Silicon Mechanics Partners with SwiftStack to Build Turnkey Platforms for Object Storage
(PRWEB) November 10, 2014 -- Silicon Mechanics, Inc., a leading manufacturer of rackmount servers, storage, and high-performance computing clusters, announces that it has partnered with SwiftStack, an industry leading software-defined storage company, to provide fully integrated object storage platforms to its customers. The partnership, solidified by a recent official partnering agreement, enhances Silicon Mechanics’ already robust storage offerings, adding object storage to its Storform JBODs and storage servers, and zStax® StorCore NAS/SAN storage options.
The official partnering agreement is the next step in an already successful relationship, as the two companies have collaborated with and provided object storage platforms and support for shared customers such as Concur Software, Johns Hopkins University, and NTT, Inc. Silicon Mechanics has worked closely with SwiftStack to design and implement fully integrated object storage platforms for these and other customers, providing in-depth consultation to ensure the solution delivered meets business requirements for availability, scalability, and cost. Silicon
Mechanics also offers premier customer support for SwiftStack deployments with available 24x7 on-site support and additional services, deploying resources to resolve issues through software and hardware diagnosis, troubleshooting, and any necessary repairs.
SwiftStack powers enterprises with a software-defined storage platform that delivers a massively scalable private cloud. The SwiftStack platform simplifies storage management, is highly scalable and offers seamless integration with existing enterprise systems and infrastructures across multi-geographic data centers. Users will also lower total cost of ownership (TCO) by deploying SwiftStack for their archiving, content delivery and disaster recovery requirements. At its core is the OpenStack Swift object storage engine, which also powers the world’s largest public clouds. The partnership with Silicon Mechanics allows the two companies to deliver customers a complete object storage solution that allows businesses to take advantage of a truly software-defined architecture.
“Today’s world of anytime, anywhere, any data on any device is resulting in the explosive growth of all types of data. Enterprises need a software-defined storage solution that can provide massive scale across geographies while making integration with existing infrastructure simple,” said Joe Arnold, CEO of SwiftStack. “Our partnership with Silicon Mechanics gives customers the simplicity they have been missing in their legacy storage architectures, and the enterprise class reliability, availability and scalability they require.”
These platforms will be based on a highly scalable and distributed reference architecture built on commodity hardware, and designed specifically to meet the requirements of each deployment. For more information, visit the Silicon Mechanics website.
About Silicon Mechanics
Silicon Mechanics, Inc. is an industry-leading provider of rackmount server, storage, and high-performance computing solutions. Deploying the latest innovations in hardware and software technology, we work in collaboration with our customers to design and build the most efficient, cost-effective technology solution for their needs. Our guiding principle, “Expert included,” is our promise that reflects our passion for complete customer satisfaction, from server and component selection to superior installation and ongoing technical support.
Silicon Mechanics has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in the Greater Seattle Technology Corridor.
About SwiftStack
SwiftStack is an industry leading software-defined storage company. With OpenStack’s object storage project Swift at its core, SwiftStack offers a flexible and powerful software platform that allows operators to deploy, integrate and scale on standard hardware. With SwiftStack, applications developers and operations teams can leverage the power of an object storage infrastructure with the control, security and total cost of ownership their business demands. Launched in 2011, the company boasts support for large enterprise F500 customers. SwiftStack is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices globally, and is backed by top-tier investors, including Mayfield Fund and Storm Ventures. Connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn, or please visit http://www.swiftstack.com.
Kristin Nugent, McNeil, Gray & Rice, +1 (617) 367-0100, [email protected]
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