NETGEAR INTRODUCES ENTERPRISE STORAGE FOR UNDER RM30,000

Affordable 180TB enterprise-level storage is now available in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur — November 26, 2012 — NETGEAR, Inc., a global networking company today announced the availability of its NETGEAR ReadyDATA unified storage family in Malaysia.

ReadyDATA is an enterprise-class storage product that is truly affordable for the significant capacity it provides, easily scaling up to 180TB.

According to Tan Wee Fong, Sales Manager ASEAN at NETGEAR is very affordable enterprise-level storage and is extremely easy to use as compared to other traditional enterprise offerings.

“ReadyDATA delivers Tier-1 storage features with extraordinary simplicity. Users can replicate files and databases to offsite locations and recover data from unlimited point-in-time snapshots - all with just a few mouse clicks.”

Tan Wee Fong, Sales Manager ASEAN, NETGEAR

ReadyDATA includes the world’s first cloud-managed replication, ensuring secure, high-performance disaster recovery without extra configuration on software, server or network.

“Customers can seamlessly implement ReadyDATA into their system. ReadyDATA is a solution designed for SMBs and enterprises in Malaysia with its modular design and functionalities that are flexible enough to scale to future needs,” says Wee Fong adding that ReadyDATA’s modularity is important as it protects the investment of businesses, enables them to them to make incremental investments as time, resources and budget permit.

ReadyDATA is an enterprise-class storage which caters for IT operations in any industry, through featuring native de-duplication, thin provisioning and unlimited snapshots, with support for SATA, SAS and SSD disk drives.

Pricing and Availability
NETGEAR ReadyDATA products are available from authorized channel partners worldwide:

- The NETGEAR ReadyDATA 5200, with up to 12 drives in a 2U enclosure and support for two expansion disk arrays. List pricing with 12 enterprise SATA drives is RM42,000.

- The NETGEAR ReadyDATA EDA4000, a 4U expansion disk array allowing up to 24 additional drives. List price is RM10,500.