AMAG Selects NEC as Preferred Provider for High Availability, Disaster Recovery.NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. ExpressCluster Showcased at AMAG's 7th Annual Security Engineering Symposium SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- NEC Corporation of America, a premier provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, today announced that AMAG AMAG African Microbicides Advocacy Group AMAG Agricultural Machinery Advisory Group Technology has chosen NEC as the Preferred Provider of high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and disaster recovery software solutions for its physical security software products. NEC's award-winning ExpressCluster([R]) family of products and AMAG's Symmetry Security Management Systems will be jointly promoted and marketed extensively by the two companies to AMAG's network of more than 250 approved installers and system integrators in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . NEC's award-winning ExpressCluster software provides fast recovery and continuous protection of business critical applications and data. Recent validation of NEC ExpressCluster X on AMAG Symmetry Security Management Systems means that AMAG installers and system integrators can get the latest in high availability and disaster tolerant access control solutions. "ExpressCluster is unique in that it is a single integrated high availability and disaster recovery solution for both applications and data to minimize loss of vital physical security visibility and control in the event of hardware, software, and site failures," said Bob Sawyer, president, AMAG. "ExpressCluster enables us to provide more effective and simplified high availability and disaster recovery solutions to our customers compared to alternative solutions." NEC and AMAG have worked together to bring their joint solutions to market since 2006. "It's both an honor for NEC and proof of the value of ExpressCluster that AMAG has selected NEC to be their Preferred Provider for its high availability and disaster recovery solution," said George Wu, director, Software Business Division, NEC Corporation of America. "AMAG has been at the forefront of the access control market for more than three decades and we look forward to continuing joint efforts to enable AMAG's customers with the latest generation of access control solutions." Joint promotional activities will include a featured space for NEC on AMAG's website, ongoing training, support and marketing, and high visibility at AMAG's 7th Annual Security Engineering Symposium in Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers is the county seatGR6 and commercial center of Lee County, Florida. The population was 48,208 at the 2000 census. According to the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau's Estimates, the city had a population of 60,531. on February 25-27, 2008. Miguel Llerena, enterprise software sales manager, Software Business Division, NEC Corporation of America will present on "Simplified High Availability & Disaster Recovery Solutions" at 4:00 p.m. on February 25, 2008 during the event. NEC ExpressCluster software provides integrated application and data protection and recovery on industry standard x86 servers to enable lower cost system recovery within minutes of hardware, software and site failures in LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and WAN environments. ExpressCluster enables easy to deploy and cost-effective continuity solutions for industry standard database, email, and virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. applications and platforms including Microsoft([R]) SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. , Oracle([R]) DB, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DB2[R], MySQL([R]), MS Exchange, Sendmail([R]), VMware([R]), Microsoft Virtual Server A virtual machine environment for Windows servers from Microsoft that supports most x86 operating systems as guests. It is used to run multiple copies of Windows as well as Linux in a virtualized server environment. For virtualizing a user's PC, Microsoft offers Virtual PC. See virtual machine. , Microsoft Windows([R]), and Linux([R]). AMAG's Symmetry Access Control system is deeply integrated with the Symmetry Video Management and Symmetry Edge Network Controller (ENVS([R])) to provide an IP security management solution. Symmetry is a completely open system providing fully integrated access control, digital video, alarm management, identity management, visitor management, smart cards, biometrics, intercom control, guard tour, muster, building management integration and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Web service integration with other systems. About AMAG Technology AMAG Technology's Symmetry Security Management Solutions can be found in a wide spectrum of markets: government, commercial, education, transportation, healthcare, retail and banking. Based out of Torrance, California with sales and support located throughout the US, AMAG sells its products through its valued resellers throughout North America. AMAG Technology is part of G4Tec, a leading manufacturer of scalable, integrated security management systems headquartered in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. AMAG Technology has been at the leading edge of access control technology for over 30 years. Here today, from tomorrow - Symmetry[TM]. About NEC Corporation of America NEC Corporation of America is a leading technology provider of network, IT and identity management solutions. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America is the North America subsidiary of NEC Corporation. NEC Corporation of America delivers technology and professional services ranging from server and storage solutions, IP voice and data solutions, optical network and microwave radio communications to biometric security, virtualization and digital cinema solutions. NEC Corporation of America serves carrier, SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. and large enterprise clients across multiple vertical industries. For more information, please visit www.necam.com. Trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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