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Public Authority for Industry (PAI), Kuwait has selected EMC VMAX enterprise storage and VNX unified storage solutions to prepare to redefine its storage infrastructure and to create a sound foundation for future business growth.
PAI has also deployed EMC Avamar to create an efficient and reliable backup infrastructure, drive data retention and availability, and meet compliance regulations. In addition to this, PAI has also deployed a data archive system based on EMC Source One software and EMC Centera technology.
VMAX has improved the performance of PAI’s mission critical applications such as Oracle by 700% further. By VMAX and VNX, PAI has created a centralized, highly automated infrastructure so that employees can just focus on innovation. With Avamar, the entity has created a comprehensive end to end back-up and recovery infrastructure that provides 100% protection and has enhanced data retention capabilities while reporting a decrease of 80% in management costs. Business productivity has also improved by reducing the operational overhead associated with traditional tape based architectures and enabling single-step recovery process. Other benefits include greater scalability and data retention.
Abdul karim T. Mohammad CEO, PAI, Kuwait says, ““Founded on the pillars of EMC VMAX, VNX, EMC Avamar, SourceOne and Centera solution we can now look forward to continuing on our journey, to create a next generation cloud infrastructure that will allow us to effectively share information with both international organizations and local government agencies to boost economic development in Kuwait”
“PAI needed a solution that alleviated not just the operational hassle of working with a fragmented storage and tape-based back-up infrastructure that enables them to drive service delivery to boost service levels and customer satisfaction. By deploying EMC VMAX and VNX, PAI can leverage the unrivalled performance and scalability to support future industrial growth, while by deploying EMC Avamar PAI can customize restore policies to specific users to meet critical SLAs and compliance regulation”, added Habib Mahakian, Regional General Manager, Gulf and Pakistan at EMC Corporation.
