3PAR Alliance Partners

As a member of the Brocade Developer Program, 3PAR works with Brocade™ to ensure 3PAR InServ® Storage Servers are tested and qualified as Brocade Data Center Ready with Brocade SAN fabric solutions.

Brocade is the leading provider of networked storage solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. Brocade fabric switches connect servers with storage devices through a Storage Area Network (SAN), creating a highly available, manageable, scalable, and secure environment for storage applications.

3PAR is a member of the Cisco Technology Developer Program. As a Cisco Technology Developer Partner, 3PAR and Cisco® work together to test and verify the interoperability of the Cisco MDS 9000 Series storage networking products with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers. The 3PAR InServ has tested compatible with the Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer SAN Switches. The Cisco Compatible logo signifies that 3PAR Utility Storage has undergone interoperability testing based on criteria set by Cisco.

Data Domain® and 3PAR work together to assure interoperability between the high-end Data Domain deduplication Gateway Series and 3PAR Utility Storage.

Customers building utility computing datacenters can implement the Data Domain deduplication Gateway Series with 3PAR Utility Storage to achieve cost-effective, disk-based backup and archiving solutions. Data Domain is the leading provider of Deduplication Storage systems for a broad range of nearline storage applications including disk backup, archiving and network-based disaster recovery. Over 1,000 companies worldwide have deployed Data Domain's market-leading protection storage systems to reduce costs and simplify the management of their enterprise data. Data Domain's products integrate into existing customer infrastructures and are compatible with leading enterprise backup software products.

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3PAR and Egenera™ partner together to certify and support interoperability of 3PAR InServ Storage Servers with the Egenera BladeFrame® system.

3PAR and Egenera offer a virtualized storage and server solution that is economically disruptive and simple to provision and manage. This combined solution is ideal for utility computing and is part of 3cV, a proven blueprint for highly virtualized utility computing that delivers transformative levels of agility and efficiency to today's challenged IT environments. The Egenera BladeFrame system leads the industry in both blade server technology and virtualization software by enabling datacenters to run any application on any resource at any time, automatically. Today, the BladeFrame solution is installed at marquee customers worldwide including many of the world's largest investment banks, major Internet service providers, telecommunications companies, healthcare providers, and government agencies.

As an Emulex Interoperability Partner, 3PAR works with Emulex™ to ensure that Emulex host bus adapters are tested and approved for use with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers.

The Emulex family of HBAs offers high performance, standards-based connectivity solutions for both Fibre Channel and IP storage networking environments. Emulex HBAs provide a unique combination of features required for mission-critical enterprise environments that deliver reliability, high bandwidth, server CPU offload, low latency, and scalable connectivity. Emulex HBAs also offer a unique driver architecture that enables compatibility of a single operating system driver across their entire product line and a firmware-based architecture. These features help to lower the customer's total cost of ownership and reduce management complexity while enabling a seamless migration path to next-generation technologies.

As a member of the FreedomFabric Alliance, 3PAR partners with F5® Networks to enable customers to eliminate the complexities of traditional file management and storage administration by consolidating their block and file-based capacity needs onto 3PAR's highly virtualized utility storage platform.

F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, providing solutions that make applications secure, fast, and available for everyone and helping organizations get the most out of their investment. By adding intelligence and manageability to the network to offload applications, F5 allows applications to work faster and consume fewer resources.

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3PAR and FalconStor® Software partner to certify and support interoperability of 3PAR InServ Storage Servers with FalconStor's VirtualTape Library and IPStor® Data Migrator solutions. 3PAR and FalconStor Software partner to test, certify and support combined data storage offerings ideal for Utility Computing Datacenters.

FalconStor is a leading developer of innovative network storage software solutions that deliver intelligent data protection and maximize business uptime. Deployed worldwide by Fortune 1000 enterprises across all industries as well as governments, educational institutions, and SMBs, FalconStor's award-winning solutions ensure rapid data recovery and facilitate data mobility while simplifying storage and backup management to reduce operational costs.

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3PAR and Fujitsu work together to certify and support interoperability of 3PAR InServ Storage Servers with Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER® server solutions.

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As a member of the HP Developer and Solution Partner Program, 3PAR teams with HP to ensure 3PAR Utility Storage is interoperable with HP server platforms running HP-UX, Tru64 UNIX®, Windows®, and Linux and with the HP Storage Essentials Suite. 3PAR is a member of the HP BladeSystem Solution Builder program and works with HP to enable an ideal server-storage platform for utility computing. The HP BladeSystem c-Class and 3PAR InServ solution is successfully deployed by Global 1000 customers as the foundation of their utility computing initiatives and as part of 3cV, a proven blueprint for highly virtualized utility computing that delivers transformative levels of agility and efficiency to today's challenged IT environments.

3PAR also works with PolyServe software, recently acquired by HP, to enable utility computing on Linux and Microsoft Windows in enterprise datacenters.

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses, and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing.

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3PAR is an IBM Advanced Business Partner and an Advanced level member of the IBM PartnerWorld® developer program. 3PAR works with IBM® to ensure that 3PAR InServ Storage Servers are tested and approved for use with IBM solutions. 3PAR Utility Storage is IBM ServerProven® for IBM eServers®.

IBM is the world's largest information technology company with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across the company and from key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions, and technologies that enable customers both large and small to take full advantage of the new era of e-business.

