Sunnyvale, Calif. - June 17, 2008 - NetApp
(NASDAQ: NTAP) announced today that Tributary Systems Inc. (TSI),
the global leader in providing backup storage, virtualization, and
encryption solutions for the HP NonStop™ enterprise computing
platform, has become an OEM partner of NetApp. As a result of this
partnership, TSI will now provide NetApp® DataFort storage
security solutions with enterprise-class tape storage data
protection and encryption capabilities across HP NonStop servers.
Combined with the fact that HP selected NetApp as the recommended
provider of disk encryption for HP NonStop earlier this year,
NetApp is now the selected solution for all data-at-rest encryption
on HP NonStop.
HP NonStop powers some of the world's most demanding data
centers, providing highly available transaction processing for
financial services, banking, retail, telecommunications, and
healthcare customers. In fact, 490 of the world's most prominent
banks, including the five largest U.S. banks, use HP NonStop
servers. HP NonStop servers also process more than 60 percent of
the world's equity transactions and automate 64 of the world's
largest exchanges.1 As a result,
customers who use HP NonStop must address demanding compliance and
governance requirements for security of data at rest. NetApp's
partnership with TSI will now provide HP NonStop customers with
DataFort in-line encryption, which locks down data on disk or tape
without impacting performance or requiring any changes to the
computing environment.
"Security has always been a critical issue in HP NonStop
computing environments due to the sensitive nature of the
transactions that are processed," said Shawn Sabanayagam, CEO of
TSI. "With HP already leveraging NetApp DataFort for disk
encryption, partnering with NetApp to also provide tape encryption
was an easy decision. With NetApp's long history of success in
securing the data center combined with the large installed base of
DataFort open platform customers, we're confident that HP NonStop
customers will be able to rest easy knowing their data is secured
by TSI integrated DataFort solutions."
HP NonStop customers will benefit from a NetApp DataFort storage
security appliance that provides wire-speed encryption and
authentication. DataFort fits transparently into any disk or tape
storage environment, providing customers with data protection from
both internal and external threats. Playing a key part in the
overall DataFort solution is the NetApp KM500 Lifetime Key
Management™ appliance. The KM500 stores and manages
encryption keys and DataFort configurations for all DataFort
appliances across the enterprise. The KM500 is able to scale to
accommodate hundreds of encryption endpoints, providing customers
with increased flexibility. It also provides an open interface that
enables custom end user applications access to a highly secure key
manager. With FIPS 140-2 level 3 validation across the entire
storage encryption product line, HP NonStop customers have access
to one of the highest levels of security for their encryption
solution.
"The HP NonStop value proposition of providing continuous
availability for business operations, simplified management, and
real-time business solutions for the enterprise is right in line
with NetApp's, "said Tim Russell, vice president and general
manager of the Storage Security business unit at NetApp. "Through
our partnership with TSI, we are able to provide HP NonStop
customers with a top-of-the-line data security and encryption
solution. At the same time it allows us to gain tremendous traction
with the Fortune 1,000 high-end customers that TSI serves."
TSI currently provides all tape drive, tape automation, tape
library management software, and connectivity solutions sold by
HP's NonStop Enterprise Division (NED). The TSI integrated DataFort
products are compatible with all HP NonStop H-series operating
systems (OSs) and select G-series OSs. TSI's DataFort products will
be sold by TSI as the TD5000 and TD10000 appliances for the
two-port and 10-port configurations, respectively. All future
releases of the G-series and H-series as well as the new J-series
NonStop OS for blade servers will be tested for compatibility with
all TSI products prior to release by HP.
About Tributary Systems Inc.
Tributary Systems Inc. (TSI) is the global leader in the
development of state-of-the-art secure storage and virtualization
solutions for the HP NonStop™ platform. TSI's fully
integrated solutions are designed for the most demanding high
availability backup storage environments running mission critical
applications.
Founded in 1990, TSI serves as an outsourced engineering,
development, integration, delivery and support arm of HP's NonStop
Enterprise Division. TSI serves a broad customer base of Fortune
1000 companies, as well as small business enterprises in the
financial services, banking, telecom, retail and healthcare
industries. For more information on TSI, visit www.tributary.com.
About NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions
that accelerate business breakthroughs and achieve outstanding cost
efficiency. Discover our passion for helping companies around the
world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
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