HP Acquires IBRIX to Extend Scale-out Storage Capabilities

HP has agreed to acquire IBRIX, a leading provider of enterprise-class file serving software that includes data protection, high-availability features and data management services for extreme scale-out, cloud and high-performance computing deployments. Financial terms were not disclosed.


IBRIX's solutions allow enterprises to scale their storage to tens of petabytes. The data management capability of IBRIX's Fusion software suite also allows customers to seamlessly add capacity as their data or performance needs grow. IBRIX's software is currently available with HP StorageWorks storage area networks (SANs), HP ProLiant servers, HP BladeSystem, and HP ProCurve Ethernet switches and management software.


Founded in 2000, and an HP partner for three years, IBRIX is privately held and headquartered in Billerica, Mass. It has 53 employees and more than 175 enterprise customers spanning the communications, media, entertainment, Internet, oil and gas, healthcare, life sciences, and financial services markets.
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