Contact Information: Press Contacts: Gillian Farquhar Egenera, Inc. 508-858-3262 gfarquhar@egenera.com
Sport & Health Chooses Egenera for Business Critical Application Infrastructure
| Source: Egenera
MARLBORO, MA--(Marketwire - July 31, 2007) - Egenera Inc., the data center virtualization
company, today announced that Sport & Health, a large health club company
in North America, has chosen Egenera® as the foundation for its new data
center strategy. Sport & Health will run its business critical membership
management application, as well as databases and other back office systems,
on the Egenera® BladeFrame® to simplify data center operations and
manage numerous remote locations more effectively.
In addition to reducing complexity and consolidating infrastructure, Sport
& Health needed to dramatically streamline the process of synchronizing
multiple databases in order to effectively scale business operations. They
evaluated systems from several vendors, including Egenera, IBM and HP, and
selected Egenera technology based on its proven ability to measurably
simplify data center operations, and provide out-of-the-box remote
management and high availability for critical applications across sites.
"We try to be very simple in our approach to organizing hardware. We
wanted the least amount of hardware and cabling possible," said Glenn
Rappaport, director of IT at Sport & Health. "We were looking for
simplicity. With Egenera, you plug in your fibre, plug in your LAN
connectivity, plug in your power, and you're ready to go."
The Egenera BladeFrame system and PAN Manager software provide Sport &
Health's small IT staff the ability to centrally manage multiple facilities
simply and effectively. Once comprised of 22 different servers spread out
across multiple sites, Sport & Health has centralized its critical systems
on the BladeFrame utilizing both Intel®- and AMD®-based Processing
Blade™ (pBlade™) modules.
Rappaport continued, "As soon as we spoke with Egenera, the light came on.
We knew it was exactly what we had been looking for. Egenera gives us
instant, built-in redundancy and powerful virtualization capabilities,
which are critical in managing multiple facilities."
Egenera systems are highly available, flexible platforms that eliminate the
need to dedicate servers to applications. Instead, a data center
virtualization architecture, which replaces physical components with
software, automatically repurposes and reallocates servers on demand.
Virtualization means that servers can be easily shared, enabling
enterprises to slash server count and reduce data center complexity by up
to 80 percent.
"Egenera understands that infrastructure doesn't have to be complicated.
Ultimately, we were looking for simplicity and performance -- something the
other vendors didn't even attempt to provide. With Egenera, we don't have
to hire consultants to manage it. It just works. Those are the kinds of
companies we like to do business with -- those that simplify a process and
deliver results."
About Egenera, Inc.
Egenera is a global leader in delivering data center virtualization
solutions that reduce costs and complexity for enterprises and public
sector agencies worldwide. The Egenera BladeFrame system virtualizes the
data center with an innovative server architecture specifically designed to
reduce complexity and enable IT to respond rapidly to business
requirements. Market-leading enterprises around the world trust Egenera to
run their most critical applications and achieve higher resource
utilization, faster application time to market and lower total cost of
ownership. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices worldwide.
For more information visit www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600 or send email
to info@egenera.com.
Egenera and Egenera stylized logos are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Egenera, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other
company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective holders. The information in this document is subject to change
without notice.