NTAP--Lance Foods Selects Network Appliance to Sate Its Data Hunger
Global Consumer Foods Giant Turns to NetApp® Solutions for Enhanced Network Performance and Reliable Data Backup and Recovery Initiatives
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2000-- Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced that Lance Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:LNCE - news), a global consumer foods manufacturer, is upgrading and expanding its network using Network Appliance(TM) storage solutions. Lance Foods will implement Network Appliance storage solutions to increase network and communications performance and to assist in the reliable data backup and recovery of over 80 years' worth of business, customer, and marketing information.
Lance Foods' deployment of the Network Appliance storage solution is supported by Network Appliance's SnapRestore(TM) software, enabling Lance Foods to ensure high data reliability, availability, and recoverability.
``For a global industry leader such as Lance Foods to continue to achieve success in the New Economy, we must partner with innovators to reshape our views on technology and communications. Network Appliance is such a partner, providing Lance Foods with robust storage solutions that will enable our network to be easy to manage and highly available for years to come. Because data storage demands have increased exponentially, we need a storage solution to help us manage that growth,'' said Jon Foster, server manager at Lance Foods.
Lance Foods is another ``Powered by Network Appliance'' customer, building critical data infastructures with proven NetApp storage solution architecture and fueling the expansion and reliability of the Internet.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a leader 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 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 operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX® and Windows® environments.
Note to Editors: NetApp and the Network Appliance logo are registered trademarks and Network Appliance, NetCache, SnapRestore, and Data ONTAP are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of X/Open Company Limited, in the U.S. and the other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
