NTAP--Network Appliance and iPIX Collaborate to Provide Media and Content Delivery Infrastructure
NetApp® Filer Architecture Advances the Capture, Processing, Hosting, and Distribution of Media Throughout Corporations
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000-- Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced that Internet Pictures Corporation (``iPIX'') selected NetApp storage solutions to enable advanced media delivery applications for geographically dispersed enterprises.
By utilizing NetApp filers, iPIX enables a broad range of industries - real estate, e-retail, automotive, publishing and entertainment - to access user-submitted auction images as well as iPIX Virtual Tours, which consist of various 360-degree views of properties and objects. iPIX stores both user-submitted and 360-degree virtual tour images - ranging from 50Kb to several hundred kilobytes of data -- all on Network Appliance(TM) solutions. The company has already offloaded over a terabyte of data onto its NetApp filers and plans to have that number double and triple very soon.
``New Economy companies our realizing significant returns on IT investments by expanding their applications portfolios and managing their deployments more intelligently and with greater scalability and reliability,'' said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing at Network Appliance. ``We are pleased to be part of the iPIX solution, which demonstrates success by continually improving and broadening their application suites to meet the increasingly diverse demands of its customers.''
``Compiling both immersive and user-submitted images demands that we have an infrastructure in place that can scale easily to support multiple terabytes and require little technology support,'' said Dr. Andrew Mutz, iPIX's senior vice president of engineering and technology. ``Since we are in the business of media distribution, we chose Network Appliance storage solutions because they are easy to deploy and manage, grow as our business grows, and provide the uptime that defines success in our business.''
iPIX is a participant in Network Appliance's ``Powered by Network Appliance'' program, a branding initiative designed to foster business development and enhance the exposure of Internet companies with e-business driven strategies. Network Appliance powers nine out of the top 10 ISPs and 13 out of the top 15 Web sites worldwide.
About iPIX
iPIX is the standard for dynamic imaging. 88% of the Media Metrix top 25 Web sites use iPIX to make their sites more dynamic. Businesses dependent on visual content rely on iPIX. iPIX's end-to-end, dynamic imaging solutions enable the capture, processing, hosting, and distribution of rich media to thousands of Internet sites and millions of Internet enabled wired and wireless devices. A broad array of industries, including real estate, online auctions, e-retail, automotive, travel, publishing, and entertainment, are capitalizing on iPIX Internet pictures to give viewers more information, more interaction, and a richer online experience. The company is headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee with co-headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.
The company pioneered the concept of the ``network appliance,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(TM) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This end-to-end solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX® and Windows® environments.
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