SOURCE: Fujitsu Computer Systems

 

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - August 6, 2008) -

Event: In Sunnyvale, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation and ONStor, Inc., today announced the companies have expanded the partnership announced in May 2008. ONStor will now resell the Fujitsu ETERNUS(R)4000 and ETERNUS8000 storage systems with ONStor's clustered filers and NAS (network-attached storage) gateways. Fujitsu previously announced it would resell ONStor solutions.

Significance: The combination of ONStor and Fujitsu delivers unbeatable price performance for mid-sized to large enterprises looking to leverage a highly scalable storage platform to consolidate existing storage islands and simplify the management and protection of unstructured data. The solution provides unified storage for both NAS and SAN capabilities in one storage system and offers the ability to scale capacity and performance independently.

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"The combination of Fujitsu and ONStor makes it simpler and more cost effective for mid-sized to large enterprises to create the storage infrastructure they need to pursue a consolidation strategy and ensure the protection of their vital information assets," said Dave Egan, senior vice president, storage at Fujitsu Computer Systems. "Our partnership with ONStor ensures our mutual customers get a complete solution with the scalability, performance, availability, reliability and excellent service they need."

"We've chosen to build on our relationship with Fujitsu because of the synergistic nature of our businesses," said Tom Gallivan, senior vice president, worldwide sales at ONStor. "Our resellers and enterprise customers are beginning to understand that, together with Fujitsu, we're making it simple and cost-effective to deploy an energy-efficient solution that addresses the demanding data availability, uptime, and performance requirements of today's data centers."

Day: August 6, 2008

About Fujitsu Computer Systems

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Fujitsu Computer Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) committed to the design, development and delivery of advanced computer systems, application infrastructure software products, and managed services for the business enterprise. Through its TRIOLE(R) strategy, the company offers a complete line of scalable and reliable servers, storage and middleware solutions, high-performance mobile and client computers, as well as professional services. Fujitsu Computer Systems has established itself as a strategic solutions provider to the world's leading organizations by offering technology innovation, customer choice, exceptional product quality and reliability, as well as outstanding customer service. See http://us.fujitsu.com/computers for further information.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 160,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.3 trillion yen (US$53 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com.

About ONStor, Inc.

ONStor provides clustered NAS solutions for both primary and value-tier storage, focusing on enterprise data centers and content-rich organizations, and giving customers the ability to cost-effectively manage the accelerating growth of unstructured data. ONStor's award-winning solutions deliver flexible data management, protection, and file server consolidation for a new generation of data-intensive applications through a combination of advanced technologies including virtualization and energy-efficient design.

Proven at customer sites worldwide, ONStor's Pantera clustered NAS systems and Bobcat(TM) clustered NAS gateways offer the broadest choice of storage and enable customers to easily scale storage with the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). ONStor solutions are available through a global network of resellers and distribution partners. More information about ONStor can be found at www.onstor.com.

Fujitsu, the Fujitsu logo, ETERNUS and TRIOLE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries. ONStor, the ONStor logo, Pantera and Bobcat are trademarks of ONStor, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.