NetBenefit launches powerful new storage solution for business critical websites

Internet World, London, UK – May 1st 2007 – NetBenefit, one of the UK's most experienced managed hosting providers, today announced it is adding a powerful new storage offering to its business critical managed hosting portfolio. Through its partnership with NetApp, a world leader in unified storage solutions, NetBenefit has created a scaleable Storage Area Network (SAN) product that provides the highest level of security and performance for business critical applications.

NetApp provides a full range of proven SAN solutions for environments with the most demanding performance and availability requirements. The combination of NetBenefit’s latest specification DELL servers with NetApp’s high-performance storage and unique data management software, allows customers to benefit from increased availability of critical data, simplification of complex data management environments, productivity improvements and lower storage costs.

Jonathan Robinson, COO, NetBenefit commented: “We are delighted to be able to offer this new product to our customers. NetApp’s storage solutions complement NetBenefit’s provision of business critical managed hosting solutions for websites and applications that demand maximum performance. The addition of the SAN solution to our portfolio means that we are able to take away our customer’s storage concerns, allowing them to concentrate their IT expertise on other areas.?

Mark Stevens, VP UK and Ireland, NetApp said: “Our storage solutions enable enterprises to exploit untapped value in IT storage infrastructures. Together with NetBenefit, NetApp is committed to providing enterprise-ready storage solutions for today’s demanding business environment."