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Network Appliance and Quest Software Announce Strategic Alliance

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Network Appliance, Inc. and Quest Software, Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to simplify, share, and scale storage networking and content delivery infrastructures for businesses while maintaining continuous uptime. The partnership certifies Quest Software's high-availability and monitoring solutions for Oracle, including SharePlex, LiveReorg, and Spotlight, with NetApp filer storage appliances.

This alliance enables businesses to achieve 24x7 uptime, optimize system performance, and maintain database integrity. The partnership combines the strengths of both companies, providing a comprehensive database availability solution for Oracle environments. Network Appliance's filers deliver a consolidated, high-performance, simple, and scalable solution for database environments, while Quest Software's SharePlex maintains high availability by replicating the database for disaster resilience and workload balancing.

Key Takeaways:

  • Network Appliance and Quest Software have formed a strategic alliance to simplify, share, and scale storage networking and content delivery infrastructures.
  • The partnership certifies Quest Software's high-availability and monitoring solutions for Oracle, including SharePlex, LiveReorg, and Spotlight, with NetApp filer storage appliances.
  • The alliance enables businesses to achieve 24x7 uptime, optimize system performance, and maintain database integrity.
  • Quest Software's SharePlex maintains high availability by replicating the database for disaster resilience and workload balancing.
  • LiveReorg enables businesses to perform non-intrusive, downtime-free maintenance of Oracle databases to maintain optimal system performance, eliminate wasted disk space, and forecast growth patterns.
  • Spotlight on Oracle graphically displays, in real-time, the actual server processes and flow of data so users can quickly identify congested areas and take appropriate corrective action.
  • The partnership combines the strengths of both companies, providing a comprehensive database availability solution for Oracle environments.

Statistics:

  • Over 1,200 employees at Quest Software worldwide (Source: Quest Software).
  • 1,200+ customer deployments of NetApp solutions, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments (Source: Network Appliance).
  • 12 years of experience providing data access solutions, with a presence in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index (Source: Network Appliance).
  • 23 years of experience providing performance management solutions, maintaining the integrity of mission-critical business transactions and maximizing the performance of enterprise applications (Source: Quest Software).
  • 1,200+ employees with over 1,200 employees globally (Source: Quest Software).

Sources:

  • Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP)
  • Quest Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT)
  • Quest Software website: www.quest.com
  • Network Appliance website: www.netapp.com

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