German Bank Employs DataCore as Rock-Solid Foundation; VOB-ZVD Bank fur Zahlungsverkehrsdienstleistungen Consolidates Cross-Platform Storage Services with SANsymphony.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 2003 DataCore Software, a leading supplier of open storage network platforms, has installed its SANsymphony(TM) virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. software program at the VOB-ZVD Bank fur Zahlungsverkehrsdienstleistungen. This financial service provider needed a stable storage management platform as a basis for new projects and its impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. restructuring. SANsymphony proved to be an ideal solution because of its unique cross-platform support and reliable disaster recovery facility. "We planned to consolidate storage for a number of systems such as SAP, our cash card billing systems and the implementation of a specific project for account evidence. We needed a storage solution that could give us a solid foundation for this project and the planned migrations," said Hermann Beckers, head of the Processing Division. "Our previous system house ultimately drew our attention to DataCore. SANsymphony gives us exactly the storage management capabilities we need to satisfy every prerequisite we place on a storage system." The heterogeneous environment Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. at VOB-ZVD includes RedHat Linux Advanced Servers 2.1 and soon Windows 2003, as well as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and HP server hardware and the IBM-FastT storage products. SANsymphony enables the company to consolidate management of all these components and flexibly allocate storage resources to the applications. "In the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. sector, more and more companies are learning to appreciate an open storage philosophy that integrates each and every hardware component, no matter who manufactured it," said Bharat Kumar, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. marketing director at DataCore. "The advantages are plain as day: the company can realize sizeable savings and yet achieve a significant upswing in storage performance. We're happy to have gained so discerning a customer as the VOB-ZVD Bank fur Zahlungsverkehrsdienstleistungen." VOB-ZVD Bank fur Zahlungsverkehrsdienstleistungen The VOB-ZVD Bank fur Zahlungsverkehrsdienstleistungen GmbH is a member of the Federal Association of German Public Sector Banks, the Bundesverband Offentlicher Banken Deutschlands e.V. (VOB (Video OBbjects) A DVD movie file that contains MPEG video and AC-3 or other audio data. Audio streams for multiple languages are multiplexed together. VOB files have specific file names that start with VTS (Video Title Set) and contain title and section; for example: ). In October 2000 it was licensed by the Bundesaufsichtsamt fur das Kreditwesen to conduct banking operations (giro and payment transactions). Founded in 1994, its original goal was to function as an authorization clearing house for the German credit market and to process inter-institutional authorizations of automatic teller machines and electronic cash, POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale and cashcard reload (1) To load a program from disk into memory once again in order to run it. Reload is entirely different than reinstall. Reinstall means that you have to run the install program from a CD-ROM or floppy disk and perform the installation procedure over again. transactions for the VOB's member institutes. Since then the VOB-ZDV has continuously added new services to expand its range of offerings. Kramer & Crew GmbH Headquartered in Cologne, Kramer & Crew offers extensive IT expertise to small and medium-sized companies. Its customers operate in a wide range of fields, from industry and trade to insurance, public agencies and service providers. Thanks to its many years of experience, Kramer & Crew demonstrates the importance of "single-source expertise" in diverse environments, especially in the areas of storage area networks, server-based computing Refers to applications that run in a server. Also known as "thin client computing," it may refer to a browser-based environment that uses a Web browser as the client with all applications running on a Web server on the Internet or in an intranet on the LAN. and network technologies. IT concepts, professional consulting and up-to-the-minute implementation through extensive project experience give the company a highly practical orientation and allow it to optimize costs. Kramer & Crew's recipe for success for over a decade has been a commitment to effective partnership with its customers. About DataCore Software DataCore Software is an independent software vendor specializing in consolidating, controlling and automating storage for Windows, Unix, Linux, MacOS and NetWare systems. The company's award-winning SANsymphony software uses Intel-based storage servers running Windows to pool, cache, and replicate data from all the major disk and disk array suppliers. Its innovative technology centralizes storage management for Global 2000 enterprise data centers and powers OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and storage subsystems with advanced features, non-stop availability and unmatched performance. DataCore is privately held with corporate headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For international office locations and more information, call (877) 780-5111 or visit www.datacore.com. DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANsymphony are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation DataCore Software is a privately held, computer software corporation founded in 1998 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. DataCore manufactures storage virtualization software, focusing in Storage Area Networks (SAN), Continuous Data Protection (CDP), and Software Acceleration and . Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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