Hifn , the catalyst behind storage and networking innovation, today announced that Ciena(R) Corporation, the network specialist, has integrated Hifn's 9630 Applied Services Processors (ASP) to deliver hardware-advantaged compression into its CN 2000 Storage and LAN Extension Platform. The CN 2000 is designed to connect data centers over distance, reducing recurring bandwidth charges by up to 70 percent through hardware compression and Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment. With Hifn's processing power, Ciena's CN 2000 can provide robust data protection and data reduction at wire speeds to enterprises.

"The CN 2000 is a powerful solution for enterprises that need to support a diverse set of protocols and locations," said Chris Janz, director of product management at Ciena. "However, storage services and data backup services can present several challenges for our enterprise customers. The combination of our WAN networking expertise and Hifn's data compression capabilities helps solve these critical issues by delivering wire-speed performance even under the most taxing conditions."

The CN 2000 is a small, user-friendly, and highly-flexible storage and LAN extension platform for the evolving data center connectivity needs of today's enterprises. The platform leverages Hifn's 9630 hardware-advantaged compression processors to condense virtually all enterprise network traffic onto a single WAN that is optimized for the critical performance requirements of business continuance, disaster recovery and other vital applications. With this simplified WAN, Ciena's customers are able to extend data across the entire enterprise up to thousands of miles - dramatically increasing bandwidth while cutting recurring costs by up to 70 percent.

For over 10 years, Hifn ASPs have served as the digital foundation on which networking and storage OEM leaders have designed -- in new data security, data reduction, and data acceleration capabilities demanded by enterprise IT innovators. Hifn created the industry standard delivering lossless LZS compression with zero-defect data, and today provides the leading storage and networking leaders with the hardware-advantaged data reduction capabilities needed to keep pace with the enterprise data explosion.

"With Hifn's hardware-advantaged compression, Ciena's CN 2000 solves enterprises' challenges with wide area storage, data recovery and backup services without compromising performance, effectively enabling them to stay ahead of the curve with a solution that solves the primary issues of data growth -- storage management and data integrity," said Mike Goldgof, vice president of product marketing and operations for Hifn.

About Hifn

Hifn delivers the key channel and OEM ingredients for 21st century storage and networking environments. Leveraging over a decade of leadership and expertise in the development of purpose-built Applied Service Processors (ASPs), we are a trusted partner to industry leaders for whom infrastructure innovation in storage and networking is critical to success. With the majority of secure networked communications flowing through Hifn technology, the 21st century convergence of storage and networking drives our product roadmap forward. For more information, please visit: http://www.hifn.com.