The search and acquisition of oil is driven by many factors, such as economic development, population growth, and the energy needs for residential, industrial, and transportation uses. Success for oil producing companies is driven by the production rate of new discoveries and the ability to increase output from existing wells. High levels of successful oil drilling and production, however, come from the ability to gather, transfer, analyze, and protect data – across sites, across countries, across the world. Backing up and retaining all this data is equally critical. Headquartered in San Ramon, CA, Chevron is the number three company on the Fortune 500 listing, with 2011 revenues exceeding $245B. Chevron has 60,000 global employees across hundreds of variably sized offices in m

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