CentrePath Passes Seventy-Five Customer Milestone.Business Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2003 Data Center Networking Market continues to grow, despite difficult economy, with business continuity, new applications and improved IT efficiency as key drivers. CentrePath (formerly GiantLoop), a leading provider of data center networking services to Global 2,000 businesses, announced today that it has achieved the 75 customer milestone and has contracted for over 170 engagements in just over two years. These companies represent industry leading names in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , healthcare, hospitality, information technology, media, and retail industries. They have chosen CentrePath for its expertise in designing, implementing, and managing data center network infrastructures that reduce costs, increase data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. , and improve business continuity/disaster recovery readiness. "Capitalizing on our first mover mover /mov·er/ (moo´ver) that which produces motion. prime mover a muscle that acts directly to bring about a desired movement. advantage in this market, we have been able to acquire, service, and retain new customers at a healthy clip, despite trying economic times," said Jim Sullivan For other persons named Jim Sullivan, see Jim Sullivan (disambiguation). Jim Sullivan was a Welsh rugby league player. The Wigan full-back, a prodigious goalkicker, scored 6,022 points in a career that spanned 25 years. , CentrePath Chief Executive Officer. "The demand for data center networking solutions continues to be strong as businesses face tougher regulations to ensure business continuity and data availability. CentrePath is uniquely positioned to combine storage, transport and enterprise management expertise to deliver value to some of the most demanding IT customers in the world." These new customers have engaged CentrePath for a range of services related to optimizing and extending their data center infrastructure. CentrePath consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" offerings help companies assess, design, test, and implement critical infrastructure elements such as data transport networks, storage area networks (SANs), and data movement applications. For companies seeking ongoing management of their data center network infrastructure, CentrePath offers 24x7 remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a services based on its proprietary Integrated Network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. Management Platform (INMP INMP Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal (Spanish: National Institute of Maternal and Perinatal Care; Lima, Peru) ). This unique network management software delivers advanced performance management and fault management functionality across a range of data center networking devices including optical transport platforms. The data center networking market is defined as the processing, storage, and transport of business-critical information among multiple data centers and enterprise locations to ensure the availability, integrity, and performance of enterprise systems, applications and data. This market is being fueled by business continuity initiatives, new bandwidth intensive applications, and increasing efforts to consolidate enterprise infrastructure. GiantLoop has been renamed CentrePath to better reflect the services it provides to its customers. CentrePath is a coined word, derived from Data Center Networking and Data Path Management, two of CentrePath's core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
About CentrePath CentrePath is a leading provider of data center networking services and software to Global 2,000 businesses. CentrePath offers a suite of services that help companies assess, design, test, implement, and manage their end-to-end data center network infrastructure, which includes enterprise storage networks, public and private data transport networks, and data mirroring, 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. , and backup applications. CentrePath solutions enable companies to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery readiness, consolidate technology resources for increased efficiencies, and deploy new productivity-enhancing applications. CentrePath is based in Waltham, Mass., and has additional offices 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 the United Kingdom. For additional information, please visit www.centrepath.com |
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