Supplier News
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Chick-fil-A Implements Network Solution To Improve Roll-Out Process
1/4/2006
Two-and-a-half years ago, Chick-fil-A embarked on its first wide area network roll-out driven by the decision to accept credit/debit cards. With a corporate commitment to deliver an approval turnaround in less than eight seconds, the IT department realized that they needed to move to a persistent connectivity network environment. Submitted by Cybera
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Books A Million Finds Solution To Provide Employees And Customers Improved Network Access
1/4/2006
Managing IT infrastructure for four different brands across 207 stores can be a challenge, especially when the company's application requirements began to out pace the available bandwidth of the 56 Kbps frame relay network. Books a Million had one objective — to provide store personnel and customers with the same type of broadband experience common with household PCs. Submitted by Cybera
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LAN-Free Backup With Magnitude 3D Storage Clusters
10/11/2005
Timely backups are crucial for the seamless operation of your businesses. Well-publicized disasters highlight the need for an effective disaster recovery plan, and frequent backups are the foundation for this strategy. Failing to perform effective backups can lead to lost data. Xiotech removes the challenges of implementing an effective backup strategy with a Magnitude 3D clustered storage system. Submitted by Xiotech Corporation
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The RAID Challenge — Maximizing Benefits While Masking Complexity
8/10/2005
RAID offers flexibility and benefits, but also adds management complexity. The storage industry is beginning to focus on ways to make RAID configuration and management automatic; this minimizes costs and enables businesses to meet service-level objectives easily, and without additional expertise. Submitted by EqualLogic
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Selecting The Right Replication Method For Optimal Data Protection
8/10/2005
Backup is the core of data protection because it provides the ability to recover data from either physical disasters or common data corruption. But backup has drawbacks - in particular, long recovery time, significant data loss, and disruption of production applications. Replication technologies were developed to shorten recovery time and minimize data loss, while reducing application disruption. Submitted by EqualLogic
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Making Snapshots Easy To Use In Operating Systems
8/10/2005
Storage-based snapshots improve performance and flexibility and simplify a number of IT tasks, but their most common use is to improve backup operations. Data consistency is critical in backups to ensure reliable restores when needed. Snapshot-based backups provide the best data consistency with running applications – and minimize application disruptions during backups. Submitted by EqualLogic
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SAN Solution Efficiency, Savings, And Room To Grow At Ysleta Independent School District
8/3/2005
Two years ago, Ysleta Independent School District (ISD) in El Paso, Texas, began the process of replacing the SASIxp student information system—its most critical piece of software. The new infrastructure was going to be the cornerstone for district-wide server consolidation. In addition to the new SASIxp student information system, it would be supporting critical applications like district e-mail and a variety of future applications. Submitted by Xiotech
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Delivering Easy Storage Management At Washington University Medical Center
8/3/2005
With 1,500 users demanding access to 32 file servers running critical medical applications and patient data, Rick Taylor, technical manager for Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, had to put a priority on making storage and management easy and dependable. Due diligence led him to Xiotech’s Magnitude 3D clustered storage to replace his traditional storage area network (SAN). Submitted by Xiotech
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Where Hurricanes Roam: TimeScale Disaster Resilience At The Energy Authority
8/3/2005
With access to more than 18,000 megawatts of generating capacity, The Energy Authority (TEA) in Jacksonville, Florida, manages some serious power. But TEA also has to deal with power of another sort: Florida’s all-too-common hurricanes. That’s why TEA developed backup operations sites shortly after its creation. TEA is currently installing a new, more advanced DR solution at its local backup site. Submitted by Xiotech
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Managing Records By The Millions At Salesnet
8/3/2005
"It was like going from a two-lane road to a 12-lane highway." That's how Rich Perkett, cofounder and CTO of Boston-based Salesnet, describes the transition from network-attached storage to a Xiotech Magnitude 3D storage management system—and "a 12-lane highway" was exactly what the company needed. Submitted by Xiotech
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