iTernity – the solution

What is iTernity?

iTernity Compliant Archive Solution (iCAS) is a server software that can store and archive data according to legal requirements. iCAS acts as a middleware between DMS/ECM solutions or other applications that need ‘compliant’ storage and a NAS or a SAN. The patented method of processing data and integrating into existing infrastructures, no matter from which SAN or NAS manufacturer, makes it surprisingly easy to run.

Why iTernity

In the past, to comply with legal regulations, optical media and Jukebox systems were used. Nowadays, with iTernity, the same results can be achieved using commercially available hard drive based storage systems. To the user this translates into security for the future and enormous savings thanks to simplified data migration.

Reliable partners

iTernity is being offered worldwide, through HP partners, as an appliance as part of the HP iCAS StorageWorks family of products as well as through Pyramid Computer as a SAN Head Controller or as a server appliance with local RAID. Other global OEM hardware partnerships are in progress. 

Security without compromises

Our patented Content Storage Container (CSC) technology with a user selectable compression level, encryption (AES256) and SHA512 hash values (see fingerprints) protects your data from any tampering attempt. Existing backup solutions can have direct access to CSC containers and save them on separate file systems or backup units with incremental or full backup strategies.

Statutory data retention periods can be managed and applied on each data container. Deleting data before its expiry date is not permitted, however once the data retention period has expired it can be destroyed according to DoD (Department of Defense) guidelines. Conformity to legislation and international directives like GDPdU, GOB, SOX etc. has been confirmed, in an official legal opinion, by the renowned lawyer Dr. Ivo Geis.

Read more about the iTernity features and its functionalities. Take the opportunity to set up a test environment with a VMWare package or ‘live’ on the internet. We are looking forward for you to contact us.

Main advantages

• fast, safe, inexpensive
• patented and certified technology
• easily integrates with any application through a web services interface

90% of your entire storage volume on your server is used by data that is called unstructured fixed content. Although it's made up of documents that never change, it gets backed up every day increasing backup infrastructure and ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) costs.

Wouldn’t it be much more practical if you handle your data like an overcoat the you hand over to the cloakroom, in exchange of a tiny chip, that you could promptly and unmistakably collect when needed?
That's exactly how iTernity iCAS works, in addition to the cloakroom service it also encrypts your data (AES 256 bit), compresses it into a containers and transparently to the user protects it as if it was in a safety-deposit box at Fort Knox: iTernity’s patented and certified container method together with hash values (SHA512) guarantees 100% safety against replacement, tampering and accidental deletion of data. On addition to it, iTernity, compresses your data by up to 50% so that your storage infrastructure can be used more efficiently. The proven Microsoft Server Technology platform further ensures that your data, in future, can be migrated to different storage architectures easily and without requiring any specialised knowledge.

Built on proven technologies

The proven foundation of the hardened Microsoft Windows 2003 server operating system and the .Net 2.0 framework guarantees iTernity performance, stability and scalability in every application scenario. The integration with ECM/DMS application requires little time thanks to standardized web service interface with, well documented, narrow API and sample code freely available.

iiTernity's diskless version can be easily integrated into existing storage architectures where it can save data containers on iSCSI or FiberChannel SAN from third party manufacturers like AMI Stortrends, Netapp and others.