Pillar Data Systems
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Data Storage |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California |
| Key people | Mike Workman, CEO |
| Products | Axiom 600, Axiom 600e, AxiomOne |
| Employees | 325 |
| Website | www.pillardata.com |
Pillar Data Systems is a storage company headquartered in San Jose, California. Pillar Data develops midrange and enterprise network storage systems. The Pillar Axiom solution, driven by its policy-based management capabilities, integrates Storage Area Networks (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) into a centrally managed storage platform.
Pillar Data employs 325 people and its solutions are used by organizations in the financial services, healthcare, government and legal industries. Its primary product offering is the Axiom platform.
Formerly Digital Appliance Storage Systems Israel, Pillar Data Systems was created in July 2001 with funding from Tako Ventures, LLC, the venture arm of Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation. Oracle itself announced on June 29, 2011, that it would be acquiring Pillar Data, a transaction expected to close in July 2011.[1]
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[edit] History
Pillar Data was founded in 2001 by Berkeley and Stanford alumnus, Dr. Mike Workman, now CEO and Chairman of the company.[2]
[edit] Architecture
Pillar’s Axiom allows companies to simplify data management by consolidating storage into one storage pool. Pillar Axiom unites SAN and NAS environments and enables management of tiered storage on one platform.
Axiom supports any combination of iSCSI SAN, Fibre Channel SAN or NAS. Pillar also offers solutions for Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, OracleVM, and VMware data.
[edit] Competition and Partnerships
Pillar directly competes against EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, NetApp, 3PAR, Isilon, Coraid, BlueArc and Compellent in the midrange storage hardware industry.
Pillar has partnerships with Symantec, FalconStor, and Data Domain so companies can utilize data de-duplication solutions. Pillar also has partnerships with Oracle and VMware.
[edit] References
- ^ "Oracle buying Ellison-backed Pillar Data". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/29/oracle_buying_pillar/. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "History". eWeek. Retrieved 2007-04-06. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2230240,00.asp.
