Anthony Marano Company: Highly-Reliable Storage + Fresh Produce = Bottomline Results
Christopher Nowak, Chief Technology Officer, Anthony Marano Company

Chicago-based fruit and vegetable produce supplier, Anthony Marano Company, must execute same-day delivery of nearly 90 percent of its 3,000 daily orders.  In this intense environment, the company's Storage Area Network (SAN) plays a critical role in managing the supply chain that ultimately delivers the freshest fruits and vegetables to Chicago's renowned restaurants and eateries.  Anthony Marano reports that using an 'always on' storage solution combined with high-performance transaction processing servers, has doubled order processing, boosted margins and improved overall profits.  The storage solution tracks commodity wholesale and retail prices for fresh fruits and vegetables through a custom inventory management application.  With 99,999 uptime, the company relies on it to run a 24/7 business. 

As a result of participating in this session, attendees will be able to: 

• Critically evaluate SAN storage and assess the benefits and pitfalls of updating storage tiering, load balancing and data replication
• Identify key considerations for specifying a highly-reliable, high-performance infrastructure for business applications and data storage
• Analyze how a more reliable infrastructure can reduce overall IT costs and staff requirements