Zetera's New Network Storage Technology Paves the Way For Cost-Effective, Protected Storage for Corporate and Consumer Networks
IDC releases whitepaper examining Zetera's position and potential in the storage networking industry.
Irvine, CA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct)
April 26, 2005 -- Zetera Corporation, the developer of breakthrough network
storage technology, today announced the availability of a new whitepaper
authored by IDC titled, "A New Disruptive IP Storage Technology Paves the Way
for Advanced, Cost-Effective, and Protected Storage for Corporate and Consumer
Networks." The paper examines the potential for Zetera's patent-pending
technology to be a disruptive solution within the network storage industry.
According to IDC, this potential is due to the technology's ability to match or
exceed the capabilities of existing storage standards at a lower cost.
The shifting nature of business needs and the advent of the networked
home are changing the ways companies and consumers use storage. For businesses,
the widespread use of local networks and advanced applications, the explosion in
Internet traffic and large email attachments, and the growing use of multimedia
sound and imagery to support Web sites, business applications and regulatory
mandates requires bigger and better storage systems. IT managers need storage
solutions that meet these new requirements and scale to meet tomorrow's
anticipated and unanticipated demands.
On the consumer side, an
explosion in the range and type of home networking and personal entertainment
devices such as MP3 players, PVRs, and game systems require expanded levels of
storage. IDC contends that today, "it is not hard to find households that have
almost a terabyte of storage installed across various devices." Consumers
concerned with storing and protecting precious memories (family photos and
videos) along with other digital possessions need storage solutions that add
capacity that is self-configuring and accessible by all systems, allocate
capacity for individual applications, and enable more robust data
protection.
Zetera has introduced a new storage networking architecture
that improves on what IDC considers to be the four fundamental factors that
drive the success of a network storage system – cost, scalability, performance
and reliability. Zetera network storage uses IP as the storage fabric,
delivering network storage without bottlenecks and at the lowest cost. The
technology uses IP multicast to achieve sharing, spanning and RAID without
specialized hardware while scaling linearly without the need for additional
controllers/aggregators.
"Zetera's approach isn't 'storage over IP' as
discussed by many companies in the storage industry," explains Dave Reinsel,
Program Director of Storage Research for IDC and author of the Zetera
whitepaper. "In contrast, rather than using IP as an extension cord between
clients and storage devices, Zetera uses IP as the storage paradigm
itself."
The whitepaper examines in detail how Zetera's approach to IP
storage addresses the four critical storage solution criteria more effectively
than many existing network storage solutions. "This positive analysis by such a
widely respected authority as IDC validates our mission to change the storage
industry," said Chuck Cortright, president and CEO of Zetera.
According
to IDC, there are many market opportunities for Zetera's storage technology. For
businesses of all sizes, Zetera offers an alternative to costly storage
solutions with a low-cost, easy-to-deploy, and easy-to-manage integrated storage
system. On the home networking side, Zetera's use of IP, a technology that is
already supported and used by most consumer electronic devices, unobtrusively
ties these standalone islands of storage together in a way that provides both
protection and sharing of data.
"The changing information needs of
businesses and the advent of the networked home with its growing need for
storage capacity and data protection will dramatically change the ways companies
and consumers buy and use storage in the coming years," the whitepaper reports.
"Zetera, with its fully IP-based storage solution, is in a strong position to
capitalize on these changes and become a disruptive technology in the network
storage market."
The whitepaper also points out that Zetera's focused
approach to bringing its technology to market increases its chances of success.
Zetera is marketing its technology initially within the SMB market where there
is little conflict with established high-end storage systems and within consumer
market where there is an increasing need for inexpensive, easy-to-deploy
protected storage.
"We offer computer and consumer electronics
manufacturers an extraordinary opportunity to use Zetera's technology to build
products that perform better and cost less," added Cortright. NETGEAR® Inc.,
StorCase®, and Bell Microproducts have all announced Zetera-based network
storage products targeted to the consumer and SMB markets that are slated to
ship in the summer of 2005.
To obtain a copy of this IDC whitepaper,
please follow the directions at the following link: http://www.zetera.com/Technology/AnalystReports.html.
About
Zetera Corporation
Founded in 2002, Zetera Corporation is a developer of a
patent-pending technology that enables networked storage to be delivered at
unprecedented price-performance levels. The technology was invented by the
creators of the IDE and ATAPI disk drive standards, which have shipped in
billions of disk drives. Leveraging the latest IP advances, Zetera has created a
new class of network storage technology that is superior in performance, cost,
scalability and compatibility to all other types of network storage. Based in
Irvine, Calif., Zetera licenses its technology to leading storage, computer,
peripheral and device manufacturers worldwide. For more information, visit the
company's Web site at www.zetera.com.
Contact:
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