Driveway Taps Sun Microsystems to Power Online Storage Infrastructure; Network Computing Giant's Servers Selected to Optimize Performance of Driveway's Online Storage Service.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2000 Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. servers will power Driveway's storage infrastructure, optimizing the online storage leader's performance for both consumer and business customers. Sun's proven record providing mission-critical data centers and support for fast-growing adj. 1. tending to spread quickly; - used mostly of plants. Adj. 1. fast-growing - tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" strong-growing, aggressive application service providers (ASPs) were key factors in Driveway's platform selection. "Integrating Sun's hardware and industry expertise with Driveway's infrastructure gives us the scalability How much a system can be expanded. See scalable. scalability - How well a solution to some problem will work when the size of the problem increases. For example, a central server of some kind with ten clients may perform adequately but with a thousand clients it to support our customers' increasingly demanding applications," Chris CHRIS Chemical Hazards Response Information System (US DoD) CHRIS California Historical Resources Information System CHRIS Computerized Human Resources Information System CHRIS Command Human Resources Intelligence System Logan Logan, city (1990 pop. 32,762), seat of Cache co., N Utah, on the Logan River; inc. 1859. It is the center of an irrigated dairy and farm area, with huge cheese plants, other food-processing facilities, and diverse manufactures. , chief executive officer, Driveway, said. "Sun offers us maximum uptime with virtually flawless connectivity, which is a key benchmark in reaching our goal of providing a highly reliable and accessible carrier-grade service to our customers." Along with Sun, Driveway has recently announced deployment of other infrastructure components from leading providers including CAT, Cisco, 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 Oracle. About Driveway San Francisco-based Driveway pioneered and is today an industry leader in Internet-based file storage. Through driveway.com, the company offers a reliable way to access, store and share digital information from any Web-enabled computer. For additional information, please visit Driveway at www.driveway.com. Copyright (c) 2000 Driveway Corporation. All Rights Reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Driveway (sm) and park it (sm) are service marks of Driveway Corporation. |
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