Lefthand Networks and Phantom Data Systems align on storage!

July 16, 2008 - PRLog -- Lefthand Networks adds Phantom Data Systems Inc. in a push towards gaining a firmer presence in the  solutions space in the North Eastern USA. Phantom Data Systems, a data storage, medical imaging, disaster recovery and backup power solutions provider in Norwalk, Connecticut today announced the strategic partnership with Lefthand. "We've been looking for a while" said Alani Kuye, company president. "We did our due diligence and thoroughly evaluated the decision to add another storage vendor. Our decision to go with Lefthand Networks is based on a number of variables. Interoperability, scalability, and of course the heavy support of the Linux stack and being vendor agnostic. It also helps that compared to the EMC, HP, NetApps and Suns out there, Lefthand is THE best kept alternative secret. A very large installation was recently implemented at one of the biggest casinos in the world. Here in Connecticut."
The two companies are uniquely positioned to increase the adoption of alternative and availability solutions above current adoption levels. Lefthand's open, ecosystem approach with the NSM series and Storage Management Software allows customers to select best of breed ISV partner solutions to add enhanced functionality to their IT environments. "Lets face it, the greatest approach to risk management is to have no risk at all. However, if you're in business, then there is given risk. So we have to eliminate to the bare minimum from a technology and business approach. Non proprietary is number one, affordable is number two, scalable is number three on our paradigm of success" said Alani Kuye.
With more and more clients asking questions about storage management, virtualization and disaster recovery, the need for a virtual environment to offset disaster recovery and availability services has never been greater. The virtualization market alone is a multi billion dollar industry and projected to grow at a 75 percent run rate over the next 10 years. Companies like Phantom Data Systems have alot to gain from this. "Being a leading Disaster Recovery solution provider in the North East, we live and breathe the technology" added Andrew Perkins, vice president - implementations.
Customer perception is that availability and DR solutions require a lot of IT resources to setup and maintain, as a result IDC finds most organizations are invested when it comes to business continuity,” said John Humphreys, Program Vice President, Virtualization Software for IDC. “The combination of easy-to-use, tightly integrated virtualization and availability software could make HA and DR a practical reality for mid-market companies as well as broaden protection in larger companies.”

About LeftHand Networks

LeftHand Networks pioneered IP-based storage area networks (SAN) in 2001. SANs built using LeftHand’s SAN/iQ® software are uniquely able to distribute and protect data across a cluster of industry-standard storage servers. The company’s patented architecture increases data availability, allows users to start small and grow the SAN seamlessly, and simplifies management. The LeftHand SAN is ideal for storage and server consolidation, campus SANs, and disaster recovery. For more information, contact LeftHand at info@lefthandnetworks.com

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About Phantom Data Systems Inc.

Phantom Data Systems is a Data Storage, Disaster Recovery, Document Management and Information Lifecycle Management solution provider based in Norwalk, Connecticut.
www.phantomdatasystems.com
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