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X-IO Introduces iglu Family of Feature-Rich Storage ArraysX-IO Technologies today launched iglu, a new portfolio of fully featured storage systems that provides simplified management and can adapt between SAN and software-defined storage (SDS) requirements. The iglu blaze, X-IO's first offering in the iglu family, integrates a full suite of data services and storage virtualization features such as application-integrated snapshots and efficient replication, coupled with the long-term reliability, performance and simplicity of the proven Intelligent Systems Element (ISE) hardware. Mark Peters, practice director and senior analyst at the Enterprise Systems Group, said, "According to recent ESG research, there is a large - and growing - number of organizations that are either about to deploy or are actively considering some kind of software-defined storage (SDS). Of course many IT professionals often have understandable concerns about the risks of deploying emerging technologies in their enterprise environments, not just because of the "new-ness" factor but also because of wanting their IT decisions and investments to pay dividends for many years, even in dynamic operating environments. The long lifespan and adaptability of such products as X-IO's new iglu architecture can help address such concerns by allowing organizations to make the switch to SDS seamlessly and dynamically as and when needed anytime within iglu's extended life-cycle." iglu blaze: adaptive, balanced and simple storage With its modular SAN design, the iglu blaze enables customers to deploy a range of all-flash, hybrid or hard disk performance options from a single scale-up architecture. An efficient balance of consistent performance, cost and risk make iglu ideal for virtualized enterprise applications such as databases, e-mail and web infrastructure. All iglu systems can uniquely be adapted to SDS requirements at o additional cost. Additional benefits from X-IO software and hardware innovations include:
"As a long-time X-IO solutions partner, we are no stranger to witnessing innovation," said Christopher Dye, chief technology officer of Paragon Solutions Group. "We are particularly excited, however, to add iglu blaze to our portfolio. X-IO's self-healing storage elements have consistently delivered superior performance, value, and reliability as the storage cornerstone in our data center and software-defined storage implementations. We are now working with X-IO and iglu blaze to deliver the same capabilities within a pre-configured, fully-featured, SAN solution." "Customers continue to demand flexible storage architectures to address their needs for high reliability and predictable performance. We've seen this time and again regardless of the application environment," said Bill Miller (News - Alert), chairman and CEO of X-IO. "Starting with iglu blaze, we're building on great core technology to offer enterprises differentiated storage solutions that adapt best to their data center, without requiring specialist skills or costly operational overheads to manage over many years." Availability The new iglu blaze storage system is available immediately in North America from X-IO or its network of channel and value-added resellers. Availability in other markets will be announced later in the third quarter. More information is available at http://xiostorage.com/iglu-blaze. About X-IO X-IO Technologies provides worry-free storage that uniquely adapts between the SAN and Software Defined Storage worlds. X-IO's Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) provides the hardware foundations for SDS and also X-IO's iglu fully-featured SAN storage. iglu is the only adaptive, simple and balanced storage array with an end-to-end engineered design that self-heals and removes the need for regular servicing. To learn more visit xiostorage.com.
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