Intransa Continues Its IP SAN Growth in Asia by Signing Distribution Agreement with Macnica Networks Corp. in Japan
Intransa’s Patented Modular Architecture and Intelligent Software Platform Provides Industry’s Most Scalable, High Performance Native IP SAN
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oct 5, 2004
Intransa, the global leader in intelligent information storage, delivery, and management over IP, announced today that the company has entered into a distribution agreement with Macnica Networks Corp., a leading provider of information technology in Japan. With this relationship, Macnica Networks Corp. will serve as a strategic distributor for Intransa’s products throughout Japan, as the country is on the cusp of rapid growth in the IP SAN market for mid-sized businesses and enterprises.
Intransa leads the IP SAN market by delivering the industry’s most comprehensive suite of IP SAN solutions to meet the needs of small, mid-tier, and enterprise-class customers alike. The Intransa IP storage offering is based on the company’s IP SAN IntraStor™ architecture, a three tired architecture that allows for independent capacity and performance scaling; and the StorControl™ management software. The Intransa StorControlTM system software provides a complete suite of enterprise-class storage management and data protection features that allow IT administrators to seamlessly grow and manage their storage environment based on business requirements. Administrators can easily add an additional storage controller or disk enclosure without impacting performance or system availability.
The IP SAN offers IT administrators a practical and economical alternative to expensive Fibre Channel components due to its ability to leverage existing network infrastructures in the enterprise or data center. The Intransa IP SAN also provides users with excellent data management capabilities and strong reliability.
“Macnica Networks is excited about getting into this distribution relationship with Intransa on providing a truly scalable IP SAN storage solution to our customers” said Kiyoshi Nakashima, president of Macnica Networks Corp.. “Based on years of expertise working with various enterprise customers on their storage needs, we believe that this is what they have been looking for in terms of having enterprise class features at the best price.”
“We at Intransa are proud of our association with Macnica Networks Corp., and we believe this is only the first step towards a lot of mutual success for both our companies,” said Avi Katz, CEO and president of Intransa. “In times such as these where the IT budgets have been shrinking and the demands of the user community increasing, it has become very important for us to provide a storage solution that increases the ROI while decreasing the TCO at the same time, and the solution for achieving that goal is through our native IP SAN offering.”
About Macnica Networks Corp.
Macnica Networks Corp. has over 20 years of experience in product localization, sales, and technical support of computer network equipment. Macnica Networks Corp. supplies a full line of leading network appliances, network software and telecom solutions to its customers, and consistently brings innovative new products to their portfolio. Macnica Networks Corp. provides a high level of comprehensive technical support and educational programs to assist their customers with their applications. For more information, visit macnica.net.
About Intransa
Intransa, Inc. is the leading innovator of shared, scalable and simple external IP storage solutions for video and IT storage. A single DVR can benefit from Intransa storage, increasing reliability and retention while reducing video surveillance cost.
Based in San Jose, CA, Intransa offers scalable, high performance security-grade storage with outstanding availability and price/performance, with built in Set-and-Forget Management for proven ease of use. The company's Video Storage Administrator toolkit is the first in the industry to configure external storage for use in video surveillance and other physical security applications without requiring extensive IT storage knowledge for maximum benefit. Instead, the VSA is configured and administered using familiar frame rate, resolution, retention period and other physical security terms.
Beginning as a 3Com spin-off, Intransa has been shipping shared IP network storage solutions since 2003. Intransa IP storage is available worldwide through authorized StorPartner security and systems integrators. Intransa is an Axis Communications Applications Development Partner, Cisco Ecosystem Provider, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and VMware Technology Alliance Partner along with many other industry partnerships through our StorAlliance Technology Partner program.
Intransa believes and supports industry standards, and is a member of the Security Industry Association, the Storage Networking Industry Association and its green storage initiative, and The Green Grid organization for green IT. Intransa employees are also members and supporters of ASIS International and the ASIS Physical Security Council.
For more information about Intransa and our industry-leading sharable, scalable and simple external IP storage solutions, to locate a StorPartner security and systems integrator, or to join the StorAlliance Technology Partner program, please visit us at www.intransa.com.
Intransa, StarterBlock, Intransa Sharable Security Platform, Intransa ISSP, EdgeBlock, BuildingBlock, PerformanceBlock, Security-Grade IP Video Storage, DynaStac, StorStac OS, StorManager, StorStac Snapshot, StorAR, StorCluster, the 3Rs for Video, the 3Ss of IP Storage, Set-and-Forget Management, StorSupport, StorWarranty, StorAlliance and StorPartner are registered names and trademarks of Intransa, Inc. All others are the property of their respective holders.
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