The technology revolution has increased the need for mission critical facilities that house and protect an organization’s knowledge and data. These buildings guard against problems caused by external factors such as power failure, extreme weather conditions and earthquakes.
Since 1996, Ellerbe Becket has planned and created more than US $600 million worth of mission critical facilities.
Imation is a leading developer and manufacturer of removable data storage products. Imation’s storage consulting practice has the longest industry track record of offering customers a full life cycle of independent storage consulting services including assessment, detailed design, proof-of-concept testing and implementation.
Through Imation, Ellerbe Becket will be able to offer the additional services of data migration, disaster recovery, high availability, storage monitoring and management, dynamic storage scalability and backup services.
“This alliance delivers a valuable payoff for our customers,” said Bill Peldzus, storage consulting marketing manager in Imation Storage Professional Services. “We can meet customer needs starting from planning and design of the data center facilities to full implementation of the data center servers, storage, and infrastructure – and that has real value.”
Ellerbe Becket, which has designed and built mission critical facilities since the mid-1970s, now can offer more services on the data floor than ever before.
Imation Storage Professional Services & Storage Networking Lab
Imation SPS is the only consulting business in the industry to offer a full life cycle of independent storage consulting services. Imation’s experienced storage architects and engineers, highly skilled in the full array of storage networking technologies and concepts, use their networking lab to offer customers end-to-end services for storage infrastructure solutions.
The Imation Storage Networking Lab, located at Imation headquarters in Oakdale, Minn., is a world-class facility that offers vendor-independent testing and services to help companies and equipment manufacturers develop and evaluate data storage solutions in an objective environment. The lab provides a hands-on testing environment that makes integrating storage networking solutions into business environments as risk-free and cost-effective as possible. For information on Imation Storage Professional Services, please visit www.imation.com/storageconsulting.
Imation Corp.
Imation Corp. is a global technology company widely recognized as a leader in removable data storage. Imation offerings are key in much of the world’s technology infrastructure – from corporate data centers, to networks, to small businesses and home users. The product line is one of the broadest in the industry, with magnetic and optical products for the enterprise data center, the network environment and the consumer. For businesses, Imation magnetic tape cartridges deliver reliable data storage in data processing, backup and archive applications. Imation’s storage consulting services help customers improve performance, maximize efficiency and minimize cost for a multitude of storage environments. Consumers use Imation’s broad range of digital media, drives and accessories to store photos, data, music and more. On its own and through industry alliances, Imation continues to pioneer today’s tape, optical and diskette technologies.
The company has sales in over 60 countries with international revenues contributing approximately 45% to total sales. Additional information is available at www.imation.com.
Ellerbe Becket
An innovator since its founding in 1909, Ellerbe Becket is a global leader in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. The Ellerbe Becket name is synonymous with outstanding hospitals, clinics, stadiums, arenas, heating and cooling systems and mission critical facilities. Over the years the firm has become a trusted advisor to clients ranging from the Mayo Clinic, State Farm Insurance and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
