TrueSAN Teams Up with Hitachi Data Systems to Enhance Open Storage Management

Business Wire, Feb 25, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2002

TrueSAN's Cloudbreak Storage Operating System(TM) to Support Storage

Systems from Hitachi Data Systems

TrueSAN Networks, Inc. (www.truesan.com), a pioneer in storage infrastructure software, today announced that it is working with Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd (NYSE:HIT), to integrate its Cloudbreak Storage Operating System with Hitachi Freedom Storage(TM) systems. By leveraging Hitachi Data Systems' HiCommand(TM) Application Program Interfaces (APIs), TrueSAN will extend the advanced management capabilities of its Cloudbreak software to the Freedom Storage(TM) Lightning 9900(TM) series and Thunder 9200(TM), as well as additional third-party storage systems supported by the HiCommand(TM) software.

"This alliance enables customers with storage infrastructures from Hitachi Data Systems to leverage the end-to-end storage management capabilities of our Cloudbreak Storage Operating System," stated Tom Isakovich, President and CEO of TrueSAN. "This relationship is evidence of both parties' commitment to providing customers with open software solutions that reduce the cost and complexity of storage management."

TrueSAN's Cloudbreak solution represents the first Storage Operating System: a comprehensive, network-based platform for managing heterogeneous storage networks. Unlike single-purpose utilities, Cloudbreak represents a unique solution: a software suite that combines essential storage management technology (storage virtualization, storage network and device management, storage resource management, business continuance applications, and policy management) in a single, integrated solution. TrueSAN's end-to-end approach to storage management enables customers to more quickly reduce storage management costs and more effectively capitalize on the benefits of storage networking. Cloudbreak's storage network and device management technology leverages the Hitachi Data Systems' HiCommand API to provide seamless monitoring, management, and performance analysis of Hitachi Freedom Storage systems within the Cloudbreak environment.

"TrueSAN's support for Hitachi Freedom Storage gives our customers even greater power and flexibility to manage their storage infrastructure on their own terms, fulfilling application, server and storage requirements with ease," said Steve East, vice president, Storage Integration, Hitachi Data Systems. "Development efforts with TrueSAN further enhance the benefits of the HiCommand Framework and Hitachi Data System's support of open, third-party interoperability."

For more information about Hitachi Data Systems, please visit the HDS Web site at www.hds.com.

About TrueSAN

TrueSAN Networks, Inc., based in San Jose, California, has developed a comprehensive, platform-independent solution for enterprise storage management. TrueSAN's revolutionary storage operating system, known as Cloudbreak(TM), simplifies the management of the storage infrastructure to reduce cost, increase productivity, maximize efficiency, and extend the ROI of existing storage investments. TrueSAN's open platform for storage and data management enables enterprises to immediately capitalize on the strategic, financial, and operational benefits of storage networking. For more information, please visit the web site at www.truesan.com.

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