Fujitsu Redefines Storage, Puts Business Priorities Ahead with New Generation ETERNUS DX Disk Systems

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Munich, November 05, 2013 - Fujitsu Redefines Storage, Puts Business Priorities Ahead with New Generation ETERNUS DX Disk Systems Fujitsu today introduces a new era of business-centric storage, with new-generation ETERNUS DX systems that are the industrys first to put business priorities ahead of storage, easing IT challenges such as the management of ever increasing volumes of critical data.

News facts: Revolutionary performance architecture delivers fivefold increase in performance, boosting system utilization up to 90 percent Automated quality of service management aligns storage performance with business priorities Seamlessly integrated block/file access enhance consolidation capabilities Fujitsu today introduces a new era of business-centric storage, with new-generation ETERNUS DX systems that are the industrys first to put business priorities ahead of storage, easing IT challenge s such as the management of ever increasing volumes of critical data. This announcement is made at Fujitsu Forum 2013, Europes biggest single-vendor IT event. With its new-generation ETERNUS DX S3 disk storage arrays and latest release of the ETERNUS SF V16 system management software, Fujitsu is delivering business-centric systems that are completely flexible and adaptable to users business priorities, instead of allowing the technology to rule over its users. New ETERNUS DX disk systems enable storage professionals to seamlessly adapt to the needs of their users, and deliver better service levels at lower costs. These benefits are a result of a combination of advances, including a fivefold improvement in performance and intelligent data priority management, meaning that the systems themselves are able to shape backup according to business priorities. Across the range, the scalable entry-level ETERNUS DX100 S3 and DX200 S3 models and the midrange ETERNUS DX500 S3 and DX600 S3 models provide unmatched support for data consolidation projects thanks to seamlessly integrated unified NAS and SAN connectivity. For the first time, Fujitsu is enabling storage professionals to boost system utilization up to 90 percent, breaking with conventional storage wisdom that system capacity should not exceed 50 percent to avoid slow system response times. Combining significantly increased performance with business-centric, automated quality-of service management, the new Fujitsu ETERNUS DX systems also deliver industry-leading performance, running at five times the IOPS, three times the bandwidth and double the bus performance of previous models. The entire ETERNUS DX line-up is based on the latest Intel multicore processors, featuring optimized multiprocessing and threading capabilities, bigger caches and additional flash caches, the latest SAS3 drive interfaces and 16 GB Fibre Channel connectivity. A new automated quality of service management means that storage professionals no longer need to perform complex and costly tuning to set required response time for high-priority applications. This increases operational efficiency and enables storage professionals to more easily maintain critical service levels.

Unified storage, seamless integrated block and file access

All new ETERNUS DX systems can be configured as unified storage systems with seamless integrated block and file, and SAN and NAS capabilities. In a major difference from simple gateway architectures, this unified functionality is seamlessly integrated within storage controllers, resulting in a consistent user experience, and providing the ability to share all high availability and failover functionalities for SAN and NAS operations across storage controllers. Fujitsu is also publishing a roadmap confirming upgrades that will introduce further new functionality as well as boosting performance, efficiency, utilization and business continuity capabilities. Enhancements include the transparent failover of ETERNUS DX systems across model classes, dramatically accelerated data rebuild for failed disks, better disk utilization through data compression and deduplication and the introduction of InfiniBand connectivity. All ETERNUS DX S3 systems are easier to manage and share the same flexible family architecture, providing investment protection and offering extensive scalability, thanks to the ability to seamlessly upgrade to bigger models within the range. In addition, the latest release of ETERNUS SF software introduces new system management functionality for customers with current Fujitsu ETERNUS DX S2 systems.

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NComputing is the Fastest Growing Company in the Worldwide Enterprise Client Device Market in Q2 2013
NComputing Grew Over 70% Quarter Over Quarter NComputing, the leader in accelerating the adoption of desktop virtualization, has been recognized as the fastest growing vendor in the worldwide enterprise client device market in the second quarter of 2013. According to the IDC Worldwide Enterprise Client Device Tracker Q2 2013, published September 25, 2013, NComputing showed 70% QoQ growth, as well as 65% YoY growth, far stronger than Dell Wyse or HP. The impressive showing closed the market share gap between NComputing and the two traditional market leaders to just a few percentage points. The report tracked quarterly growth and shipments from Q2 2012 to Q2 2013 for 21 thin client vendors, with NComputing not only as the third ranked vendor for worldwide client device shipments, but with the highest growth QoQ and YoY. The report also shows that NComputing dramatically increased its number one market share position in both Latin America and the APAC/Japan region, with QoQ growth of 24.5% and 138.9% respectively.

NComputing attributes this growth to a combination of accelerating adoption in mid-market/SMB, as well as enterprise, along with share gains versus Dell Wyse and HP. In general, the market grew 7.4% QoQ, and by next year, market growth is expected to be over 10% YoY. Market pressures, budget constraints and an enterprise focus on mobility are driving organizations to desktop virtualization as a viable alternative to traditional PC computing. NComputing is gaining global interest and market share based on its unique combination of simplicity, performance and value and proven capabilities in high priority initiatives, including BYOD and migration to new Windows operating environments. NComputing is leading desktop virtualization innovation forward in both hardware and software. The company recently announced major enhancements to its N-series line of Citrix Ready HDX thin clients, which feature NComputings unique and powerful System on Chip (SoC) technology. A new version of the vSpace Desktop and Application Virtualization Software was also recently announced. This technology is the ideal choice for organizations looking to take full advantage of the benefits of desktop virtualization, but do not want to deal with the typical cost and complexities associated with acquiring, deploying and maintaining a desktop virtualization solution. Today, NComputing solutions are in use by more than 20 million users in 140 countries. To access the IDC Worldwide Enterprise Client Device Tracker Q2 2013 report, visit: http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24331613. To learn more about NComputing products, visit: http://www.ncomputing.com/products/nseries.