Marlboro, Mass.—March 15, 2005—Egenera Inc, a leader in utility computing, announced that Matsushita Electric Works Information Systems Co., Ltd. (MEW-IS) is providing hosting services based on the Egenera® BladeFrame® system as part of its iDC (Internet Data Center) offering. Purchased through Japanese reseller Net One Systems, the BladeFrame has been integrated with MEW-IS's existing storage area network (SAN) platform. With this new infrastructure, MEW-IS expects to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) by 20 percent while reducing system downtime and enhancing customer-service levels.
"The need for server consolidation is a common problem faced by enterprises and organizations. We believe that our BladeFrame system, with its unique Processing Area Network (PAN) architecture, provides an integrated platform for utility computing that mitigates server sprawl, reduces complexity and lowers IT costs," said Mike Thompson, chief operating officer, Egenera. "The selection of the Egenera BladeFrame by a leading Japanese technology company such as MEW-IS demonstrates that companies worldwide recognize the value of our technology in achieving their IT and business goals."
By accessing CPU, memory, disk and networking resources from the BladeFrame and SAN platforms, MEW-IS Hosting Services offers a customized "virtual server" environment to meet each customer's requirements. At the same time, customers benefit from the lower costs of shared servers without sacrificing flexibility or security. Specific capabilities in the MEW-IS hosting environment include:
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Providing precise capacity requirements for CPU, memory and disk storage
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Building high availability configurations without clustering software
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Potentially reducing scheduled downtime for system enhancements from five hours to 30 minutes
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Offering disk backup and application-monitoring services under MEW-IS's integrated service environment
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Egenera is a global leader in delivering computing solutions that simplify datacenter operations and infrastructure. The Egenera BladeFrame product family simplifies the datacenter 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 the Egenera BladeFrame system to run their most important business 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. More information is available at www.egenera.com.
Established in 1988, Net One Systems has been constantly leading the movements of cutting-edge technologies such as IP technologies and selecting most advanced products as an industry-leading network system provider. The company provides one-stop solutions for high value-added network integration with its superior network expertise and full-scale support services. Its consolidated annual revenue ending March 31, 2004 is 121,637 million yen. Net One Systems has 75 sales offices and 12 branches nationwide, including technical centers and quality management centers, with 791 employees (as of March 31, 2004). Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange since December 2001. URL: http://www.netone.co.jp/.
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