Army National Guard Automates Operations with
EMC Networked Storage
U.S. Army Unit to Deploy Advanced EMC Storage Management Software to Centrally Manage
EMC and Non-EMC Storage
HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2002-- EMC Corporation today announced that The Army
National Guard has purchased more than 200 terabytes of EMC networked storage systems and software and services to
automate and streamline administrative functions and increase focus on war fighter operations. The National Guard will
implement EMC storage area networks (SANs) in more than 50 data centers across the United States and four U.S.
territories to allow for dramatically more open and efficient information management.
Each Guard data center will deploy EMC ESN Manager software, a key
product in EMC's AutoIS strategy, to achieve more centralized and more
efficient management of both EMC storage and non-EMC storage such
as Compaq, Dell and Xiotech solutions.
Lawrence P. Borkowski, The Army National Guard's Chief of
Automation and Plans, said, "The Army National Guard is
fast-forwarding our longstanding commitment to streamlining
administrative operations and focusing more of our resources on military
missions and emergency situations facing our country. EMC's networked
storage systems and software will help us mobilize Guard forces more
quickly and efficiently because our critical information will be more
available and better protected than ever before."
"EMC's AutoIS strategy represents a major step in our quest to provide more efficient and effective storage management,"
said Borkowski. "Because we're talking about more than 50 different data centers, our environment is extremely diverse -
whether it be storage, servers or networking devices. We rely on EMC's extensive interoperability testing to ensure every
component works in harmony. For the first time, we will be able to centrally manage and control constantly changing data
requirements across different vendors' storage systems by utilizing EMC software."
EMC Global Services consultants are leading the design and implementation of EMC SANs in each of the Army National
Guard's 54 local data centers. The SANs will satisfy the storage needs of personnel records management, finance, logistics,
contracts, electronic mail and other applications. The SANs - based on EMC Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems - will
provide storage for Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other servers. Each Guard location will use products from the EMC
ControlCenter family, including ESN Manager, as well as TimeFinder and PowerPath, to efficiently manage and protect its
growing information assets.
"The value of uninterrupted access to our information continues to go up dramatically as we automate more of our
administrative functions," Borkowski said. "The advanced reliability of EMC networked storage and EMC's business
continuity software is helping create new layers of data security throughout our infrastructure. Each National Guard data center
will use EMC's TimeFinder software to create a complete backup copy of our production systems without having to bring
them down for maintenance."
Borkowski also noted the tremendous value of EMC's worldwide, 24-hour Global Services infrastructure. "The support EMC
provides is extremely valuable. Some of the industry's most knowledgeable and experienced storage professionals work at
EMC, and they are available to assist us around the clock with any issues or questions we have."
The Army National Guard purchased the EMC technology through Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global aerospace and
defense company, which is the prime contractor in the project.
Prior to this latest purchase, the Army National Guard, headquartered in Arlington, Va., standardized its operations on an
EMC SAN to provide centralized storage to Amdahl OS 390, Hewlett-Packard N&L Class, HP-UX, Compaq, Dell,
Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers and operating systems.
Frank Hauck, EMC's Executive Vice President of Customer Operations, said, "The Army National Guard is empowering its
regional forces with an advanced storage infrastructure that elevates information access to a central component of key
operations. EMC is proud to be providing the Army National Guard with the storage expertise and technology it needs to
ensure there is a rapid, uninterrupted flow of information throughout the organization." |
