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www.prostorsystems.com - ProStor Systems Susan Merriman, 303-565-3109 susan.merriman@prostorsystems.com or JPR Communications Judy Smith, 818-386-0403 judys@jprcom.com ProStor Systems, the leading developer of removable disk storage systems, today announced that the ProStor InfiniVault(TM) product family is now available on the NASA SEWP/GWAC contract through its partner, Alvarez & Associates. This partnership enables all federal agencies to purchase ProStor InfiniVault, an intelligent data preservation system that retains the digital assets of an organization at the lowest cost and power profile as long as is required.
"This partnership with ProStor Systems allows us to provide our government customers with a unique family of products that dramatically reduces the cost and effort of proper long-term retention of data," said Kirk Hanson, vice president of
the SEWP Division at Alvarez & Associates. "We are impressed with the ProStor InfiniVault system because it reduces primary and backup storage by 50 percent, lowers power consumption by 75 percent, and uses RDX(R) removable disk technology so that our customers gain the performance advantages of online storage with the economics of offline storage."
Alvarez & Associates is one of only six Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small businesses who have been selected by the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in the SEWP (Scientific Engineering Workstation Procurement) program. Government agencies earn SDVO (service disabled veteran owned) credits when purchasing through Alvarez & Associates. Alvarez & Associates has been awarded contracts by the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Transportation, Labor, State, and Veteran Affairs.
About Alvarez & Associates
Alvarez & Associates LLC is a Washington, D.C.-based SDVO/SB focused on providing customers with easy access to cost-effective IT solutions, while positioning clients to meet future technology challenges. Since 2004, Alvarez & Associates has focused on executive management services and information technology. The company delivers quality, integrity, experience and commitment by adhering to the leadership attributes of company founder and CEO Everett Alvarez Jr., the first U.S. combat pilot shot down over Vietnam and held as a POW for more than eight years. For more information please see www.alvarezassociates.com.
About ProStor Systems
ProStor Systems is the leader in enterprise-class removable disk storage systems for backup and data preservation providing the benefits of online storage with the economics of offline storage. ProStor InfiniVault(TM) virtualizes removable disk with network disk to dramatically lower data retention costs and power consumption. The ProStor InfiniVault data preservation simplifies how IT professionals in small and mid-tier companies can provide users with low-cost, long-term data availability to meet even the most stringent governance, regulatory and legal retention requirements.
ProStor InfiniVault won a bronze award as Product of the Year in the backup and disaster recovery category by Searchstorage.com. ProStor Systems is the developer of RDX technology, the de facto standard in removable disk. Available worldwide through a variety of OEMs, RDX solutions provide the performance and reliability of disk while exceeding the removability and long-term retention benefits traditionally associated with tape. For more information about ProStor Systems or InfiniVault, visit
www.prostorsystems.com or contact the company at
info@prostorsystems.com or 303-565-3100.
ProStor and RDX are registered trademarks of ProStor Systems, Inc. The ProStor and InfiniVault logos are trademarks of ProStor Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Expands ProStor
Systems Presence in Government Market
