In an effort to maintain it’s leadership in storage virtualization HP has acquired LeftHand Networks a leading provider of storage virtualization and iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions. The deal will better enable HP to extend virtualization solutions to midsize companies and remote offices or branches of large corporations and cost-effectively protect critical business data. Additionally, LeftHand Networks’ intelligent cloning technology can reportedly reduce the amount of disk space required for storage by up to 97 percent.
Said Bill Chambers, chief executive officer, LeftHand Networks.”The combination of LeftHand Networks’ virtualization technologies with HP’s has the power to significantly accelerate server consolidation projects by making the deployment of shared storage much easier and more cost-effective.” The good news behind this announcement is that smaller companies can get the benefit of virtualization strategies from industry leaders like HP. Likewise remote locations in major corporations can also have these benefits. Said Dave Roberson, senior vice president and general manager, StorageWorks Division, HP. “The acquisition of LeftHand Networks significantly expands our storage portfolio, enabling HP to deliver customers an expanded suite of storage functionality, scalable capacity and interconnect options for every budget and performance requirement. Stay tuned for more acquisition in this space as major technology vendors look to expand their suite virtualization solutions.
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This post was written by admin on October 9, 2008
