The Monitor (Kampala)
Ismail Musa Ladu
2 July 2009
Kampala — Affordable computer solutions have been developed to manage data and information storage.
The solutions known as NetApp solutions for oracle, V-series for heterogeneous storage environment and NetApp for a fibre channel SAN solutions, enable maximisation of storage, data protection, increase storage facility and enhance data availability.
Speaking on Tuesday at a workshop organised by NetApp Distribution Partner at Kampala Serena Hotel to educate professionals on how to improve operations using efficient ICT technology without increasing the organisation budget, the Chief Executive Officer of NetApp, Mr James Munene, said the solution will reduce operational costs through advanced data management solutions that also maximise availability.
He said NetApp has solutions to handle growing data with efficiency unlike the traditional system that is costly with technology that demands a lot of space.
"Given the importance of data storage, it must be handled separately because it is what makes an organisation," Mr Munene said.
In times like this, when the global economic climate is pinching, businesses reduce costs through restructuring of human resource while forgetting that the ICT system being used can also be overhauled to great effects.
"Money is dwindling and organisations are simply patching up their systems without realising that they are using a lot of money yet getting less returns," Mr James Munene said.
Mr Sunil Varghese, an IT expert and director sales and presale at NetApp, said the new solutions control power, protect against malicious data that can corrupt the system and avoids replications of data among others.
"With the V-series system, you gain the advantages of enterprise Fibre Channel storage connectivity without the costs of physically connecting each host to your SAN infrastructure," a statement from NetApp reads in part.
A storage area network (SAN) is an architecture to attach remote computer storage devices to servers in such a way that the devices appear as locally attached to the operating system.
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