Highpoint Technologies Forms Alliance With Open-E To Streamline IP Storage Appliance Solutions
HighPoint Technologies is the RAID expert in providing advanced storage solutions to the industry including controller IC's and storage host adapters.
Exponential increases in stored digital information and the expansion of the Internet has fueled the industry's evolution toward more complicated storage environments. HighPoint's storage solutions offer the performance and advance data protection features needed for enterprise, SMB and SOHO environments. They have addressed the needs of different vertical segments with a tiered product line approach proving "One Size Does Not Fit All".
HighPoint's storage solutions are classified into three product segments - the RocketRAID 3000, 2000 and 1000 Series of SATA RAID controllers. The family of products offer the most robust connectivity with internal, external and hybrid connectors and connections to various bus types including PCI-Express, PCI-X and PCI.
The RocketRAID 3000 Series of hardware RAID controllers have the data throughput performance needed for enterprise storage environments. The RocketRAID 2000 Series offer the advanced data protection features for the SMB segment. The RocketRAID 1000 Series controllers have advanced data protection features and management software making them a good choice for users upgrading from onboard RAID solutions.
The strategic alliance formed between HighPoint and Open-E brings together the hardware and software expertise of two pioneering companies. Together, they deliver a simplified storage product that addresses the performance, scalability and high availability needs of a wide variety of compute-intensive storage applications.
"With storage environments becoming more complex, forming a strategic alliance with Open-E will help to deliver to customers storage solutions that are easy to setup, manage and maintain," said Dr. Michael Whang PH.D, President and CEO of HighPoint Technologies.
"We are pleased to have the opportunity to provide HighPoint with our industry leading software solutions to support their customers' unique storage architecture needs," added Kristof Franek, President and CEO of Open-E. "Our goal is to provide a simpler approach to enterprise-class storage management that counters the ever-increasing complexity of today's storage landscape."
Integrating the entire RocketRAID Series of SATA RAID controllers with Open-E's NAS, iSCSI and Storage Server system software will streamline the set up of IP storage. Reducing the need for technical specialists and expert IT administrators for configuration and support eliminates hidden maintenance costs that lead to a reduction in TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). Customers will ultimately benefit from a storage solution that is fully compatible, is easily setup and provides true plug-and-play functionality.
SOURCE: HighPoint Technologies