September 18, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Storage software provider VERITAS Software Corp (veritas.com). announced a partnership yesterday with chip giant Intel (intel.com) that will see VERITAS provisioning software ship with Intel’s new enterprise blade servers.
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According to VERITAS, customers using a variety of Intel Enterprise Blade Servers will be able to use its OpForce software to automate the configuration and deployment of multiple servers at the same time, eliminating the need to configure servers manually and individually before a server can be used. The company said its provisioning software was able to help simplify the process by providing building blocks for utility computing in an Intel-based Windows or Linux environment.
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“The growth of Intel-based servers in enterprise applications signals the need for automation and provisioning software to efficiently manage and deploy many modular systems simultaneously,” said Mark Bregman, executive vice president of product operations for VERITAS. “The powerful combination of Intel-based servers with VERITAS OpForce automated provisioning software helps customers quickly and efficiently deploy, configure and manage servers, enabling the move to delivering computing power as a utility.”
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VERITAS provides data protection, storage management, high availability and disaster recovery software to 99 percent of the Fortune 500.
