SGI, vendor of high performance computing hardware has acquired the assets of FileTek, a provider of storage virtualization, large-scale data management and active archive solutions, for an undisclosed sum.

FileTek assets acquired include the company's StorHouse and Trusted Edge software, customers, engineering team and services and support resources. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Trusted Edge software adds intelligent analysis of data assets held on heterogeneous primary storage and automated, policy-based data migration for SGI InfiniteStorage Gateway solutions.

StorHouse software adds an information lifecycle management and active archive solution.

SGI said it will continue to develop, sell and support Trusted Edge and StorHouse products under the SGI brand and will integrate the two companies' technologies over time.

Jorge Titinger, president and CEO of SGI, said, “With the addition of FileTek solutions, SGI enables existing and new customers to align both unstructured and structured data with the most cost effective storage throughout its lifecycle, with seamless user access and reliable petascale protection.”

FileTek CEO Bill Loomis said, “We are excited that this acquisition will continue to allow both products to fully achieve their potential through wider global distribution with SGI. Our customers will benefit from resources, expertise and solutions under the SGI brand that enable government and commercial enterprise environments to lower the cost of big data and high-volume storage.”