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NetApp Manageability Software and Deduplication Help Healthcare Provider Improve Storage Efficiency
Improved Manageability Products and New Software Bundles Enable Easier Storage Efficiency Savings and Utilization
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SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - June 23, 2009) - NetApp (NASDAQ : NTAP ) today announced that UZ
Leuven has greatly reduced costs and increased productivity thanks to the
combination of NetApp® storage efficiency technologies and newly enhanced
manageability software. To further help customers such as UZ Leuven receive
additional storage efficiency benefits, NetApp also introduced enhancements
to its manageability software suite and new software packs and bundles.
UZ Leuven, a NetApp customer since 2000 and one of the largest healthcare
providers in Europe, leveraged a wide range of NetApp storage efficiency
technologies across several IT functions, including server virtualization,
e-mail archiving, file sharing, and database management. As a result, UZ
Leuven streamlined its business operations while saving valuable time and
money. For example, UZ Leuven leveraged deduplication technology within its
NetApp MetroCluster storage system to reduce data storage requirements by
as much as 80% in its virtual server environment. Combined with NetApp
SnapMirror®, deduplication helped UZ Leuven dramatically reduce the
amount of disk space required for backup, from 4.2 terabytes to 800
gigabytes.
UZ Leuven also leveraged NetApp's manageability software to help maximize
its storage efficiency gains. Operations Manager provided UZ Leuven with
automated, centralized management of its storage infrastructure while
Protection Manager allowed UZ Leuven to automate backup processes and
leverage advanced data protection technologies such as SnapMirror. This
combination increased storage utilization while reducing manual effort and
management time, allowing UZ Leuven to successfully manage a larger storage
environment with fewer people.
"We needed a storage system that provided us with both performance and
efficiency gains," said Reinoud Reynders, IT manager for Infrastructure and
Operations for UZ Leuven. "We have been thrilled with our NetApp
infrastructure and management solutions and have recognized a wealth of
cost and time savings. NetApp has a wide variety of storage efficiency
technologies that clearly save operational time and costs as well as save
capital costs by allowing us to store more and more data with our existing
infrastructure."
Enhanced Manageability Software and New Software Packs and Bundles
NetApp today also announced System Manager to expand its manageability
software offerings with a solution that enables storage experts and
non-storage experts to easily leverage NetApp's proven storage efficiency
technologies. System Manager, which is free of charge, provides customers
with out-of-the-box management of their FAS2000 and FAS3000 storage
systems. System Manager is a Microsoft® Windows®-based tool that
provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) that automates
common device management tasks and supports NetApp storage efficiency
technologies like deduplication and thin provisioning to achieve greater
cost savings and performance improvements.
Also, NetApp's existing manageability products, which include Operations
Manager, Protection Manager, and Provisioning Manager, now support a wider
range of NetApp storage efficiency features such as deduplication, thin
provisioning, and Snapshot™ copies. As a result, customers managing a
large number of NetApp systems can automatically configure and deploy
different storage efficiency technologies across their entire enterprise
environment. By automating these complex operational processes, customers
can save both time and money.
Furthermore, the new NetApp software packs and NetApp Select™ software
bundles enable customers to realize the full savings that storage
efficiency can deliver. Repackaging over 30 existing products into a small
number of bundles, the new packs and bundles streamline the ordering
process for both customers and partners and can provide substantial cost
savings when compared to purchasing products individually. The NetApp
Select software bundles package protocol support along with several of the
software packs into one offering.
"NetApp strives to empower customers with the storage efficiency tools
necessary to improve business operations and drive down costs," said
Patrick Rogers, vice president of Solutions Marketing at NetApp. "This
notion of efficiency also extends to the actual cost and ordering process,
which should be as simple and cost-effective as possible. With the latest
enhancements to our software manageability product suite along with the new
software packs and software bundles, we are addressing customer needs for a
more simplified and streamlined experience."
Pricing and Availability
System Manager is available, at no additional cost, to NetApp customers via
the NetApp Web site. Customer pricing for NetApp software packs, which
include the Foundation Pack, Protection Pack, Application Pack, Server
Pack, and Advanced Pack, and are available only to FAS2000 customers, is
available from NetApp sales or reseller partners. Customer pricing for
NetApp Select software bundles, which include the Windows Bundle, Server
Virtualization Bundle, and Complete Bundle, and are available only to
FAS2000 and FAS/V3100 customers, is available from reseller partners. All
software packs and bundles are available immediately. The new versions of
Operations Manager, Provisioning Manager, and Protection Manager will be
available in July 2009.
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