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- Israel Aircraft Industries Optimizes Oracle Database Performance With Network Appliance Storage Systems
- Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is an aerospace and defense company. Improving the performance and reliability of a critical enterprise system posed a significant technological challenge. System maintenance was losing its flexibility. IAI concluded that NetApp systems represented the most efficient and cost-effective approach. NetApp offered the best capabilities and experience...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Oracle Corp., Performance, Storage System, Oracle Database, NetApp, Israel Aircraft Industries, Storage, Hardware
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- New Database Benchmark Hits Enterprise "Sweet Spot"
- Network Appliance, IBM, and Microsoft have collaborated on a TPC-C transaction processing benchmark for a 16-way, 64-bit Intel Xeon MP-based computer using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (64-bit). The system, priced at a total of U.S.$3.14 million, achieved 492,307 tpmC, with a cost per tpmC of $6.37. This benchmark...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, IBM Corp., 64-Bit, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Data Management
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- CopySense Network Appliance Case Study
- Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota is a Christian liberal arts university affiliated with the Lutheran Church. The campus network features 95 wireless access points. The school additionally provides an on-line education option, utilized off-campus by about 1,200 of Concordia's 2,100 student enrollments, including several students living abroad. Responsible for...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., P2P, Concordia University, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
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- Aviva Protects Critical CRM, Oracle, and SQL Server Data With Network Appliance Solution
- Aviva Life Insurance Company is one of India's leading private life insurance companies. The problem was underutilization of storage resources, which, in turn, made these servers inefficient and difficult to manage. Aviva first consolidated storage on central-site DAS servers to a single NetApp storage system. NetApp storage supports a Windows...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Aviva Plc., Server, NetApp, CRM, Storage, Hardware
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- Renault's International Intranet: Smooth, Secure Deployment With Network Appliance
- As do all intranet networks, the intranet installed at the Renault Ltd. group offers a variety of value-added services to its 18,000 networked employees: e-mail, distribution of information, Internet access, etc. The problem was limitations of open source caching software, increasing problems accessing the intranet and Internet, lack of centralized...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Renault, Intranet, Storage, Hardware
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- The Regional Cancer Center Sets the Stage for a Filmless Environment With a Network Appliance IP SAN Solution
- The Regional Cancer Center (TRCC) is one of the largest freestanding community cancer centers in the country. The cancer center recognized that achieving its ambitious goal would require completely rethinking its infrastructure. Eliminating film and paper records made 100% availability and a robust disaster recovery strategy essential. The most challenging...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Environment, IP SAN, SAN, NetApp, TRCC, Storage, Hardware
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- AudioCodes Consolidates Business-Critical ERP and More on Network Appliance Solution
- AudioCodes is a global developer of new-generation telephony and a leader in voice compression technologies. The company wanted to replace a costly Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) environment to better support business growth and deliver essential performance for a new, mission-critical, Oracle-based ERP solution. Following a comprehensive examination of available storage solutions,...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Audiocodes Ltd., Storage, Hardware
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- Cadence Design Systems Relies on High-Performance Storage From Network Appliance
- Cadence Design Systems is the leader in global electronic-design automation innovation. For Cadence's larger sites, the biggest challenge is managing the massive amounts of data. Maintaining this data-intensive environment is a constant challenge. Cadence relied on a heterogeneous storage environment in which all business groups independently selected their own storage...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Cadence Design Systems Inc., Environment, High-performance, Storage, Hardware
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- Canon Europe Consolidates Company-Wide Storage With Network Appliance Solution
- Canon Europe is one of the three regional head offices of the Japanese company Canon Inc., one of the world's largest suppliers of office machines, cameras, and advanced optical equipment. As IT requirements continued to increase, a number of problems arose, primarily in the areas of management, backup, and disaster...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Environment, Canon Inc., Canon Europe, Storage, Roi/Tco, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting
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- Folksamerica Reinsurance Company Executes on Strategic Vision for Companywide Information Accessibility
- Folksamerica Reinsurance Company is a leading multiline broker market reinsurer and a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. The Folksamerica vision involved the virtualization of user workstations using Citrix software to provide reliable, secure, and device- and location-independent access to information companywide. To support this goal, the...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Vision, NetApp, Storage, Hardware
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- Lenzing AG Improves Service Quality in SAP Environment
- Lenzing AG, which is traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange, is the world leader in the production of man-made cellulose fibers. The company wanted to find an economical way to protect business-critical data and enhance performance in the SAP environment. The solution to this was achieved by implementation of NetApp...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Environment, SAP AG, NetApp, Storage, Hardware
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- City of Winterthur Gains Backup Speed and 100% Data Safety With NetApp Virtual Tape Library Solution
- Located in the canton of Zurich, Winterthur is the sixth largest city in Switzerland. The city's administrative staff provides information technology services to more than 3,500 users. The City of Winterthur (IDW) wanted to streamline and improve backup services to accommodate 30% annual data growth and ensure 100% data protection....
