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By Ike Suarez Correspondent
EMC Philippines introduced into
the country the CLARiiON AX4, a networked storage device positioned
to be more affordable for owners of extensive computer networks.
Costing at the low-end for
$8,999, EMC Corp. has positioned the new CLARiiON AX4 globally as a
networked storage device for the small and medium-sized market.
One highlight of its
affordability: its storage and computer host support capabilities
that could easily be expanded as the network owners’ needs
increased. At the same time, its networked storage management
program would enable the effortless transfer of data within the
network even if the different host computers are running on a vast
variety of operating systems, which normally would be incompatible
with each other.
At a press briefing, Arnie
Alvarez, EMC Phils. solutions architect, admitted that EMC’s image
was that of a vendor offering high-end and high-priced storage
systems.
But not anymore, according to
Alvarez, as the CLARiiON AX4 would also now allow EMC to enter the
market for more affordable networked storage systems, including in
the area of consumer data storage with the recent $213-million
acquisition of Iomega, the data storage company that popularized the
ZIP Drive back in the mid-90s.
Alvarez noted that one highlight
of the CLARiiON AX4’s affordability was that its storage and host
computer capabilities could be easily expanded to grow with the
network owners’ needs. At the same time, its suite of
virtualization storage management software from EMC’s VMWare would
enable the effortless storage and transfer of data in the network
even if the different host computers were running on different and
even incompatible operating systems.
While the CLARiiON AX4 could at
the very least store data on networks with 10 host computers, the
number of host computers could be expanded to up to 64.
Alvarez said EMC Corp. would
market the CLARiiON AX4 to a wide number of companies in the
Philippines. Some of these would be BPOs, manufacturing firms, as
well as retail outfits.
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