Designed to help you… take [it] beyond

The Datatrend Network Infrastructure Solution Center is designed specifically with our clients' needs and requirements in mind. We offer to client and partner organizations the opportunity to demo the technologies they are considering and to test drive their individual solutions.

Our goal is to give our customers assurance that their network infrastructure implementation will be successful.

Designed by certified technical experts, the Center presents a multitude of today's technologies - multi-environment servers, multi-vendor storage systems and appliances, middleware offerings, network cabling systems, and virtualization capabilities - all in a working environment, capable of testing and development for client environments.

Key Features and Benefits

The Datatrend Network Infrastructure Solution Center comprises an environmentally-controlled data center, a presentation theatre, a training classroom, and office space for project teams.

Through the Center, Datatrend experts can offer demos of the latest technologies, perform product evaluations and proofs of concept, showcase applications from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), conduct briefings and classes, and much more. The facilities are also equipped with ample office space for visiting clients and partner teams to support longer term benchmarks, evaluations, and other projects.

Examples of Featured Technologies

The Center includes a wide-range of technologies, including the following equipment and software:

• Dedicated, distributed cable plant
• Network infrastructure including communications/routing devices
• Blade servers (both x86 and POWER)
• UNIX based servers and operating systems
• Linux based servers (both x86 and POWER) - including Red Hat and Novell SuSE
• Multi-vendor storage technologies (including Network Appliance and IBM)
• SAN (Storage Area Network) and NAS (Network Attached Storage) infrastructure
• Server and storage virtualization technologies
• Data retention systems and appliances
• Middleware, such as databases, web application servers, and storage management software
• Application-hosting capabilities
• And more!

Don't see something you need? No problem. We have the capability to link up via the Web to a remote facility which houses an even wider variety of products and technologies from various manufacturers and providers. This enables us to provide technology and product demonstrations in a virtual manner - and please note, these are not simulations. These are actual demonstrations over the Web that provide instant access to industry-leading enterprise hardware and demonstrations of associated software functionality. Plus, this capability provides tremendous flexibility. You can visit the Datatrend facility to access this service, or we can provide this service remotely to you, whether at one location or several remote locations.

Unmatched Solution Expertise

The Datatrend Network Infrastructure Solution Center is at its best when used in the context of a specific application or solution. The Center is uniquely positioned for maximum effectiveness in such a context, enabled by a powerful network infrastructure, affiliations with key technology and integration partners, and participation in several industry- or manufacturer- specific programs.

• Testing and Enablement for Network Projects - The Center includes a lab environment to perform large network configuration and staging projects for our clients. Equipped with key features such as conditioned power, environmental control systems and a dedicated distributed cable plant, our Network Infrastructure Solution Center provides the ability to set up an entire system and test it over extended periods of time, assuring an end product that fully meets your requirements.
  
  
• ISV Software Application Testing and Benchmarking - If you are an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) who needs to test validate your solution on a particular platform, perform some stress/performance testing, or demonstrate your solution on a regional basis, our Center is ready to help.
  
  
• Network Appliance Demo Center - Our Center showcases Network Appliance (NetApp) storage technologies for product demonstrations, test drives, solution design, and implementation support. Network Appliance is an industry leader in unified storage solutions, with particular expertise in data protection, storage consolidation, storage virtualization, content delivery and security, and database and business applications. The Datatrend Network Infrastructure Solution Center is ready to assist you in evaluating and implementing NetApp based solutions.
  
  
• IBM Data Retention Center of Competence - The first such center in North America, the Datatrend Center is dedicated to helping customers with their critically important data retention needs. The Center of Competence (CoC) offers specialized infrastructure to support technology demonstrations, proofs-of-concept, and design, implementation, and integration services for data retention and compliance management solutions.
  
  
• IBM Business Partner Innovation Center (BPIC) - This unique designation reflects the Center's capability to provide pre- and post-sales support around IBM-based solutions. Such support services include product demonstrations and test drives, solution design consultation, proof-of-concept support, product installation and implementation assistance, training, education, and customized workshops.

Ready to Serve - How to Arrange a Visit

Our Network Infrastructure Solution Center stands ready to serve. If you would like more information about our Center, or if you are interested in having someone contact you to arrange a potential visit to or usage of our Center, please visit our Contact Us Form. You may also call Charlie Cox toll free at 1-800-367-7472. There is absolutely no obligation! We look forward to answering any questions you have or providing the information you need.

Please Contact Us to speak with a Datatrend representative about the complimentary services (such as demos) we provide, or to receive a no-obligation price quote on extended services provided in the Datatrend Network Infrastructure Solution Center.