OSLO, Norway, and NEEDHAM, MA – March 20, 2007 – Fast Search & Transfer™ (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST™), a leading developer of search technologies, and Arkivio Inc., providing leading Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) solutions for enterprise companies, today announced an OEM partnership to provide an intelligent search solution for companies struggling to manage and find files within multiple terabytes of data storage.
As companies collect and archive more data, it becomes difficult to find and retrieve important information quickly and cost-effectively. ARKIVIO® AUTO-STOR is a software solution that enables IT users to organize and classify their data and storage resources based on their relative importance to the business in order to drive the appropriate data to an online archive. The company wanted to add a sophisticated search solution that operated across heterogeneous storage environments to help clients proactively index their data based on each file’s content, index only appropriate subsets of data rather than requiring every file to be indexed, and then help them retrieve data based on sophisticated search criteria anywhere within their storage environment.
Arkivio chose FAST InStream® because it allows the ARKIVIO AUTO-STOR solution to search across multiple storage tiers. Arkivio will implement the FAST technology by “indexing at rest” rather than while data is “in-flight” during data movement. This will enable customers to index when computing cycles are available rather than consuming processing and networking resources during normal operating periods. Secondly, FAST InStream’s open architecture standards, common platforms, and standard operating systems readily integrate with the ARKIVIO AUTO-STOR solution. In addition, FAST InStream helps companies comply with federal guidelines for corporate data governance. As a result, Arkivio can now offer clients an advanced solution that provides better, cost-effective access to their corporate assets while permitting file searching on any tier in the client’s storage environment.
“Our top criteria for a search partner solution was speed of execution, especially one that involved intelligent indexing,” says Buzz Walker, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Arkivio Inc. “With FAST InStream for example, we can help customers quickly search hundreds of thousands of files using specific content criteria to select only the most important subset to review for business, regulatory or legal purposes. FAST not only satisfied our technology criteria, but also exceeded our second criteria with their high customer service standards. We look forward to collaborating together to meet clients’ needs well into the future.”
FAST InStream
FAST InStream is the world’s most advanced OEM-specific data classification and search technology platform. Engineered specifically for rapid, low-risk integration, FAST InStream delivers on the growing need for companies to access relevant stored data.
“Arkivio is a leader in helping customers use their storage assets more effectively,” said Paul Cisternelli, senior vice president and general manager, OEM Business of FAST. “By partnering with FAST and incorporating FAST InStream into their solution, we’re providing Arkivio’s customers the highest performance indexing and searching technology for managing content within their tiered storage environments, and further improving their capacity optimization and operational efficiencies.”
About Arkivio
Arkivio, Inc., providing leading Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) solutions for enterprise customers, offers software for data archiving and retention, regulatory compliance, storage consolidation, backup and recovery optimization, and capacity management across a tiered-storage infrastructure. The company’s ARKIVIO® AUTO-STOR software redefines storage management by enabling customers to profile the criticality of their data within its lifecycle in order to automate its discovery, classification and placement on the most appropriate storage resource across heterogeneous DAS/NAS/SAN environments without deploying agents - driving the cost per managed terabyte of storage to its lowest possible level, while providing significant ROI. For more information on ARKIVIO® AUTO-STOR and its customer solutions, visit www.arkivio.com.
About FAST
FAST creates the real-time search and business intelligence solutions that are behind the scenes at the world’s best- known companies with the most demanding information challenges. FAST’s flexible and scalable integrated technology platform and personalized portal connects users, regardless of medium, to the relevant information they need. FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The FAST Group operates globally with presence in Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia, the Americas, and the Middle East. For further information about FAST,please visit www.fastsearch.com.
For more information on ARKIVIO® AUTO-STOR and its customer solutions, visit http://www.arkivio.com or contact Arkivio at: 2700 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043; Phone (877) 275-0100 or +1 (650) 237-6100; Fax +1 (650) 237-9183.