Language Weaver Selects Datalink and Network Appliance to Consolidate Storage; Solution Helps Decrease Time to Market and Improve Existing Products

Business Wire, May 11, 2006

CHANHASSEN, Minn. -- Datalink (Nasdaq:DTLK), an independent information storage architect, today announced that automated language translation software developer Language Weaver selected Datalink to design, deploy, and support a unified storage solution. The solution provides abundant capacity, scalability and ease of management for an environment that is growing at the staggering pace of tens of terabytes per month.

In developing its statistically based automated language translation systems, Language Weaver handles an enormous amount of data--on the order of gigabytes to terabytes--with servers accessing data 24 x 7 x 365. In order to continuously evolve its innovative technology and quickly bring new language pairs to market, Language Weaver needs ample data storage capacity to collect and process language repository data. Language Weaver engaged Datalink to help the organization keep up with its rapid growth.

After assessing Language Weaver's needs and its current infrastructure, Datalink designed and implemented a storage consolidation solution based on Network Appliance hardware and software technologies. The solution offers scalability and affordable capacity for an environment where storage needs are growing at a very fast pace. It also makes management much easier, with only one device to manage versus islands of disparate storage.

"We looked at other technologies but the Datalink/NetApp solution was the obvious choice," said William Wong, director of engineering for Language Weaver. "This system gives us a central point of access and management. And, as far as capacity, it provides a lower TCO for the maximum amount of data we want to crunch." He added, "In the execution of our IT plan, Datalink has proven to be a valuable expert in supporting our storage needs."

"Language Weaver was facing a challenging situation--one with enormous storage growth," said Scott Robinson, Datalink CTO. "We were able to provide them with a solution that offers ample and affordable capacity and meets their performance needs. This enables them to process even more data, which in turn helps them reduce time to market for new software and meet the needs of their fast-growing customer base."

ABOUT DATALINK

Datalink is an information storage architect. Datalink analyzes, designs, implements, and supports information storage infrastructures that store, protect, and provide continuous access to information. Datalink's specialized capabilities and solutions span storage area networks, network-attached storage, direct-attached storage, and IP-based storage, using industry-leading hardware, software, and technical services. For more information about Datalink services, contact Datalink at (800) 448-6314, or visit Datalink online at www.datalink.com.

ABOUT LANGUAGE WEAVER

Language Weaver was founded in 2002 to commercialize a unique approach to automatic language translation using proprietary statistical translation algorithms that resulted from research and development at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). Its resulting product, statistical machine translation software (SMTS), provides the highest quality output to date in automated translation using the best of traditional and new translation technologies. The company has more than 50 patents pending on its SMTS technology worldwide, and currently offers 18 language modules. For more information about Language Weaver, call (310) 437-7300 or visit www.languageweaver.com.