Computer
Associates and StoreAge Networking Technologies have agreed to let
the former resell StoreAge's cross-platform virtualisation and
multi-tiered data protection solutions.
At the heart of
the reseller package is the BrightStor intelligent storage
management software and the two companies express confidence that
they can combine to simplify storage administration and enhance
data protection in heterogeneous Storage Area Networks (SANs).
“Organisations
need to optimise storage resources and data in SAN environments
while protecting critical production applications,” comments Chris
Broderick, senior vice president and general manager of CA's
storage management business unit. “By offering StoreAge's SAN
volume management and data protection technology with our
BrightStor software, CA will enable customers to manage large and
complex storage resources more effectively.”
“The highly
complementary CA and StoreAge solutions address the functional
requirements of IT organisations with multi-vendor storage
environments,” adds Laura DuBois, research director for Storage
Software at analysts IDC. “Streamlined management of these
environments is essential as the total volume of data grows across
the enterprise, while the human resources to manage increasing
volumes of data remain flat.”