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News Release from: Finisar Corp | Subject: SAN
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 April 2007
Partnership to improve SAN
infrastructure
Finisar Corporation has announced a strategic partnership with NEC Corporation of America (NECAM) to significantly improve SAN infrastructure reliability to mutual customers.
Finisar Corporation, a technology leader in fibre-optic and test-and-measurement solutions for high-speed data networks, today announced a strategic partnership with NEC Corporation of America (NECAM), a premier provider of IT, network, and identity management solutions to significantly improve SAN infrastructure reliability to mutual customers NECAM will integrate Finisar's High Density (HD) fibre-optic TAPs (Traffic Access Points) and NetWisdom Enterprise Solution into its S-Series storage systems offerings
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 20 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Both Finisar and NECAM are dedicated to ensuring uninterrupted data access and application availability in storage networks," said Dave Buse, senior vice president and general manager of Network Tools, Finisar.
"This partnership demonstrates our combined commitment to provide critical visibility into network fabrics and give IT administrators the tools they need to confidently implement effective and proactive SAN management".
Disparate and increasingly complex SAN infrastructures, typical in Enterprise datacentres, can make it difficult to determine root causes of service disruptions.
Disruptions in the ability of the SAN to consistently deliver, store, and maintain availability of critical information - such as loss of access to email or remotely available databases - can lead to reduced end-user productivity and significant loss of revenue.
Together the HD fibre-optic TAP and NetWisdom SAN Availability Solution eliminate fabric blindness, making it possible to identify both the source and cause for network impairments, regardless of network complexity, even in challenging heterogeneous environments.
By offering these products with its storage systems, NECAM enables the fast identification and resolution of network impairments to minimize any potential negative impact on businesses' bottom lines.
The partnership also extends the long-term monitoring capabilities of NEC's storage systems and their ability to maintain high availability and access to mission critical applications.
"NEC is dedicated to safeguarding our customers by providing them with complete solutions that go beyond storage systems," says Matthew Wolken, vice president of Fault Tolerant Servers and Enterprise Storage, NEC Corporation of America.
"With Finisar's HD TAP and NetWisdom SAN Availability Solution in place, issues can be identified seamlessly without the traditional, disruptive exploration usually associated with diagnosing potential network impairments".
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