Eaton Joins NetApp Alliance Partner Program, Simplifies Storage Protection

“One of the goals of the NetApp Alliance Partner Program is to work with companies that have a shared vision of addressing the growing requirements of today’s complex enterprise IT environments,” said Maria Olson, head of Global Alliances, NetApp. “Eaton is a company that is committed to providing integrated software solutions that simplify power management for information technology and data center managers, and we look forward to collaborating to help our shared customers increase the uptime of their cloud and storage platforms.”

Eaton’s most recent update to its Intelligent Power Manager software provides the ability to monitor and manage NetApp unified storage as well as facilitate a graceful shutdown to protect data integrity when power is compromised. The software also integrates seamlessly with the major virtualization platforms and applications, including VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat and other Xen open source platforms, allowing users to view and manage their entire power system.

Additional benefits for customers with Intelligent Power Manager software include the planned movement of data to a backup disaster recovery site, and sophisticated load shedding capabilities that increase the uptime of critical business workloads in the event of a power disruption.

“Pre-validated software empowers businesses by accelerating the speed of deployment, streamlining support and simplifying management,” said Hervé Tardy, vice president and general manager, Distributed Power Quality, Eaton. “As a member of the Alliance Partner Program, we will continue to develop power management solutions that are designed to operate in harmony with NetApp products to provide customers with effective tools for maintaining system availability.”

The NetApp Alliance Partner Program provides qualified infrastructure and application providers with access to NetApp solutions, software development kits, technical support, training, certification, product information, and marketing and sales assistance. Customers benefit by having access to best-in-class partner solutions that are tested to work with NetApp storage.