosecki, manager of IT Department at WINIOWSKI Company. The malfunction of a disk array no longer disrupts operations or causes a stoppage of the whole company. Now we have additional time to react in critical situations, which positively influences our stress levels and greatly improves our comfort with our systems. Best of all, we can prevent many problems from impacting our users and customers.

WINIOWSKI Company is a modern manufacturing enterprise that must react rapidly to constantly changing customer needs. To assure agility in a competitive market, the company has implemented a fully-computerized, large-scale, manufacturing process for its products, which include high-quality garage and industrial doors, fence systems and aluminum joinery. Now SANsymphony-Vs synchronous data mirroring across sites ensures high availability and delivers higher performance for WINIOWSKI Company.

Six administrators in WINIOWSKI Companys IT Department oversee the entire network infrastructure, the data center and over 330 workstations. Efficient IT operations are critical, since all manufacturing processes are digital and the flow of data from the central database drives all operations. Not only are these administrators responsible for day-to-day operations, but they must be able to respond quickly to any failure of the companys computers, storage, servers and network infrastructure.

We have to ensure the highest level of safeguards and uninterrupted availability of the data for our core production systems, which are stored within disk arrays located in the main data center, says Kosecki. We cannot afford downtime or data disruptions that impact daily production; relying on a backup copy made the previous night is not a practical option.

High Availability and High Performance with DataCore

The company enlisted the help of Quad Pro, a solution provider in Krakow, to investigate storage virtualization solutions to improve data reliability and availability. We wanted to avoid downtime in case of failure of a single disk array as well as significantly improve our ability to deal with natural disasters like fire, flooding or building collapse, says Kosecki.

Over a month-long test period, using actual production data in a set of servers provided by Quad Pro, it became apparent that despite the IT teams concerns about the performance and efficiency of a software solution, the DataCore storage hypervisor was a smarter choice than any hardware solution.

We knew that virtualization does not always offer the required performance, explains Kosecki. So we requested a number of proof-of-concept tests, which clearly demonstrated the advantages of DataCores solution in many areas all at once. The introduction of the DataCore virtual layer not only improved performance, availability and management efficiency, it was also more cost-effective than competing hardware-based solutions.

An Easy Transition to a More Effective Storage Infrastructure

DataCores SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor was installed on two physical servers running the Windows 2008 Server R2 operating system. All data is located and stored on EMC CX3 and CX4 disk arrays connected via Fibre Channel. According to Mr. Kosecki, installation was easy and trouble-free.

To both ensure high data availability and minimize the risks of a natural disaster, it was decided to physically relocate one node (a server running SANsymphony-V and one disk array) to the remote secondary data center.

We were able to transfer the node to the secondary data center and implement disaster recovery without having to disable the entire infrastructure, notes Kosecki. We had conducted many deployment test runs on the system and we decided to maintain the whole environment live. The switchover was very satisfactory and completely non-disruptive. We simply powered down one of the SAN switches and disconnected the disk array. The other node took over seamlessly. The data remained available, production continued, and our users did not notice that we had just implemented a new disaster recovery site.

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About WINIOWSKI

The WINIOWSKI Company is the largest manufacturer of garage doors and fences in Poland. More information is available at: http://www.wisniowski.pl

About DataCore Software

DataCore Software is the industrys premier provider of storage virtualization software. DataCores SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor software solves the big problem stalling virtualization initiatives by eliminating the storage-related barriers that make virtualization too difficult and too expensive. For additional information, visit the DataCore website at http://www.datacore.com or call (877) 780-5111.

DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANsymphony are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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GoRACK Boosts Network Performance with Noction Intelligent Routing Platform

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

Recently opened in Jacksonville, Florida, new GoRACKs Data Center is one of the most reliable and secure data centers in the US. From a single server to a custom enterprise cage, GoRACK offers colocation solutions for any organization. GoRACK has armed officers, first class disaster ready infrastructure, reliable environmental controls, redundant power sources, round-the-clock technical support that is a cut above the rest.

GoRACK has made Noction IRP an integral part of its entire network infrastructure, contributing to its colocation, networking, managed servers, storage and disaster recovery services.

Noction IRP is a complete network monitoring and troubleshooting solution, which makes it easy to quickly detect, diagnose, and automatically resolve performance issues. It delivers real-time views and dashboards that allows to visually track network performance, and generate triggers, alerts and notifications when specific problems occurs. Noction IRP is ensuring that the network is performing on its premises.

