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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Systems/Enterprise:
EGENERA, 3PAR DELIVER UTILITY
COMPUTING FOR DATA CENTERS
Egenera Inc, a leader in utility computing, and 3PAR, a leading provider of
utility storage, announced a comprehensive server and storage virtualization
offering for the utility data center. Demonstrating the value of the combined
solution, the two companies announced a joint customer, NAiS-IS (Matsushita
Electric Works Information Systems Co Ltd) of Osaka, Japan. The companies also
announced a cooperative technology, marketing and support relationship.
The relationship between Egenera and 3PAR capitalizes on the IT trend
toward
utility computing infrastructures within the data centers of large enterprises
and service providers. Utility computing allows IT departments to rapidly
deploy new applications, to quickly rebalance existing infrastructure across
applications, and to provision resources on a pooled basis using just-in-time,
granular resource increments.
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Grid computing is here!
Egenera and 3PAR offer advanced utility server and storage solutions that
excel at rapid and efficient provisioning. As a result of their market-leading
products, both companies are taking advantage of substantial business
opportunities from this growing utility computing trend.
Customer Win Demonstrates Value Of Egenera And 3PAR Combination
Building on the recently announced SAVVIS implementation, Egenera and 3PAR
have successfully completed a significant deployment with NAiS-IS, a major
Japanese systems integration and outsourcing service provider. NAiS-IS owns
and manages a large central data center with global high-speed networks that
link more than 2,200 sites in Japan and overseas. With the Egenera and 3PAR
combination, NAiS-IS now manages a cost-effective, consolidated, utility
computing environment. This modern utility computing data center enables
NAiS-IS to rapidly deliver its application services for product design, ERP,
supply chain management and CRM applications to its large customer base.
"NAiS-IS delivers advanced outsourcing and application services that
provide
our customers the competitive edge to effectively manage and grow their
businesses," said Akira Sakaguchi of the Corporate Network Solutions Division
at NAiS-IS. "We chose the Egenera and 3PAR combination because it is the
best-in-class utility computing solution for us to meet our customers' needs
for flexible application services that are reliable, scalable and
cost-effective."
"Utility computing is a hot segment in high technology today for good
reason:
It gives customers exactly what they're looking for," said Vern Brownell,
founder and chief technology officer of Egenera. "Between Y2K and the tech
bubble, data centers are packed to the rafters with under-utilized platforms
rigidly tied to specific applications. Utility-based solutions like the
Egenera BladeFrame and 3PAR InServ systems enable customers to fluidly align
IT resources with business processes to lower costs, improve responsiveness
and create sustainable competitive advantage. We are pleased to be allied with
3PAR, a leading provider of Utility Storage, and look forward to bringing the
benefits of our respective technologies to customers worldwide."
"IT staffs are tired of wrestling with the complexities of traditional
server
and storage offerings and getting about 30 percent utilization for their
trouble," said David Scott, 3PAR president and CEO. "They are looking for a
change. Fortunately, a real server-storage utility computing solution exists
now that can double utilization and massively expand the scope of IT without
requiring any shift in budgets. While some computing companies may be talking
futures, 3PAR and Egenera are delivering utility computing today."
Technology, Support And Marketing Relationship
In addition to 3PAR joining the Egenera Accelerate Alliance Program,
Egenera
is now a 3PAR Alliance Partner. Working together, Egenera and 3PAR completed
rigorous interoperability and availability tests for the BladeFrame and InServ
combination. The two companies have also entered into a cooperative support
agreement to ensure superior customer service to joint customers. As a result
of these joint technology and service efforts, customers can confidently
deploy the combined Egenera and 3PAR solution for their demanding utility
computing initiatives. The companies also announced the completion of a joint
marketing agreement that allows Egenera and 3PAR to cooperatively educate
customers on the benefits of utility computing.
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