Securities America Selects Emic Application Cluster for Enhanced Reliability and Scalability.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2003 Booth #467 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2003 Emic Networks today announced a new partnership with Securities America, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Emic Networks provides Securities America with Emic Application Cluster (EAC EAC an abbreviation used in studies of complement, in which E represents erythrocyte, A antibody, and C complement. ) products for Apache and MySQL(R) servers. EAC application-clustering products are designed to provide best price/performance Lintel (Linux/Intel)-based cluster platform for horizontal scaling In multiprocessing, adding more computer systems to the environment. Contrast with vertical scaling. of web applications. EAC scales economically from small and medium size environments to high-end server platform environments. EAC's benefits include performance scalability and load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them , fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. and continuous availability, and centralized management. "We considered solutions from several major vendors but EAC integrated well into our existing environment," said Joe Dennick, Director, IS Operations at Securities America. "We chose EAC because it met our strict uptime and performance requirements. It has simplified deployment of mission critical applications by providing a standard for highly available database services." "We are thrilled about our partnership with Securities America," said Eero Teerikorpi, 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. of Emic Networks. "By utilizing Emic Application Cluster, Securities America has high-performance and highly reliable clustered web solutions that bring their clients the most timely and individually tailored information." Emic Networks is demonstrating Emic Application Cluster products at LinuxWorld, August 5-7, 2003, at booth #467. Emic Application Cluster for Apache and EAC for MySQL are available today, starting at $1,095. Free evaluation versions are available for downloading at www.applicationcluster.com. About Securities America Financial Corporation Based in Omaha, Neb., Securities America is one of the nation's largest independent broker/dealers serving more than 1,400 representatives and their more than 360,000 clients nationwide. Securities America, Inc. is a broker/dealer that began operations in 1984 and is a member of the Securities Investors Protection Corporation. Securities America Advisors, Inc. is an SEC Registered Investment Advisory firm with over $3 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. that offers programs and support in the areas of investment management advice, financial advice, and financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against through investment advisors nationwide. The Securities America family of companies was founded with a vision and a plan to focus on the representative -- to meet their needs and to provide them the support necessary to effectively service their clients. About Emic Networks Emic Networks offers the industry's leading, patent-pending high-availability, fault tolerance and clustering software for application and hardware vendors. Emic Networks was founded by Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. and traffic management specialists in response to the explosive growth in the need for reliability and performance in mission-critical applications. Emic Networks is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. For more information about Emic Networks, please visit www.emicnetworks.com. MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the U.S. and in other countries. Emic Application Cluster and EAC are trademarks of Emic Networks. |
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