Running Noction IRP is like having a team of network engineers that are always on. We use the system to track network performance, monitor and proactively adjust network paths to deliver superior network connectivity said GoRACK CEO Mark Marques.

Noction Intelligent Routing Platform will help GoRACK to improve the network performance by 30-40% and to reduce latency by approximately 30%. It will also improve network stability and reduce downtime, increase operational efficiency by automating network troubleshooting and problem resolution, providing better network management and planning.

About GoRack

Established in 2009, GoRack is providing colocation services to companies of various types and sizes. GoRACK offers such services as: colocation, disaster recovery, dedicated servers, cage space. Main companys goal is to provide the most reliable and efficient colocation services. For more information please visit http://www.gorack.net or call 1-888-8 GORACK

About Noction

Noction is a privately funded technology company with offices in North America and Europe. Founded in 2010, Noction is a fast-growing company providing BGP network performance automation, enabling enterprises to take full advantage of the maximum network performance for business-critical applications such as e-commerce, VoIP, and media streaming across IP networks. For more information please visit http://www.noction.com or call +1 650-618-9823.

GoRACK Boosts Network Performance with Noction Intelligent Routing Platform

New Faster, More Reliable Storage For Backup & Data Recovery: Servosity Boosts Its Backup Solutions With Aberdeens AberSAN ZXP

Santa Fe Srpings, CA (PRWEB) December 24, 2011

We had some very tough challenges, says Damien Stevens, founder and CEO of Servosity (http://www.servosity.com). We needed 24/7/365 operations with no maintenance windows or unplanned downtime [and] unlimited growth capabilities, and we needed the speed of SAS drives and the sophistication of an Enterprise SANand we needed all that for far less the cost of an enterprise SAN or even SAS drives. We needed SAS performance and reliability on a SATA budget.

Choosing The Right Solution

Servosity knew it wanted to take advantage of Nexentas NexentaStor NAS/SAN software platform, but it also knew it would need the right hardware to run it. Thats why Servosity opted for two of Aberdeens AberSAN ZXP High Availability ZFS SAN units and one 45-bay JBOD in order to handle the NexentaStor XZFS file system with 144TB of licensing. Servosity chose Aberdeens AberSAN solution for its versatility as well as its ability to work well with the

NexentaStor platform.

The ZFS file system is stable, scalable, and fast, Stevens says. On top of that, Nexentas NexentaStor commercial offering adds additional features as well as enterprise support, and Aberdeen is one of the few vendors that can custom-build a hardware solution designed specifically for NexentaStor. Its the perfect marriage of hardware and software.

Aberdeens AberSAN ZXP product is designed to be highly scalable and has a variety of other customizable options. For instance, the base solution is a 2U head unit, but there are options for 3U and 4U JBOD expansions, as well. There are also multiple power supply, OS, and storage options so companies can build the right model for their needs. Its this customization that allowed Servosity to deploy these products and know they would perform as expected.

Implementation & Results

Stevens admits that Servosity had some unique needs from the start and that it would be difficult to match them, so he knew there would be challenges along the way. With some of these technologies, weve been a very early adopter, Stevens says. Because of this, Servosity went through an extensive testing phase to find the right balance of hardware and software to get the performance it needed. He says Servosity wouldnt have been able to create the perfect solution to its problem without the constant support of Aberdeen, which included the company sending evaluation units to Servosity and providing advice and expertise that aided the company in building the perfect solution for its needs.

With a sophisticated system spanning multiple data centers and huge amounts of storage, theres much more to it than buying a product, Stevens says. The difference for us has been Aberdeen and Nexenta working together with our engineers to custom-build and then custom-tune a system that meets our needs and has exceeded our expectations.

Once the entire system was installed, Servosity started seeing the benefits. Stevens says that traditional systems such as the one the company installed are often at risk for silent data corruption, which happens naturally over time with a constant flow of data. To prevent this, ZFS systems self-heal when a disk presents corrupt data, which protects against hardware failure and prevents the hardware from corrupting the data, according to Stevens. In addition to preventing data corruption, Servosity is pleased that the system can use solid-state drives to cache for SATA and SAS drives to make the system faster for a lower cost.

