LeftHand Networks(R), the leading provider of highly available
open iSCSI SANs, today announced that it has been named by Fortune
1000 and Midsize Enterprise companies as an "Exciting Vendor" as
determined by TheInfoPro´s Wave 10 Storage study. LeftHand Networks
was deemed as one of the "Most Exciting Storage Vendors" for the
Midsize Enterprise (MSE) market and its SANiQ(R) software was
recognized as an emerging and novel product. TheInfoPro Storage study
details technology adoption trends and timeframes, management
techniques and vendor performance data for the Storage industry.
"LeftHand is honored to be among an elite list of companies to be
named by Fortune 1000 and MSE customers as part of TheInfoPro Storage
study," said Larry Cormier, vice president of marketing for LeftHand
Networks. "LeftHand´s innovative and scalable IP SANs are designed for
businesses of every size, and the fact we have products that are
easy-to-grow and easy-to-manage is resonating with customers."
LeftHand Networks´ award-winning SAN/iQ storage software platform
is the cornerstone of every LeftHand iSCSI SAN and Virtual SAN
Appliance. The SANiQ software open systems approach to storage allows
customers to deploy full-featured highly available and scalable iSCSI
physical and virtual SANs built with fully integrated LeftHand Network
Storage Modules (NSMs) or to integrate LeftHand´s award-winning SAN/iQ
software onto tier one x86 servers from leading OEMs, including HP,
IBM and Dell. Data centers equipped with VMware ESX servers can also
install LeftHand Networks´ new Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) software to
create a highly available SAN with internal server disk drives that
leverage all the advanced features of a VMware VI3 environment without
requiring the purchase of an external SAN.
"Organizations such as LeftHand Networks are helping IT pros to
address replication and data protection growth by providing innovative
and cost-effective IT solutions," said Robert Stevenson, managing
director, TheInfoPro Storage Research. TheInfoPro noted that companies
with extensive Storage portfolios that failed to integrate newly
acquired or newly developed products lost out to companies that
integrated best-of-breed/novel products. This dynamic was even more
evident with the Midsize Enterprise (MSE) market.
More than 250 Fortune 1000 and MSE end users were interviewed for
the Storage Study, providing commentary and insight on their Storage
adoption plans, management strategies, and vendor performance.
TheInfoPro is an independent research network and a leading supplier
of market intelligence for the Information Technology (IT) industry.
Founded by alumni of Gartner, EMC, Giga, and Bell Labs, TheInfoPro
produces fundamental, objective "grass roots" research for key IT
sectors including Information Security, Networking, Servers, Storage
and Sourcing.
About LeftHand Networks
LeftHand Networks pioneered IP-based storage area networks (SAN)
in 2001. SANs built using LeftHand´s SAN/iQ(R) software are uniquely
able to distribute and protect data across a cluster of
industry-standard storage servers. The company´s patented architecture
increases data availability, allows users to start small and grow the
SAN seamlessly, and simplifies management. The LeftHand SAN is ideal
for storage and server consolidation, multi-site SANs, and disaster
recovery. For more information, contact LeftHand at
info@lefthandnetworks.com.
