Cutting Edge Networked Storage, www.cuttedge.com, is now manufacturing the Windows-based Grab and Go Portable Appliance for Esri.

EL CAJON, Calif. – Cutting Edge Networked Storage, www.cuttedge.com, is now manufacturing the Windows-based Grab and Go Portable Appliance for Esri.

Cutting Edge Networked Storage, the manufacturer of Esri’s popular Windows-based Servers Preloaded with ArcGIS for Server and Esri’s Data Appliance for ArcGIS, has added an option for a portable version called the Grab and Go Portable Appliance. The Grab and Go Portable Appliance will accommodate ArcGIS for Server 10.1, Microsoft SQL Server and the Data Appliance for ArcGIS and can be pre-loaded and pre-configured for easy set-up and installation, lessening the burden on IT managers.

“Cutting Edge is pleased to see our alliance grow with Esri and we are committed to providing innovative, transportable appliances that are easier to use, meeting needs for both secure and high performance scalable computing in an organization’s GIS,”   said Cutting Edge CEO, Michael Ehman.

Dean Garner, Esri’s hardware solution sales manager, said, “The new Grab and Go Portable Appliance provides a compact, field deployable solution to meet the demanding conditions from emergency first responders to any GIS portable enterprise need. This new appliance provides a high performance purpose-built combination of hardware, software and imagery available to the GIS community, and we are pleased to have Cutting Edge Networked Storage as the manufacturer of this new portable solution.”