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{{Short description|American software company}}
{{Infobox Company |
{{Infobox company
company_name = Cofio Software Incorporated |
| name = Cofio Software Incorporated
company_type = [[Private company|Private]] |
| parent = [[Hitachi Data Systems]]
company_slogan = "Simplicity of One." |
foundation = 2006 |
| foundation = {{start date and age|2006}}
location_city = [[San Diego]], [[California]] |
| location_city = [[San Diego]], [[California]]
location_country = USA |
| location_country = [[United States]]
key_people = Tony Cerqueira, CEO , Fabrice Helliker CTO|
| key_people = Tony Cerqueira, <small>(CEO)</small>, Fabrice Helliker <small>(CTO)</small> Patrick Barcus, <small>(Director)</small>
industry = [[Computer software]] |
| industry = [[Computer software]]
products = [[AIMstor]] , [[ViStor]] |
| products = [[AIMstor]]
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| homepage = {{URL |www.cofio.com}}
revenue = Undisclosed |
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homepage = [http://www.cofio.com/ www.cofio.com]
}}
}}


'''Cofio Software''', headquartered in [[San Diego, California]], was a privately held software company founded in 2006<ref>{{Cite web|title=2006, September week 1, storage news archive on STORAGE search .com |url=http://www.storagesearch.com/news2006-sep1.html|access-date=2020-08-28|website=www.storagesearch.com}}</ref> which produced a product called '''AIMstor'''. After being acquired in 2012 the product became known as the '''Hitachi Data Instance Director'''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-22|title=Hitachi Vantara fills out end-to-end copy management solution with HDID 6.5|url=https://channelbuzz.ca/2018/05/hitachi-vantara-fills-out-end-to-end-copy-management-solution-with-hdid-6-5-25958/|access-date=2020-08-28|website=ChannelBuzz.ca|language=en-CA}}</ref> and later became '''Hitachi Ops Center Protector'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hitachi Ops Center Protector |url=https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/products/infrastructure-management-analytics/modern-data-protection/ops-center-protector.html}}</ref>
'''Cofio Software''', headquartered in [[San Diego, California]], is a privately held company founded in 2006<ref>[http://www.storagesearch.com/news2006-sep1.html 2006, September week 1, storage news archive on STORAGE search .com]</ref><ref>[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Cofio-Releases-AIMstor-22-NYSE-SNP-1293903.htm MarketWire Cofio Releases AIMstor]</ref> by Tony Cerqueira<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonycerqueira LinkedIn Tony Cerqueira]</ref>, Patrick Barcus and Fabrice Helliker<ref>[http://uk.linkedin.com/in/helliker LinkedIn Fabrice Helliker]</ref>. The founders were also founders of [[BakBone Software]] and much of Cofio's engineering team were the core developers at BakBone and were the team that created the re-architected [[NetVault]] 6 product. The engineering team is based in the South of England in UK and have been working together since the early 1990s.


==History==
The company was formed in the response for the need for a single data management storage product that could accommodate multiple storage solutions<ref>[http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/COFIO_Software_wants_SMBs_on_board_with_their_data_management_platform COFIO Software Wants SMBs On Board With Their Data Management Platform - Wikibon ]</ref>. The product was branded and given the trademark AIMstor<ref>[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77398900 USPTO Trademark - AIMstor]</ref> in 2008. This is Cofio's main focus. Although the product was available worldwide, it was not officially released in the US<ref>[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Cofio-Releases-AIMstor-22-NYSE-SNP-1293903.htm Cofio Releases AIMstor 2.2]</ref> and Japan<ref>[http://onlysoftwareblog.com/2010/09/runexy-launches-aimstor-in-japan-from-cofio-software-inc-2/ RUNEXY Launches AIMstor in Japan from Cofio Software Inc.]</ref> until 2010. Following the launch in 2010 the company picked up a fair amount of press<ref>[http://www.infostor.com/index/blogs_new/dave_simpson_storage/blogs/infostor/dave_simpson_storage/post987_929033779810752292.html A backup vendor you havent heard of - Dave Simpson's Blog]</ref><ref>[http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/software/cofio-upgrades-aimstor-22 Storage Newsletter - Cofio upgrades Aimstor 2.2]</ref>
The Cofio founders were also founders of [[BakBone Software]], with the majority of the Cofio's engineering team also being the core developers at BakBone. They were the team that created the re-designed [[NetVault Backup]] 6 product. The engineering team was based in the [[Southern England|South of England]] and worked together since the early 1990s.
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The company name ''Cofio'' is a [[Welsh language]] term meaning "to remember".


