Dell Lands Starring Role in Creative Artists Agency's Data Center; Top Hollywood Talent Agency Selects Dell for Digital Asset Management.Business Editors & High-Tech/Entertainment Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 In a leading-edge use of digital asset management, Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a talent and literary agency which represents a vast array of actors, musicians, writers, directors, and athletes, as well as a variety of companies and their products. (CAA Caa See CCC. ), the world's premier talent and literary agency, is digitizing manuscripts, videos, photos and music and storing these digital images on a highly-secure Dell 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. storage area network (SAN). The agency recently standardized on Dell(tm) servers and storage systems. CAA worked with Dell Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to install and implement the SAN. "Digital asset management requires high performance, a lot of storage space and a secure environment, and the Dell EMC SAN affordably meets those requirements," said Michael Keithley, CAA's head of information technology. The agency is running Microsoft(R) Content Management Server software on the SAN, as well as Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. 2000. CAA's all-Dell data center also includes PowerEdge(tm) 1650, 2650 and 6650 rack-mounted servers for traditional file/print applications, as well as a clustered Microsoft SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. database. The agency also uses Dell notebooks and desktop computers running Microsoft Windows(R) XP. "Dell's industry-standard systems provide the performance, flexibility and scalability businesses such as CAA require, while helping them lower their total cost of ownership," said Joe Marengi, senior vice president of Dell Americas. About Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency is a talent and literary agency with offices in Beverly Hills and Nashville. CAA represents many of the most creative and successful artists working in film, television, and music, and provides marketing services to corporate clients. The agency serves as the access point through which artists, consumers and global brands intersect to create, acquire and sell entertainment properties, and to enrich entertainment and brand experiences. Additionally, CAA has an equity relationship with Shepardson Stern + Kaminsky (SS+K), a leading communications consulting firm based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . 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 a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled $32.1 billion. Dell, through its direct business model, 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 at www.dell.com. Dell is a trademark of Dell Computer Corporation. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. NOTE TO EDITORS: In the term "Dell EMC," there is a pipe symbol between "Dell" and "EMC." It was removed for transmission purposes only. |
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