Dell Adds PowerVault Storage to Navy Marine Corps Intranet Program Win.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000 Company to Provide As Much as 2,000 Terabytes Of Storage -- Enough to Hold Entire Contents of All U.S. Academic Research Libraries Dell (Nasdaq:DELL), the world's leading direct computer systems company and a premier provider of Internet infrastructure products and services, today announced that it has been selected to supply as much as two thousand terabytes (or two petabytes) of storage to the Navy and Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI NMCI Navy/Marine Corps Intranet NMCI National Multi-Cultural Institute ) Program. This win comes on the heels of Dell being selected as the supplier of servers, workstations, desktops and notebooks for the more than 350,000 seats and associated networks that will ultimately come under management as part of the program. The NMCI program is reportedly the largest federal information technology contract in history and is valued at more than $4.1 billion over the next five years. With an additional three-year option, the contract is valued at more than $6.9 billion. Dell is a member of the EDS-led Information Strike Force team, which was awarded the contract on Oct. 6, 2000. The NMCI program represents a major shift in federal procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and a move toward e-business. The goal of the NMCI program is to deliver comprehensive, end-to-end information services See Information Systems. enterprise-wide to the Department of the Navy through a common computing and communications environment. The NMCI program will ultimately offer the Navy and Marine Corps higher-quality voice, video and data services at a lower cost than they have today. "With this contract, the Navy and Marine Corps have made a conscious decision to use technology to become more efficient, and we expect other federal agencies to follow suit," said EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. Chairman 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. Dick Brown. "Dell's ability to provide world-class systems with the industry's best value proposition is paramount to the success of this project. Together with the other Strike Force members, we're helping the federal government move toward employing the best practices from the commercial and government sectors to improve defense readiness while increasing savings for American taxpayers." Dell's products will compose the primary network infrastructure for eight Navy Operations Centers The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. throughout the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. . Over the next five years, Dell will supply desktops, notebooks, thin clients and servers for up to 66 server farms. The 66 server farms will each be composed of an estimated 2,500 PowerEdge(tm) 2450 and PowerEdge 6450 servers as well as PowerVault(tm) storage systems. With Dell's enterprise-class systems as the foundation of the NMCI program, the Navy and Marine Corps are assured the highest levels of flexibility, reliability and performance. "Dell and EDS are both at the forefront of helping organizations leverage the power of the Internet to increase their efficiency and lower their costs," said Michael Dell Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas) is the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. Biography Early life and education The son of an orthodontist, Dell was born in to an upper-class Jewish family and attended Herod Elementary School in Houston, , chairman and CEO at Dell. "The Navy and Marine Corps' decision to standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. on Dell systems is yet another endorsement of our ability to provide the performance, reliability and data security that is essential to improving the way organizations communicate." About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL) is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $30 billion for the past four quarters, and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their Internet infrastructures. The company ranks No. 56 on the Fortune 500, No. 154 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 3 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com. Dell, PowerEdge and PowerVault are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. Copyright 2000 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. (Published in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. 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