Amdahl Global Solutions, a division of US mainframe manufacturer Amdahl Corp, has acquired the key assets and intellectual property of Sentryl Software Corp, a supplier of automated storage management packages, primarily in the major corporate market.

The main asset acquired is Sentryl’s Stars Application Management software, which optimizes the backup and application recovery processes. Amdahl has also acquired Sentryl’s development, support and sales organization, plus distribution channels in 13 countries.

Amdahl said Stars is a distributed package for the automation of storage management and application recovery which is compatible with all leading management and recovery packages.