Enterprise storage systems, software, networks and services provider, EMC, has joined Microsoft Corporation in an effort to showcase solutions that will enable customers to implement EMC`s Enterprise Storage Networks (ESNs) with Windows 2000 for their business information infrastructure, or E-Infostructure.
A recent survey of 800 worldwide IS executives, conducted for EMC by research firm FIND/SVP, revealed a need for tools that allow Windows-based information to be integrated into data centre environments.
"Nearly 80 percent of the large organisations questioned said they move data between different systems, including mainframes, Unix systems and Windows platforms. The survey found that corporations are do so in order to support and supply information to a variety of applications, from traditional transaction processing to new Internet-based applications," says Hugh Wason, country manager of EMC SA.
An EMC ESN enables users of Windows 2000 to consolidate information from many servers onto a single EMC storage system for improved management, protection and information sharing. EMC`s ability to provide simultaneous storage support for heterogeneous servers, including mainframes, enables fast integration of Windows 2000-based information into enterprise computing environments.
Windows 2000 users can take advantage of EMC`s software solutions, such as EMC Control Center, Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) and EMC TimeFinder, to automatically manage their environments and create multiple copies of consolidated Windows 2000 information for tasks including fast online backups and server-performance improvements.
"By working closely with EMC, we have ensured that Windows 2000 is ready for immediate mission-critical deployment by the Global 2000," says Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. "EMC brings a decade`s worth of data centre experience to Windows 2000 and provides customers with the tools they need to efficiently and effectively migrate to Windows 2000, deploy it, and integrate it seamlessly into their enterprise environments.
"EMC and Microsoft have worked together to develop solutions that capitalise on the enhanced manageability and increased reliability of the Windows 2000 operating system. These joint efforts give our mutual customers the most flexible, scalable solutions for their critical applications," he says.
EMC, one of 13 Windows 2000 Global Launch Partners, is highlighting its E-Infostructure solutions for Windows 2000 at events around the world. EMC`s portfolio of storage solutions will support Windows 2000.
"EMC Enterprise Storage is a key enabling technology for the deployment of Windows 2000 and EMC is ready to help customers migrate and implement Windows 2000 in their data centre environments. We are delivering tools that allow customers to consolidate Windows 2000-based information, grow it without limits, protect and manage it with the same software they use for their mainframe and Unix-based information, and make Windows 2000 a key component of their E-Infostructure," Wason concludes.
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