3PAR and IBRIX® partner to ensure that 3PAR Utility Storage and IBRIX software are approved for joint deployments.

IBRIX delivers increased application performance to enterprise computing environments utilizing a unique, software-based parallel file serving solution. The IBRIX Fusion™ software suite, comprised of a single namespace parallel file system, a scalable volume manager, high availability features, and a comprehensive management interface, is the most scalable, economical, multi-purpose file serving solution available for cluster computing, grid computing, and enterprise computing environments.

» Taneja Group Validates Incipient-based Data Migration to 3PAR

3PAR and Incipient partner to qualify and support interoperability of 3PAR Utility Storage with the Incipient iNSP software suite. Together, 3PAR and Incipient enable customers to realize added virtualized data services for their next-generation utility computing datacenters. The Incipient iNSP solution enables customers to non-disruptively migrate data from their existing traditional storage solutions to 3PAR Utility Storage.

Incipient, Inc. is a leading provider of patented storage virtualization and data migration software that simplifies management and drives down the total cost of ownership for enterprise SAN environments. The Incipient Network Storage Platform is made up of a suite of storage services software such as non-disruptive data migration, network volume management, and copy services.

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Together, 3PAR and NetApp™ partner to certify and support interoperability between the NetApp V-Series and 3PAR InServ Storage Servers.

NetApp is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, NetApp has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts that simplify data management.

3PAR is a member of the Novell PartnerNet for Technology Partners Program and works with Novell to test and qualify 3PAR Utility Storage with SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server.

Novell provides enterprise-class software and services in a flexible combination of open source and commercial technologies, based on open standards. Novell helps customers manage, simplify, secure, and integrate their IT systems to lower cost and complexity while increasing return on their investment. Novell also provides training and support.

3PAR and Onaro® (recently acquired by NetApp) work together to assure interoperability between the Onaro SANscreen suite and 3PAR Utility Storage.

Onaro is the leading provider of software that enables corporations to manage and deliver storage as an IT service. Onaro's flagship product suite, SANscreen, is the choice for corporations seeking to gain better control and improve return on investment for their networked storage assets.

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3PAR and ONStor™ partner together in certifing and supporting interoperability of 3PAR InServ Storage Servers with ONStor SAN filers to deliver virtualized networked file system storage solutions ideal for utility computing datacenters.

ONStor, Inc. delivers highly scalable solutions that consolidate enterprise-wide file storage on multi-vendor storage area networks. With unique data replication and resource pooling technologies, ONStor SAN filers eliminate the backup window, provide instant data restoration, and leverage existing storage area network investments for lower overall cost.

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3PAR is a QLogic SANTrack Strategic Partner. As such, 3PAR works with QLogic to ensure QLogic host bus adapters and switches are tested and qualified with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers.

QLogic Corporation simplifies the process of networking storage for OEMs, resellers, and system integrators with the only end-to-end infrastructure in the industry. This infrastructure consists of award-winning controller chips, host bus adapters, network switches, and management software to move data from the storage device through the fabric to the server. QLogic designs and produces solutions based on all storage network technologies including SCSI, iSCSI, InfiniBand, and Fibre Channel. A member of the S&P 500 Index, QLogic was recently ranked number 25 on Forbes' Best 200 Small Companies and number 20 on Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies.

3PAR is a Red Hat Ready ISV partner and our 3PAR Utility Storage platform supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Red Hat is the world's leading open source and Linux provider and the most trusted name in open source. IT executives have ranked Red Hat as the industry's most valued vendor for two consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value study. Red Hat provides operating system software along with middleware, applications, and management solutions, as well as support, training, and consulting services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships.

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3PAR and Riverbed partner to ensure that 3PAR Utility Storage and the Riverbed WDS solutions are approved for joint deployments.

Riverbed Technology, Inc. is the performance leader in wide area data services (WDS) solutions for companies worldwide. Riverbed's WDS solutions enable organizations with more than one office to overcome a host of problems, including poor application performance and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites.

3PAR offers servers from Sun® Microsystems the means to achieve their full potential by eliminating storage performance bottlenecks without requiring a complex storage infrastructure. With the help of Sun Microsystems, 3PAR has thoroughly tested 3PAR InServ Storage Servers with Sun servers. The Solaris Ready logo informs customers that the 3PAR InServ has passed the testing requirements of the Sun Solaris Ready Program for system compatibility, interoperability, ease-of-installation, functionality, and network interoperability as defined and controlled by Sun. As a result, 3PAR delivers the first enterprise-ready utility storage platform for the Sun server and Solaris™ environments. 3PAR is a member of the Sun Partner Advantage Program. The Sun Partner Advantage Program provides members access to emerging technologies and diverse expertise for faster time-to-market. As a member, 3PAR has ready access to Sun hardware, development software, technical support, and the latest technology updates, tools, and information for the Solaris Operating Environment to ensure strong integration and support between the two companies' solution offerings.

Tek-Tools Software and 3PAR work together to assure interoperability between the Tek-Tools Profiler Suite and 3PAR Utility Storage.

Tek-Tools Software, Inc. is a recognized leader in the resource management space. The Profiler Suite is a Web-based, real-time and historical resource monitoring, reporting, and forecasting application targeting SAN, NAS, direct attached storage, database, and backup pain points in both physical and virtual environments.