NSI Software and SANZ Deliver Affordable High Availability Storage Solution to World's Leading Online Computer Game Maker NCsoft.HOBOKEN, N.J. -- SANZ SANZ Standards Association of New Zealand SANZ South Africans in New Zealand (charitable trust) Joins NSI See Network Solutions. NSI - Network Solutions, Inc. Xcelerate Program as Platinum Partner to Resell NSI Double-Take and GeoCluster Replication and Recovery Software Nationwide NSI Software, Inc. (NSI(R)) today announced SANZ, a premier storage consulting and system integration company, has joined the NSI Xcelerate Partner Program as a Platinum Partner, the program's highest level of commitment. NSI and SANZ are delivering high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , disaster recovery and centralized backup solutions to customers, including Austin, Texas-based NCsoft(R) North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . NCsoft and its affiliates develop or publish the widely popular online computer games Lineage(R), Lineage II Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne (Korean:리니지 2) is a fantasy massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for the PC, and a prequel set 150 years before [2] Lineage. , City of Heroes(R) and Guild Wars This article is for the Guild Wars series. For the first release of the series, see Guild Wars Prophecies. Guild Wars is an episodic series of multiplayer online role-playing games, for the Microsoft Windows operating system. (R). NCsoft Corp., headquartered in Seoul, Korea recorded worldwide revenues of $246 million in fiscal year 2004. NCsoft selected NSI and SANZ for data protection at its four datacenters in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Washington D.C, Austin and Frankfurt, Germany, each containing about 50TB of data. NCsoft's data centers are configured in a circular, high-availability network which uses NSI Double-Take(R) to replicate data between its facilities. Additionally, NCsoft has centralized its tape backup Using magnetic tape for storing duplicate copies of hard disk files. Users can add an internal or external tape drive to their desktop computers for backup purposes, and files are typically copied to the tapes using a backup utility that updates on a periodic schedule. operations with Double-Take to reduce the high operational and capital expenditures associated with maintaining tape drives at disparate locations. NCsoft originally considered competitive solutions for the large implementation, but deployed Double-Take based upon the company's service and support expertise acquired over hundreds of engagements in a wide range of environments. Additional requirements that determined the selection of Double-Take included: --Superior flexibility and ease of configuration, --Much higher data replication speed, based on Double-Take compression features, --An integrated, comprehensive feature set for high availability, and --Automated application failover capabilities. "NSI gave me everything I was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. and more in data replication and protection software, including high performance, an extensive feature set, configuration flexibility, true application failover, and 24x7 live, expert customer support. Notably, the level of support that I get from NSI is light years ahead of anything that a competitive solution would provide me," said Chad McKinney, senior systems engineer, NCsoft. "The entire process with SANZ and NSI on evaluating the software and implementation has been the best experience that I have had with a software company in the 11 years that I have been doing this." Under the partnership agreement, SANZ becomes a nationwide reseller of the NSI Double-Take and GeoCluster replication products to provide businesses of all sizes affordable data protection for Microsoft(R) environments. SANZ conducts extensive testing before adding a product to its portfolio. NSI Double-Take replication software exceeded SANZ's expectations for performance, reliability and cost-effectiveness. George Crump, vice president of product development for SANZ, said, "NSI Software is a strategic partner for SANZ. Their Double-Take product balances the SANZ data replication portfolio and allows us to build best-of-breed systems that complement our customers' IT infrastructures. In addition, resources within the NSI partner program and NSI professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization further SANZ's compliance and regulation solutions focus." SANZ is reselling NSI Double-Take(R) and GeoCluster(R) products for replication software in Microsoft environments. With Double-Take, SANZ can build highly reliable, yet low-cost data protection solutions that extend tape back-up systems at small to medium sized businesses and allow large enterprises to implement high-availability protection on all mission-critical Microsoft applications. SANZ will work with the NSI Professional Services organization to ensure customers success. "The NSI Xcelerate Partner Program is a refined mix of market leading resellers that understand customers' business continuity needs and have the expertise to leverage our data replication software for cost-effective fulfillment of those requirements," said Dean Goodermote, NSI Software CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "SANZ brings a very advanced engineering and professional services skill set to the NSI partner portfolio that will further our market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" and generate new revenue for both companies." NSI Software's Xcelerate Partner Program revolves around its Double-Take and GeoCluster software products. Double-Take is a real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. replication and failover software solution that enables high-availability, disaster recovery and centralized backup. GeoCluster enhances the reliability, availability and manageability of Microsoft's Cluster Service (MSCS See Microsoft Cluster Server. ) with advanced replication that stores local copies of clustered data on each node. Both products are hardware-independent and certified for Microsoft Server, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server. About NSI Software For organizations that depend on information, NSI Software, Inc. (NSI) provides the world's most relied upon solutions for continuous data protection and application availability. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Double-Take(R), is the most technically advanced software in the market and is the solution of choice for thousands of customers, from SMEs to over half of the Fortune 500. To assist in implementation, NSI offers a Professional Services team of Certified Business Continuity Planners who help architect, design and ensure a fail-safe continuous data protection plan. NSI also has strategic technical and marketing relationships with industry leaders including Microsoft(R), 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) (R), Dell(TM), HP(R) and SunGard(R), and works with its 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 partners and reseller channels to deliver comprehensive solutions and support to business users worldwide. Founded in 1991, NSI is privately held and headquartered in Hoboken, NJ. For more information, please contact NSI Software at www.nsisoftware.com. About SANZ SANZ Inc. is a nationwide storage consulting and system integration firm focused exclusively on the design, deployment and support of intelligent data management. By utilizing a unique StorTrust(TM) process, SANZ is able to deliver solutions that enable data driven corporations and government agencies to maximize the value of their IT investments and secure their business-critical environments. SANZ's EarthWhere(TM) is a spatial data provisioning application that stores, manages, processes and delivers customized spatial imagery. SANZ is a subsidiary of SAN Holdings. About NCsoft North America NCsoft - North America (NC-NA) is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is part of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NC-NA, with development and administrative offices in Texas and California, launched two ground-breaking titles in the first half of 2004, Lineage II and City of Heroes and Guild Wars in April of 2005. The company also works with NCsoft subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. More information about NCsoft - North America can be found at http://www.PlayNC.com. Double-Take(R), GeoCluster(R) and NSI(R) are registered trademarks of NSI Software, Inc. Balance(TM) is a trademark of NSI Software, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. NCsoft, the interlocking interlocking /in·ter·lock·ing/ (-lok´ing) closely joined, as by hooks or dovetails; locking into one another. interlocking Obstetrics A rare complication of vaginal delivery of twins; the 1st NC logo, Guild Wars, Lineage, PlayNC, PlayNC.com and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. City of Heroes is a registered trademark of Cryptic Studios, Inc. and NCsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are properties of their respective Companies. |
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