As compelling as this may sound, Enterprise Storage Group's Kenniston warns that the startup may run into problems as it tries to get its appliance out the door. The issue is that people are trying to consolidate things within their environment (including backup software), he writes. Deploying a new technology from a 'new' vendor isn't always the safest thing to do, unless, of course, you are solving some key issues. Then it may make sense.
Revivio, which initially is only targeting financial institutions in New York and Boston, expects to sell four of the early-adopter versions of its TimeFrame appliance by the end of the year. Well expand to other industries as well, Wadsworth says. But these guys have the problems in spades. They have petabytes of data, and this breakthrough technology can save them money and simplify their lives."
Pricing for the appliance starts at $50,000, but can scale up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on the number of processing units, the performance, and the throughput, Wadsworth says.
Eugénie Larson, Senior Editor, Byte and Switch
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