Alacritech Announces OEM Partnership with Storage Computer
SLIC Technology to Enable Unprecedented Performance and Scalability in NAS Solutions
Palm Desert, Calif., — April 3, 2002 — (SNW Booth #PP17) — Alacritech®, Inc., the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems today announced an OEM agreement with Storage Computer Corporation (AMEX:SOS), a leading worldwide provider of high-performance storage. Storage Computer has integrated Alacritech's SLIC Technology® into the CyberNAS¹ 4000 product to achieve high system performance and efficiency. The two companies will demonstrate network-attached storage (NAS) solutions at this week's Storage Networking World (SNW) conference held in Palm Desert, California.
Alacritech will showcase Storage Computer's CyberNAS product incorporating Alacritech's 1000x1 Single-port Server and Storage Accelerator in the IP Storage Performance Showcase in Booth #PP17. Servers using Alacritech's Gigabit accelerators will simultaneously access iSCSI (Internet SCSI) block data from iSCSI targets and NAS file data from the Storage Computer CyberNAS over a single network interface. Alacritech's 1000x1 Single-port Server and Storage Accelerator is the industry's only Integrated Storage Network Interface Card (IS-NIC) to simultaneously accelerate both IP storage and standard Ethernet traffic.
"Storage Computer's partnership with Alacritech enables us to deliver wire-speed performance for our enterprise customers," said Todd Viegut, vice president of marketing, Storage Computer. "The Alacritech solution provides critical Ethernet port aggregation and failover capability. This functionality is imperative for our Fortune 1000 customers working with mission-critical data."
"Our OEM agreement with Storage Computer is right in line with our business strategy and our vision for NAS," said Larry Boucher, founder, chairman and CEO, Alacritech, Inc. "Storage Computer's CyberNAS line incorporating Alacritech SLIC Technology represents the next generation of NAS solutions, supporting today's networked storage needs and tomorrow's emerging iSCSI requirements."
Availability
The Storage Computer CyberNAS 4000 system using the Alacritech 1000x1 Single-port Server and Storage Accelerator is available now. The CyberNAS is a high-performance, high-speed NAS system designed to support mid- to high-level enterprise solutions. The CyberNAS is designed to ensure continuous, error-free operation in strenuous environments. Please visit Storage Computer at www.storage.com for details. Alacritech's complete line of server and storage accelerators are currently available for both OEM integration and channel distribution.
About Storage Computer
Storage Computer Corporation (AMEX: SOS - news), a leading worldwide provider of high performance storage solutions, develops and manufactures software-driven multi-host storage solutions used to drive core business applications. Based on open systems architectures, Storage Computer's high-bandwidth storage technology supports a great variety of applications, including advanced database activities, interactive multi-media, multi-cast content, medical imaging and more. Storage Computer's worldwide headquarters are in Nashua, New Hampshire, with subsidiaries and distribution in over 20 countries. Company information may be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.storage.com.
About Alacritech, Inc
Alacritech, Inc. was founded by Larry Boucher, creator of the SCSI interface, to deliver upon his vision of eliminating the server bottleneck. Today, Alacritech is the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems. Alacritech's complete line of high-performance server and storage accelerators is based on the company's patented SLIC (session-layer interface card) Technology to optimize the performance of servers, network-attached storage and iSCSI storage devices. SLIC Technology is the first fully compatible and scalable technology to offload network protocol processing, primarily TCP/IP, from software on the host system to silicon on the adapter. Based in San Jose, California, Alacritech is privately held. Alacritech is a member of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and the Storage Networking Association (SNIA) and a founding member of the SNIA IP Storage Forum. For more information about Alacritech and its products, please visit the company's Web site at www.alacritech.com.
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Alacritech, the Alacritech logo, SLIC Technology, and the SLIC Technology logo are registered trademarks of Alacritech, Inc. in the United States. Storage Computer is a registered trademark and CyberBORG and CyberNAS are trademarks of Storage Computer Corporation. All other trademarks the property of their respective owners.
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