VarData Partners with BlueArc to Help Customers Curb
Costly Storage Sprawl
July 7, 2009
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--VarData, LLC, a fast-growing reseller of technology for voice, data, and storage networks, today announced it is offering the BlueArc Mercury Series, a premium network storage platform that delivers unparalleled business and technological benefits to customers seeking a mid-range solution.
The Mercury Series from BlueArc® Corporation is the first storage solution in its class that combines leading-edge file system performance and data management capabilities to successfully address the problem of storage infrastructure sprawl. Storage sprawl is the unplanned proliferation of application servers, storage arrays, and NAS filers, often resulting in data management problems, performance shortfalls, and poor utilization rates.
In conjunction with the Mercury Series introduction, for a limited time VarData will be offering free installation and training on Mercury Series products to new BlueArc customers.
BlueArc, a leader in scalable, high-performance unified network storage, enlisted the insights of VarData technologists throughout the process of developing the Mercury platform. As a result, the capabilities of the Mercury Series produce dramatic gains in storage efficiency and storage utilization—supporting consolidation of infrastructure while at the same time expanding capacity for growth.
“The BlueArc Mercury platform provides a significant advantage to companies that want a mid-market storage solution,” said Jeff Coke, founder and president of VarData. “Simplified storage administration and streamlined data management enable our customers to save time and money, while at the same time building a practical long-term infrastructure. We are delighted to be teaming with BlueArc to provide this much-needed, cost-effective solution.”
A BlueArc partner since 2004, VarData helps customers make the most of BlueArc solutions by providing support at every stage of the process, from selection through implementation. The close relationship with BlueArc strengthens VarData’s ability to address and anticipate the increasingly complex storage-management needs of its customers.
About the Mercury Platform
“For the first time, there’s a mid-market storage solution to the data-management headaches of so many companies,” said Bridget Warwick, vice president, marketing, BlueArc. “VarData’s insights and expertise will help these customers implement forward-looking storage strategies with the Mercury platform, so they can seize on new business opportunities and create a strong foundation for growth.”
File-based data is growing at an exponential rate just as budgets are contracting, and for many companies, a series of seemingly correct choices—adding storage tiers, consolidating others, introducing virtualization—has resulted in an overly complex storage environment that makes access to data difficult or slow. VarData helps customers take advantage of Mercury platform features that simplify storage administration and streamline data management with deduplication and automated data movement across storage tiers. The platform’s capabilities include dynamic storage allocation, intelligent tiered storage, and policy-based data protection capabilities such as clustering, snapshots and replication.
The Mercury platform architecture removes traditional performance limitations and increases throughput, as well. It includes capabilities for deduplication, automated data movement across storage tiers, dynamic storage allocation, and data protection capabilities such as clustering, snapshots and replication.
About BlueArc
BlueArc partners with customers to solve their storage and data management-related business challenges. BlueArc’s best-of-breed, high-performance, highly scalable and cost-effective storage solutions help to accelerate our customers' success. Information about BlueArc solutions and services can be found at http://www.bluearc.com.
About VarData LLC
Founded in 2004, VarData LLC provides data, voice, and storage solutions to both enterprise customers and service providers. The firm offers a broad range of technical solutions from its manufacturer partners, supporting both next-generation and legacy networks to help customers maximize their investments. VarData is known for its superb combination of industry leadership, technical expertise, and customer focus. The firm’s technically educated sales force prides itself on supporting its customers at every stage of the process—equipment selection, installations, network relocations, system modifications, engineering and test, troubleshooting and debugging, and even asset management. VarData is currently number 13 on the Rochester Top 100 list of the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the region.
