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posted on 14 May 2008 08:17

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Insight Integrated Systems (IIS), a division of Insight Investments Corp. and a leader in managing how information is stored, shared and protected, announced at Storage Decisions here today that it is one of the first companies to qualify as a NetApp Authorized Professional Service Partner (APSP).

Insight Integrated Systems was selected for its ongoing expertise with NetApp solutions and because its professional services organization represents the largest number of trained engineers and consultants outside of NetApp for assessing and delivering complex solutions for NetApp’s server storage and backup product lines.

Certification allows IIS to provide maximum value for enterprise data centers by selling and delivering its own brand of professional services that utilize NetApp best practices, tools, methodologies, support, hands-on training, proven service delivery and value-added services.

“APSP certification is another milestone in our ongoing working partnership with NetApp,” stated Rob Cotter, chief technical officer for Insight Integrated Systems. “IIS Professional Service engineers and consultants underwent a rigorous process of training and education to qualify.

“As a result, we can now offer our customers authorized NetApp products, support and professional services worldwide. It also gives us seamless access to the same solution-based service delivery tools, templates and methodologies used by NetApp Global Services professional service teams.”

IIS Professional Services helps business build recoverable, discoverable, optimized and secure IT infrastructures that deliver the performance, reliability and scalability growth-oriented businesses demand.

Services include virtualization assessments to improve infrastructure efficiency and enhance front-end productivity; backup assessment to ensure continuous business operations, improved speed of data recovery when failures occur to minimize business downtime; storage assessment to improve system performance while reducing latency and risk of data loss; data and workload migrations that reduce risks of data loss and ensure data integrity; storage and systems installations and implementation; and custom services that meet critical business objectives.

About NetApp

NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) is a leading provider of innovative data management solutions that simplify the complexity of storing, managing, protecting and retaining enterprise data. Market leaders around the world choose NetApp to help them reduce cost, minimize risk and adapt for change. For more information, visit http://www.netapp.com.

About Insight Integrated Systems™ (IIS)

Insight Integrated Services, a division of Insight Investments Corp., is dedicated to helping enterprise companies lower their costs and improve their performance by delivering mission-critical, high-performance solutions that are scalable, flexible, secure and highly-available. By implementing an infrastructure virtualization program, IIS can dramatically increase hardware utilization, reduce server sprawl, reduce the need for new equipment, reduce planned downtime, provide disaster recovery capabilities and slash operating costs. For more information, visit http://www.insightinvestments.com.

^{[Formatted by Majid Soltani.]}