University Park, PA. - August 24,
2012 -The Pennsylvania State University is known
internationally as one of the best public research universities in
the United States, with total enrollment approaching 100,000
students. It ranks no. 1 in the United States among universities
with information technology degrees. The Penn State College of
Information Sciences and Technology has created a unique
interdisciplinary program in enterprise architecture that
integrates computer science, information technology, and business.
The Center for Enterprise Architecture (CEA) needed storage
capacity to support this important technology-intensive research
agenda and the degree programs. The CEA is in the process of
creating an innovative lab environment and was thrilled to be
approached by NetApp to participate in NetApp's Education Donation
Program. NetApp's program has already awarded over 100 systems in
the past 6 months to universities and K-12 institutions that
demonstrated an innovative approach to education. Penn State
received a $250,000 Storage System and Software award for the
Center for Enterprise Architecture.
As one of the most well-known learning
institutions globally, Penn State holds nurturing and creating
progress in professional practices as a critical element of its
mission. Through its donation to Penn State's College of
Information Sciences and Technology and its Center for Enterprise
Architecture, NetApp has enabled the university to better support
this mission. Prior to NetApp's engagement with Penn State, the CEA
had limited resources for data storage, preventing the center from
leveraging its full academic and research potential. By deploying
NetApp® solutions with a consolidated enterprise approach to
storage, the Center for Enterprise Architecture will have the
capabilities to support the future storage needs of its students
and faculty and its new Professional Masters in Enterprise
Architecture Program.
In recognition of NetApp's donation to the
Center for Enterprise Architecture, Dean David Hall of the College
of Information Sciences and Technology met with NetApp executives
earlier this summer. NetApp's equipment will be deployed as part of
a new educational laboratory environment in which students will be
able to perform research and participate in hands-on learning
experiences. The NetApp system offers Penn State the flexibility,
performance, availability, and responsiveness to growth needed to
provide ample capacity to address both research and infrastructure
demands.
"With the equipment we received through
NetApp's Education Donation Program, we will have cutting-edge
technologies available to our researchers and advanced educational
programs, including the new Professional Masters in Enterprise
Architecture Program," said Dr. Brian Cameron, executive director,
Center for Enterprise Architecture. "We are very excited to be
working with NetApp, and with their technologies we can quickly
start to engage our students in hands-on, practical research and
educational scenarios to expose them to a real-world storage and
information architecture environment."
In today's challenging economic and
competitive environment, the need for greater efficiency,
effectiveness, and agility is crucial for organizations of all
types and sizes. Enterprise architecture professionals are at the
forefront of this movement, striving to correctly and effectively
leverage technology to meet the business goals of an organization.
These professionals need to integrate strategic, business, and
technology planning methods with an ability to understand, analyze,
justify, and communicate the solution of enterprise architecture
problems. To meet the increased demand for enterprise architecture
professionals, Penn State has developed the Master of Professional
Studies Program in Enterprise Architecture through the College of
Information Sciences and Technology.
"Penn State's Center for Enterprise
Architecture is among the most innovative and unique information
technology degree programs being offered by universities today. Its
curriculum aligns closely with NetApp's vision for the future of
high-performance, data-driven information technologies," said
Regina Kunkle, vice president of State and Local Government and
Higher Education, NetApp. "Creative innovation in education and
technology will be vitally important as we increasingly rely on
storage technologies to provide the backbone of critical government
and business infrastructure. Penn State is leading the charge to
educate future CIOs and CTOs with this in mind. We hope that,
through NetApp's Education Donation Program, students will have
unprecedented access to our technology to support their education
goals and facilitate continued advancement in storage and IT
performance."
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