Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 2011, MaxTronic International Co., Ltd. today announced that its Arena Janus II series SS-6603E/SS-6603R iSCSI RAID System has achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that SS-6603E/SS-6603R iSCSI RAID System has passed a detailed evaluation and testing process managed by VMware and is now listed on the VMware Hardware Compatibility List.

Passing the extensive VMware-specified testing helps ensure that SS-6603E/SS-6603R iSCSI RAID System makes best use of VMware technology and is ready for deployment in customer environments.

“We are pleased that SS-6603E/SS-6603R iSCSI RAID System qualifies for the VMware Ready™ logo, signifying to customers that it has passed specific VMware testing and interoperability criteria and is ready to run in production environments,” said Bernie Mills, senior director, alliance programs, VMware.

By using SS-6603E/SS-6603R iSCSI RAID System with VMware vSphere™ enterprises can get the benefit from the high reliability, high scalability, and high sustainability offered by cloud computing and/or virtualization.

The VMware Ready program is a VMware co-branding program for qualified partner products and is a benefit of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. With more than 1,800 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to deliver enhanced value to joint customers.

MaxTronic SS-6603E/SS-6603R can be found within the online VMware Partner Product Catalog at http://wwwa.vmware.com/partnercatalog/catalog/. Hardware products can be found within the online VMware Hardware Compatibility List at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.

About MaxTronic MaxTronic International Co. Ltd. is a dedicated manufacturer of top-of-the-line, user-friendly, and cost effective storage solutions. The Arena product range provides a complete range of hosts for Fibre, SAS, SCSI, iSCSI, eSATA to SAS/SATA-disk based interfaces with huge data capacity. We help businesses of all sizes to expand their growing needs for storage from enterprise backup, video editing, CCTV surveillance, government tender and healthcare. Our products are distributed through branches in the USA, China and via authorised worldwide partners.

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