Cofio in OEM Partnership With Storage Provider Wisdata Systems

Cofio Software, Inc. has signed an agreement with WISDATA Systems Co. Ltd., provider of storage solutions in China.

Under the terms of the agreement, WISDATA will market several of its storage server appliances utilizing Cofio’s AIMstor software throughout China.

The solution will provide users with unified data protection and workflow. The WISDATA solution delivers to users a number benefits:

• Unified 4 in 1 appliance for Backup, CDP, Archive and Real-Time Replication
• Single application interface for End-to-End workflow management
• Source and Target Deduplication for a 95% bandwidth and capacity improvement
• Rack footprint of 30TB in a single RAID enclosure
• Secure transfers of data over WAN and public internet with encryption

Established in Beijing in 2000, WISDATA Systems employs its own research and development team, and delivers SAN and storage security solutions that require reliable RAID storage solutions. WISDATA Systems serves customers in the public sector, the oil and gas industry, finance and manufacturing.

"Cofio and WISDATA have designed a simple yet powerful solution that helps customers maximize storage efficiency, protection and recovery speed," said Mr. Cui Yi, Director and Vice-General Manager of WISDATA Systems. "This is a solution with capabilities never before unified in a single footprint appliance. No one else in the world provides this type of offering."

"We chose to partner with WISDATA because of they specialize in high performance data protection and availability," said Tony Cerqueira, President of Cofio Software. "They offer excellent sales and support capabilities throughout China for private and public sector customers, and they are longtime storage experts."