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		Josh Krischer & Associates		"As an analogy, I could compare CentricStor to a Swiss Army Knife of virtual tapes libraries. It is the most flexible virtual tape solution available today, the richest in features, the fastest, and the only one supporting every major operating system and every enterprise type tape technology." Josh Krischer
				Download PDF - CentricStor Virtual Tape - the Swiss Army Knife for data protection (9.2008)
		Forrester Research		"Fujitsu Siemens Computers leads for its host support, architecture, and tape integration."
				Read more - The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Open Systems Virtual Tape Libraries, Q1 2008
				“FSC is focused on integrating disk and tape holistically – not replacing tape. CentricStor has the most advanced integration with physical tape.” Stephanie Balaouras, Forrester
				Download PDF - Customer Requirements for Holistic Disk & Tape Protection (8.2007)
		Ovum		“Fujitsu Siemens Computers is an established vendor in the tape virtualization market with well over 500 systems installed globally. Its robust and proven solution uniquely positions it as a major player in the virtualization of data center tape infrastructures.” Carl Greiner, OVUM
				Download PDF - Gaining efficiencies through virtualizing your physical tape environment (1.2008)
		IDC		“Tape consolidation and virtualization requires a solution architected specifically for the requirements of the large enterprise. Such a system is currently offered by Fujitsu Siemens under the CentricStor brand.” Nick Sundby, IDC
				Download PDF - Enterprise-Class VTLs Expand Backup Options for Large Companies (8.2006)
				“Fujitsu Siemens Computers' CentricStor Virtual Tape Appliance addresses the data-protection needs of customers by utilizing disk-based backup and virtual tape functionality, and optimizing the use of physical tape.” - 11.2006 Claus Egge, IDC European Storage Group
		:sageza:		“FSC has a very large addressable market for this offering that, combined with the flexibility in storage approaches offered by CentricStor, places FSC in a desirable, if not enviable, marketplace position.” Clay Ryder, Sageza
				Read more - ANALYSIS: Fujitsu Siemens Computers New CentricStor Storage Solution (2.2008)
		Enterprise Strategy Group		“The CentricStor VTA move the data and create the actual physical tape images has the obvious advantage of freeing up media servers, allowing them to handle more backup and restore requests.” Heidi Biggar, ESG
				Download PDF - ESG Data Protection Brief: Fujitsu Siemens Builds Open-Systems Presence with CentricStor (2.2007)
				“Fujitsu Siemens Computers sells approximately $800 million worth of stuff every year, but most of us have never heard of them; these guys are in the super-hot virtual tape library market with a unified mainframe and open-systems product called CentricStor that has some of the largest European shops almost crying with glee.” Steve Duplessie, ESG
				Download PDF - Storage Magazine Article (2.2007)
		META Group		“Tape virtualization delivered by open systems solutions like Fujitsu Siemens Computers’ CentricStor delivers on the promise to provide technologies linked to SLAs for mission-critical, organizational-critical and less critical application requirements.” Meta Group
				Download Executive Briefing Paper - Tape Storage Virtualization - A New & Valuable Approach To Improve Data Center Efficiency (2.2004)

		Revision: September 8, 2008