BRE Bank Selects StoreAge SVM To Provide Cost-Effective Storage Management and Improve Data Protection.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LODZ, Poland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2004 StoreAge Networking Technologies, an innovator in enterprise SAN storage management, today announced the installation of its SVM SVM Support Vector Machines SVM School of Veterinary Medicine SVM Solaris Volume Manager SVM Space Vector Modulation SVM Storage Virtualization Manager (StoreAge) SVM Service Module (also abbreviated as S/M) (TM) (Storage Virtualization Manager) at Retail Division of BRE (Business Rules Engine) Software that automates policies and procedures within an organization, whether legal, internal or operational. The use of a rules engine (BRE) requires placing the company rules in an external repository that can be easily reviewed rather than Bank, one of Poland's leading financial institutions. BRE Bank chose StoreAge because of its ability to provide centralized storage management for open systems and improve the level of data protection, while significantly lowering administration costs. The installation was accomplished in cooperation with CK ZETO ZETO Zaklad Elektronicznej Techniki Obliczeniowej (Polish) , StoreAge's partner in Poland. BRE Bank (www.brebank.com.pl) is a market leader in terms of equity, scale of operations, growth rate, diversity of the product offer, and high-tech banking systems. It is one of the first companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange Warsaw Stock Exchange The major securities market of Poland. , and belongs to Poland's leading investment banks. In order to support its large IT environment and growing storage needs, BRE Bank sought a cost-effective solution to provide volume expansion for its Microsoft(R) Cluster Servers (MSCS See Microsoft Cluster Server. ). The StoreAge SVM provides BRE Bank several key benefits: -- The ability to add storage devices and operating systems from heterogeneous vendors, based on price considerations, as future needs dictate. -- Improvements in business continuity by isolating cluster behavior - failover of one cluster does not cause downtime to applications running on other clusters. -- All clustered servers in the SAN boot from the centrally managed SVM volumes. Booting from SVM volumes enables BRE to take advantage of SVM's advanced capabilities such as central management, data protection and replication. "We are happy with the performance of StoreAge's SVM, which provides us volume management, while supporting our heterogeneous environment and facilitating use of our Microsoft Cluster Servers," said Mr. Tomasz Kowalczyk, IT deputy director at BRE Bank. Marian Polski, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CK ZETO, noted: "StoreAge's unique, out-of-the-data-path architecture enables us to address our customers' needs in the best possible manner. Our partnership with StoreAge allows us to offer advanced and reliable solutions at very affordable costs." "BRE Bank is an important customer, and we are proud to support this leading enterprise," added Dani Naor, vice president of business development at StoreAge. "Many financial institutions around the world now rely on our products for enhanced storage management and business continuity. We will continue to deliver superior technology and services together with our partners." About StoreAge Networking Technologies StoreAge Networking Technologies is an innovative developer and provider of enterprise storage management solutions that centralize and simplify storage network administration. StoreAge network-based solutions provide a uniform, SAN-wide method for provisioning storage, ensuring business continuity, enabling cost-effective disaster recovery, and centrally managing cross-platform, multi-vendor storage environments. StoreAge's flagship product, SVM(TM) (Storage Virtualization Manager), has been successfully deployed worldwide, gaining exceptional success in managing storage in a wide variety of application environments including databases, OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , e-mail, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , video and many others. StoreAge offers worldwide sales, support and service, with principal offices in Irvine, CA and Nesher, Israel, and is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. spun-off from IIS Intelligent Information Systems (IISLF.OB) in 1999. For additional information, visit the StoreAge website at www.store-age.com or contact the company at info@store-age.com. About CK ZETO Centrum centrum /cen·trum/ (sen´trum) pl. cen´tra [L.] 1. a center. 2. the body of a vertebra. cen·trum n. pl. cen·trums or cen·tra 1. Komputerowe ZETO S.A (CK ZETO) in Lodz Poland, (www.ckzeto.com.pl) is one of the key players in the Polish IT market in storage solutions and outsourcing services, active in the banking, telco and utility industries. Market experience as well as qualified and stable staff enable customers to receive secure and quality IT solutions. CK ZETO cooperates with StoreAge in providing high technology SAN management and virtualization solutions. The company also has a strategic relationship with IBM in Advanced Technologies and has been nominated an IBM TSSC TSSC Triumph Sports Six Club TSSC Threatened Species Scientific Committee TSSC Toyota Supplier Support Center TSSC Technical Support Services Contract TSSC Training System Support Center TSSC Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club (Total Storage Solution Center). BRE Bank is one of CK ZETO's key customers and the implementation of StoreAge products in the primary and secondary BRE data centers proves that SVM technology can fulfill specific user needs in heterogeneous SAN environments. SVM, multiView, multiCopy, multiMirror and SVM Policy Manager for Exchange are service marks of StoreAge Networking Technology. All other company, brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. bre bank.doc |
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