The company developed data management storage management software.<ref>{{Cite web|title=COFIO Software Wants SMBs On Board With Their Data Management Platform - Wikibon|url=http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/COFIO_Software_wants_SMBs_on_board_with_their_data_management_platform|access-date=2020-08-28|website=wikibon.org}}</ref> The product was branded and given the trademark AIMstor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trademark Status & Document Retrieval|url=https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77398900&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch|access-date=2020-08-28|website=tsdr.uspto.gov}}</ref> in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=StorageNewsletter - Daily News for the Data Storage Industry StorageNewsletter|url=https://www.storagenewsletter.com/|access-date=2020-08-28|website=StorageNewsletter|language=en-US}}</ref>
The other product in Cofio's portfolio is a [[Virtual Tape Library]] software solution ViStor<ref>[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77191060 USPTO Trademark - ViStor]</ref>.

Cofio was acquired by [[Hitachi Data Systems]] (HDS) on September 21, 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |title= HDS – Quietly – Acquires Cofio: Said financial advisor Strategic Advisory Services International |date= October 4, 2012 |work= Storage Newsletter |url= http://www.storagenewsletter.com/rubriques/mas/hds-quietly-acquires-cofio/ }}</ref> and the AIMstor product was released as Hitachi Data Instance Director (HDID).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hitachi's IoT gang punts never-off data protection platform|url=https://www.theregister.com/2017/10/18/vantara_hdid_v6/|access-date=2020-08-28|website=www.theregister.com|language=en}}</ref> HDID orchestrates data protection technologies on HDS storage arrays. HDID workflow and policy management capabilities are being utilized for end-to-end data management.


== Products ==
== Products ==

=== AIMstor ===
=== AIMstor ===
The concept of [[AIMstor]] was the prevailing reason Cofio Software was founded. The intention of the product is to provide the ability to perform many of the data management functions such as Backup, Archiving, Real Time Replication, Bare Metal Recovery and [[Continuous Data Protection]] under one platform. The key difference to competitive products is rather than having many different products that are later integrated in a complex fashion, Cofio's goal was to provide a single footprint application where the different solutions can be unified together in a seamless fashion to reduce complexity, hardware costs and administrative burden.
The concept of [[AIMstor]] was the prevailing reason Cofio Software was founded. The intention of the product was to provide data management functions such as backup, archiving, real-time replication, full recovery and [[continuous data protection]] (True-CDP) under one platform. Rather than having many different products that are later integrated in a complex fashion, AIMstor was a workflow manager for other data protection and data management products.
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At the core of Cofio's attempt at providing consolidated features was a user interface that allows data policies and data movement to be defined graphically allowing complex topologies to be created quickly, and to help administrators see the workflow of the policy and the data.


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Another cited major component of AIMstor was the Repository.<ref>[http://www.cofio.com/Unified-Repository/ AIMstor Repository] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125235518/http://www.cofio.com/Unified-Repository/ |date=2010-11-25 }}</ref> This aimed to provide a storage platform that could ingest live data to provide backup, [[continuous data protection]] and data archiving. It performed [[data deduplication]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Data Centers {{!}} Network Computing|url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/topic/data-centers|access-date=2020-08-28|website=www.networkcomputing.com|language=en}}</ref> as well as possessing an indexing engine allowing for fast search of the repository content.
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At the core of Cofio's attempt at providing consolidated features is a user interface that allows data policies and data movement to be defined graphically allowing complex topologies to be created quickly.


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Although AIMstor was a single product it was marketed as separate products such as AIMstor Backup,<ref>[http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-Backup/ AIMstor Backup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314074647/http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-Backup/ |date=2011-03-14 }}</ref> AIMstor Replication,<ref>[http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-Replication/ AIMstor Replication] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126125446/http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-Replication/ |date=2010-11-26 }}</ref> AIMstor CDP,<ref>[http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-CDP/ AIMstor CDP] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125172459/http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-CDP/ |date=2010-11-25 }}</ref> etc.
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Another cited major component of AIMstor is the Repository<ref>[http://www.cofio.com/Unified-Repository/ AIMstor Repository]</ref>. This aims to provide a storage platform that can ingest live data to provide backup, [[Continuous Data Protection]] and data Archiving. It performs [[Data deduplication]]<ref>[http://www.networkcomputing.com/deduplication/cofio---a-holistic-approach-to-deduplication.php Cofio's Unique Approach To Deduplication - Network Solutions]</ref> as well as possessing an indexing engine allowing for fast search of the repository content.


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AIMstor supported [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Linux]].
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Although AIMstor is a single product it is marketed as separate products such as AIMstor Backup<ref>[http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-Backup/ AIMstor Backup]</ref>, AIMstor Replication<ref>[http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-Replication/ AIMstor Replication]</ref>, AIMstor CDP<ref>[http://www.cofio.com/AIMstor-CDP/ AIMstor CDP]</ref>, etc.

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AIMstor supports Microsoft Windows and Linux.


