Schooner Information Technology Named Tech Awards Circle Winner
Company Selected from the Top Technology Products, Services, Vendors and Individuals for 2009
SUNNYVALE, Calif., November 9, 2009 — Schooner Information Technology, Inc., a provider of high-performance data access appliances for information-intensive Web 2.0 and cloud computing datacenters, today announced that it has been selected as a winner of the Tech Awards Circle, taking Gold in the Best Enterprise Hardware category. Winners were selected by an independent circle of publication reviewers/journalists from nominations based on a broad range of achievements — from product and technology innovations to talented executive leadership and engineering innovators.
Tech Awards Circle celebrates the products, services, vendors and individuals making a difference in the industry today. The winners represent a broad range of achievements, from hardware to software to services in consumer/SOHO, SMB, midrange, and enterprise markets. Gold, silver and bronze awards were given out in each category.
"Despite overwhelmingly strong competition, Schooner Information Technology exhibited true industry excellence to be recognized among the top of the Tech Awards Circle," said Kevin Anderson, awards program coordinator. "Our judges were pleased at the level of submissions from all the vendors entering this year's competition, so to be named a winner of this prestigious award is a testament to the quality and innovation unrivaled in the high tech community. We wish them continued success and look forward to them defending their title during the next awards period."
"Today's Internet datacenters face spiraling costs, unprecedented data growth and tremendous application complexity, but Schooner is committed to delivering powerful and proven datacenter solutions for these rapidly-scaling Internet businesses," said Dr. John Busch, CEO of Schooner Information Technology. "The Gold recognition from the Tech Awards Circle underscores our commitment, and we are grateful to the award judges for regarding Schooner's data access appliances as one of the year's best enterprise hardware products."
Schooner Information Technology Data Access Appliances are purpose-built to address the performance issues, massive data growth and energy inefficiencies associated with Web 2.0 and data-intensive enterprises. Schooner has built its solutions on IBM System X technology and partnered with IBM for global sales and aftermarket support. Schooner's integrated data access appliances replace traditional servers by a ratio of up to 10:1, and make it possible for Web 2.0 data centers to measurably save power and space, reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) by over 60%, and create new business opportunities based on rapid access to terabyte-scale data.More information about Tech Awards Circle, including the full list of winners, is available online at http://www.techawardscircle.com or by email at info@techawardscircle.com.
About Tech Awards Circle
Tech Awards Circle was established this year to truly honor the 'best of the best' in technology. Tech Awards Circle is not affiliated with an analyst firm or a media company, both of which are directly supported by tech vendors through consulting relationships or advertising sales, so it is uniquely unbiased and immune to conflicts of interest. Entries are judged by an independent circle of journalists, including product reviewers, each with at least a decade of experience covering technology from consumer electronics to enterprise-class computing. To prevent these judges from being unduly influenced by vendors, they have agreed to remain anonymous. For more information or to be added to the mailing list please visit www.techawardscircle.com.
About Schooner
Schooner Information Technology provides data access application appliances for information-intensive Web 2.0 and cloud computing datacenters. Schooner solutions are fast, scalable, cost-effective and green. Schooner customers save power and space, reduce TCO, and create new business opportunities based on rapid access to terabyte-scale data. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and is venture funded by CMEA Capital, Redpoint Ventures and Menlo Ventures. For more information, please visit www.schoonerinfotech.com or @schoonerinfo on Twitter.