Note: All product and company names are trademarks of theirrespective companies.About Overland StorageOverland Storage provides affordable end-to-end data protection solutions thatare engineered to store smarter, protect faster and extend anywhere — acrossnetworked storage, media types and multi-site environments. Overland Storageproducts include award-winning NEO SERIES(R) and ARCvault(TM) tape libraries,REO SERIES(R) disk-based backup and recovery appliances with VTL capabilities,Snap Server(R) NAS appliances, and ULTAMUS(TM) RAID high-performance,high-density storage. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, isthe premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services andevents. IDG’s online network includes more than 450 web sitesspanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment andvideo games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld,Network World and PC World.
IDG’s lead-generation service, IDG Connect,matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality ITprofessionals, influencers and decision makers.IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events includingMacworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment forall Expo (E for All), DEMO and IDC Directions. “We are proud to provide the platform topublicly acknowledge these contributions.” About International Data Group (IDG)International Data Group (IDG) is the world’s leading technology media, eventsand research company. Nominations are evaluated by an independentboard of CIO-level judges who select laureates, finalists and award recipientsin 10 industry-related categories, to be honored at a Laureate Medal Ceremony.”Each year, the Computerworld Honors Program seeks to recognize organizations,from a variety of sectors, for their ongoing efforts to utilize technology inorder to benefit society,” said Ron Milton, chairman of the board of trusteesfor the Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation and executivevice president of Computerworld. The program’s Chairmen’s Committee, a group of 100 chairmen/CEOs of globaltechnology companies, nominates individuals and organizations from around theworld whose visionary applications of information technology promote positivesocial and economic progress. In its 21st year, Computerworld Honors is thelongest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that useinformation technology to benefit society.
“For the third consecutive year,Computerworld is commemorating Overland customers for their outstandingachievements in technology,” he explains. “We’re very proud of theiraccomplishments and are extremely pleased that once again, our REO disk-basedbackup and recovery VTL appliances and NEO tape libraries are integral to thesuccess of award-winning data protection projects.”Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, the Computerworld HonorsProgram is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld InformationTechnology Awards Foundation. “With our multiple tiers ofOverland data protection, we can take disaster recovery planning to the nextlevel while achieving faster backups and restores, a longer window ofdisk-based data retention and highly reliable long-term archival.” According to Ravi Pendekanti, vice president of worldwide marketing forOverland Storage, the 2009 Computerworld Honors Program laureates reinforcethe vital role Overland continues to play in helping its customers deployworld-class data protection solutions. When an influx of publishing andweb-related data caused storage to surge by 50 percent to 5 TBs and overtaxedGSUSA’s existing tape-based data protection platform, the organization turnedto Overland and deployed a REO 9000 disk-to-disk (D2D) VTL appliance and NEO2000 tape library to support business continuity while setting the stage formore interactive tools to improve information sharing and collaboration amongthe Girl Scouts’ employees and councils worldwide.”We are proud to receive the renowned Computerworld Honors award for ourimplementation of Overland’s REO and NEO backup and recovery appliances,” saysBob O’Connor, CTO for Girl Scouts of the USA. “Our deployment of Overland’s highlyreliable, economical disk-to-tape solutions helps us protect one-of-a-kindresearch data that has far-reaching impact on the health of humans, the oceansand the animals that inhabit them.”Tiered Data Protection Boosts Business Continuity for the Girl ScoutsGirl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) continually leverages leading-edge technologyto support operations and provide more than 400 employees with the latesttools to best serve its membership. As aresult, the alliance is better positioned to be the foremost expert on whalesand ocean life, with a wealth of data and samples from around the world–allof which have been stored, correlated and protected in order to support a widerange of scientific research endeavors.”It’s an honor to receive an award for the measures Ocean Alliance has takento ensure that crucial scientific data is readily available and secure,” saysIain Kerr, CEO of Ocean Alliance. As part of its research,Ocean Alliance scientists take unique samples of environmental conditions andmammals for research and study, which require special precautions to ensurelong-term data integrity and viability.By relying on Overland’s REO(R) SERIES disk-based and NEO(R) SERIES tape-basedbackup and recovery appliances, Ocean Alliance can consolidate and archivedata in the most efficient, reliable and cost-effective manner possible.