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VERITAS Software selects APW as sole enclosure supplier for new European HQ
Released 15 August 2003

VERITAS Software is the leading provider of storage management software for data protection, application availability, and disaster recovery; its products offer proven interoperability across diverse applications, servers, storage hardware, and appliances. With more than 5,700 employees in 36 countries, VERITAS Software ranks among the top 10 software companies in the world measured by market capitalization and revenue.

VERITAS Software recently moved into a brand new UK development located in Green Park, Reading; as part of the move the company installed new suites of APW Enclosure Products' Paramount and IMserv enclosures in its data centre and support laboratories. The company selected the 1000mm deep Paramount for the data centres because of its robust construction, good thermal management capabilities, its load carrying capacity, its security features and its ability to house servers from any manufacturer, whatever their mechanical configuration. In addition to its customer-facing activities, the Reading site is the hub for all European operations, so reliable operation in a secure environment is critical. In the support laboratories, VERITAS Software recreate customers' software environments; the hardware is also reconfigured relatively frequently, so IMserv, with its wealth of different shelf options, power distribution panels, segmented variable depth panel mountings and other accessories, was the enclosure of choice. For both Paramount and IMserv, an attractive appearance and good fit and finish were also important elements in the decision making process.

In addition to manufacturing and supplying the enclosures, APW also project managed the entire installation process. An implementation plan was drawn up and presented to VERITAS; an on-site team received and inspected the enclosures, installed and configured them with the requisite arrangement of shelves and cable management accessories and then formally handed them over to VERITAS for the installation of their active equipment.

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APW is a technically enabled manufacturing services ("TEMS") company that designs and manufactures large, complex infrastructure products for OEMs in the communications, computing and Internet markets. APW has particular skills in the areas of manufacturing enclosures, thermal management, power supplies and backplanes; as well as core competencies in product and system design, integration and supply chain management. APW operates in more than 14 locations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.