RAID Development Agreement Between PMC-Sierra and IBM
For the enterprise server and storage markets
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on April 11, 2008 at 4:07 pmPMC-Sierra, Inc. announced a multi-year joint development agreement with IBM for RAID technology.
Building on PMC-Sierra’s industry-leading 6Gbit/s SAS and 8Gbit/s Fibre Channel storage protocol controller family and IBM’s extensive RAID technology, this agreement is expected to accelerate the development and industry availability of innovative RAID chipset and software solutions, enabling the next generation of enterprise server and storage system designs.
"PMC-Sierra is committed to providing our customers with innovative, industry-leading storage chipset solutions," said Bob Bailey, President and CEO of PMC-Sierra. "Our joint technology development program with IBM combines the strengths of two industry leaders to accelerate RAID product solutions for broad customer and industry benefit."
"IBM continues to expand the scope of its successful innovation network strategy and develop new initiatives for collaborative R&D," said Bernard Meyerson, IBM Fellow and Vice President of Strategic Alliances. "We are pleased to have PMC-Sierra as a RAID technology development partner and member of IBM’s innovation network."