Enterprise storage systems, software and services provider, EMC, has announced its EMC Proven E-Infostructure programme to provide Internet-based business and service providers with a mechanism with which to validate and communicate the inherent value of their investments in information infrastructure to customers and investors.
"This new programme identifies Internet-based businesses that have invested in best practices for enterprise storage and information infrastructure, and enables them to better leverage that investment through their own marketing and communications programmes," says Hugh Wason, country manager of EMC SA.
"Acceptance into the programme signifies a company has implemented an IT infrastructure able to support the operational needs of an Internet-based business or service. Customers and investors of EMC Proven members have confidence knowing that the necessary enterprise storage resources have been implemented to operate at peak efficiency, adapt to a constantly changing business climate and easily manage Internet-driven growth."
Joe Duncan, CIO of Critical Path says, "Critical Path`s mission is to host the world`s e-mail, and we are the infrastructure for many of the world`s most notable Internet brands. The EMC Proven programme gives Internet-based businesses an opportunity to articulate the value of their IT infrastructures to current and potential customers. Our relationship with EMC increases the confidence our customers have in Critical Path, because they realise we`ve chosen the pinnacle of storage solutions for our E-Infostructure."
EMC Proven E-Infostructure is a standard upon which investors and clients can measure commitment to future success and the promise of customer satisfaction. It exhibits the following qualities:
. Proven Availability by using local and remote data replication to ensure continuous access to Web-based business and services and eliminate the spectre of downtime typically associated with new application deployment and backup strategies;
. Proven Performance by allowing the Internet enterprise to deliver and provide new competitive services quickly and consistently regardless of peaks in usage and demand;
. Proven Scalability by ensuring Web-driven enterprises easily scale with success as new applications needed to compete are introduced, demand for businesses and services increase, and storage capacity grows from dozens to hundreds of terabytes; and
. Proven Management by providing businesses with the ability to consolidate and manage all their corporate and Internet information assets on a single heterogeneous and open enterprise storage platform.
"Users of e-business and services built upon an EMC E-Infostructure can now find comfort knowing the services they are investing in operate at the highest standards and have the infrastructure to be available whenever and wherever needed," Wason concludes.
EMC customers interested in taking advantage of the EMC Proven program can contact the local EMC office or access the EMC Proven Web site at http://www.EMC.com/EMCProven.
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