NetApp SnapMirror Solution Provides Fast, Efficient Data Availability and Disaster Recovery to Accelerate Business Operations
SUNNYVALE, CA and NEW ORLEANS, LA--(Marketwire - Jan 25, 2013) - The Super Bowl is consistently the most-watched event of the year. The ability of the NFL to collect, access, protect, and share all the data generated at the game will play a pivotal role in event operations for Super Bowl XLVII. While millions around the world follow the action on the field, the NFL will work behind the scenes with NetApp (
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"We are excited to team with NetApp to enhance our technology platform at the Super Bowl and beyond to help deliver the best experience for our fans, our broadcast partners, and the media," said Michelle McKenna, NFL senior vice president and chief information officer. "As we look to work with companies that are leaders in technology, we are pleased to integrate NetApp® products and solutions across the League."
Super Bowl XLVII kicks off a multiyear relationship between NetApp and the NFL, making NetApp the Official Data Storage Provider of the NFL, the Super Bowl, and all 32 NFL teams. The NFL will use the NetApp FAS2220 and FAS2240 storage systems to enable its support of the league-wide mission-critical activities.
"Our relationship with the NFL demonstrates the importance of data storage to key brands that can ill afford to take risks with their mission-critical operations," said Amy Love, vice president of Brand and Communications at NetApp. "The NFL has to manage challenges similar to those of many enterprise businesses -- reliability, data protection, agility, and efficiency. NetApp brings capabilities to the NFL that will help accelerate its business operations and drive success, because we do it every day for our customers."
Data Availability Speeds Up Operations on Game Day
The NFL will extend a significant part of its day-to-day IT operations to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the city of New Orleans ahead of the game on February 3, 2013. Preparation of the host city typically takes 30 days of execution as the NFL IT team creates multiple data center sites. For the first time in Super Bowl history, NFL IT will build a shared data storage infrastructure to improve the agility and reliability of its game-day data.
The NetApp FAS2220 will be the foundation of the NFL's shared data storage infrastructure and all three of its data center locations in New Orleans:
To learn more about how NetApp's agile and reliable storage technologies have secured a position at The Big Game, read Jon Kelly's blog.
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