AppIQ to Host Webinar on Convergence of SAN Management and Storage Resource Management Featuring Research Analyst Firm; Session to Discuss How to Build Internal Storage Utility.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2004 AppIQ(TM), Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software that enables data storage to be managed as an IT utility, today announced that it will host a Web seminar featuring respected industry research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. and SAN Management Convergence: Enabling the Real-Time Enterprise" on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at 1:00 pm EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy . As enterprise storage capacity and complexity continue to grow, IT organizations are being asked to improve business responsiveness, efficiency, and customer service levels using existing staffing levels. To date, fragmented point tools, the lack of standards, and the need to rely on manual processes have made this nearly impossible. During this Web seminar, featured speaker Ray Paquet, vice president and research director for Gartner, and Tom Rose, vice president of product marketing for AppIQ, will educate IT executives and storage administrators on how the SAN management and storage resource management (SRM) markets are converging to help build an internal storage utility that supports a more business-focused, real-time IT infrastructure. Seminar attendees will learn: -- Why SAN management and SRM convergence is necessary and ongoing (Gartner) -- What to consider when evaluating SRM and SAN management solutions (Gartner) -- How to better align the storage infrastructure and the IT organization to meet business goals (Gartner) -- How to maximize your ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). on SRM and SAN management solutions and reduce implementation risk (Gartner) -- What an integrated SAN management and SRM solution looks like (AppIQ)
When: Wednesday, February 18, 2004
1:00 pm EST
Seminar is approximately 50 minutes.
Registration: On-line at
http://www.appiq.com/newsandevents/webinar01.asp
Speaker Biographies: Raymond Paquet is a well-known expert in the data storage industry and serves as vice president and research director for Gartner, Inc. Previously at Gartner, Mr. Paquet developed research in Network & Systems Management (NSM (Network and System Management) Running and controlling the networks and computer systems in an enterprise. See network management. ). Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Paquet was the director of product management/marketing at Cereva Networks. Before that, Mr. Paquet was a principal consultant with Onsett International, where he provided strategic IT planning services to FORTUNE 100 corporations. Thomas Rose Thomas Ginnever Rose (16 March 1901–8 August 1979) was an English cricketer who played six first-class matches, all for Worcestershire in 1922. Rose made his debut in an innings defeat against Sussex at Hove in late May 1922; he scored 4 and 15, and bowled five is responsible for AppIQ's worldwide marketing initiatives, including marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales , product marketing, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , and field marketing. Immediately prior to AppIQ, Mr. Rose was vice president of marketing at Courion Corporation, where he helped establish the company as a leader in identity management. Before joining Courion, Mr. Rose served for four years as vice president of marketing at HighGround Systems, where he helped establish the storage resource management (SRM) market category, launched HighGround Storage Resource Manager, the industry's first SRM solution, and positioned the company as the premier provider of SRM software leading up to HighGround's acquisition by Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . About AppIQ AppIQ, Inc. provides comprehensive software solutions that enable enterprise IT organizations to efficiently manage data storage as an application-focused IT utility. AppIQ's storage area management solutions seamlessly integrate physical and logical storage resource visualization, provisioning, monitoring, reporting, and policy-based automation, and correlate the availability of business-critical applications with storage network configuration, capacity and performance. Customers that rely on AppIQ solutions to reduce operational costs, improve IT efficiency and ensure application availability include Boston Stock Exchange The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) is a regional stock exchange located in Boston, Massachusetts. The third-oldest stock exchange in the United States, it was founded in 1834. On October 2nd, 2007 Nasdaq agreed to acquire BSE for $61 million. , Nielsen Media Research, and The Weather Channel. AppIQ, based in Burlington, Mass., is a privately held firm funded by Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, and other investors. For more information, visit http://www.appiq.com. (C) 2004 AppIQ, Inc. AppIQ and StorageAuthority are trademarks of AppIQ, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
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