Avnet Enterprise Solutions Opens Two New Hands-on Storage Expertise Centers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2004 At simultaneous grand openings IT solutions integrator (1) In electronics, a device that combines an input with a variable, such as time, and provides an analog output; for example, a watt-hour meter. (2) See systems integrator. to demonstrate multi-state data replication In database management, the ability to keep distributed databases synchronized by routinely copying the entire database or subsets of the database to other servers in the network. There are various replication methods. for protection of valuable data Avnet Enterprise Solutions, an IT solutions integrator, announces the opening of two additional Storage Expertise Centers in Englewood, Colo., and Earth City, Mo. The new Storage Expertise Centers provide customers with a hands-on environment where they can see how actual information technology equipment would work if it were installed in their places of business. Customers can test drive the latest storage technologies, including networked storage, disaster recovery, backup and restore, and business continuance The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. . Customers will also realize how the latest storage technologies can reduce their current operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. , capital expenses and storage-related management or administration costs. During the simultaneous grand opening celebrations scheduled for May 20, 2004, Avnet Enterprise Solutions will demonstrate a live disaster recovery solution with multi-state data backup and replication. The Storage Expertise Centers grand openings are taking place in: -- California: 19191 S. Vermont Avenue Vermont Avenue is one of the longest running north/south streets in Los Angeles. Located just west of the Harbor Freeway for the major portion south of downtown Los Angeles, it starts in Griffith Park at the Greek Theatre in the Los Feliz neighborhood as a one-lane divided road (it , Suite 800, Torrance, 310-787-4100, 10 a.m. -- Colorado: 12600 E. Arapaho Road, Suite C, Englewood, 303-790-1662, 10:30 a.m. -- Missouri: 13750 Shoreline Drive, Earth City, 314-770-6425, 11:30 a.m. "For our storage and recovery needs, we chose Avnet Enterprise Solutions because of their leadership, experience and innovation in this area," said Greg Deyampert, manager, technical services, information systems, Healthcare Partners Medical Group. "Their Storage Expertise Center demo demo - /de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest themselves than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching. 2. demo version. 3. provided my team and me the vision, confidence and the hands-on understanding of how our CommVault software would benefit us in our HP environment. It was great to have Avnet's technical expertise, consultation and forward thinking with us as we prepared to invest in a premier business solution with an outstanding bottom line effect." During the grand openings, customers are invited to experience several storage solutions, culminating with a multi-state business continuance demonstration. Business continuance is critical for companies wanting to take advantage of enhanced availability and disaster recovery protection. "Continuous access to information is not a 'nice to have,' it's a 'must have,'" said Mark Gonzalez, vice president, Americas storage network solutions, HP. "The Avnet Storage Expertise Centers are much more than just a show of hardware, or even software. They involve significant intellectual capital that offers customers a real opportunity to kick the tires and drive." The first Center was established in 2002 in Torrance, Calif., and has been used by representatives from as many as 100 companies. Demand for the service led to the openings of the two additional Storage Expertise Centers in order to provide convenient access to customers in the West and Midwest. Avnet Enterprise Solutions has invested more than $1 million in equipment for the Centers. The following is a summary of the equipment and software currently on display. Equipment varies by location: SAN STORAGE SYSTEMS HP Enterprise Virtual Array 5000 & 3000 HP Modular Smart Array 1000 NAS STORAGE SYSTEM HP NAS4000s Appliance SAN FABRIC Brocade Silkworm 12000 Fabric Switch Brocade Silkworm 3800 Fabric Switch Cisco MDS9509 Fabric Director Cisco MDS9506 Fabric Director Cisco MDS9140 Fibre Channel Switch HP SAN Switch STORAGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance HP OpenView Storage Operations Manager HP StorageWorks Secure Path software HP StorageWorks Enterprise Volume Manager software HP Business Copy EVA HP OpenView Storage Mirroring SERVERS Multiple HP ProLiant servers running Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Red Hat Linux or HP OpenView Alpha Server DS10 running OpenVMS or Tru64 Unix HP rx2600 Itanium server running OpenVMS, HPUX or Linux BACKUP HARDWARE HP MSL 5052, 3 drive SDLT 110/220, 52 cartridge tape library HP MSL 6030, 2 drive LTO2, 30 cartridge tape library with embedded Fiber HP Network Storage Router 1200 - 2 SCSI ports, 1 FC Port HP SSL 2020 AIT tape library NETWORK Cisco Catalyst 6509 Cisco Catalyst 3548 Cisco 2621 Router Cisco PIX Firewall Cisco VPN 3005 Concentrator Cisco Aironet wireless access point VOICE OVER IP Cisco 5428 Router iSCSI, IP & Fibre Channel Cisco 2621 Router with Voice Interface Card Cisco Call Manager Cisco Unity Messaging System Cisco 7960 Series IP Phones SOFTWARE HP StorageWorks Virtual Replicator VERITAS Netbackup software CommVault Galaxy Backup Software Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Enterprise Steeleye Lifekeeper for Linux and Windows HP OpenView Storage Area Manager About Avnet Enterprise Solutions Avnet Enterprise Solutions is a solutions integrator specializing in enterprise server, storage and network solutions that power leading business applications. The company is listed 85th of the top VARs (value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. ) for the 2003 VARBusiness 500. The company leverages its unique suite of technical and financial professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to minimize risk, maximize flexibility and optimize optimize - optimisation IT investment. Avnet Enterprise Solutions integrates hardware, software and services from industry leaders including HP, 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) , Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Oracle and VERITAS. Headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., Avnet Enterprise Solutions (www.es.avnet.com) is a division of $4 billion Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet Inc. Avnet (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ) enables success at the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 250 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to semiconductors, interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. , passive and electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). components, enterprise computer and network equipment, software, storage and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities which help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. Avnet generated more than $9 billion of revenue in fiscal 2003 (year ended June 27, 2003) with sales in 68 countries. Visit http://www.avnet.com/. |
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