Applimation Joins the NetApp Partner Program
Sunnyvale, Calif. - December 3, 2007 --
Applimation, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise data
management solutions for packaged and custom applications,
announced today that it has joined the NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) Partner
Program as an Advantage Partner. Applimation is teaming with NetApp
to provide an industry-leading solution for optimizing test and
development environments, giving customers added security and
efficiency.
The Applimation and NetApp® joint
solution brings together industry-leading enterprise data
management software from Applimation and sophisticated replication
and cloning technologies from NetApp, offering customers the
following benefits for test and development environments:
- Reduce the risk of a data breach by
automatically identifying and protecting sensitive
information.
- Comply with data privacy regulations.
- Dramatically save time, reduce complexity, and
improve storage utilization.
- Create targeted database copies containing
just the information required for test and development.
- Speed up test and development cycles by
shuttling incremental, current data from production into test and
development.
"Test and development environments create
tremendous challenges for organizations today, given the risk of a
data breach and significant manual IT overhead," said Bob Markese,
CEO of Applimation. "By combining Informia Secure and Subset with
NetApp FlexClone®, we've moved the industry forward to a new
frontier in securing sensitive information, optimizing storage
utilization, and reducing manual overhead."
"One of the goals of the NetApp Partner
Program is to work with companies that have a shared vision of
addressing our customers' needs in today's complex enterprise
environments," said Patrick Rogers, vice president of Solutions
Marketing at NetApp. "Applimation's membership means that our
customers will benefit from a comprehensive yet simple,
cost-effective, and secure database cloning solution."
About Applimation
Applimation is a leading provider of enterprise data management
solutions for packaged and custom applications across multiple
database platforms. The Applimation Informia™ solution
enables organizations to manage the growth of structured and
unstructured data to achieve Information Lifecycle Management
objectives, improve operational efficiency, reduce total cost of
ownership and meet compliance requirements. For more information,
visit
www.applimation.com.
About the NetApp Partner Program
The NetApp Partner Program provides qualified infrastructure and
application providers with access to NetApp solutions, software
development kits, technical support, training, certification,
product information, and marketing and sales assistance. Customers
benefit by having access to best-of-breed partner solutions that
are tested to work with NetApp storage. Additional information on
the NetApp Partner Program is available at
http://partners.netapp.com/.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance is a world leader in unified storage solutions
for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992,
Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner
firsts to simplify data management. Information about Network
Appliance™ solutions and services is available at
www.netapp.com.
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