Data Centers Replacing Tape in Mainframe Environments
LUMINEX and Data Domain Actively Switching Out Legacy Tape and Virtual Tape Infrastructures for Next Generation Data Protection Solutions
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Tuesday April 21, 2009, 8:00 am EDT
SANTA CLARA, CA and RIVERSIDE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 21, 2009 -- Data Domain, Inc. (NasdaqGS:DDUP), the leading provider of deduplication storage systems, and LUMINEX, a leading developer and provider of mainframe virtual tape products and technologies, are demonstrating significant customer wins and momentum within mainframe data centers as these users are demanding tapeless backup and disaster recovery solutions that are robust and reliable. Enterprises such as ICW Group Insurance Companies, Ingram Entertainment and Motion Industries reflect the movement of mainframe customers that are replacing existing Sun StorageTek VSM, IBM VTS and tape library products with LUMINEX's Channel Gateway mainframe virtual tape and Data Domain deduplication storage systems.
"With the combined solution from LUMINEX and Data Domain, our enterprise mainframe customers have been able to simplify and streamline their daily operations while reducing costs, floor space requirements and the risks associated with shipping tapes," said Michael C. Saunders, President of LUMINEX. "Their disaster recovery processes are now benefiting from improved RPOs and RTOs. These users have been able to free themselves of a time consuming and often ineffective approach to data protection that has traditionally been used for decades." |
