PacketLight Networks successfully completes Sun Microsystems` Solaris
Released on: July 14, 2008, 11:06 pm
Press Release Author: packetlight
Industry: Computers
Press Release Summary: PacketLight Networks successfully completes Sun Microsystems' Solaris
Press Release Body: PacketLight Networks Ltd., a leading provider of Data and Storage Extension connectivity solutions, announced today that its PL-400, PL-100, PL-20 and PL-10 Data and Storage Extension connectivity products have all successfully completed the Sun Microsystems Solaris Ready Program, having met its testing requirements for system compatibility, interoperability, ease-of-installation, functionality, and network interoperability as defined and controlled by Sun Microsystems.
"We are pleased to have the PL-400, PL-100, PL-20 and PL-10 products from PacketLight Networks Ltd gain Sun Solaris Ready certification," said Dan Powers, Senior Director, ISV Engineering, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With certification on the free and open source Solaris 10 (TM) Operating System (OS), PacketLight Networks Ltd.' customers can be assured that PL-400, PL-100, PL-20 and PL-10 have met the rigorous testing requirements of the Solaris Ready Program.\"
PacketLight's variety of efficient connectivity solutions over all common WAN technologies (CWDM/DWDM, Ethernet/IP, and SONET/SDH networks) for connecting between the primary and secondary DR/BC (Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity) sites enables the user to select the WAN interface protocol according to its preferences. The overall DR/BC solution which consists of Sun Microsystems\' storage systems, servers, services and management application together with PacketLight connectivity solution is targeted to lower the overall DR/BC project cost by reducing the inter-site connectivity cost and making the solution affordable for larger customer base.
PacketLight products cut hardware and operational costs such as maintenance, power consumption and rack space at least in half (when compared to other typical solutions of similar capacity). Companies around the world that need to protect their data responding to the increasing security, compliance and corporate governance issues will benefit from the Sun Solaris Ready certified solutions from PacketLight.
"We are very proud to be working with Sun Microsystems, which provides us with a highly important certificate, assuring our costumers of the quality of our products," states Koby Reshef, PacketLight's VP of Marketing. "In addition, PacketLight offers a unique value proposition helping Sun Microsystems to meet its customers DR and BC challenges, addressing the market demands for DR and BC over all types of WAN infrastructures and a variety of bandwidths, ensuring fast ROI."
About PacketLight Networks
PacketLight Networks Ltd. (www.packetlight.com) develops a complete set of storage extension solutions, connecting SANs over remote distances and over any type of network: IP/Ethernet, DWDM/CWDM and SONET/SDH.
PacketLight customers are carriers, service providers, IT integrators and enterprises who are active in filling the demand for business continuity, disaster recovery solutions and enterprise data sharing applications. Its products are standard based and certified by the major FC Fabric vendors such as Brocade, McData, Qlogic and storage vendors such as IBM.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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