MidAmerica Bank Implements Information Lifecycle Management With EMC

MidAmerica Bank Implements Information Lifecycle Management With
EMC
Reduces Costs, Satisfies Regulatory Requirements, Enhances Customer Service



HOPKINTON, Mass., June 9  /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation today announced that
MidAmerica Bank, a subsidiary of MAF Bancorp (NASDAQ:MAFB) and one of the
Midwest's largest financial institutions, has embarked on a comprehensive
information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy based on EMC's tiered networked
storage, information management software and professional services. Through
intelligent data classification and by aligning its IT infrastructure to
address the changing value of information over time, MidAmerica has already
significantly lowered costs and enhanced customer service.

Ken Rusdal, MidAmerica's Senior Vice President, said, "Our customers depend on
us to rapidly process loans and provide reliable access to account information
and 24-hour ATM transactions.  To meet these objectives and help us reduce our
operational costs, EMC provided the most comprehensive, integrated offering
with the range of capabilities we needed to execute our ILM strategy."

EMC's proven, tiered networked storage and information management software are
the foundation of MidAmerica's ILM strategy.  Bank statements, check images,
loan documents and other critical customer information are handled by
MidAmerica's top tier of high-performance storage. Over time, as this
information becomes less critical and is accessed less frequently, it is moved
to lower-cost mid-tier storage.  Once a check clears or a loan closes and
becomes "Fixed Content," MidAmerica uses content-addressed storage (CAS) to
archive these images for up to seven years and comply with federal retention
regulations.  Through CAS alone, MidAmerica has cut SAN storage requirements
for imaging in half and freed up valuable high-end space for more frequently
accessed data.

To reduce management overhead and optimize asset utilization, MidAmerica uses
EMC software to assess and provide detailed information on storage utilization,
performance and retention requirements.  Based on these metrics, MidAmerica
then allocates storage based on the value of information to maximize
availability, storage resources and application performance.  For example,
because performance requirements are less stringent at the branch level,
MidAmerica moves branch data from high-end, mission critical storage systems to
more cost effective, mid-tier storage systems.  In addition, to protect its
business-critical information and strengthen its business continuity
environment, MidAmerica also uses EMC replication software to mirror data
across long distances, as well as produce local copies for high- end, mid-tier
and archived applications.

Paul Stonchus, MidAmerica's First Vice President and Data Center Manager, said,
"With increased visibility into our IT infrastructure, we've been able to
manage dramatic storage growth while implementing a sophisticated ILM
environment.  We've gone from three terabytes of direct-attached storage in a
single data center to 26 terabytes of multi-tier networked storage across two
mirrored sites.  And, we did it all without hiring additional storage
administrators.  In fact, thanks to EMC software, our entire storage
infrastructure is managed by just two people.  On a daily basis, we only need
one person because the system is so self-sustaining."

MidAmerica enlisted EMC Global Services to design and implement its new ILM
infrastructure, as well as assess and define its business continuity
requirements.  This infrastructure is tiered across EMC Symmetrix(R), EMC
CLARiiON(R) with Fibre and ATA storage, as well as Centera Content Addressed
Storage.  To more effectively manage and protect data across the various
storage tiers, the bank has deployed EMC's storage and information management
software, including EMC ControlCenter(TM), EMC SRDF(R), EMC TimeFinder(R), EMC
MirrorView(TM), EMC SnapView(TM) and EMC PowerPath(R) for business continuity,
protection and recovery; EMC Navisphere(R) and LEGATO DiskXtender(TM) for
comprehensive storage and information management.

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) is the world leader in products, services and
solutions for information storage and management that help organizations
extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost,
across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's
products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com/.

EMC, Symmetrix, CLARiiON, SRDF, and PowerPath are registered trademarks, and
Centera, EMC ControlCenter, MirrorView, SnapView, and TimeFinder are trademarks
of EMC Corporation.  Other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

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