Intel Thursday announced the founding of the Intel Storage Community (ISC), bringing together more than 40 leading storage providers.

The alliance includes platform integrators and application developers which, according to Intel, share the common vision of meeting the demand for affordable, reliable and easy-to-manage storage solutions based on Intel building-blocks.

?The Intel Storage Community is a constantly expanding resource that will help enable manufacturers, platform integrators and storage professionals to accelerate the deployment of high-performance, cost-effective storage solutions,? said Mike Wall, general manager, Intel Storage Group Marketing.

To assist IT managers and storage original equipment manufacturers in quickly locating these platforms and solutions that can help speed up development cycles, cut costs and solve design issues, the ISC has created a Solutions Directory. The network of ISC members post information regarding their storage products to the Solutions Directory, providing a resource to stay current on products, solutions and developing technologies.

For more information visit http://www.intel.com/design/network/isc/index.htm.