Datalink Chosen as Information Storage Architect by Navitaire, Inc.; SAN Provides Ability to Expand Offerings to Customers.Business Editors & Technology Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2001 Datalink Corporation Datalink Corporation (NASDAQ: DTLK) is an American data storage corporation with operations throughout the United States. The company engages in the design, installation, and support of data storage infrastructures that store, protect, and provide continuous access to (Nasdaq:DTLK), announced today that it has been chosen by Navitaire, Inc. to design, build and support the company's information protection and backup architecture. Datalink has implemented a Storage Area Network (SAN) for Navitaire, a provider of industry leading passenger revenue accounting technology to airline customers, to accommodate the company's plan to take its proven capability at running complicated industry-vertical applications and apply that to the deregulated utility industry. After reviewing the company's business needs and existing storage infrastructure, Datalink determined that a shared disk architecture was the best solution. Because Navitaire's customers require 24x7 access with an Internet component, the ability to perform live backups to disk was a deciding factor in recommending a SAN architecture. The shared disk will allow Navitaire to consolidate its storage, providing better utilization and reduced management. The SAN implemented by Datalink includes technologies from Legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. , StorageTek, Brocade brocade (brōkād`), fabric, originally silk, generally reputed to have been developed to a high state of perfection in the 16th and 17th cent. in France, Italy, and Spain. , Emulex, and LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic. "We have been working with Datalink for our storage needs for years," said Mark Reinhardt, Technical Director for Navitaire. "When we began looking at SAN architecture, Datalink was able to explain how to incorporate the technology into our existing system, referred us to other customers who had successfully implemented SANs, and were able to architect a solution that fit our needs perfectly. Their ability to install was key, along with the great maintenance and support plan." "Datalink strives to create long-term relationships with all of our customers," said Steve Howe Steve Howe may refer to:
ABOUT NAVITAIRE: Navitaire, Inc. is a pioneer in the ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). industry, providing industry leading passenger revenue accounting technology to airline customers since 1993. Customers access sophisticated client-server applications on a per-transaction fee or gain-sharing basis, with application management, data center management, and network management services fully provided by Navitaire. The ASP delivery model makes it possible to offer industry-leading applications, with reduced implementation time and risk, ensured operational reliability, and a cost-effective fee structure. Navitaire's customer base consists of over 30 worldwide clients, including 9 of the world's 25 largest airlines, as well as a growing base of smaller airlines. Navitaire is headquartered in Minneapolis, with offices in Phoenix, Sydney and Manila Manila (mənĭl`ə), city (1990 pop. 1,601,234), capital of the Philippines, SW Luzon, on Manila Bay. Manila is the center of the country's largest metropolitan area, its chief port, and the focus of all governmental, commercial, industrial, . Accenture Technology Ventures, the venture capital unit of Accenture, is the majority investor in Navitaire. ABOUT DATALINK: Datalink Corporation, based in Chanhassen, Minnesota Chanhassen is a city located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was estimated to be 23,864 in 2006.[1] Although the bulk of Chanhassen is in Carver County, it also extends into Hennepin County. , is the nation's leading independent architect of enterprise-class information storage infrastructures. Datalink designs, builds, and supports information storage architectures using the best possible technologies. Datalink's customized storage infrastructures ensure information availability, storage, protection, and continuity for clients worldwide. For more information on Datalink, call 1-800-448-6314, e-mail info@datalink.com or visit http://www.datalink.com. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Datalink Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Prospectus and information contained in reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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