Using Aberdeens Products Now & In The Future

Overall, Servosity is extremely happy with its decision to invest in Aberdeens AberSAN solution and plans on using Aberdeens products in the future. In fact, Stevens says that Servositys projections show a need for 400% of our current infrastructure in the next 12 months. To help meet the demand, Servosity will continue to use Aberdeen for its highly customizable and scalable Nexenta products in order to help the company continue to grow.

The AberSAN is a highly customizable and versatile storage solution that incorporates Intel

New Faster, More Reliable Storage For Backup & Data Recovery: Servosity Boosts Its Backup Solutions With Aberdeens AberSAN ZXP

GXS Boosts Retailers Drop Ship Initiatives with B2B Social Community Management Platform

(PRWEB) September 10, 2012

GXS, a leading provider of B2B integration services, today announced that its RollStream solution enables retailers drop ship solutions. GXS RollStream assesses vendor capabilities and delivers supplier lifecycle management tools for drop ship and Omnichannel retailing. As a collaborative business social supply chain offering, GXS RollStream enables retailers to quickly establish guidelines and set expectations to ensure consumer satisfaction.

The rise in online shopping has made it necessary for leading retailers to offer consumers a broader range of merchandise to compete in todays market. To keep up with demand, retailers are growing their drop ship programs with vendors and suppliers to offer increased choice and availability. Fully understanding suppliers capabilities in relation to packaging, branding and shipping help create successful programs from the outset.

Retailers interested in expanding their drop ship programs can use GXS RollStream for surveying and identifying supplier capabilities and interest in direct-to-consumer initiatives. RollStream rapidly evaluates their ability to pick and pack individual units from warehouse locations, ship to home addresses via parcel carriers and exchange the associated purchase order, inventory and ASN EDI documents. Retailers can also use RollStreams productivity tools to rapidly onboard the chosen suppliers into the drop ship programs, by delivering outbound communications, monitoring response levels and walking each vendor step-by-step through a task-based workflow for enabling drop ship. Once onboarded, RollStream administers enhancements to drop ship programs such as expedited shipping, custom packaging and gift wrapping.

With the huge growth in couch commerce and tablet shopping, there has never been more pressure on retailers and e-tailers to expand the choice and availability of items for sale, said Nick Parnaby, vice president extended enterprise solutions at GXS. To make these items available for sale and engage broader communities of suppliers that offer them, retailers need to empower their merchandising and B2B teams with next generation productivity and process management tools. Thats where GXS RollStream comes in. It is specifically designed for assessing, engaging and enabling new vendors activities retailers must excel at to protect and expand revenue streams.

RollStream supports human centric B2B activities, allowing cross-functional personnel from both sides of a trading relationship to interact with one another. From assessing capabilities and automation of trading partner agreement creation, to full lifecycle engagement and relationship governance, RollStream offers a single supplier information repository and interaction playbook. This provides retailers with a holistic view of their relationship with each of their suppliers. The product allows merchants to take a methodical approach to their drop ship program by establishing clear guidelines and thresholds up front. RollStream also includes mechanisms for monitoring the performance of the defined program as well as the participating partners themselves.

With RollStream, GXS supports the entire procure-to-pay lifecycle for retailers and order-to-cash for suppliers. Drop ship is a vital aspect of a successful Omnichannel retail strategy. Focused on improving shipping and receiving through adoption of the Advance Ship Notice (ASN) and serialized carton labeling, companies can easily adapt their B2B programs to serve evolving channels such as internet and mobile commerce. Using a cloud-style approach, GXS enhances the flexibility and agility of integration capabilities for buyers and suppliers. Its comprehensive B2B portfolio is used by more than 90% of the Fortune 500 general merchandisers and more than 200 large retail organizations across the globe to enhance procure-to-pay and logistics supply chain visibility, improve data quality and enable complex trading communities.

About GXS:

GXS is a leading B2B integration services provider and operates the worlds largest integration cloud, GXS Trading Grid

GXS Boosts Retailers Drop Ship Initiatives with B2B Social Community Management Platform

Databarracks boosts its Board with two IT industry heavyweights

(PRWEB UK) 22 May 2012

Cloud hosting and IT Disaster Recovery provider, Databarracks has appointed two leading IT industry figures as Non-Executive Directors.

Top IT specialists, Andrew Brenson and Andrew Green, have both joined the Board at Databarracks.

