Mar 4 2008
Pillar Data Systems, the leading provider of Application-Aware Storage systems, today announced it has completed an agreement to resell the Cisco® MDS 9000 Series of Fibre Channel storage networking fabric switches and multilayer directors. Pillar is a Cisco Solution Technology Integrator (STI) for Storage, and will resell Cisco’s SMARTnet® support services to provide joint customers with end-to-end technical support.
“As one of the storage industry’s fastest-growing companies, we are committed to bringing leading technologies from top suppliers to address a broad range of requirements,” said Bob Maness, vice president of worldwide marketing, Pillar Data Systems. “We are pleased to add the Cisco family of storage networking products to our expanding technology portfolio to help meet growing customer demands.”
“Deploying the Cisco MDS Family of switches and directors in a Pillar Axiom storage network environment provides customers with leading performance and reliability,” said John Growdon, director of marketing for worldwide channels at Cisco. “The Cisco MDS 9200 and 9500 Series provide a highly scalable platform for network-hosted intelligent applications like Pillar’s AxiomOne Volume Replicator. Cisco is pleased to add Pillar Data as a Cisco STI.”
The Pillar Axiom, an Application-Aware Storage platform, delivers industry-leading efficiency and application integration. The Axiom’s ability to maintain multiple application characteristics and provide value from the server to storage significantly drives down the operational and capital costs of data center infrastructures.
The Cisco MDS 9000 Series allows organizations of all sizes to utilize Cisco intelligent networking capabilities. By delivering a compact, cost-effective design that simplifies the deployment and administration of any company’s SAN environment, this line also provides an ideal balance of cost performance and enterprise-class features. The Cisco MDS products available through Pillar include the Cisco MDS 9124, 9134 and 9222i switches, as well as the full 9500 Series of directors.