20 April 2009

UK-based Tarmin Technologies, a leading provider of active archive, object-based storage, information lifecycle management and storage software optimised for secondary tiered deployments, has released its latest archiving solution.

GridBank 1.5 is designed to substantially lower an organisation’s storage and data management total cost of ownership and boasts a number of significant new features, including support for Microsoft SharePoint and Windows Server 2008, e-discovery and search for storage resources outside of the GridBank environment, and a Web-based management console.

GridBank 1.5 delivers our customers the most comprehensive active archiving solution in the market today and is ideal for both large enterprise and smaller companies alike

Jeanne Wilson, Condor Storage “Following on the early success of GridBank’s initial release, we are delivering a number of strong enhancements in version 1.5,” said Shahbaz Ali, founder and CEO of Tarmin. “With GridBank 1.5, customers will have easy and secure access to vast file-based and SharePoint information stores; powerful e-discovery, search, and data retrieval; and the extensive scalability needed for today’s incredibly rapid data growth. GridBank 1.5 delivers a solution that substantially improves data and storage management, lowers storage costs, and minimises compliance and regulatory risks.”

By automating storage and data management via a policy-based framework, GridBank 1.5 provides long-term, fixed-content data preservation on lower-cost secondary storage. It also helps meet regulatory and compliance needs, especially for SharePoint records.

“Our end users are looking to more effectively manage the exploding data in their file-based and SharePoint deployments”, said, Jeanne Wilson, president, Condor Storage, a Tarmin authorised channel partner. “GridBank 1.5 delivers our customers the most comprehensive active archiving solution in the market today and is ideal for both large enterprise and smaller companies alike. With GridBank 1.5, our customers will substantially reduce their SharePoint storage demands, have easy-to-use archiving, deploy strong e-discovery capabilities, benefit from automated policy management, and maintain seamless SharePoint integration.”

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