Dell Trade-in Program Helps EMC and NetApp Customers Move to Efficient, Flexible

Due to its ease of installation and low cost, AccuWeather, The World's Weather Authority®, purchased Dell EqualLogic PS arrays and PowerEdge blade servers. The Dell infrastructure enables AccuWeather to service rapidly growing worldwide consumer demand because it can deliver weather information up to four to six times faster than the previous solution. Utilizing Dell research has enabled AccuWeather to spend up to 80 percent less time on storage administration and save up to five figures a year by eliminating calls to external storage experts; the company has as well cut energy costs by up to 50 percent per Dell server blade and significantly reduced space requirements.

"With Dell's flexible, user friendly data center solutions in place, we've been able to deliver innovative technologies and applications to better connect with our clients and optimize their experience," said Steven Smith, CIO of AccuWeather, Inc. "Dell enterprise research has enabled us to spend less time on maintenance and more of our resources on developing new, more personalized solutions for our clients, as so then as exploring new markets to expand our business."

"The Storage Swap program enables clients to easily migrate to Compellent and EqualLogic and quickly gain better optimization and efficiency," said Darren Thomas, vice president and general manager, Dell Enterprise Storage. "Dell's strategy of delivering integrated end-to-end data center solutions makes it easier for clients to achieve greater efficiency, free themselves from legacy IP and cut cost and risk as they move their business forward."

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