Amherst Authorized to Deliver HP Storage Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2004 HP has authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Amherst Technologies to deliver HP Storage Services to their customers in the Northeast, announced Chris Swahn, President of Sales, Marketing and Services. This new authorization The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control. enables Amherst to further expand the company's portfolio of technical services and enhances their ability to provide complete lifecycle management for their customers. Amherst is now fully authorized to design, build, integrate, and manage HP storage solutions. "Our customers have to find efficient, cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. ways to make the most of their critical storage technology. With the complexity of today's storage technology and the ever-growing demands on internal resources, they simply can't go it alone," said Chris Swahn, President of Sales, Marketing & Services. "That's where Amherst comes in and delivers real value." "The biggest winners here are our customers. When we sell an HP Storage solution, we're now fully authorized to deliver the solution from design through implementation, shortening the time to usefulness, reducing the risk for the customer, ensuring a higher return on investment and protecting their storage investments into the future," said Tony D'Ancona, Vice President of Services for Amherst. Amherst Storage Services include: -- A comprehensive services portfolio including IT consulting, systems integration, installation and startup services, migration support, maintenance, outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. , recovery services, and more. -- Expert support for today's heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). storage area networks (SANs) and network attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ), data backup strategies, and multi-vendor storage products across multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and platforms. -- A uniquely collaborative approach that puts customer needs first. -- Single-point-of-accountability support to help customers cut the cost and complexity of maintaining their storage environment, managing their storage systems, and protecting their storage investments. |
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