- Tags: City, Network Appliance Inc., Tape Library, NetApp, Backups, Storage, Hardware
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- SwimWays Shores Up Design Data With StoreVault
- SwimWays Corporation is a privately owned worldwide manufacturer of leisure and recreational water products, headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA. Several groups within the company were making forceful storage demands on the IT staff, and all groups had different requirements. In order to meet these needs, SwimWays had 12 servers and...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., NetApp, Storage, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Sales
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- SAP Migration Gives SMS Demag AG Next-Generation Storage Management
- SMS Demag AG is a leading international supplier of plants and equipment for the metallurgy industry. The company aimed at migration of the SAP landscape, including installation of a future-safe storage infrastructure. The company's goals were to lower operating costs, reduce downtime, and greater flexibility for handling new business requirements....
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., SAP AG, Migration, NetApp, SMS Demag AG, Storage, Hardware
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- Weber Builds High-Availability SAP Environment on Network Appliance Solution
- A supplier of plastic components, modules, and systems, Weber offers complete service, from design and development to efficient logistics. The company wanted to address the need for greater capacity and improve availability of data and SAP applications with a solution that features an optimal price-performance ratio. As a solution the...
- Tags: Network Appliance Inc., Environment, SAP AG, NetApp, Weber, Storage, Hardware
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- Symantec AntiVirus for Network Appliance NetCache - Windows
- Symantec AntiVirus for Network Appliance NetCache provides advanced, high-performance virus scanning and repair. Designed specifically to protect HTTP and FTP traffic served through the Network Appliance NetCache, it employs award-winning Symantec technologies that are optimized for speed with minimal resource demands placed on existing network infrastructure. Symantec AntiVirus for Network...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Symantec AntiVirus, Network Appliance Inc., Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, Security, Storage, Hardware
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- A Study in Storage: K-12 Storage Consolidation and Backup
- South Country School District encompasses six schools and administrative offices spread over 16 square miles of Long Island, NY. Three key issues faced the district: the number of servers was becoming a management problem; the servers were nearing the end of their useful life; and the backup window was becoming...
- Tags: K-12, Network Appliance Inc., Server, NetApp, South Country School District, Storage, Backups, Hardware
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- Network Appliance Internet Access and Security Solution Helps Interval International Improve Web Security and Performance
- Interval International is a full-service travel agency, the company specializes in vacation exchanges, helping timeshare owners trade vacation opportunities at 1,900 international resorts. An aging firewall that could not scale to support expanding security requirements precipitated Interval's search for an improved Internet access solution. As the company's business and supporting...
- Tags: Security, Internet Access, Web, Network Appliance Inc., Performance, Web Security, NetApp, Interval International, Storage, Hardware
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- Accelerated Information Integrity With Data and Storage Management and High Availability Solutions From Symantec and Network Appliance
- Designing high-performance race cars is a science that relies on a huge amount of data collected from cars in action. The Renault F1 Team relies on a combination of Symantec software, Veritas Business Critical Services, and Network Appliance storage solutions to ensure that its data is both protected and available....
- Tags: Team, Symantec Corp., Network Appliance Inc., Storage Management, High Availability, Renault, Renault F1 Team, Team Management, Storage, Security, Management, Hardware
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- UNC Hospitals Teams With Agfa to Improve Access to Patient Information With Network Appliance Storage
- University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals treats patients from all 100 North Carolina counties and from throughout the southeast. UNC Hospitals has also been rapidly deploying a wide variety of commercial Microsoft SQL Server-based applications for patient care, fetal health monitoring, learning management, and many others. With the IT staff...
- Tags: Team, Patient, Hospital, Network Appliance Inc., Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, NetApp, Agfa-Gavaert Group, UNC Hospitals, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management
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