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AUTOVIRT LAUNCHES AUTOMAP - SITE SURVEY TOOL
NewSoftware Helps Customers Control IT Budget by Identifying Over and UnderUtilized Windows File Server and Network-Attached Storage (NAS)Assets
AutoVirt Solutions Help IT Management Meet ‘Green’Objectives
AutoVirt Solutions Help IT Management Meet ‘Green’Objectives
Nashua, NH (March 2,2009) – AutoVirt,Inc., the leading provider of Windows data migration solutions, today announcedthe release of its AutoMap™ site survey tool. The new software isintended to help customers discover under and over utilized Windows file serverand network attached storage (NAS) resources, in physical, virtualized and mixedenvironments. Once identified, customers are able to fine-tunethese assets and defer additional server and NAS purchases.
“The digital universe isexploding. In fact, it is expected to grow to well over 1,000exabytes1 within the next three-to-four years,” said James Baker,research manager, storage software, IDC. “With the majority of this growthcoming from unstructured file data, it should come as no surprise that we areseeing an epidemic of over-provisioning of resources as IT management executivesstruggle to maintain control -- resulting in huge capital and operationalexpenses to the organization. AutoVirt's AutoMap will help IT Managersalleviate this pain by identifying challenged resources, thus allowing them toreallocate their data across all available storage assets.”
“Due to the relentlessgrowth of unstructured file data it has become increasingly difficult, if notimpossible, to effectively manage Windows file server and NAS resources. Many IT organizations have had little choice but to consistentlyover-provision in an attempt to keep their head above water. Consequently, today’s IT organizations are experiencing server andstorage utilization rates as low as just 20% and 30%, respectively,” said KlavsLandberg, founder and CTO, AutoVirt. “AutoVirt AutoMap provides anideal step in the right direction. Within minutes of deployment, areport will be generated detailing all hardware/software assets and associatedutilization statistics, as well as a comprehensive networked shares map. With this information in hand, customers can fine tune assets, increaseutilization and fully maximize infrastructure value.”
Landberg added,“Accordingly, another key benefit of AutoVirt technology is its ability to helpIT management meet their ‘green’ objectives, because by minimizing the purchaseof additional hardware, energy consumption is likewise minimized.”
The AutoMap site surveytool is available immediately; and for a limited time, a no-obligation freetrial is obtainable at: http://www.autovirt.com/product/AutoMap.cfm. Key AutoMap functionality is also included standard, withall AutoVirt AutoMove™ automated data migration software purchases.
For additionalinformation on AutoVirt AutoMove, please read the following IDC research report:“AutoVirt: A New Venture Bringing Windows-Based Data Migration to Market” (http://www.autovirt.com/resources/idc-report.cfm).
About AutoVirt
AutoVirt™, Inc. is theleading provider of fully-automated Windows data migration solutions. By leveraging advanced file storage virtualization technology, AutoVirtAutoMove™ software offers customers a continuous data migration (CDM) solutionthat is easy to acquire, deploy and manage – with no incremental work, downtime,configurations changes, or client software agents required – all at a highlyaffordable price. Moreover, AutoVirt software provides anout-of-band solution that eliminates the associated cost and added latency of anin-band approach. With AutoVirt, customers can finally transitionfrom viewing data migration as a point-in-time event, to an automatic andcontinual load balancing capability. For further information,please call: 603-546-2900, email: info@autovirt.com, or visit www.autovirt.com.
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1 In the movie Ocean's Thirteen,The Bank Hotel and Casino's advanced AI security system, "The Greco", is said toprocess game winners' reactions "in a field of exabytes." Danny Ocean (GeorgeClooney) goes on to ask what an exabyte is, whereupon Rusty (Brad Pitt)explains, "a million terabytes."
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“After 50 years of advancements in commercial IT, why is it that year after year we still are talking about the same tactical challenges? Data migration is still a huge problem that everyone has to contend with – an issue exacerbated by exponential data growth. It is astounding to me that so few focus on solving this real-world problem. Hat’s off to AutoVirt, who is doing just that. Out of the gate, the AutoVirt solution will help IT managers to overcome one of their greatest pain-points – Windows data migration.”
Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)