Andrew Brenson is a well-known authority in the NGO and international charity IT sector and was until recently Head of IT at Save the Children. His previous experience also includes roles at Channel 4 and a lengthy service as treasurer to the Charities Consortium IT Directors Group.

Andrew Green is Managing Director (Asia-Pacific) of PTS Consulting and a globally-recognised expert in data centres and IT relocations. Prior to joining PTS, Andrew was employed by Swiss Re as CEO of the property management company for Londons famous Gherkin building.

Andrew Greens relationship with Databarracks founders, Peter Groucutt and Oliver Mather, is longstanding: I’ve known Peter and Oliver for about 15 years and have spent many an evening discussing strategy and technical solutions for Databarracks, says Green. When they approached me to join as a Non-Executive Director, it seemed a natural progression and means I can now help the company in an official capacity.

Andrew Brenson initially came into contact with Databarracks after selecting its backup service for Save the Children UK. Ive dealt with a lot of suppliers in the 15 years Ive been managing IT and the quality of service varies dramatically, says Brenson. Databarracks stood out from the start as honest, professional and highly responsive.

Importantly, their people were always highly competent in my experience and I got the same feedback from my staff, continues Brenson. Hence an invitation to become more closely involved with Databarracks – and help them develop their business further – was one which was easy to accept.

We are extremely grateful and happy that Andrew Green and Andrew Brenson have agreed to join the Board at Databarracks, says Peter Groucutt, Managing Director at Databarracks. Their guidance will help the Executive Directors and Senior Management team shape the future of the company in what is a very exciting time, especially in light of our recent take-over of backup provider SecuriData.

Andrew Green is responsible for PTS Consultings global Data Centre and Cloud Strategy and so can provide invaluable insight into the way in which companies are changing the way they use technology, continues Groucutt.

Having worked at senior and CIO level for Save the Children and Channel 4, Andrew Brenson provides an in-depth view of what technology leaders are looking for when it comes to implementing IT in large global organisations.

Together, they bring a huge wealth of relevant experience to ensure that, as Databarracks grows, we continue to provide unparalleled levels of service and the best innovative solutions to our customers, says Groucutt.

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CloudShare Boosts SMB Cloud By Backing Up Cloud Data On Premise

Orlando (PRWEB) July 20, 2012

CloudShare is powered by the trusted ExchangeDefender platform; known for its robust features, military grade encryption, and security protocols. The platform is the source of and provides protection for all of its email security, chat and web products. CloudShare provides an exciting, new, local file sync feature, which allows clients to leverage the cloud service to synchronize documents across multiple PCs, while only accessing the cloud to sync information changes. This allows users to access their files and make modifications quickly, without waiting for files to download. By removing the need to manage files in the cloud with a limited functionality editor, CloudShare is able to eliminate the problem which has plagued competing solutions. Data integrity, backup, and redundancy is also completely handled; by replicating data across multiple, secure data centers, CloudShare provides a robust solution and adds an additional layer of security, with access to logs and security controls.

While most established small business customers love the features and flexibility the cloud provides, they do not trust cloud providers to take care of all of their vital business information. While the web office applications have gotten better through the years they are still far from comparable substitutes for the full Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint products everyone is accustomed to, says Vlad Mazek, CEO of ExchangeDefender.

We have found a way to reconcile the small business demand for cloud flexibility and agility with CloudShare. The SMB preference for full-functionality office products gave us a guideline to adapt the platform to work the way users works today. With higher demand for mobility, most of the work is done over the cloud, so it stands to reason that those files should be stored in the cloud, where economics of scale can make the kind of redundancy, security audits, backups and access flexibility possible. Furthermore, with our CloudShare software, the behavior of the desktop does not change files are still available locally and can be accessed as fast as any other file on the desktop. Sync, reporting and backups are done on the backend without client interaction and without purchasing expensive backup and encryption products.

CloudShare is available immediately through ExchangeDefenders global partner network, providing branding and support in more complex environments. For businesses that require a local storage device, CloudShare will have an available appliance option that will store all cloud files, documents, emails and other content uploaded to the cloud, on a local network device. This option is slated for a Q4 release. With the transition of work taking place with and through the cloud, expensive servers and BDRs (Backup and Disaster Recovery) solutions no longer make financial sense. We have built CloudShare to enable our partners with the ability to deliver a solution that shifts the server component to the cloud, while keeping the documents local and accessible, giving small business users access to their information in a manner in which they are used to.

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