Vello CX Networking Systems Now Available Through EMC Select

MENLO PARK, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 15, 2013) - Vello Systems, a leading provider of deployable software-defined infrastructure for matching system resources to application requirements in cloud, big data and other critical enterprise services, today announced that the company's flagship Vello CX networking system (Vello CX4000 and Vello CX16000) is now available through the EMC^® Select program. Through this program, customers can purchase a turnkey, economical latency-optimized networking solution, which is scalable for the most demanding data center network environments. The EMC Select program helps customers more easily acquire the required components that comprise an information infrastructure.

Designed for mission-critical, high-performance applications, the Vello CX networking system, which is powered by the company's application-aware VellOS^® network operating system, supports protocol-independent networking using open standard networking hardware. VellOS and the Vello CX networking system have seen initial deployments by customers needing to roll out state-of-the-art financial trading applications in active/active data center environments where continuous availability of applications and data is mandatory. Organizations seeking an open, cost-effective standards-based solution to deliver bandwidth-on-demand and continuous availability for today's distributed and virtualized application environment within and across multiple data centers can deploy the Vello CX networking system to effectively create a single, logical data center that is completely independent of the underlying hardware mix.

"We are very pleased to be working with EMC through the EMC Select program," said Karl May, Chief Executive Officer, Vello Systems. "With the addition of the Vello CX networking system, customers can benefit from a solution that delivers to build highly flexible, cost-effective and continuously available connectivity between storage clusters while significantly reducing complexity."

"Our enterprise class storage solutions require ease of use, highest reliability and cost effectiveness in a networking solution," said Pete Conway, COO of EMC Enterprise Storage Division. "The addition of the Vello CX networking system to the EMC Select program expands EMC's portfolio of solutions for a robust, stable and high availability enterprise network."

Vello CX networking system is qualified by EMC^® E-Lab™ for EMC VPLEX^® Metro, EMC VMAX^®, EMC RecoverPoint^®, EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF and SRDF/S), EMC Open Replicator, EMC MirrorView™ and SAN Copy™, and EMC VNX^® storage systems.

About Vello Systems
Vello Systems' software-defined infrastructure solutions allow the network to act as a dynamic pool of resources for ever-changing application requirements to speed deployment and increase agility. Vello Systems eliminates the complexity of connecting storage and compute systems to improve overall IT performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness. Vello's open networking solutions, with standard programmatic interfaces, integrate seamlessly into leading IT solutions. The Vello family of products is built around the VellOS operating environment and OpenFlow enabled hardware from an ecosystem of partners. Vello System's solutions have been deployed with blue chip Fortune 500 customers in mission-critical environments. For more information, contact www.vellosystems.com.

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