CitiStreet to Present on How to Control Data Center Costs with SEPATON Data De-Duplication and VTL Technology at Gartner Event
CitiStreet’s Jeff Machols will present a case study on controlling data center costs with SEPATON’s S2100-ES2 and DeltaStor software; SEPATON CTO Miklos Sandorfi to co-present
MARLBOROUGH, MA – May 30, 2007
– SEPATON, Inc., the leader in high-performance data protection solutions, today announced that CitiStreet’s Jeff Machols, vice president of global infrastructure, will present a case study entitled, "Controlling Data Protection Costs: A Real World Perspective" at the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations and Management Summit on Wednesday, June 13th at 11:00 am at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, FL. CitiStreet, a premier global benefit provider and one of the nation’s largest retirement plan record keepers, is using SEPATON’s S2100® virtual tape library (VTL) system and DeltaStor™ software to manage data growth while ensuring adherence to stringent regulatory requirements.
Data protection costs are rising fast. IT departments have more data to protect and more stringent protection requirements than ever before. In this presentation, Mr. Machols will highlight the effective steps that CitiStreet took to control its data center costs and improve its service levels. Attendees will learn how to apply their lessons learned and take advantage of new data de-duplication and virtual tape library technologies to contain data growth, reduce power consumption, increase data availability, and use floor space more efficiently.
Mr. Machols will be joined by SEPATON’s Chief Technology Officer, Miklos Sandorfi.
Jeffrey Machols serves as vice president of Global Infrastructure and Systems Integration Manager for CitiStreet, one of the largest global benefits delivery firms in the United States. In this role, he manages multiple IT groups which include system administration and infrastructure architecture and engineering. Prior to joining CitiStreet, Jeff held senior engineering and programming positions with ConAgra Beef, Inc., Ajilon, Inc., and Retrotech, Inc. He is a speaker at technology industry events and a contributing writer for a broad range of technical journals including SysAdmin Magazine and Dr. Dobbs Journal; and authored a book entitled "Subversion in Action", Manning Publications, December 2004. He holds an MBA from the University of North Florida and a BS in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.
About SEPATON, Inc.
SEPATON is enabling companies of any size to comply with demanding data storage and retrieval requirements by changing the rules of data protection. We provide innovative, disk-based solutions that are intelligent, reliable and reduce storage, management and recovery costs. Because the proven SEPATON ContentAware™ architecture keeps track of all files and content, it enables faster and more efficient performance of a range of advanced data protection, data retention and data recovery functions. SEPATON's virtual tape library systems dramatically out-perform tape and other disk-based solutions. For additional information call 508-490-7900 or visit www.sepaton.com.
Contact:
Beth Winkowski
SEPATON, Inc.
978/649-7189
bwinkowski@sepaton.com
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