Bangalore: HP is all set to acquire IBRIX, a provider of
enterprise-class file serving software that includes data protection,
high-availability features and data management services for extreme
scale-out, cloud and high-performance computing deployments.
Customers with large-scale, data-intensive application environments
find that storage performance often becomes a bottleneck for their
workflows. IBRIX's solutions allow enterprises to easily and
cost-effectively store massive amounts of user-generated data.
With scalability to tens of petabytes, customers can gain control of
exploding data growth and address application performance challenges in
the most demanding environments.
Adding IBRIX's software to HP's portfolio further solidifies the
company's leadership in the emerging market of scale-out and
high-performance computing storage, cloud storage, and fixed content
archiving. This market is growing at a compound annual growth rate of
20 percent per year, which is faster than both the network-attached
storage and total external storage markets.
"Customers need highly scalable storage solutions that efficiently and
cost-effectively manage massive amounts of information. This
acquisition expands our portfolio to better support the needs of this
market segment," said Jim Wagstaff, Vice President and General Manager
StorageWorks Division, Enterprise Storage, Servers and Networking, HP
Enterprise Business.
IBRIX's software is currently available with HP StorageWorks storage
area networks (SANs), HP ProLiant servers, HP BladeSystem and HP
ProCurve Ethernet switches and management software. The combination of
IBRIX's storage software with HP's business technology portfolio offers
customers a full suite of products and services from design,
transformation and management of corporate data centers to the most
extreme scale-out environments.
"Joining forces with HP is a natural fit for our customers, resulting
in an enhanced storage solution that scales to meet their data growth,"
said Milan Shetti, CEO, IBRIX.
The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions and is
expected to be completed within the next 30 days. Following completion,
the business will be integrated into the StorageWorks division in HP's
Technology Solutions Group.
