NETWORK APPLIANCE AND SAS TEAM TO DELIVER POWERFUL ENTERPRISE STORAGE SOLUTIONS.Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP NTAP Network Appliance, Inc. (stock symbol) NTAP Never Take Another Puff NTAP National Track Analysis Program NTAP Notices to Airmen Publication NTAP Windows NT Application Processors NTAP Naval Training Acquisition Process ), a provider of enterprise network storage solutions, has announced it has joined the SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. R&D Partner Program as a platinum level member. This enables Network Appliance to collaborate on global technology research and development with SAS, the leader in business intelligence and data warehouse solutions. As part of the global alliance, the two companies will work closely to provide seamless platform integration and develop best practice guides that help customers easily and efficiently deploy SAS and NetApp solutions in large-scale enterprise environments. NetApp storage is particularly valuable in SAS business intelligence infrastructures for its ease of management, high data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. , and scalability, which augment application effectiveness and lower total cost of ownership. SAS software processes and extracts relevant information from massive databases that power external transactional environments such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems. The storage infrastructure for SAS applications must therefore be highly available, plug seamlessly into heterogeneous environments, and, in today's world of exploding data, be simple to scale and manage. Based on extensive usage of the Network Appliance storage platform in its core development organization, SAS understands firsthand the improved access capabilities that NetApp solutions offer customers. Together, the two companies are developing cost-effective storage solutions that ease overall management complexity of large data warehouse environments, improving enterprise efficiencies and preserving the investment in valuable information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. . "The approaches one would use for managing and analyzing gigabytes of data don't scale well to support data volumes in the terabyte or petabyte One quadrillion bytes (one trillion kilobytes). Also PB, Pbyte and P-byte. See peta, binary values and space/time. (unit) petabyte - 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes = 1024 terabytes or roughly 10^15 bytes. 1024 petabytes is one exabyte. range, which is where customers are going," noted Doug Cockrell, senior director, Host Systems R&D at SAS. "We see a future of unified network storage solutions addressing these data volume requirements. Our extensive use of NetApp solutions at SAS and our ongoing collaboration around the Direct Access File System (DAFS (Direct Access File System) A high-performance file sharing protocol based on the VI memory-to-memory architecture. Designed for storage area networks (SANs), DAFS provides bulk data transfer directly between the application buffers of two machines without ) have us convinced that Network Appliance has solutions to serve enterprises today and the vision to build the storage infrastructure for tomorrow." "As critical information becomes exponentially more important to enterprise growth, the need for greater business intelligence also increases. We are pleased to be working more closely with SAS in delivering solutions for discriminating enterprises whose decision makers demand rapid access to valuable business intelligence information without adding complexity to the overall management process," said Phil Williams Professor Philip James Stradling Williams (January 11, 1939 – June 10,2003) was a Welsh politician for Plaid Cymru and scientist. Background Williams was born in Tredegar in the industrial valleys of south Wales and grew up in Bargoed, another industrial town. , vice president of alliance marketing at Network Appliance. "By consolidating disparate database information and ensuring accuracy, business intelligence software can be a very powerful tool, providing enterprise leaders with easy access to the information that drives business decisions," said Colin White Colin White may refer to:
Network Appliance is a world leader in open network storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has pioneered technology, product, and partner firsts that continue to drive the evolution of storage. |
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