SYDNEY, Australia - 17 September
2007 -- Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), a leading
provider of storage and data management solutions, today announced
NetApp® CommandCentral™ Storage by Symantec®
version 5.0. CommandCentral Storage 5.0 now includes iSCSI support
to the list of already supported protocols-Fibre Channel SAN, NAS,
and direct-attached storage. CommandCentral Storage 5.0 also
introduces the ability to analyse end-to-end storage consumption in
heterogeneous physical and virtual environments and adds support
for monitoring and reporting of remote and local replication via
integration with NetApp SnapMirror®.
CommandCentral Storage is a fully integrated family of products
that enables IT organisations to deliver services that are
measurable, accountable, and integrated with business objectives.
CommandCentral Storage software provides increased flexibility and
reduced management costs, helping enterprises to manage and meter
their storage operations from a single management console in Fibre
Channel and IP SAN environments. By deploying CommandCentral
Storage, customers can reduce the number of tools, scripts, and
consoles required to manage their complex storage environments and
in return reduce costs and improve services.
"Most global organisations have complex, difficult to manage
heterogeneous server and storage infrastructures with varied
architectures such as FC SAN, IP SAN, and direct-attached storage
devices," said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Solutions
Marketing at Network Appliance. "By simplifying and streamlining
the architecture needed to manage a wide range of protocols, that
now includes iSCSI, NetApp customers can use CommandCentral Storage
software to help lower storage management costs, maximise their
storage utilisation, and improve business productivity and
efficiency."
"CommandCentral Storage 5.0 combined with NetApp SAN & NAS
solutions provides a comprehensive solution that enables
organisations to spend less on storage while improving storage
operations across physical and virtual environments," said Rob
Soderbery, senior vice president of Symantec's Storage Foundation
Group. "IT organisations need to have visibility and control over
their heterogeneous storage infrastructure to effectively deliver
storage services to the business."
For more information on NetApp CommandCentral Storage 5.0, please
visit
www-au.netapp.com/products/software/commandcentral-storage.html.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance is a leading provider of innovative data
management solutions that simplify the complexity of storing,
managing, protecting, and retaining enterprise corporate data.
Market leaders around the world choose NetApp to help them reduce
cost, minimise risk, and adapt to change. For solutions that
deliver unmatched simplicity and value, visit us on the Web at
www-au.netapp.com.
NetApp, the Network Appliance logo, and SnapMirror are trademarks
of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
Symantec is a registered trademark and CommandCentral is a
trademark of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and
other countries, All other brands or products are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be
treated as such.
Press Contacts:
Mark Heers
Network Appliance, Inc.
+61 2 9779 5623
Mark.heers@netapp.com
Rachel York
Max Australia
Tel: +61 2 9954 3492
Rachel.york@maxaustralia.com.au