KISSIMMEE, Fla., June 12, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Gartner Storage Summit 2006 -- Alero Technology today announces it has joined the Hitachi Data Systems independent software vendor (ISV) partner program. The program announced today by Hitachi Data Systems, provider of Application Optimized Storage(tm) solutions and a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT), delivers key services to companies that develop software interoperable with Hitachi storage solutions. (See related Hitachi Data Systems press releases announced today, "Hitachi Introduces 21st Century Digital Archive Solution" and "Hitachi Announces Major Support for its New ISV Partner Program.")
Hitachi Data Systems and Alero Technology have worked together to provide customers an active archive solution that has been tested and validated to ensure that the customer environment and its business critical data, is secure and protected for the long-term. Both Xtorm(r) and its next generation successor, Alero(tm), successfully completed interoperability testing with the Hitachi Content Archive Platform.
"With Hitachi's unsurpassed technology and Alero's unmatched performance and reliability, this partner program provides IT decision makers with a secure and comprehensive enterprise content solution that is perfect for organizations looking to achieve compliance," Maurice Correa, Alero Technology CEO says."
The Hitachi Content Archive Platform is an active archive solution comprised of both software and hardware, which supports policy-based integration from many distributed or centralized repositories such as email, file systems, databases, applications and content or document management systems. The Hitachi Content Archive Platform ensures the secure archival-quality retention, preservation or verifiable destruction of content. Through the use of the Hitachi Content Archive Platform, users can leverage a set of common and unified archive services such as centralized search, policy-based retention, authentication and protection.
"With our combined solutions, Hitachi Data Systems and Alero are enabling customers to not only obtain the right information at the right time, but to also manage information and business processes," said Jack Domme, senior vice president, Global Solutions, Strategy and Development, Hitachi Data Systems. "Together, we provide our customers a best of breed solution that helps them better adhere to regulatory demands, cut costs associated with compliance, and improve overall application performance."
About Alero Technology
Alero Technology is a pioneer in the enterprise information management (EIM) arena and a global provider of software solutions. The company's Alero(tm) products line combines enterprise content integration, enterprise information integration, enterprise content management, and business process management technologies under a single, uniform solution. Designed to manage information in a production-level transaction processing environment, Alero Technology's EIM development framework can be integrated and embedded into existing business applications or deployed as complete out-of-the-box solutions, speeding deployment and reducing development costs. The solutions are developed on a J2EE, XML, Unicode and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Alero Technology is a privately held company with headquarters in San Diego, CA. www.alerotech.com