Partners
Progress Systems partners are the industry leaders in mainframe
connectivity, storage and networking. These companies offer products
and services that combine decades of mainframe expertise with cutting-edge
technologies that enable today's mainframe customers to align their
information systems with their business strategies.
EMC Corporation is the world leader in information storage systems,
software, networks, and services and the only company 100% dedicated
to automated networked storage. EMC Automated Networked Storage
combines SAN, NAS, and CAS environments into an integrated networked
storage infrastructure. It unifies networked storage technologies,
storage platforms, software, and services to enable organizations
to better and more cost-effectively manage, protect and share information.
As a result, customers are able to reduce costs through consolidation
of storage and server resources, centralize and automate manual
storage management tasks, and improve overall business continuity
and flexibility.
Progress Systems is the leading EMC Business Partner for the Centera
Content Addressable Storage System, as well as for the other hardware
and software storage solutions from EMC. Progress Systems is also
a member of the EMC Centera Developers Program. Customers will soon
be able to use Progress Systems software, running on ESCON attached
controllers, to attach the Centera storage system as a S/390 mainframe
virtual tape library. By emulating multiple 3480/3490 tape drives,
the Centera will be able to replace tape drives, libraries and silos.
The Centera will provide the best of all three mainframe storage
media. It will provide response time like DASD, pricing like tape,
and data security like WORM capable optical jukeboxes.
(www.emc.com)
Bus-Tech's businesses consist of Intranet-to-Mainframe connectivity
solutions, high-speed data movement products and channel connectivity
solutions for OEMs, all of which provide a broad range of offerings
to complement the significant role Mainframes play in corporate
networks. Bus-Tech's leading-edge channel and data movement technology
solutions offer simple, efficient and cost-effective ways for customers
to accelerate Intranet deployment today while maintaining the flexibility
to adapt to the needs of tomorrow. These solutions enable users
to seamlessly access applications and data, which reside on the
Mainframe via standard browser-based clients, without sacrificing
performance, reliability, security or manageability.
(www.bustech.com)
Data storage and disaster recovery solutions offered by StorageTek
include an array of reliable and cost-effective tape drives, disk
storage, SAN solutions, virtual storage and backup software. StorageTek
delivers a broad range of storage solutions for all digitized data.
StorageTek solutions are easy to manage and allow universal access
to data across servers, media types and storage networks. Whether
your server environment is mainframes, Unix, Windows or all of the
above, StorageTek has disk, tape, software and related solutions
for all of your storage needs.
(www.storagetek.com)
When considering storage, companies must consider solutions that
provide cost-effective, scalable, flexible storage with high availability
and performance. IBM has been tackling critical storage issues for
large and small companies - in practically every industry - with
everything from strategy to implementation. And that commitment
continues today from IBM and Progress Systems. Together, we're here
to make your storage decision easier. IBM gained more overall market
share than any of the top ten disk storage suppliers in 2001, according
to a report released May 30, 2002 by Gartner Dataquest. Highlights
from the report entitled “RAID-based Disk Storage Market Share
Report, 2001" include
- IBM, buoyed by increased TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server
(code named "Shark") sales, gained 4.2 points of external
RAID controller-based storage market share in 2001.
- IBM led the top five storage vendors in 2001 with a 21.2% external
RAID controller-based storage revenue increase.
- IBM regained the #1 position in mainframe (OS/390) external
RAID controller-based storage market share and revenue in 2001
with 48% of the market, a 17.1 point gain over the previous year.
- IBM's SAN-attached external RAID controller-based storage revenue
grew 72.6 % in 2001
- IBM gained share in the total UNIX, Linux, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris
and HP-UX external RAID controller-based storage operating system
markets.
"IBM's end-to-end disk storage product portfolio, led by the
Enterprise Storage Server, rose to the challenge of a price-conscious,
cutthroat storage industry to deliver impressive, unmatched business
growth in 2001," said Linda Sanford, senior vice president
and group executive of IBM's Storage Systems Group. "The Gartner
analysis marks another significant milestone in our unwavering march
to leadership in the enterprise storage industry."
Network Appliance is a recognized leader in enterprise storage
and the delivery of data and content on demand. NetApp® solutions
empower enterprises with sustainable competitive advantage, improved
profitability, and faster time-to-market by exploiting untapped
value in IT infrastructures. Designed to enable enterprises to create
global data management strategies today, NetApp storage solutions
ensure that customers get information where it's needed, when it's
needed-more efficiently, more effectively, and more reliably than
with any other solution available.
(www.networkappliance.com)
UpTime has been a systems integrator and value-added reseller (VAR)
for more than 20 years. The company provides storage solutions,
tape libraries and backup systems from well-known vendors such as
Overland Data, Qualstar, Veritas, Spectra Logic and SyncSort as
well as networking devices from Extreme Networks, Cisco and NetScreen.
In addition, KVM switches from, Raritan allow users to control multiple
servers with a single keyboard, video and mouse. A fully certified
technical staff provides system installation and support services.
(www.uptime.net)
With over 16 years experience in creating advanced host access
solutions, Zephyr is well known for developing quality terminal
emulation software. The company was an active participant on the
Internet Engineering Task Force TN3270E/TN5250E committee that drafted
these important standards, and assisted both Cisco and IBM to mature
the TN3270E specification. Today, the organization has a long list
of clients who rely upon Zephyr's IP host access solutions for connectivity
to critical legacy applications. Register today for a free demonstration
of their newest web to host product to connect your desktop directly
to your mainframe -
http://www.zephyrcorp.com/Products/eClient/eclient_demo.htm.
(www.zephyrcorp.com)
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