Increased Demand for Prospero Drives Technology Strategy.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000 Community Infrastructure Provider Implements EMC Symmetrix The Symmetrix is EMC's flagship enterprise storage array. There have been seven generations of Symmetrix hardware, with the first appearing in 1994 and the latest introduced in 2006. 4.2 Terabyte Storage Area Network to Increase Scalability, Speed, Reliability and Reporting Prospero Technologies, the leading provider of community infrastructure for Web businesses, today completed initial implementation of a state-of-the-art storage area network (SAN), more than doubling the speed of the company's present storage subsystems, increasing total storage by a factor of eight, and enabling the performance of repairs and upgrades without impacting site stability. Implementation of the top-of-the-line SAN technology, typically deployed by only the largest Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , application service providers and interactive media/content sites, is the first phase of Prospero's long-term technology strategy to meet rapidly increasing demand for the company's services. The Symmetrix 3930, manufactured by Mass.-based EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , replaces the distributed RAID technology that previously supported the database servers in Prospero's Internet data center. The use of fiber optic technology -- including the fastest fiber-channel switch currently in production -- enables each database server to connect to its data via redundant100 megabyte per second A megabyte per second (MB/s or MBps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to:
Each component of the SAN supports innovative features such as "Call Home," an on-board diagnostic processor enabling the system to monitor itself and warn administrators of potential difficulties so they can be addressed invisibly to end-users. The Call Home capability instantaneously notifies EMC's support center, which offers a first-call fix rate of more than 99 percent. Prospero has deployed most elements of EMC's comprehensive storage management suite, including TimeFinder, a parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. capability allowing automated snapshots and duplications of data. Prospero will use the snapshot capability to conduct non-intrusive backups and generate usage reports for clients based on recent copies of live data. In addition, every component of this system is redundant, allowing replacement of any element without service disruption. "The SAN solves storage management and growth issues common to all high-volume service providers and companies with fast-growing files," said Chip Matthes, chief technology officer of Prospero Technologies. "Many of our clients use Prospero's reporting to better target their offerings, and to better inform their business decisions, both on and off the Web. This new technology allows us to enhance management reporting while simultaneously increasing the speed and reliability of the infrastructure." Prospero has been utilizing a smaller 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. SAN for several months. Data is being migrated from it and from distributed RAID arrays to the new SAN as part of a phased and tested approach scheduled for completion in June. About Prospero Technologies Prospero Technologies (http://www.prospero.com) is the leading provider of community infrastructure for Web businesses to enable them to attract, engage and understand their online audience, and to benefit from that interaction. Prospero's hosted community platform includes interactive end-user tools like feature-rich message boards, chat and polling to optimize user loyalty and length of stay, and site-wide management controls and reporting capabilities to help customers better understand audience preferences and behavior. Prospero customers include: Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HAS), Fox.com, washingtonpost.com, CMGI's MyWay.com (Nasdaq: CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) ), Chicago Tribune (NYSE: TRB TRB Transportation Research Board TRB Technical Review Board TRB Teacher Registration Board TRB Test Review Board TRB Total Relationship Balance TRB Tap-Rack-Bang (shooting procedure) TRB Theodore Roosevelt Building ), HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy (NYSE: TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ), PlanetRx (Nasdaq: PLRX), and the Wall Street Journal (NYSE: DJ). Created by joining Well Engaged and Delphi Forums, Prospero Technologies has two offices in Cambridge, Mass. and a west coast office in Sausalito, Calif. About EMC EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks and services, providing the information infrastructure for a connected world. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://www.EMC.com. |
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