Dynamic Network Factory Wins GSA Contract Extension Through 2012 for Storage Systems and Services
Released on: June 19, 2008, 3:41 pm
Press Release Author: Paula Johns / Paula Johns Communications
Industry: Computers
Press Release Summary: U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Other Federal Agencies Will Continue to Be Able to Procure from DNF
Press Release Body: HAYWARD, Ca. – February 6, 2008 -- Dynamic Network Factory, Inc.
(DNF), a leading maker of high-performance network attached storage (NAS), storage
area networks (SANs), RAID and iSCSI systems, today announced that it has been
awarded an extension through 2012 on its General Services Administration (GSA)
schedule contract, number GS-35F-0153N, enabling civilian, U.S. defense and other
federal agencies to continue to procure DNF's industry-recognized data storage
service and consulting offerings.
The extension applies for the first time to StoneFly, Inc. (www.stonefly.com), a
wholly owned DNF subsidiary and leading supplier of integrated IP storage area
network (SAN) systems. It also allows several other DNF business unit to continue
their GSA programs, including DNF Storage (www.dnfstorage.com) and DNF Defense
(www.dnfdefense.com), which specifically supports government and military
applications with ruggedized workstation, storage and server solutions.
DNF was first awarded a GSA contract in 2002. Since that time, the company has
supplied storage systems to the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA), the Navy Expeditionary Medical Support Command (NEMSCOM), the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, and various other federal agencies.
"The U.S. federal government continues to represent one of DNF's strongest markets,"
said Mo Tahmasebi, CEO of DNF. "We're very pleased that the many federal agencies
that turn to us for storage expertise have expressed confidence in our proven
solutions for strengthening their storage environments. We look forward to
continuing to serve their storage needs."
Inclusion in the GSA schedule allows government and federal agencies and their
civilian suppliers to procure a range of DNF products and services through a
simplified process and with favorable pricing.
About Dynamic Network Factory and Stonefly, Inc.
Founded in 1989, Dynamic Network Factory, Inc. (DNF) is a privately held company
based in the Silicon Valley (Hayward, Ca.). DNF carries a variety of products,
ranging from network attached storage, direct attached storage solutions and IP SAN
solutions, to assist companies in meeting their mission-critical storage needs with
cost-effective, high performance storage equipment. DNF has designed custom
solutions for organizations of all sizes and manufactured products for many major
computer manufacturers. DNF has thousands of customers ranging from consumers and
small-to-medium businesses, to government agencies, universities, hospitals,
financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies. Key customers include UC Berkeley,
MIT, the Federal Aviation Administration, FBI, Lockheed Martin, Bank of America,
Citibank, Wells Fargo, Fujitsu, Honda Corporation of America, SBC, BAE Systems, and
General Dynamics.
DNF started as a U.S. subsidiary of the publicly traded Japanese IT conglomerate,
CSK Electronics, in 1989. In 1998, the company refined its strategy and began to
focus the hardware group on storage solutions. DNF emerged as an independent
privately held organization after a year of rapid growth. In 2006, DNF completed
its acquisition of StoneFly Networks, an iSCSI storage pioneer and developer of
complete, turnkey IP SAN solutions. StoneFly, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, was
founded in April 2000 to deliver upon the vision of simple and affordable storage
optimization and disaster recovery protection through IP SAN solutions. StoneFly is
a subsidiary of DNF, Inc. For more information, visit www.DNFcorp.com.
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Dynamic Network Factory, DNF and DNF Storage are trademarks of Dynamic Network
Factory, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.dnfcorp.com
Contact Details: Dynamic Network Factory, Inc.
21353 Cabot Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94545
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