ProStor InfiniVault Now Available on SEWP Contract through Alvarez & Associates
Service disabled veteran owned small business expands ProStor Systems presence in government market
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Susan Merriman ProStor Systems 303-565-3109 susan.merriman@prostorsystems.com |
Judy Smith JPR Communications 818-386-0403 judys@jprcom.com |
BOULDER, Colo. – July 8, 2008 — ProStor Systems, the leading developer of removable disk storage systems, today announced that the ProStor InfiniVault™ 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® 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 Systemsis 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™ 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
http://www.prostorsystems.com or contact the company at info@prostorsystems.com or 303-565-3100.
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