Supposedly, ProvisionSofts software is able to automatically determine the need for storage and server resources and then provision the resources accordingly. The technology also simplifies the task of establishing service-level objectives, and monitoring that the service levels are met.
Storability, which has been looking for a way to add more workflow and provisioning functions to its offering for the past six months, didnt consider any other companies assets, Zaheer says. The company did, however, evaluate buying ProvisionSofts physical assets, but settled for only the intellectual property rights. In addition, Storability hired two former ProvisionSoft engineers who lost their jobs in the company purge several months ago.
Industry analysts seem to think the acquisition is a good idea. I loved the move, gushes Enterprise Storage Group Inc. founder Steve Duplessie in an email. I can't believe no one else bid more, quite frankly. We always liked the ProvisionSoft story.
In addition to putting Storability in a better position in the SRM arena, the newly acquired software should eventually allow the company to go after share further up the stack as well, Duplessie says. I probably most like the fact that it's a server provisioning tool as well, he writes, but adds, I doubt Storability will use that feature up front.
If the company decides to dive into the server provisioning space, it will have to go up against such bigwigs as Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) (NYSE: CA), EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC), and Veritas Software Corp. (Nasdaq: VRTS).
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