Architectural Firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Deploys Global Enterprise Storage Solution from Network Appliance; NetApp Solutions Reduce Overall IT Cost and Administration.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2003 Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP NTAP Network Appliance, Inc. (stock symbol) NTAP Never Take Another Puff NTAP National Track Analysis Program NTAP Notices to Airmen Publication NTAP Windows NT Application Processors NTAP Naval Training Acquisition Process ), a leading provider of enterprise network storage solutions, today announced that architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has chosen NetApp(R) to build its enterprise network storage platform to simplify its network storage, lower its storage TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. and deploy a disaster recovery and business continuance solution. With more than 65 years of architecture, engineering and planning projects in over 50 countries, including Jin Mao
New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , San Francisco International Airport “SFO” redirects here. For other uses, see SFO (disambiguation). For the television series, see . and the Sears Tower in Chicago, SOM needed a way to store, share and manage the tremendous amount of digital design data produced by its architects around the world. To more efficiently store and manage the large amounts of data generated by architectural drawings, SOM has deployed a NetApp NearStore(TM) system, which provides a centralized information store for remote disaster recovery and business continuance in tandem with NetApp storage systems and SnapMirror(R), SnapRestore(R), and DataFabric(R) Manager software in SOM's London, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Chicago and San Francisco offices. "NetApp has met and exceeded our expectations. We deployed the NetApp solutions to simplify administration and save money, but we also achieved business continuance, greater reliability and other benefits in the bargain," said Henry King, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. for SOM. "We can see that we'll derive financial benefits even beyond the substantial reduction in costs." By consolidating its storage and reducing its server count by nearly 40%, SOM has gained a total cost of ownership savings of more than half a million dollars. The NetApp solution has also enabled optimized storage resource utilization and streamlined administration. SOM's global storage network is more stable, and planned downtime has minimal impact on user productivity. Network Appliance offers highly available, scalable and cost-effective storage consolidation solutions that incorporate the NetApp enterprise storage platform and the feature-rich functionality of data and resource management software to deliver storage with simplified backup and reduced recovery time as well as the ability to add storage without downtime. About SOM Founded in Chicago in 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol has undertaken more than 10,000 architecture, engineering, interior design, urban design and planning projects in more than 50 countries. Throughout its history, SOM has been recognized with more than 800 awards for quality and innovation, 125 of which have been received in the past 10 years. In 1996 SOM received the American Institute of Architects' Firm Award, recognizing the distinguished design work of the firm as a whole. As the first winner of this award when it was established in 1961, SOM is the only firm to have received this prestigious honor twice. The firm currently has offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, London, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Indianapolis and Sao Paolo. About Network Appliance Network Appliance is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product and partner firsts that continue to drive "The evolution of storage."(TM) Information about Network Appliance(TM) solutions and services is available at www.netapp.com. NetApp, SnapRestore, SnapMirror, and DataFabric are registered trademarks and Network Appliance, NearStore, and The evolution of storage are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the United States and 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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