The DD460 is a disk full system packaged as an NAS target for backup software. Inside that box is our secret sauce that gives different ways to find redundant patterns and store them uniquely.

WAN Vaulting takes advantage of our core storage optimization and de-duplication technology and is an alternative to tape copies for vaulting over the highway.

We are excited to have been short-listed as a finalist for this award. Our company has had a phenomenal year in terms of sales growth and it's great to be recognized by the industry for our product innovation and success.

It is truly an honor to be named one of the best products in the Backup Hardware category by such a respected industry publication and demanding team of judges. With enhanced performance and unparalleled throughput, the DD460 enables customers to implement an end-to-end data protection architecture based on disk and networks. This award lends credibility to our customers' choice of DD460 as the right solution provider to help them meet their data protection challenges.

Until now, the virtualization market has been dominated by high-end solutions consisting of software (snapshot, replication, etc.) running on high-end chassis hardware (Cisco).

To me, what you're buying with an ASP is not just the software, it's the expertise that comes with it.