=== ViStor ===
=== ViStor ===
ViStor is a software implementation of a [[Virtual Tape Library]] (VTL). It was released in 2007 to OEM's in Asia specifically who create VTL appliances using the ViStor software. Software runs on a version of [[Linux]] and supports the [[iSCSI]] protocol as well supporting [[Emulex]] [[Fibre Channel]] Host Bus Adapters.
ViStor is a software implementation of a [[virtual tape library]] (VTL). It was released in 2007 to OEMs in Asia specifically who create VTL appliances using the ViStor software. The software runs on a version of [[Linux]] and supports the [[iSCSI]] protocol as well as [[Emulex]] [[Fibre Channel]] host bus adapters. The product was no longer supported after the HDS acquisition.

== Trivia ==
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The company name '''Cofio''' is a [[Welsh language|Welsh]] term meaning "To Remember".


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.cofio.com Cofio Official Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101029014745/http://www.cofio.com/ Cofio Official Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUxgG9wO6-I AIMstor User Interface Video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUxgG9wO6-I AIMstor User Interface Video]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121013220645/http://www.prweb.com/releases/Cofio_AIMstor_2_3/Unified_Backup/prweb8220580.htm AIMstor 2.3 Release]
* [http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?productid=1892622&xs=r&SID=39988973-493411699-520811422&curr=SGD&kw=&view=toc Cofio Software Private Vendor Watchlist Profile]

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* [http://www.prweb.com/releases/Cofio_AIMstor_2_3/Unified_Backup/prweb8220580.htm AIMstor 2.3 Release]
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Latest revision as of 16:14, 3 December 2024

Cofio Software Incorporated
IndustryComputer software
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Headquarters
San Diego, California
,
United States
Key people
Tony Cerqueira, (CEO), Fabrice Helliker (CTO) Patrick Barcus, (Director)
ProductsAIMstor
ParentHitachi Data Systems
Websitewww.cofio.com

Cofio Software, headquartered in San Diego, California, was a privately held software company founded in 2006[1] which produced a product called AIMstor. After being acquired in 2012 the product became known as the Hitachi Data Instance Director.[2] and later became Hitachi Ops Center Protector[3]

History

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The Cofio founders were also founders of BakBone Software, with the majority of the Cofio's engineering team also being the core developers at BakBone. They were the team that created the re-designed NetVault Backup 6 product. The engineering team was based in the South of England and worked together since the early 1990s. The company name Cofio is a Welsh language term meaning "to remember".

The company developed data management storage management software.[4] The product was branded and given the trademark AIMstor[5] in 2008.[6]

Cofio was acquired by Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) on September 21, 2012,[7] and the AIMstor product was released as Hitachi Data Instance Director (HDID).[8] HDID orchestrates data protection technologies on HDS storage arrays. HDID workflow and policy management capabilities are being utilized for end-to-end data management.

Products

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AIMstor

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The concept of AIMstor was the prevailing reason Cofio Software was founded. The intention of the product was to provide data management functions such as backup, archiving, real-time replication, full recovery and continuous data protection (True-CDP) under one platform. Rather than having many different products that are later integrated in a complex fashion, AIMstor was a workflow manager for other data protection and data management products. At the core of Cofio's attempt at providing consolidated features was a user interface that allows data policies and data movement to be defined graphically allowing complex topologies to be created quickly, and to help administrators see the workflow of the policy and the data.

Another cited major component of AIMstor was the Repository.[9] This aimed to provide a storage platform that could ingest live data to provide backup, continuous data protection and data archiving. It performed data deduplication[10] as well as possessing an indexing engine allowing for fast search of the repository content.

Although AIMstor was a single product it was marketed as separate products such as AIMstor Backup,[11] AIMstor Replication,[12] AIMstor CDP,[13] etc.

AIMstor supported Microsoft Windows and Linux.

ViStor

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ViStor is a software implementation of a virtual tape library (VTL). It was released in 2007 to OEMs in Asia specifically who create VTL appliances using the ViStor software. The software runs on a version of Linux and supports the iSCSI protocol as well as Emulex Fibre Channel host bus adapters. The product was no longer supported after the HDS acquisition.

References

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  1. ^ "2006, September week 1, storage news archive on STORAGE search .com". www.storagesearch.com. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  2. ^ "Hitachi Vantara fills out end-to-end copy management solution with HDID 6.5". ChannelBuzz.ca. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  3. ^ "Hitachi Ops Center Protector".
  4. ^ "COFIO Software Wants SMBs On Board With Their Data Management Platform - Wikibon". wikibon.org. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  5. ^ "Trademark Status & Document Retrieval". tsdr.uspto.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  6. ^ "StorageNewsletter - Daily News for the Data Storage Industry StorageNewsletter". StorageNewsletter. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  7. ^ "HDS – Quietly – Acquires Cofio: Said financial advisor Strategic Advisory Services International". Storage Newsletter. October 4, 2012.
  8. ^ "Hitachi's IoT gang punts never-off data protection platform". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  9. ^ AIMstor Repository Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Data Centers | Network Computing". www.networkcomputing.com. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  11. ^ AIMstor Backup Archived 2011-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ AIMstor Replication Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ AIMstor CDP Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
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