Harris and Isilon Systems Announce OEM Agreement to Integrate Isilon IQ Clustered Storage System With Harris NEXIO(TM) Video Ser
September 08 2006 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Relationship Will Lead to Digital Workflow Advancements for the
Global Broadcast Industry AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 8
/PRNewswire/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), the international
communications and information technology company, and Isilon(R)
Systems, the leader in clustered storage, today announced that they
have entered into an OEM agreement to link the Isilon IQ clustered
storage system with the Harris NEXIO(TM) video server platform. The
new relationship will lead to the availability of a complete,
enterprise-class NEXIO(TM) video server and near-line storage
solution featuring a co-branded version of the Isilon IQ clustered
storage system. This high-performance, high-capacity SD/HD
production and delivery solution will offer significant file-based,
digital workflow benefits to content providers in the international
television broadcast industry. The Isilon IQ clustered storage
system already enjoys a leadership position in the most-demanding,
data-intensive markets, including media and entertainment. More
than 70 media and entertainment companies are among hundreds of
Isilon customers that have deployed Isilon IQ clustered storage to
store, manage and access digital content and unstructured data. "We
chose to work with Isilon because of its experience and success in
delivering reliable, enterprise-class storage solutions that are
optimized for the specific needs of media content creators and
broadcasters," said Tim Thorsteinson, president of the Harris
Broadcast Communications Division. "By partnering with Isilon,
we're able to augment NEXIO(TM) shared storage solutions with a
line of cost-effective products targeted at media and entertainment
companies with growing standard- and high-definition programming
demands." "With the proliferation of new media distribution
networks and multiple media formats, the broadcast industry is
undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its
history, and requires new digital IT infrastructures at reduced
costs to capitalize on this opportunity," said Tom Pettigrew, VP of
Global Sales Partners, Isilon Systems. "Harris is recognized as one
of the true innovators and global leaders in total content delivery
solutions for the broadcast market, and Isilon views this new
partnership as an important and strategic action to bring the
transformative business benefits of clustered storage into a
complete solution to considerably advance the media and
entertainment market." NEXIO(TM) video servers provide a
streamlined infrastructure for producing, processing, managing and
distributing any type of media. Within the NEXIO(TM) framework,
SD/HD video, audio and metadata are instantly and securely
accessible to all users, creating a true shared storage
environment. The addition of Isilon IQ clustered storage as a
near-line storage solution will enable broadcast and entertainment
customers to achieve extremely high levels of performance, ease of
use and scalability while protecting their digital media access.
Using this joint solution, broadcasters can accelerate the
creation, management and delivery of their broadcast assets by
centralizing and simplifying the movement of digital media
throughout the digital workflow. About Isilon Systems Isilon is the
leader in clustered storage. Isilon's award-winning family of
Isilon IQ products consists of high-performance clustered storage
systems that combine an intelligent distributed file system with
modular industry-standard hardware to deliver unmatched simplicity
and scalability. Isilon IQ was designed for digital content and
unstructured data and for use in data-intensive markets such as
media and entertainment, digital imaging, life sciences, oil and
gas and government. The Seattle-based company is financed by Lehman
Brothers Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Atlas Venture, Madrona
Venture Group and Focus Ventures. For more information, please
visit: http://www.isilon.com/ . About Harris Corporation Harris is
an international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. With headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual sales of $3.5 billion and nearly 14,000 employees --
including 5,500 engineers and scientists -- dedicated to the
development of best-in-class assured communications(TM) products,
systems, software and services. The company's operating divisions
serve markets for government communications, RF communications,
broadcast communications, and microwave communications. Additional
information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/ . DATASOURCE: Isilon Systems CONTACT: Laura
Whitaker, Interim Vice President, Marketing Communications, Harris
Broadcast Communications Division, of Harris Corporation,
+1-408-782-1201, or ; or Meriam Khan of MKM Marketing
Communications, +44-0-20-8141-4703, or , for Harris Corporation; or
Lucas Welch, PR Specialist of Isilon Systems, +1-206-315-7621, or
Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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