Contact Information: For more information about General Atomics / Nirvana contact: Jill White Market Development General Atomics Nirvana +1 (858) 455-2528 jill.white@ga.com For more information about infoGROUP contact: Kelly Loontjer Director of External Relations infoGROUP, Inc. kelly.loontjer@infogroup.com
infoGROUP(R) Architects Innovative Global Namespace With Nirvana(R) SRB(R) 2008
infoGROUP Uses Technology Adapted From Supercomputing -- Nirvana Storage Resource Broker(R) (SRB) 2008 -- Grid Software to Implement an Operational Global Namespace, ILM Policies and to Provide Unified Customer Data Views
| Source: General Atomics
ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - April 6, 2009) - General Atomics (GA), exhibiting the latest
release of Nirvana SRB 2008 at Storage Networking World, announces the
successful implementation of Nirvana SRB 2008 at infoGROUP (NASDAQ : IUSA ).
Following a late-2008 installation, a Nirvana-based data grid is currently
operational and will federate nearly one hundred terabytes of data across
three of infoGROUP's computer operations centers in the Omaha area. The
technology, originally developed at supercomputing facilities founded and
operated by General Atomics, has been commercialized by GA's Nirvana
division. The software was previously used to manage high-value image,
sensor, forensic and other pattern data in collaborative research,
aerospace, environmental, intelligence and security applications. It was
adapted to infoGROUP's infrastructure to control operational complexity and
better respond to the customers' need for more comprehensive data
combinations, reporting, and views.
The project, led by Jason Hagerty, System Architect for infoGROUP, spans
multiple sites, federates both legacy and advanced heterogeneous storage
systems, incorporates legacy applications, and manages several tiers of
storage within an automated ILM scheme.
The Director of GA's Nirvana division, Constantin Scheder, said, "We are
pleased to have this opportunity to apply Nirvana's capabilities in such a
demanding, complex commercial environment. Jason and the very capable
infoGROUP IT team adapted our technology in a truly innovative way."
"We needed a way to simplify our architecture operationally," said Jason
Hagerty. "Nirvana allows us to do that within our existing AD
infrastructure plus provides a way to advance our plans for extensible
metadata schemas and to present new, more valuable data views for our
clients."
Mr. Hagerty, will present details on the implementation of this project
Thursday, April 9th at 10:20 a.m. at the Storage Networking World
conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando.
About General Atomics
Founded in 1955, General Atomics, with its affiliated companies
(www.ga.com), is one of the world's leading resources for high-technology
systems from the nuclear fuel cycle to electromagnetic systems, remotely
operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electronic,
wireless and laser technologies. General Atomics' Nirvana Division is
located in San Diego, California, and provides advanced data solutions to
government, research and industry customers in the United States, the
United Kingdom, Germany, India and other countries around the world.
www.ga.com/nirvana
About infoGROUP
infoGROUP (NASDAQ : IUSA ) is the leading provider of data and interactive
resources that enables targeted sales, effective marketing and insightful
research solutions. infoGROUP's information powers innovative tools and
insight for businesses to efficiently reach current and future customers
through multiple channels, including the world's most dominant and powerful
Internet search engines and GPS navigation systems. infoGROUP headquarters
are located at 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127. For more information,
call (402) 593-4500 or visit www.infogroup.com.