MidAmerica Bank Implements Information Lifecycle Management With EMC
June 09 2004 - 10:18AM
PR Newswire (US)
MidAmerica Bank Implements Information Lifecycle Management With
EMC Reduces Costs, Satisfies Regulatory Requirements, Enhances
Customer Service HOPKINTON, Mass., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC
Corporation today announced that MidAmerica Bank, a subsidiary of
MAF Bancorp (NASDAQ:MAFB) and one of the Midwest's largest
financial institutions, has embarked on a comprehensive information
lifecycle management (ILM) strategy based on EMC's tiered networked
storage, information management software and professional services.
Through intelligent data classification and by aligning its IT
infrastructure to address the changing value of information over
time, MidAmerica has already significantly lowered costs and
enhanced customer service. Ken Rusdal, MidAmerica's Senior Vice
President, said, "Our customers depend on us to rapidly process
loans and provide reliable access to account information and
24-hour ATM transactions. To meet these objectives and help us
reduce our operational costs, EMC provided the most comprehensive,
integrated offering with the range of capabilities we needed to
execute our ILM strategy." EMC's proven, tiered networked storage
and information management software are the foundation of
MidAmerica's ILM strategy. Bank statements, check images, loan
documents and other critical customer information are handled by
MidAmerica's top tier of high-performance storage. Over time, as
this information becomes less critical and is accessed less
frequently, it is moved to lower-cost mid-tier storage. Once a
check clears or a loan closes and becomes "Fixed Content,"
MidAmerica uses content-addressed storage (CAS) to archive these
images for up to seven years and comply with federal retention
regulations. Through CAS alone, MidAmerica has cut SAN storage
requirements for imaging in half and freed up valuable high-end
space for more frequently accessed data. To reduce management
overhead and optimize asset utilization, MidAmerica uses EMC
software to assess and provide detailed information on storage
utilization, performance and retention requirements. Based on these
metrics, MidAmerica then allocates storage based on the value of
information to maximize availability, storage resources and
application performance. For example, because performance
requirements are less stringent at the branch level, MidAmerica
moves branch data from high-end, mission critical storage systems
to more cost effective, mid-tier storage systems. In addition, to
protect its business-critical information and strengthen its
business continuity environment, MidAmerica also uses EMC
replication software to mirror data across long distances, as well
as produce local copies for high- end, mid-tier and archived
applications. Paul Stonchus, MidAmerica's First Vice President and
Data Center Manager, said, "With increased visibility into our IT
infrastructure, we've been able to manage dramatic storage growth
while implementing a sophisticated ILM environment. We've gone from
three terabytes of direct-attached storage in a single data center
to 26 terabytes of multi-tier networked storage across two mirrored
sites. And, we did it all without hiring additional storage
administrators. In fact, thanks to EMC software, our entire storage
infrastructure is managed by just two people. On a daily basis, we
only need one person because the system is so self-sustaining."
MidAmerica enlisted EMC Global Services to design and implement its
new ILM infrastructure, as well as assess and define its business
continuity requirements. This infrastructure is tiered across EMC
Symmetrix(R), EMC CLARiiON(R) with Fibre and ATA storage, as well
as Centera Content Addressed Storage. To more effectively manage
and protect data across the various storage tiers, the bank has
deployed EMC's storage and information management software,
including EMC ControlCenter(TM), EMC SRDF(R), EMC TimeFinder(R),
EMC MirrorView(TM), EMC SnapView(TM) and EMC PowerPath(R) for
business continuity, protection and recovery; EMC Navisphere(R) and
LEGATO DiskXtender(TM) for comprehensive storage and information
management. About EMC EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) is the world
leader in products, services and solutions for information storage
and management that help organizations extract the maximum value
from their information, at the lowest total cost, across every
point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's
products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com/. EMC,
Symmetrix, CLARiiON, SRDF, and PowerPath are registered trademarks,
and Centera, EMC ControlCenter, MirrorView, SnapView, and
TimeFinder are trademarks of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners. Contact: Patrick Cooley
508-293-6583 DATASOURCE: EMC Corporation CONTACT: Patrick Cooley,
EMC Corporation, +1-508-293-6583, Web site: http://www.emc.com/
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