CommVault Galaxy Selected by Raymond James & Associates to Support Centralized Storage Management.Business/Technology Editors OCEANPORT, N.J. & ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 Leading 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. Provider Chooses Galaxy Over the Competition-- Galaxy Meets All Enterprise Requirements for Centralized View of Storage Resources, Tight Integration with EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. and Ease of Use CommVault(R) Systems Inc., a provider of unified enterprise data management solutions, and Raymond James  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . & Associates, a leading financial services provider, today announced that Raymond James has selected CommVault's Galaxy(TM) software to manage its data backup and restoration needs in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Raymond James & Associates, a full-service investment bank and securities firm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc., selected Galaxy to manage data backup and restoration in its St. Petersburg headquarters and in sites across 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. . "A year ago, all of our servers were managed separately. Our goal has been to reduce cost through centralizing management of these servers, and automating backup. That's why we selected CommVault's Galaxy," said Karl Schoellnast, vice president of IT production support, Raymond James & Associates. "Of the four enterprise-class software packages we evaluated, only Galaxy met all four of our criteria: the ability to centralize server management; tight integration with our EMC Symmetrix The Symmetrix is EMC's flagship enterprise storage array. There have been seven generations of Symmetrix hardware, with the first appearing in 1994 and the latest introduced in 2006. and 4700 NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular storage devices; robust and easy-to-execute reporting; and finally, out-of-the-box functionality that didn't demand a lot of customization to deliver value. We anticipate significant reductions in the cost of managing storage as a result." Galaxy reduces the need for human mediation in the data backup and restoration processes and allows administrators to recover lost or corrupted data quickly and with minimal operational downtime. Under the terms of CommVault's site license agreement with Raymond James, Galaxy will provide data protection for an installed base of over 450 Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. devices in St. Petersburg and in branch offices across North America. "CommVault's vision for data restoration and management is rooted in Galaxy's unique ability to help corporate IT set and administer global policies for data availability, as well as in ease of use that translates directly into cost savings for IT management," said CommVault chairman, president and 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. , Bob Hammer. "We're honored to have been selected by Raymond James after their very thorough examination of available enterprise-class solutions, and we look forward to supporting their continued efforts to streamline and centralize data management across their organization." CommVault Galaxy software benefits include: -- Simple -- "all-in-one", centralized, browser-based interface designed to simplify management, training and installation, as well as provide a single, streamlined view of global data resources. Galaxy Storage Policies let IT staff logically manage SAN, NAS & LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. data in complex enterprise networks. -- Speedy -- high-performance, fast data restoration to business users at the application level, including LAN-free, Server-free and Serverless data protection schemes. -- Seamless -- unified product; built from the ground up to seamlessly scale in the most popular storage networking environments, including Windows NT and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). . About Raymond James & Associates Raymond James & Associates, which has built a national reputation during the past 39 years, is a full-service investment bank and securities firm and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF). Through its three investment firms, Raymond James Financial has more than 5,000 Financial Advisors in more than 2,100 locations throughout the United States and internationally. In addition, its asset management subsidiaries currently manage in excess of $17 billion. About CommVault Systems CommVault Systems provides unified enterprise data management solutions to ensure high performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of complex storage networks. The company's singular focus is creating and implementing fast, reliable and easy-to-use solutions to meet customers' data management requirements. The company's software products seamlessly ensure the reliable, rapid restoration of files, business-critical applications and today's most popular databases. Information on CommVault is available on the World Wide Web at www.commvault.com or by calling (732) 870-4000. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey Oceanport is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,807. Oceanport was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1920, from portions of Eatontown Township (now in the United States. (c) 2002 CommVault Systems, Inc. CommVault, CommVault Systems, CommVault Galaxy and the CommVault logo are trademarks and may be registered trademarks in some jurisdictions of CommVault Systems, Inc. |
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