Factiva Deploys Tacit Networks'(R) Microsoft-Based WAN Optimization Solution to Securely Centralize Data and Speed Information to Field Offices.SOUTH PLAINFIELD South Plainfield, borough (1990 pop. 20,489), Middlesex co., NE N.J.; inc. 1926. It is the seat of several research and consulting firms and has plants that make chemicals, plastics, spices and flavorings, cosmetics, rubber products, pigments, electrical machinery, , N.J. -- Business News and Information Giant Chooses Tacit Networks' Solution to Consolidate IT Resources, Enabling Data Protection and Security Tacit Networks(R), the leader in enterprise-wide remote office IT solutions, today announced that Factiva, a Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance and Reuters Company and the leading provider of business news and information, has chosen Tacit Networks' Microsoft-based Wide Area File Services Wide Area File Services (WAFS) products allow remote office users to access and share files globally at LAN speeds over the WAN. Distributed enterprises that deploy WAFS solutions are able to consolidate storage to corporate datacenters, eliminating the need to backup and manage (WAFS WAFS Wide-Area File Services (storage technology) WAFS Wide Area File System (storage technology) WAFS Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron WAFS Women Against Fantasy Sports (blog) ) WAN Optimization WAN optimization products seek to accelerate a broad range of applications accessed by distributed enterprise users via eliminating redundant transmissions, staging data in local caches, compressing and prioritizing data, and streamlining chatty protocols (e.g., CIFS).. solution to securely consolidate and centralize field office data and enable LAN-speed file collaboration and access for users throughout its 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. field office network. Tacit Networks is the industry's only WAN Optimization and/or WAFS vendor to offer a Microsoft Windows-based platform and was selected by Factiva for its full compatibility with the Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. 2003 based technologies that Factiva has deployed throughout its enterprise. This compatibility allows Factiva to take advantage of native Windows Server 2003 security and management features such as Kerberos Authentication, System Message Block (SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. ) signing and Active Directory Services which are supported by Tacit Networks' appliances. When added to the field office data consolidation provided by Tacit Networks' solution, deploying Tacit Networks' native Windows platform offers Factiva enhanced data security coverage. "Before deploying Tacit Networks' solution, we continually needed to divert IT resources to our sales offices in order to manage, protect and back up internal data," said Karin Borchert, chief operations officer, Factiva. "With the Tacit Networks solution now leveraging our strategic Windows authentication and security infrastructure, we have been able to both centralize our file serving and storage resources and extend the best-in-class Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. security and management benefits throughout our infrastructure. Additionally, the Tacit Networks WAFS solution and Windows Storage Server A Windows-based network attached storage (NAS) operating system from Microsoft. Originally released as Windows Powered NAS, Windows Storage Server provides file and print sharing, but does not execute applications. As of Windows Storage Server 2003, it also stores Exchange Server data. See NAS. 2003 enables us to extend our resources, and we're now getting more high-end IT work done than before." "The success of Factiva's joint Windows Server 2003 and Tacit Networks' solution deployment is typical of what we are increasingly seeing in other deployments worldwide," said David Golds, product unit manager, Core File Solutions, Microsoft. "Industry leaders like Factiva clearly realize that competitive leadership is driven by the lower total cost of ownership, improved collaboration and secure data access that must be delivered by their distributed IT infrastructure. The combination of Microsoft Windows technologies with the Tacit Networks Ishared solution is unique in its ability to provide these business benefits while maintaining network security through support of Windows' mutual authentication Mutual authentication or two-way authentication refers to two parties authenticating each other suitably. In technology terms, it refers to a client or user authenticating themselves to a server and that server authenticating itself to the user in such a way that both and SMB signing capabilities." Factiva's teams need real-time access to pertinent internal data repositories through high-performance technology that works seamlessly with their Microsoft Windows infrastructure, while guaranteeing 100% reliability and data integrity. As a strategic Microsoft Storage and Branch Office Solutions partner, Tacit Networks was able to offer Factiva's users powerful LAN-speed collaboration and file access capabilities while creating system administration efficiencies through data consolidation and total Microsoft Windows technology compatibility. "A Microsoft-based WAN Optimization and/or WAFS platform that offers native integration with native Microsoft security and management technologies is both unique and highly valued by enterprises that have embraced these technologies," said Arun Taneja, founder and consulting analyst, The Taneja Group. "Tacit Networks has the only WAN Optimization and WAFS solution we have seen that is able to offer this Microsoft integration to businesses." "Given their position in the information industry, Factiva truly understands that their mission critical business data is one of their most important assets," said Tony Fusarelli, vice president, Worldwide Sales, Tacit Networks. "Factiva's choice of Tacit Networks' solution to complement their Microsoft Windows technology infrastructure underscores the value they put on enterprise-wide data performance, security and integrity. Factiva joins an array of more than 50 Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies that have chosen Tacit Networks over the past three years to manage their remote office infrastructures around the world." About Factiva(R) Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, provides essential business news and information together with the content delivery tools and services that enable professionals to make better decisions faster. Factiva's unrivalled collection of more than 10,000 authoritative sources includes the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times(R), Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , as well as Reuters Fundamentals, D&B(R), and Bureau van Dijk van Dijk can refer to:
Factiva's innovative, XML-based and Web services-enabled technology platform provides access to this rich content collection via Factiva's role-specific products or through customized enterprise, group or personal solutions. Executives, information professionals, marketers, salespeople, and other professionals can easily monitor and understand the latest news, market trends, and business challenges relevant to them - directly from the Microsoft(R) Office and job-specific applications they use every day. To learn more about Factiva, please visit the Web site at www.factiva.com. About Tacit Networks Tacit Networks is the world's leading provider of WAN Optimization technology for Wide Area File Services (WAFS) and other Branch Office IT solutions. Tacit Networks' technology optimizes and accelerates data over the Wide Area Network with unmatched security, performance, reliability and data integrity to consolidate storage and servers, achieve total edge data protection and extend datacenter resources to branch offices, driving lower costs and increased productivity. Headquartered in South Plainfield, New Jersey South Plainfield is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 21,810. South Plainfield was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1926, from portions of Piscataway , Tacit Networks' products are sold and serviced worldwide directly and through Tacit Networks' Worldwide Integrated Network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. (WIN) reseller partners program. OEM's and their associated resellers are managed through a partnership with Brocade Communications Systems Brocade, Inc. NASDAQ: BRCD, based in Silicon Valley, designs, manufactures, and sells storage networking solutions and management applications for storage area networks (SANs) and file area networks (FANs). . For more information visit Tacit Networks on the Web at www.tacitnetworks.com. For information about Tacit Networks' products in Europe, please call +44 1923 778300 or contact europesales@tacitnetworks.com. Product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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