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Lifeboat Distribution Adds DataCore Virtual Storage Software to Enhance Its VMware and Virtual Infrastructure Offerings

Posted on: Monday, 10 October 2005, 09:00 CDT

Lifeboat Distribution today announced that it has signed an agreement with DataCore Software, whereby it will market and distribute DataCore's storage networking products both to complement and to extend its SAN, disaster recovery and booming virtual infrastructure businesses with the flexibility of virtual storage. The decision to serve as a strategic partner expands the virtualization range of SAN and iSCSI/LAN storage solutions for Lifeboat - an international wholesale provider of software development tools, utilities and other technology benefiting computer software resellers.

"For our resellers, it's simple - DataCore does for storage what VMware does for servers. Both DataCore and VMware create hardware independent software that adds flexibility, increases utilization and improves response times," said Dan Jamieson, vice president and general manager, Lifeboat Distribution. "Now, through this partnership, Lifeboat will empower its reseller partners with DataCore's software products and bring the benefits of storage virtualization to the VMware world in a major way."

The strategic agreement enables Lifeboat to resell all of DataCore Software's products that specialize in the control, consolidation, virtualization and management of storage. DataCore's powerful and automatic virtual capacity provisioning allows users to upgrade their infrastructure to easily add disk space over a SAN or existing IP LAN without the need to reconfigure hardware, open up systems or even reboot application servers. The two key products Lifeboat will resell are DataCore's award-winning SANsymphony and their new, low-cost SANmelody disk server software products. These products provide unprecedented purchasing flexibility and long-term investment protection by empowering customers to fulfill portability and price/performance requirements across a broad choice of systems and devices.

"We believe that partnering with DataCore will build on our success in deploying virtualization infrastructures and provide our resellers and system integrators with cost-effective disaster recovery solutions and the ability to tailor simple-to-use, affordable iSCSI SAN end-user storage solutions that complement and expand their VMware virtual server business," said Jamieson. "This is the next, logical step in making the virtual enterprise a reality. Our resellers now have the total solution for virtual infrastructures, encompassing both servers and storage, so that customers can reap the full productivity benefits and cost savings advantages of virtual solutions."

Thousands of small to medium business users and hundreds of Global 2000 data centers rely on DataCore's comprehensive product portfolio to deploy disk servers, to easily add capacity expansion, and to centralize and automate storage management for Microsoft Windows, VMware, UNIX, Linux, MacOS and NetWare systems. Particularly through the recent launch of its SANmelody 2.0 product, DataCore continues to prove that "virtualization" is not just for servers. DataCore's SANmelody 2.0 delivers virtual storage -- through virtual capacity -- to the broad market. "DataCore has put our money where our mouths are in terms of developing virtual storage solutions that each serve as a fundamental building block for virtual infrastructures," said Ziya Aral, chief technology officer, DataCore Software. "Our technology adds flexibility and the advantages of software portability to storage, which is just what Lifeboat sought to extend to its VMware base. "The fact that our products also offer world-record price performance that accelerate workloads, provide faster disk-to-disk back-ups, and deliver better response also served as a catalyst for establishing a strategic relationship with Lifeboat Distribution."

Lifeboat Distribution will deliver the benefits of going virtual with a range of flexible DataCore solutions designed to address the needs of Disaster Recovery, Non-disruptive Disk-to-Disk Backups, Remote IP Replication, Consolidation, Business Continuance, and Rapid provisioning of servers and storage. To place an order for any of DataCore Software's products, please contact Lifeboat Distribution at 800-847-7078 or visit http://www.lifeboatdistribution.com.

About Lifeboat Distribution

Lifeboat Distribution, a division of Programmer's Paradise, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROG) is an international wholesale provider of software development tools, utilities, and other technically related products to computer software resellers. The company provides pre-sale consultative advice, in-depth product information, licensing options, and marketing programs in support of its select group of technical software lines. Lifeboat Distribution services thousands of solution providers, VARs, consultants, corporate resellers, and retailers worldwide.

About DataCore Software

DataCore Software fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage. DataCore's disk server software easily adds capacity expansion and centralized storage management for Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, VMware, MacOS, and NetWare systems. DataCore is privately held with corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, visit www.datacore.com.

DataCore, the DataCore logo, SANsymphony, SANmelody, SANmaestro and Powered by DataCore are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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