Two Recent Awards from Computerworld and InfoWorld Highlight State
Street’s Information Technology Excellence
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), one of the world’s leading
providers of financial services to institutional investors, today
announced that it has been named one of InfoWorld’s 2010 Green 15
companies and was also honored with the Computerworld 2010 Storage
Networking WorldBest Practices in Storage Resiliency, Data
Protection and Recovery Award.
The InfoWorld Green 15 recognizes companies sponsoring
green-technology initiatives that are innovative and collaborative.
Since its launch in 2008, the Green 15 has recognized organizations for
their innovative use of information technology to achieve critical and
often complementary environmental and business objectives. State Street
was included among the winners for taking an environmentally sustainable
approach to its information technology operations.
“We are very proud to be among the Green 15 this year,” said Madge
Meyer, executive vice president, Global Infrastructure Services at State
Street. “This award recognizes State Street’s commitment to embedding
green information technology practices into its culture, solutions and
operating procedures.”
State Street was also recognized at the Computerworld Storage
Networking WorldBest Practices Awards, where it won the Best
Practices in Storage Resiliency, Data Protection and Recovery category
for its Transparently Replicated Utility Storage Topography (TRUST)
solution. TRUST eliminates storage as a single point of failure through
resiliency enhancements, and helps to support data recoverability within
15 seconds of an event, without disruption to business operations.
“It is an honor to be recognized for our TRUST solution, which protects
our business-critical data environment. This innovative approach enables
State Street to provide the highest level of service to our clients,”
said Meyer.
About State Street
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is one of the world's leading
providers of financial services to institutional investors, including
investment servicing, investment management, and investment research and
trading. With $19 trillion in assets under custody and administration
and $1.9 trillion in assets under management at March 31, 2010, State
Street operates in 25 countries and more than 100 geographic markets
worldwide. For more information, visit State Street at www.statestreet.com.
Source: State Street Corporation
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