Bus-Tech, Inc. Celebrates 20th Anniversary In The Still Thriving Mainframe Storage And Disaster Recovery Market
Recently, Bus-Tech, Inc., a leading supplier of data center connectivity products, announced the company's 20th Anniversary in the mainframe market. Regarded as an aging market in its final years of viability, Bus-Tech started the company in 1987. Now, twenty years later, the company is experiencing its most significant growth to date. The key to Bus-Tech's success was to continually innovate and adapt to the constantly evolving storage market, as well as build strategic partnerships with the leading storage companies around the world like EMC, HDS and IBM. As a result, Bus-Tech has over 20,000 installations worldwide.
In 1987, Bus-Tech was a pioneer in applying leading edge technology to the mainframe environment. The company's initial product was a single board computer, which connected Ethernet networks to mainframe channels in support of the burgeoning deployment of TCP/IP on the mainframe. Capitalizing on the unique needs of the mainframe market, Bus-Tech leveraged the capabilities of open-system storage, and provided the mainframe market with innovative alternatives for implementing tape data storage and disaster recovery strategies.
This drive for dependable and innovative solutions led to the creation of Bus-Tech's flagship products, The Mainframe Data Library (MDL) and the Mainframe Appliance for Storage (MAS) which share the same architecture and can be used together in any combination. These products alone have over 300 installations in 17 countries. The MDL and MAS are both modular and scalable and are designed to satisfy the most demanding mainframe tape requirements. They provide enterprise data centers with lower tape processing costs, improved end-user service levels, innovative disaster recovery alternatives, and the ability to include compliant storage in their mainframe environment
"Back in 1989 we came aboard as an early adopter of Bus-Tech's technology, and we are still a satisfied customer today," said Greg Chvatal, UNIX and Mainframe Systems Administrator, Colorado State University. "Our Bus-Tech product has run seamlessly in the background for over 18 years without any problems. To say that Bus-Tech's technology is dependable would be an understatement."
Contrary to what industry analysts were predicting 20 years ago, mainframe computers still store and process more than 70% of the critical day-to-day business applications of today's largest global businesses. A driving factor for mainframe demand can be attributed to compliance, SEC and Government legislation. Regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Government Securities Act Regulation 17, DOD 5015.2 , FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and HIPAA, have only increased compliance exposure for companies and the demand for more aggressive measures to lower storage risk. Many organizations, particularly in highly regulated industries such as the financial and health care sectors, are under very strict guidelines for retaining business records. Today, with the majority of companies struggling to adhere to all these new and complicated regulations, it is clear to companies like Bus-Tech that the mainframe market is a tremendous growth opportunity and a viable market for many years to come.
"Bus-Tech was founded on innovation and will continue to deliver on that 20 year old promise of excellence to our customers, business partners and reseller channels." said Bus-Tech President Al Brandt. "With the need for a dependable, low-cost alternative for tape data storage and disaster recovery strategies, and coupled with the high demand for solutions that address the recent government and financial regulations, we feel that Bus-Tech is well positioned to continue capturing market share in the still thriving mainframe industry."
About Bus-Tech, Inc.
Bus-Tech, Inc. founded in 1987 is the industry's leading provider of state-of-the-art connectivity solution for the data center to Original Equipment Manufacturers. The company's powerful suite of adapter and platform solution satisfy even the most rugged demands of data processing professionals for high-bandwidth, high-availability, and high-performance connectivity. With more than 20,000 installed sites worldwide, Bus-Tech is a recognized leader in the data center interconnect market. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company is privately held with location around the world. For more information about Bus-Tech and its products, please visit the Bus-Tech World Wide Web site at www.bustech.com, send email to
info@bustech.com,.
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