Mainframe users at IBM SHARE get glimpse of solution that can share data center resources, replicate data to DR centers, and migrate data from legacy media over to new technologies.
Tributary Systems, Inc., an IBM integrator of solutions, including storage, has announced it has joined the “Destination Z” consortium recently launched to educate customers and prospects about the latest System z technology, trends and resources.
“Our Storage Director/ViTAL backup virtualization solution provides an opportunity for IBM zOS data centers to share storage resources with all the various environments running in their data centers, to replicate data to disaster recovery locations over WAN and cloud infrastructures, and to migrate their existing legacy data media to newer technology, easily, with one solution! Our ‘Any-to-Any’ backup virtualization solution is available for IBM zOS, IBM i (formerly iSeries, AS/400), IBM AIX, HP NonStop (Tandem), HP Open VMS, Linux, UNIX, VMWare and Windows.”
At IBM SHARE Mainframe User Group’s Technology EXPO in Orlando recently, Tributary Systems demonstrated its Storage Director/ViTAL Backup Virtualization solution on its new IBM System x server platform with an integrated Quantum DXi6700 data deduplication appliance.
“We look forward to collaborating with IBM users, Business Partners and academics to educate the IBM System z mainframe world about storage technology and trends,” said Ed Ahl, Tributary director of Business Development.
Tributary Systems, Inc., based in Texas, delivers data protection with vision. Customers include Fortune 20, Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 1000 companies as well as small and middle market companies in banking, financial services, retail, telecommunications and healthcare. The Tributary Storage Director/ViTAL Backup Virtualization solution enables fully automated data backup to disk, data deduplication, and tape. It also supports advanced replication capabilities for off-site data protection, and restore operations from remote, unmanned, lights-out data centers. By separating the backup infrastructure from the backup host, Storage Director/ViTAL allows customers to migrate their legacy environments to state-of-the-art technologies. It is available for IBM zOS, IBM i (formerly iSeries and AS/400), IBM AIX, HP NonStop (Tandem), HP Open VMS, Linux, UNIX, VMWare and Windows.
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