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Features
- Storage Innovations
INTERSAN EXPANDS SERVICES & SUPPORT TO FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES
InterSAN Inc, a pioneer in the new field of applications-based storage area management (SAM) software, announced the launch of its Professional Services Partner (PSP) Program and the program's first members, Greenwich Technology Partners (GTP) and Communication Technical Systems Inc (CTS).
FalconStor ANNOUNCES NEW PRODUCTS FOR END-TO-END NETWORK
FalconStor Software Inc, a leading provider of network storage infrastructure software, announced new additions to its solutions portfolio for end-to-end network availability -- based on technology from recently acquired IP Metrics Software.
STORAGE SOFTWARE MARKET TO DOUBLE TO $13.6 BILLION BY 2006
With advances in storage networking and the introduction of new low-cost storage options, IDC believes the storage software market will more than double by 2006, reaching $13.6 billion compared with the slight 0.9% growth experienced from 2000-2001.
CENATEK & SOLUTION-SOFT DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
Solution-Soft Systems Inc, a leading provider of Intelligent Data Optimization (IDO) solutions, and CENATEK Inc, a provider of high speed, high performance storage solutions, announced a technology agreement that will bundle a specialized version of Solution-Soft's SafeCapacity with CENATEK's Rocket Drive, Solid State Disk (SSD).
DataDirect PROVIDES PLUG AND PLAY APPLIANCE
DataDirect Networks, a leading provider of the world's highest performance storage networking appliances, announced that they have begun production of a plug and play appliance that allows IT professionals to create affordable and scalable SANs for workgroup and departmental use.
COMMVAULT DETAILS VIRTUALIZATION PROMISES AND CHALLENGES
Addressing what is rapidly becoming known in the storage management industry as "the V-word," CommVault Systems Inc, a provider of unified enterprise data management solutions, released a white paper and glossary of storage management terms detailing both the benefits and limitations of storage virtualization technology.

- Financial Plays Of The Week
BakBone SEEKS TO SCALE BUSINESS
By Simon Robinson for the451.com
BakBone Software has set its sights on fleshing out its current storage management portfolio to put it on more of a level footing with industry giants such as Veritas and Computer Associates.
FUJITSU AND VERITAS ANNOUNCE GLOBAL SUPPORT COLLABORATION
Fujitsu Limited and VERITAS Software announced they have signed a global cooperative support agreement and a VERITAS Enabled Program agreement to deliver combined solutions and the highest levels of service and support to customers worldwide.
OuterBay RECEIVES ADDITIONAL $9 MILLION IN FUNDING
OuterBay, a provider of application data management software, announced an additional investment of $9 million, bringing total venture capital funding in the company to $19 million.

- Enterprise Data Insights
SURVEY OF DEVELOPERS REPORTS WEB-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES IS IN
The second volume of Evans Data's 2002 Database Developer Survey series, with in-depth interviews of more than 700 database development professionals, has been completed and published.
SHELL OIL DEPLOYS KALIDO SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE GLOBAL MARKETING
Shell Oil Products, the worldwide fuel and lubricants businesses within the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, have launched a global sales and marketing information platform to provide a first-ever, single view of customers and products across the 85 separate operating units.
TELERAN IMPROVES PUBLIC ACCESS TO TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Teleran Technologies, a leading provider of software for managing business intelligence resources, announced that State of Texas Education Agency (TEA) utilizes Teleran's software product, iSight, to monitor and audit public Internet access to TEA information.
FalconStor'S IPSTOR POWERS NETWORK STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
FalconStor Software Inc, a leading provider of network storage infrastructure software, announced that Shanghai Second Medical University is deploying FalconStor's IPStor to aggregate their networked storage resource and provision the virtualized storage capacity and services over Fibre Channel.
MICROSOFT RELEASES DATABASE INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft Corp unveiled the Microsoft .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle, a new technology that enables enterprise developers to more easily integrate applications built on the Microsoft .NET Framework with Oracle databases.
WITH FALSE NUMBERS, DATA CRUNCHERS TRY TO MINE THE TRUTH
By Anne Eisenberg - New York Times
People give false answers to protect their privacy. Then, because the data is so unreliable, companies can't use it to help them run their businesses.

Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
EMC, HP Extend Data Storage Deal
Debenhams Selects DataCore's SANsymphony
Avaya Announced Partnership With Infosys Technologies
- People & Positions
VERITAS Software Rounds Out Mergers And Acquisitions Team

Quote Of The Week
"The scale and complexity of today's storage systems has created a demand for innovative, integrated storage software products." -- Bill North, Research Director, IDC's Storage Software Service

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