Press Release
GRIDAPP DATABASE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT HELPS RESERVEAMERICA SERVICE HAPPY CAMPERS
Nation's Largest Camping Reservation Website Selects GridApp Clarity Software to Ensure Maximum Flexibility and Plug-and-Play Scalability to Manage its Growing Client Base
NEW YORK, NY - August 23, 2005 — GridApp Systems, Inc.(www.gridapp.com), a leading provider of database infrastructure automation, today announced that the nation's leading online camping reservations site, ReserveAmerica, has deployed GridApp's Clarity software to simplify and streamline its database operations.
GridApp virtualization and grid computing solution automates the management of ReserveAmerica's database infrastructure and online reservation system to help ensure consistent levels of availability and sub-zero response times. The GridApp solution also supports disaster recovery by enabling ReserveAmerica to replicate data in real time between production, standby, and recovery databases across multiple locations.
ReserveAmerica processes bookings for more than 150,000 campsites and has grown online reservations from 0.8 million in 2003 to over 1.2 million in the past 12 months. To provide prospective campers with the highest quality service, ReserveAmerica required a database infrastructure management solution that could deliver unmatched levels of scalability and availability, and automatically replicate data throughout offices spanning California to New York. Since implementing GridApp earlier this year, ReserveAmerica has successfully simplified its database infrastructure management while processing an increasing number of transactions.
"ReserveAmerica's growth over the past two years created our need for an increasingly critical and complex database infrastructure," said David Dutch, Executive Vice President of Technology at ReserveAmerica. "GridApp Clarity software has helped us maintain control over our infrastructure, which allows us to scale seamlessly while giving us the freedom to mix and match server architectures. They provided us with a simple solution that will continue to work as we grow."
"The ROI on GridApp's solution has been immediate and we anticipate continued benefit from increased utilization of our databases. Moreover, GridApp's Clarity gives us the ability to detect and resolve activity with potential to affect our reservation system," Dutch added.
"ReserveAmerica is a forward-thinking enterprise that understands what a virtualized database infrastructure and automated management means to the ongoing growth of its business," said Rob Gardos, CEO of GridApp Systems, Inc. By providing a complete view of the organization's database resources, GridApp has helped ReserveAmerica ensure the highest level of consistency to its nearly three million customers.
GridApp's Clarity technology enables IT organizations to centrally administer heterogeneous database environments while providing unlimited resources by combining the power of disparate database servers into a grid network. GridApp centralizes the management of geographically distributed databases, providing incremental scalability with the freedom to mix-and-match server architectures and dynamically allocate resources based on application business requirements.
About ReserveAmerica
ReserveAmerica is North America's leading camping reservation and campground management solutions provider. ReserveAmerica specializes in complete reservations solutions, stand-alone call center/database management tools, online reservations solutions and park software solutions. The Company manages the largest reservable campsite inventory with partnerships throughout North America. ReserveAmerica is an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp.
About GridApp Systems
GridApp Systems is a leader in database automation and management. Its Clarity™ software and D2500 database appliance provide companies with the ability to simplify and manage critical database operational tasks such as deployment, patch management, auditing, encryption and replication across the enterprise. The company is privately held and headquartered in New York City. For more information, visit www.gridapp.com.
Contact:
Karli Overmier, Barokas Public Relations, 206-264-8220, karli@barokas.com
Shonna Keogan, GridApp Systems, 917-660-7462, skeogan@gridapp.com
John McDonald, ReserveAmerica, 518-885-4282 x 5581, pr@ReserveAmerica.com