from DSSResources.comAncor keeps 12 terabytes of data continuously available with NeverfailAUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 11, 2007 -- Keeping 12 terabytes of data available -- the equivalent of 12,000 sets of Encyclopedia Britannica's -- was crucial to Ancor Information Management Systems. Manufacturing and sales for a major automobile manufacturer and its nationwide network of dealers was dependent upon having continuous availability to Ancor's web portal housing more than 20 million car specification materials and window stickers. Customer requirements for ensuring the availability of 12 terabytes worth of vehicle information led Ancor to consider its options for a continuous availability solution. After an extensive evaluation of possible products with IT consultant firm and Neverfail partner Analysts International, Ancor chose Neverfail for its SQL, File and IIS server environments to ensure the availability of its customers' business-critical information. "While a small part of the car production cycle, window stickers are an important part of the overall product delivery," said Eric Mynster, corporate IT manager of Ancor. "If the stickers do not arrive on time or do not have complete information, the manufacturer's plants may be shut down and this could adversely affect sales at the dealerships. We needed a system to ensure continuous access to the more than 20 million window stickers, barcodes, and other information which need to be printed for each new car. Neverfail provides the most effective solution, ensuring our customers can always access their most important information." "Neverfail technology provides Ancor with reassurance that their online and offline documents are readily available to end users and Ancor staff at all times," said Ken Conrad, chief strategist, Infrastructure Solutions at Analysts International. "With Neverfail solutions in place, Ancor is able to dedicate valuable resources to the most important aspect of the business, serving their customers." With Neverfail solutions in place, Ancor's data and applications are continuously replicated to a secondary system, ensuring the manufacturer's plants have continuous access to their business-critical information during instances of planned and unplanned downtime. In 2007, Ancor tested Neverfail's failover capabilities and found that their customers were able to continue working without interruption and with no need to restart their applications. Today, Ancor continues to provide the information their customers need while ensuring availability of that information is protected against all types of failure. "Ancor's use of Neverfail's products is a good example of what forward-thinking companies are doing to protect their own development work and customers' investments," said Dave French, Neverfail Americas CEO. "We look forward to helping Ancor with its next steps in this effort, and sharing with others key learning's related to ensuring the continuous availability of large amounts of data." About the Neverfail Group The Neverfail Group is a leading global software company providing affordable data protection, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions focused on keeping users productive. Neverfail's software solutions enable users to remain continuously connected to the live software application irrespective of hardware, software, operating system, or network failures. Neverfail's mission of eliminating application downtime for the end user delivers the assurance of business continuity, removes the commercial and IT management costs associated with system downtime and enables the more productive use of IT resources. More information can be found at http://www.neverfailgroup.com . Neverfail is a trademark of Neverfail Group Limited. All other trademarks, including Microsoft, Windows, and Exchange, are trademarks of their respective companies. Copyright (C) 2007 Neverfail Group Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means without prior express, written consent of Neverfail Group Limited. Neverfail North America Ann Taylor PR Director, Neverfail Inc. Tel: (512) 327-5777 ext. 1834 Cell: (512) 970-4067 Ataylor@neverfailgroup.com |