AutoVirt Joins NetApp Alliance Partner Program

AutoVirt, Inc., provider of file virtualization software for data tiering and migration, announced its membership in the NetApp Alliance Partner Program as an Advantage Alliance partner. Together, AutoVirt and NetApp will now deliver integrated enterprise storage solutions to customers.

"We are delighted to join the NetApp Alliance Partner Program, which enables AutoVirt to deliver advanced, easy-to-use, and affordable data migration, automated failover, and archiving capabilities to NetApp SnapMirror, NetApp SnapLock and VFM users," said Josh Klein, President and CEO of AutoVirt. "Customers can now easily automate and perform transparent, non-disruptive migration from heterogeneous devices to their NetApp storage. AutoVirt’s global namespace technology allows NetApp SnapMirror users to automate failover from any CIFS-device to a SnapMirror targets. NetApp SnapLock archiving policies can now be managed through the AutoVirt GUI (graphical user interface). Existing VFM users can also take advantage of the AutoVirt VFM swap-out program."

AutoVirt file virtualization software reduces the cost, complexity, and risk of managing data distributed across NAS environments. AutoVirt’s unique global namespace technology separates file access paths from the physical location of networked storage, allowing IT organizations to move files transparently to clients. With AutoVirt, IT can seamlessly migrate data to a new device or the appropriate storage tier, save money on primary storage by archiving old or unused files, and meet business continuity objectives by configuring replication relationships and automating failover.

"The NetApp Alliance Partner Program features cost-effective, validated solutions to reduce the management complexity of our customers’ storage environments," said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Alliances and Solutions at NetApp. "Our partnership with AutoVirt will help customers conduct fast and easy data migrations and help them manage their data replication and data protection environments."