CORK, Ireland, Jan 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Providing storage integrators and OEMs a platform to build flexible, enterprise class storage systems for a wide range of vertical storage markets, MPSTOR ( http://www.mpstor.com/ ) today released the latest version of its popular open-platform and block-based storage management software, MPStackware(TM). With new support for integration into standard x86 and PowerPC(TM) (PPC) based hardware; MPStackware V2.10 provides a truly unified storage management platform at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions.

"MPStackware is an open-platform software product, which turns low cost, commodity disk arrays into fully featured, high value, data storage systems," said William Oppermann, founder, MPSTOR. "In addition to supporting a wide range of host interconnects, disk protocols and media types, MPStackware supports multi-tenant storage virtualization and it federates all commands and status indicators to a single pane of management."

MPStackware V2.10 can be downloaded from the MPSTOR website for quick and easy integration with a wide range of x86 and PPC hardware platforms and is priced accordingly, from low to high-end usage models. For a quote, please email info@mpstor.com. Because it is designed with open application and management APIs, MPStackware also integrates easily with third party storage software applications.

"It's hard to imagine a storage software platform that offers more flexibility, freedom and value than MPStackware," said Stu Fisher, vice president, U.S. Sales and Business Development, MPSTOR. "When combined with MPSTOR's expertise and customer-focused support, MPStackware offers system integrators and OEMs an excellent base on which to design and build differentiated storage solutions."

For data centers or enterprises who wish to offer a reliable, massively scalable and price competitive cloud computing service, MPSTOR has also leveraged MPStackware to vertically integrate with OpenStack(TM), an open-source cloud operating system. The result is Orkestra(TM), operationally efficient cloud computing software platform that also provides a means of accurately tracking and charging end users for resources they consume.

Located in Cork, Ireland, privately held MPSTOR is a designer and supplier of cloud services platforms and data storage management software. MPSTOR’s flagship open-platform storage management software, MPStackwareTM scales from entry level to enterprise performance at cost effective prices and runs on standard Intel platforms. For more information please visit http://www.mpstor.com/.

The MPSTOR logo and MPStackware are trademarks or registered trademarks of MPSTOR. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Linda Capcara, Global Connect Communications (480) 229-7090, lcapcara@globalconnectpr.com.