VERITAS Software Corporation has announced the acquisition of the assets of NuView, including its Windows NT cluster management solution, ClusterX. This acquisition furthers VERITAS Software`s position in high availability storage management and continues its strategic long-term direction toward the delivery of heterogeneous and distributed availability solutions for enterprise environments and Internet businesses.
"NuView`s ClusterX technology is a strategic addition to our portfolio of high availability technology," says Chris Boorman, marketing director for EMEA at VERITAS Software. "Increased demand for information availability - specifically in high-volume NT installations like Internet businesses - is driving the need for powerful solutions that can ensure business without interruption."
"NuView ClusterX, in combination with VERITAS Software`s` storage management products, provides customers with a total solution for providing non-stop operations," says Rahul Mehta, CEO and president of NuView. "The combination of products will enable VERITAS Software to provide customers with an integrated and centrally managed high availability solution for business critical applications."
As the first and only solution to integrate the management of both Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and Windows NT Load Balancing Service (WLBS), ClusterX extends VERITAS Software`s ability to manage all clustered NT servers, from Web servers to back-end application servers.
The product increases the manageability and availability of clustered servers running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition, and Windows 2000 Data Center Edition, and has been designed to support other cluster technologies. ClusterX can be deployed with VERITAS Cluster Server to enable enterprises to centrally manage the availability of their critical, heterogeneous Solaris, HP-UX and Windows NT environments.
"ClusterX has helped reduce the management complexity and improve the system availability of our clustered PowerEdge server and PowerVault storage solutions," says Bob Van Steenberg, vice president and general manager of Dell`s Enterprise Server Products.
VERITAS Software initially intends to market ClusterX directly through its OEM and end-user sales force and through its worldwide network of Team VERITAS value added resellers. VERITAS Software will also continue to leverage the strategic partnerships NuView developed for ClusterX with Dell, Data General, Microsoft and Unisys. Integration plans for the ClusterX product and VERITAS Software`s Cluster Server solutions will be released later this year.
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