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AXS-One ENHANCES AXSPoint W/ INTEGRATION OF EMC CENTERA CAS

AXS-One Inc, a leading provider of e-business solutions, announced recently that it has completed the integration of its AXSPoint product line with EMC Corporation's Centera and Centera Compliance Edition content addressed storage (CAS) systems.

With the added functionality of EMC's Centera, the AXSPoint solution now enables users to more effectively control and deliver fixed content deployed across the enterprise, and better leverage this information to drive strategic business initiatives.

EMC Centera represents an entirely new software-driven storage architecture specifically designed to address the unique information storage requirements of fixed content. The AXSPoint solution provides a range of tools for fast deployment of Internet self-service solutions and E-Mail / Instant Messaging solutions for compliance and archival, without requiring the need to alter databases or revamp existing systems. Deployed in days and weeks, versus months and years, these products are enabling organizations to realize tangible returns on their technology investments.

"Our AXSPoint solution allows companies to immediately meet information needs and allows their partners, customers, employees and other stakeholders to query reports, web-based information, and transaction details on a self-service basis and take action if necessary," commented John Rade, president and Chief Executive Officer of AXS-One. "By integrating with EMC Centera CAS solutions, customers will be able to access fixed content faster and more efficiently."

"As the world's first CAS solution, EMC Centera addresses the unique requirements of managing fixed content," explained Roy Sanford, EMC's Vice President of Content Addressed Storage. "Drawing on Centera's ability to easily manage, protect and access fixed content, the integrated AXS-One and EMC solution brings a new level of value to AXSPoint solution users."

Once relegated to tape archives, optical disks, or file cabinets, fixed content is now being driven online, fueled by regulatory requirements, digitization of industries like healthcare and financial services, and the desire to leverage this content into new services and revenue streams. Just as the growth of applications such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) and the explosion of the Web drove the use of Network Attached Storage (NAS) as an enterprise storage strategy, the need to manage, protect and access fixed content is the driving force behind this new category of networked storage.

Whether electronic business documents, X-Rays, or check images, all types of fixed content have three common attributes: long-term value to an organization, the need to remain unchanged, and increased value through fast access with assured content integrity. The EMC Centera network-based storage solution is designed to deliver all three while economically scaling from multiple terabyte to petabyte-sized environments.