Bridgeworks and DSM announce technological advancements
13 October 2003
IT managers concerned with the escalating costs of data storage are beginning to see the benefits of the recent alliance between two European storage solutions specialists: Bridgeworks and DSM. The fruit of this ongoing collaboration has seen customers being offered a series of more intelligent, flexible storage libraries that can result in incredible cost savings.
By integrating the Bridgeworks' Library Partitioning Module (LPM) into their TERASTORE range of Tape and Optical libraries, DSM now offer to their customers the ability to share a single storage library across a number of host servers. This means that customers are able to realise considerable cost savings because they no longer have to purchase individual libraries for each server.
"DSM is very excited by the LPM. We are convinced of the benefits that it has to offer. The equation is simple. Purchase a new tape library for each server in the network or purchase a single more intelligent unit that will deal with each server individually," said Michael Lück at DSM.
"The partnership with DSM demonstrates how strong a force European manufacturers can be in a previously American dominated market. The LPM really enhances the functionality of data libraries. No company in the current climate can afford to waste valuable budgets and that's exactly where the benefit of the LPM lies. Effectively it enhances the functionality of the library and thus saves the cost of further investment," said David Trossell, Managing Director of Bridgeworks.
This early innovation shows the commitment that DSM and Bridgeworks have made to push the industry standards. Improving the flexibility and functionality of individual libraries remains the goal for this entirely European partnership which has designed and manufactured these products. The development of more intelligent storage libraries ensures that customers achieve the most beneficial storage solutions at unrivalled costs.
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About Bridgeworks
With a new state of the art headquarters in Christchurch, Dorset, UK Bridgeworks is a global cost leader for data transfer solutions. For over twenty years Bridgeworks solutions have met the needs of the growing storage connectivity market and they are designed to enable customers to manage their data archives with the highest possible degree of performance and reliability. With years of in-depth industry experience Bridgeworks prides itself on offering these solutions at terms that are unrivalled in the industry.
About DSM
Founded in 1987 and based in Westerstede, Germany, DSM is an independent company which focuses exclusively on data storage solutions. For sixteen years DSM has developed, produced and distributed all of its own products. DSM has maintained a strong commitment to meeting and surpassing the individual requirements of its customers. DSM's devotion to finding the most successful solutions for their customer has seen the company become one of the largest European manufacturers of data storage libraries.
Contacts
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Bridgeworks Ltd
Tel:+44 (0) 1202 588 588
Email: marketing@4bridgeworks.com
Marketing
DSM
Tel:++49 (0) 4488 7643 0
Email: dsm@terastore.de
