HDS Resells Ciena

Ciena Corporation announced that Hitachi Data
Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., will resell the CN
4200 FlexSelect
Advanced Services Platform and CN 2000
Storage and LAN Extension Platform.

Specifically, Hitachi Data Systems,
a Ciena BizConnect partner, will leverage Ciena’s
CN 4200 and CN 2000 platforms as part of its advanced network attached
storage (NAS) services, including the Hitachi High-performance NAS
Platform, powered by BlueArc.

In addition, Ciena’s CN 4200 and CN 2000 have been qualified for
distance extension with Hitachi Universal Replicator (HUR) and TrueCopy
Remote Replication software on Hitachi’s
Universal Storage Platform
V and Universal Storage Platform VM across the metropolitan area network
or wide area network (MAN/WAN).

Ciena’s CN 4200 platform will support
long-distance replication for cost-effective, high-bandwidth
connectivity for Hitachi’s High-performance
NAS Platform to provide customers the ability to synchronously transport
high-bandwidth replication traffic between geographically-dispersed
environments using Hitachi TrueCopy synchronous replication software.
Hitachi customers can also benefit from Ciena’s
CN 2000 for cost-effective extension of their business continuance and
disaster recovery applications.

“The continued proliferation of file servers
and appliances is creating complexity within the storage infrastructure,
which requires a dynamic environment that is not just for storage of
files, but a true consolidation that can optimize NAS environments,”
said Steve TenBarge, vice president, Global Product Marketing, Hitachi
Data Systems. “With Ciena’s
CN 4200 and CN 2000, our High-performance NAS Platform can help
organizations with performance-driven applications consolidate their
ever-expanding NAS solutions and simplify the supporting infrastructure
while reducing costs and improving data availability.”

Ciena’s CN 4200 has passed a series of
interoperability tests for the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform,
powered by BlueArc. Under guidance of Hitachi Data Systems and following
rigorous testing through the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform
testing and validation program, the CN 4200 met all requirements and is
authorized as an interoperable platform for mutual customers.

“Storage requirements are growing
significantly, and organizations need to bring those costs under control
while continuing to provide improved availability and better
time-to-change within the data center,” said
Mike Aquino, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Ciena. “With
our CN 4200 platform, the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform helps
users in data-intensive, high-performance computing markets, as well as
enterprise customers that need large-scale consolidation, address their
high-performance computing storage requirements.

Ciena Corporation

Hitachi Data
Systems