Stonefly Chooses Permabit De-Dupe

Permabit
Technology Corporation, announced that iSCSI company StoneFly
Inc. has integrated its Albireo data dedupe software as part of
its StoneFusion
Network Storage Platform offering to enhance storage optimization
of information in enterprise environments.

StoneFly’s patented storage networking
OS architecture, brings in block level storage intelligence to the IP
network core. The IP SANs deliver the benefits of managed SANs:
increased storage utilization through resource consolidation, storage
provisioning, centralized access control, volume management, and
advanced storage services including Active/Active clustering,
mirroring, replication, encryption, snapshots, and thin provisioning.

By partnering with Permabit, the
company is able to add data dedupe to its solutions without
negatively impacting its differentiating capabilities or reducing
performance.

"We are committed to working
with technology partners to deliver the best solutions available to
meet the demanding storage needs of our customers," said Mo
Tahmasebi , president and CEO, StoneFly. "Implementing
Permabit Albireo into our solutions means that we are better able to
provide the widest range of options through additional storage
optimization features that offer a cascading amount of benefits
throughout the IT infrastructure."

The addition of Albireo SDK allows the
company to deliver a performing, scalable storage solutions in
the market.

"Deduplication is a highly
sought after attribute by companies looking for reliable and
cost-effective management of their business-critical data,"
said Tom Cook , Permabit CEO. "StoneFly’s StoneFusion Network
Storage Platform (NSP) is a perfect example of how OEMs gain
competitive advantage and leverage Albireo’s data optimization
technologies in their existing or next-generation storage
architectures to deliver comprehensive storage efficiency to their
customers."