READING, UK ? September 16, 2009 ? DataCore Software, a leading provider of storage virtualisation, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today announced new SAN software packages and promotions for academic institutes that deliver price savings of up to 50% and highlighted a host of educational institutions that have already deployed storage virtualisation using its SANmelody? and SANsymphony? solutions. DataCore’s software solutions enable the data centers and IT departments within these universities to better manage and maximize storage capacity and leverage existing hardware to protect and serve storage assets to Windows, Netware, MacOS, UNIX, and Linux systems and to Microsoft, VMware and Citrix virtual servers and desktops. With DataCore, these organizations can better utilize their existing storage investments and gain the virtualisation agility needed to keep up with technology changes and storage growth.
“Most educational enterprises want enterprise-class storage networking functionality but have to settle for a lot less, since they do not have the budgets to implement these solutions due to the high costs and complexity that is involved ? especially for fault-tolerant, auto recovery storage systems needed to protect and support virtual server environments,” stated George Teixeira, president and CEO, DataCore Software. “And even if they could, most would not want to be tied to a specific hardware vendor since the hardware arrays and the disk technologies are innovating and becoming outdated quickly as new technologies at new price points hit the marketplace.”
To request more information on special pricing promotions and packages for academic institutions, go to: https://www.datacore.com/customerprograms/.
For more information on packages and free software trials, please go to:
https://www.datacore.com/products/prod_SANmelody_buy.asp.
Delivering Benefits across the Education Sector
USA-based institutions of higher learning, public school systems, school districts and other educational entities are seeing tangible results with DataCore. These include: American River College (CA), Auburn University (AL), Barren County Schools (KY), Branford Board of Education (CT), Bryant And Stratton College (NY), Butte College – CCC Technology Center (CA), Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corporation (IN), Consumnes River College (CA), Daytona Beach Community College (FL), Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (FL), Gateway Community College (CT), Georgia Institute of Technology (GA), Greensburg Community Schools (IN), Idaho School of Deaf and Blind (ID), Indianapolis Public Schools (IN), Jefferson Schools (MI), Kentucky Wesleyan College (KY), Lakota Local School District (OH), Lexington School Board (KY), Loomis Union School District (CA), Los Angeles County Office of Education (CA), Los Rios Community College District (CA), Louisburg College (NC), Midway College (KY), Morehead State University (KY), Mount St. Mary’s University (MD), Oak Hill United School Corporation (IN), Oswego County School District (NY), Owasso Public Schools (OK), Peoria Unified School District (AZ), Rocklin Unified School District (CA), Schenectady City School District (NY), Scottsdale Community College (AZ), South Putnam Community Schools (IN), Spalding University (KY), Sullivan University (KY), Syracuse University (NY), Texas A&M University (TX), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (TX), Texas Tech University (TX), Three Rivers Community College (CT), Trenton Independent School District (TX), University of Arkansas System (AR), University of Colorado at Boulder (CO), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL), University of Maryland – College Park (MD), University of Michigan (MI), University of Utah – Education Network (UT), and University of Utah, School of Medicine (UT), among others.
Going Beyond Hardware: Universities around the Globe are Embracing DataCore SAN Solutions
International DataCore accounts in the education market are vast. Examples like Oxford University Computing Services (OUCS), highlight the cost saving benefits they have achieved by using DataCore as their storage platform of choice.
A representative sample of academic institutions using DataCore follows by country.
Australia ? Murdoch University, Scotch College, The College of Nursing
Austria ? Technische Universitaet TU Wien ZID
Canada ? Vancouver School Board, University of Western Ontario
China ? Beijing Film Academy, Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce
France ? Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL and affliates: CNRS, Université Paris VI, Université Versailles St Quentin, IRD, Ecole Polytechnique, ENS Paris), Ecole de Travail ORT (CFA), Ecole nationale de la magistrature, International Space University, UFR – Université Reims Champagne-Ardennes, IUT de Nice
Germany ? Freie Universitaet Berlin – Fachbereich Veterinaermedizin, Julius Maximilians Universitaet Wuerzburg, Justus Liebig Universitaet Giessen, Universitaet Bamberg, Universitaet Bonn, Universitaet Erlangen Medizinisches IK-Zentrum MIK, Universitaet Erlangen Nuernberg, Universitaet Passau
Great Britain ? Amersham & Wycombe College, Barry College, Bishop Stopford CofE School, Blackpool & The Fylde College, Bournemouth & Poole College, Corpus Christi College, Cowplain Community School, Eastbourne College, Hertford College (University of Oxford), Huddersfield Technical College, Hull College Of Further Education, Institute of Education, Jesus College (University of Oxford), Kirklees College, Magdalen College (University of Oxford), Marlborough College, Marlwood School, Murray Edwards College – New Hall (University of Cambridge), Nuffield College, Oriel College, Oxford University – Department of Physics, Oxford University Computing Services (OUCS), Pembroke College (University of Oxford), Queen Mary, University of London Foundation, Royal Northern College of Music, School of Architectural Association, Sheffield Hallam University, St Anthony’s College, Stantonbury Campus, Tertiary College Coleg Gwent, The Open University, The University of Westminster, UCAS, University of Buckingham, University Of Gloucestershire, Wadham College, Warwick University, Weston College of Further Education, Wootton Bassett School.
Korea ? Chodang University, Daekyo, Open Cyber University
The Netherlands ? Veluws College
Norway ? Universitet i Stavanger
Portugal ? Reitoria da Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa
Switzerland ? Gemeindeschulen Neuenkirch, Leysin American School
Taiwan ? Taipei Medical University, Technology and Science Institute of Northern Taiwan
Thailand ? Bangkok Patana School
The Right Flexibility and the Right Price: Virtualization Gaining Momentum at the Secondary School Level as Well
Secondary schools around the globe are also embracing storage virtualization solutions from DataCore in an effort to do more and save more. Notable secondary schools that have gone with DataCore include: Brentwood School (UK), Brockport Central Schools (US-NY), Brune Park School (UK), Bruton School for Girls (UK), Choate Rosemary Hall (US-CT), Christian Academy of Louisville (US-KY), Farnborough Sixth Form College (UK), Harrow School (UK), Norfolk Academy (US-VA), North Star Charter School (US-ID), Parkview Baptist School (US-LA), Sidwell Friends School (US-DC), Stanley Park High School (UK), The Dunham School (US-LA), The Haberdashers Askes School for Girls (UK), The Leys School (UK), Thorpe St Andrews School (UK), Tolworth Girls School (UK), and Winnacunnet High School (US-CT), among others.
DataCore Offers Special Storage Virtualization Promotions and Packages for Universities and Qualified Educational Institutions
DataCore?s full range of data storage management, SAN and virtual infrastructure storage solutions are available under the program.
For more information, go to https://www.datacore.com/customerprograms/ for details on available packages, go to https://www.datacore.com/products/prod_SANmelody_buy.asp.
About DataCore Software
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