












































|



-- IN THIS ISSUE --

Features
- Storage Innovations
VERITAS PLANS TO RESOLVE STORAGE COMPLEXITY MESS
Attempting to stay ahead of the innovation curve, Veritas is in the early stages of developing a generation of storage management software designed to overcome the complexities of using heterogeneous systems.
ASIA'S 1ST MULTIVENDOR NAS-SAN INTEGRATION PROJECT GOES LIVE
Auspex Systems Inc, a leading provider of enterprise storage solutions, and CVSI, Auspex's distributor in Singapore, announced the successful completion of Asia's first multivendor Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN) integration project in the new Network Storage Laboratory (NSL) at Singapore's Data Storage Institute.
STORAGETEK EXTENDS SAN PORTFOLIO WITH BROCADE SILKWORM 3200
StorageTek (Storage Technology Corp), a storage services and solutions expert, strengthened its commitment to providing small-to-medium sized customers with low-cost solutions for Storage Area Networks (SANs) by offering the Brocade SilkWorm 3200 Entry Fabric Switch.
ORACLE EXPANDS DIGITAL DELIVERY WITH CONXION
Conxion Corporation, the reliability and performance leader in managed hosting and digital delivery, has expanded its relationship with Oracle to include more digital delivery and storage services.
OLYMPUS AND FUJI JOINTLY DEVELOP THE xD-PICTURE CARD
Olympus Optical Co Ltd and Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd (Fujifilm) of Japan announced they have jointly developed the xD-Picture Card, a new type of memory media with an ultra-compact design about the size of a postage stamp, image storage capacity of up to 8 gigabytes, compatibility with different digital camera brands, and prices that are comparable to current SmartMedia cards.
DATACORE TURBO-CHARGES IBM STORAGE
Now, companies with IBM-centric storage environments can extend the value of their investment with advanced storage management features, including automated volume allocation, increased capacity utilization, secure and tiered disaster recovery options and faster throughput performance.
INTERSAN-MCDATA PARTNERSHIP ENABLES PATHLINE INTEROPERABILITY
InterSAN Inc, a pioneer of applications-based storage area management (SAM) software, announced that McDATA Corp has awarded OpenReady Tested status to InterSAN's PATHLINE.
HARD DRIVES ARE CHEAPER, SMALLER AND IN DEMAND MORE THAN EVER
Disk drives keep our personal digital data -- from treasured e-mails and personal finance records to photos and music. On a larger level, they are repositories of critical databases, storing everything from bank transactions to government documents.
OKAPI SOFTWARE LAUNCHES AFTER SIX MONTHS IN STEALTH
Six months after its formation, Okapi Software launched what it calls "the simplest iSCSI in storage." The company's first products, called iStorage Controllers (iSC) and its proprietary ipKEY -- iSCSI on a key the size of a thumb -- are now available on systems starting below $5,000.

- Financial Plays Of The Week
STONEAGE TAPS XIOtech TO MANAGE BOOMING CAR BUYER INFO
XIOtech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology and a networked storage pioneer, has been selected by one of the top three car-buying services in the U.S. to provide easy-to-manage storage for their booming data.
DEMAND FOR ENTERPRISE STORAGE TO GROW AT 90% THROUGH 2004
With the demand for data storage showing no signs of abating, IT organizations are turning to new approaches for managing storage volumes, according to META Group's Enterprise Storage: Technology Adoption and Deployment Trends.
STORAGE COMPUTER SIGNS RESELLER AGREEMENT WITH alfaQuest
Storage Computer Corporation, a leading worldwide provider of high-performance data storage delivery systems, has recently signed a reseller agreement with alfaQuest Technologies, formerly Monotype Systems (MSI), a leading supplier to the production workflow technologies industry.

- Enterprise Data Insights
DATA STORAGE: CHOOSE YOUR ACRONYM
By Robert Wills and Sarbjit Sidhu
DAS used to be a department, but the Department of Administrative Services slipped into history soon after John Howard became Prime Minister. Going the same way is another DAS direct attached storage a data-management solution becoming obsolescent as new technologies and increasing appetites for data redefine the data-storage market.
CA READIES iSponsors FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENT ASSAULT
By Simon Robinson, the451.com
Computer Associates says it has amassed more than two hundred 'iSponsors,' or storage integration modules, in preparation for the general availability of its automated storage management play, BrightStor Portal.
U.S. ARMY SELECTS CorVu FOR STRATEGIC READINESS SYSTEM
CorVu announced that it was chosen by the US Army to automate the Strategic Readiness System balanced scorecard. Working with Booz Allen Hamilton and the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, the Army reviewed leading providers of balanced scorecard applications.
WACHOVIA CONSOLIDATES INFORMATION ASSETS ON EMC STORAGE
EMC Corporation announced that Wachovia Corporation, created by the September 1 merger of Wachovia Corporation and First Union Corporation, has implemented an additional 55 terabytes of EMC networked storage.

Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Computer Associates To Expense Stock Options
NSI Software And Stratus Technologies Form Partnership
Veeco's Second-Quarter Slump
- People & Positions
OuterBay Welcomes PeopleSoft Veteran To Advisory Boar
Egenera Inc Appoints Nicholas J. Preston vice president

Quote Of The Week
"What you have to do is take lots and lots of very simple processes, lots of very simple rules, and put them in individual systems, treat them as a peer-to-peer system, and then create a solution which has an emergent behavior for what you're actually looking for." -- Paul Borrill, CTO, Veritas Software

DSstar is proud to be affiliated with the following organizations:
![Official Media Partner with Frost & Sullivan [Official Media Partner with Frost & Sullivan]](http://www.tgc.com/sponsors/frost/frost_banner_13.gif)
Official Media Partner with Frost & Sullivan
![TDWI [TDWI]](http://www.tgc.com/sponsors/tdwi/lv468x60.gif)
DSstar notes events and highlights a complete listing of industry-related conferences, exhibitions, meetings, etc.
DSstar Information
DSstar welcomes bylined comments for publication.
All comments regarding editorial content should be sent to: dseditor@dsstar.com.
Last Week's Top 5 Articles
- WITH FALSE NUMBERS, DATA CRUNCHERS TRY TO MINE THE TRUTH
- SURVEY OF DEVELOPERS REPORTS WEB-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES IS IN
- MICROSOFT RELEASES DATABASE INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY
- STORAGE SOFTWARE MARKET TO DOUBLE TO $13.6 BILLION BY 2006
- SPSS' Data Mining Workbench Ranks #1 In Industry Users' Poll
-- Top of Page --
First Article
|