Spaulding & Slye Colliers announces new initiative. (Technology Update).Spaulding Spaulding can refer to:
"We depend on a broad range of internal and external data in servicing our clients," said Michele Michele murders wife’s lover; hides body under cloak. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, The Cloak, Westerman, 362–363] See : Murder FitzGerald, Director of Information Technology for Spaulding & Slye Colliers. "Property-related financial, operational, and market data drive our business. Having a comprehensive program to safeguard that information in the event of human error, system failure, or natural disaster is imperative. After carefully evaluating our options, LiveVault was clearly the best choice." "Leading companies with their eye on business continuity continue to look to LiveVault to serve their critical data protection needs," said Bob Cramer, president and 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 LiveVault. "Spaulding & Slye Colliers' initiative to protect its vital data further illustrates our leadership in providing businesses with data protection assurance." As Spaulding & Slye Colliers' data storage requirements grew, the firm initially decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. its tape-based backup, giving each office responsibility for backing up its data -- an approach that quickly encountered problems. "Tape-based backup was not an acceptable solution. There were too many potential points of failure," said FitzGerald. "There were multiple employees involved in the backup process, cataloging tapes was confusing con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. and cumbersome cum·ber·some adj. 1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy. 2. Troublesome or onerous. cum , and accessing the tapes when you needed them could take days." Spaulding & Slye Colliers initially evaluated an online backup and recovery solution that was limited in its ability to work well with the company's SQL server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. environment and had a client/server interface that was difficult to use. After continuing its evaluation, Spaulding & Slye Colliers found the LiveVault Online Backup & Recovery Service to be the ideal solution. LiveVault automatically backs up the company's data to a secure, off-site Iron Mountain[R] facility, where it can be quickly and easily restored via a Web-based user interface. Spaulding & Slye Colliers currently uses LiveVault to protect data across five locations. LiveVault includes support for complex storage environments: storage area networks (SANs), network-attached storage See NAS. (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) and clustered servers. As Spaulding & Slye Colliers' environment grows, LiveVault will fully support its data protection needs. LiveVault is available through its network of sales partners, including Iron Mountain, HP[R], Network Control Group and others. For more information regarding how LiveVault can provide data protection and disaster recovery for your business, please visit com, contact sales@livevault.com or call 1-800-638-5518. Spaulding & Slye Colliers is an integrated real estate services company delivering solutions to corporate and investor clients worldwide from its offices in Washington, DC and Boston, Mass. Established in 1966, the firm delivers the following real estate services: leasing, investment sales, structured finance, construction, development services, retail services, and property & facility management. Spaulding & Slye Colliers is a corporate partner of Colliers International, a corporate partnership of real estate services companies with approximately 6,600 professionals in 234 offices worldwide. |
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