EYT Opens IBM TotalStorage Solution Center in Chantilly, VA

CHANTILLY, VA -- EYT, formerly Ernst & Young Technologies, today announced the grand opening of their IBM(R) TotalStorage(TM) Solution Center, as part of IBM's network of over 120 TotalStorage Solution Centers worldwide. The TotalStorage Solution Center offers services that include testing, designing, education and training to customers who want to realize the benefits of linking storage products into their networks. The center, which is part of IBM's initiative to harness the explosive growth of data, represents a new opportunity for customers to experience the value IBM Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions can bring to most computing installations. A Storage Area Network is a dedicated network that allows centralized access to data stored on a range of devices. "EYT has experience with IBM that dates back over six years and the combination of their skills and IBM SAN solutions represents a marvelous opportunity for local customers to experience, in person, the incredible value IBM SAN solutions can bring to most computing installations," according to Kent Winton, worldwide director of channel development for IBM. "EYT customers will benefit tremendously from the newly launched TotalStorage Solution Center, which will enable them to mutually take advantage of the undisputed value of IBM's Storage Area Network program, and EYT's full-service approach including education, training and system support," said Jim Hunt, President & CEO of EYT. The Solution Center features a range of SAN solutions that are tailored according to each customer's needs. Equipment at the Center includes Shark Enterprise Storage Server, RS/6000 servers configured with or without High Availability Cluster MultiProcessing (HACMP), Netfinity servers and numerous software suites, and IBM SAN Fiber Channel switches. Customers can test, model, demo and benchmark a host of applications and architectures. "This is a powerful combination of IBM products and EYT's great service and implementation," said Denise Buonaiuto, worldwide vice president of Channel Sales for Storage for IBM. "Through Business Partners like EYT, IBM continues to reach customers with e-business solutions that bring bottom line results." Features and services the new SAN Solution Center offer include: -- Centralized Storage Solutions In SAN Environment -- Tape Device Sharing -- LAN-Free Backup & Recovery -- Data Sharing Across Platforms, Server-Free Backup & Recovery -- High Availability Server Clusters -- Training (Including Classroom Lecture and Hands-On SAN Technical Training) -- Technical Demonstrations -- Customer Testing -- Benchmarking -- Storage Consultants -- Free Pre-Sales Assessment For further information visit www.eyt.com