Mr. Watson Honored for a Decade of
Innovations in Disk Storage Technology
Thousand Oaks, Calif., July 27, 2010 — Nexsan, a
leading storage system provider, today announced that its
Chief Technology Officer Gary Watson has been chosen as a
"2010 Storage Superstar" by CRN Magazine. The CRN Storage
Superstar awards recognize the achievements and
contributions of visionaries and innovators in the data
storage industry.
CRN recognized Mr. Watson for more than a decade of
achievements and his consistent breakthroughs in disk-based
storage technology. Mr. Watson co-founded Nexsan in 1999 and
spearheaded the development of the industry's first
enterprise-class ATA storage arrays. He was also responsible
for the first ATA-based disk storage systems to rival tape
ushering in affordable disk-to-disk backup. Mr. Watson is
also credited with developing the first RAID system with an
embedded web GUI for simple remote management.
Mr. Watson's achievements include advanced power-managed
storage with AutoMAID® (Automatic Massive Array of Idle
Disks) technology enabling energy-efficient disk storage for
use in primary, backup and archive storage environments.
Nexsan's power-managed storage systems serve as the
foundation for the company's innovative storage applications
like data deduplication. Leveraging AutoMAID, organizations
reduce storage related energy costs as much as 60% while
lowering data center cooling requirements for green IT
efficiencies.
Mr. Watson has also delivered innovations to enhance the
reliability of high density storage systems. Examples of
these developments include rotational vibration dampening
for enhanced disk drive longevity, the use of engineered
materials to absorb vibration and reduce mechanical
failures, and advanced cooling designs. As a result,
customers benefit from reliable storage system performance
that significantly lowers maintenance related downtime.
"Solution providers who design and deploy storage
infrastructures deal with a technology where change is the
only constant," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director,
Everything Channel. "Small businesses and enterprises alike
need to safely store, back-up, recover and archive data and
these Storage Superstars are many of the unsung heroes who
have helped invent better ways of doing this. Yet many of
these individuals seldom get the recognition they deserve.
We congratulate all the 'Storage Superstars,' and are happy
to provide an opportunity to shine the spotlight on them."
"This is a wonderful honor from CRN and it validates
Nexsan's vision of leveraging reliable, highly efficient
storage designs to deliver enterprise-class storage systems
purpose built for the midmarket," said Mr. Watson. "This
innovative approach has established new standards in storage
density, energy-efficiency and price/performance."
About Nexsan
Nexsan Corporation is a leading provider of
energy-efficient, long-term storage systems. Nexsan delivers
secure storage appliances and modular, capacity-optimized
disk-storage systems for a broad range of applications
including fixed content storage and archiving, email,
medical imaging, compliance and litigation support,
disk-based backup, digital video security, and rich media.
Nexsan's solutions are the choice of small and medium-sized
companies as well as large global enterprises and major
governmental agencies around the world that are seeking
cost-correct, high-density storage solutions. Founded in
1999 and based in Thousand Oaks, California, Nexsan sells
its products exclusively through a select global network of
VARs, OEMs and system integrators. For more information,
please see the company's website at
www.nexsan.com.
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