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FUJITSU ANNOUNCES FIRST USB-POWERED MAGNETO OPTICAL DRIVE

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Storage Innovations

ARKIVIO ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF ARKIVIO AUTO-STOR
Arkivio Inc, one of the first companies to successfully integrate data and storage resource management, has announced the general availability of its ARKIVIO auto-stor software solution.

CIPRICO AND INCITE ANNOUNCE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP
Ciprico Inc and Incite Multimedia Corporation Inc present revolutionary solutions for increasing production workflow in shared storage environments using Ciprico's DiMeda 2400 and new Incite products like Incite Editor 3.0, Incite Remote Producer, and Incite Newsmaker.

INRANGE AND HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS TEAM ON STORAGE OVER IP
Hitachi Data Systems and Inrange Technologies Corporation have jointly announced the successful completion of qualification testing between the INRANGE IN-VSN 9801 Channel Extender and Hitachi TrueCopy, an industry-leading software for remote replication of mission-critical information for Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (IP) environments.

HP ENSAextended ENABLES CUSTOMER CONTROL OF STORAGE ENVIRONS
HP has announced ENSAextended, the next evolution of its widely accepted Enterprise Network Storage Architecture (ENSA).

PACKETLIGHT NETWORKS RECEIVES BROCADE FABRIC AWARE STATUS
PacketLight Networks, a leading developer of integrated optical transport systems for the metro has announced that PL-16000 has passed testing conducted by Brocade Communications Systems Inc for interoperability with Brocade-based Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure.

PROCOM TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES NetFORCE OS 4.2
Procom Technology has announced an enhanced operating system that improves the manageability, performance and reliability of the company's NetFORCE line of network attached storage (NAS) filers.

VERITAS SOFTWARE TAKES THE COMPLEXITY OUT OF STORAGE
VERITAS Software Corporation has announced the next generation of VERITAS SANPoint Control, the first product to unify the management of direct-attached storage (DAS), storage area networks (SANs), and the storage infrastructure for business-critical applications such as Oracle and Microsoft Exchange.

FUJITSU ANNOUNCES FIRST USB-POWERED MAGNETO OPTICAL DRIVE
Fujitsu Limited has announced the introduction of a new 3.5-inch form factor 640 MB magneto optical (MO) drive that is the world's first to be powered by its USB interface, eliminating the need for an AC adapter.

Financial Plays Of The Week

DataCore JOINS THE ORACLE PartnerNetwork
DataCore Software, a leading provider of enterprise-class, open storage networking software, has announced that it is working with Oracle technologies as a new member partner within the Oracle PartnerNetwork, to begin automating the online provisioning of disk space for large Oracle database sites.

IMATION NAMES TWO NEW VICE PRESIDENTS
Imation Corp has named Ronald D. Zinke as vice president and general manager, Data Storage Media & Services and David G. Ferraresi as vice president and general manager, Personal Storage Solutions.

GOLDEN GATE SOFTWARE RENEWS GLOBAL SALES AGREEMENTS
Golden Gate Software Inc, a leading provider of real-time, multi-platform database replication solutions for business continuity, announced that it has renewed its global sales agreement with Insession Technologies and ACI Worldwide, divisions of Transaction Systems Architects Inc.

INVIO JOINS BMC SOFTWARE'S ACSM CONSORTIUM
Invio Software Inc, the company that is bringing automation to networked storage environments, announced that it has joined BMC Software's ACSM consortium as an Integrated Technologies Program partner.

GLOBAL LAW FIRM DEPLOYS EMC NETWORKED STORAGE
EMC Corporation has announced that Paul, Hastings, Janfosky & Walker LLP, a leading global law firm, is implementing an advanced EMC networked storage infrastructure to provide more accurate, efficient financial processing and to improve the protection and manageability of business-critical information.

Enterprise Data Insights

DATA WAREHOUSE: A COMPREHENSIVE LIFE CYCLE GUIDE
Penn State University and Enterprise Warehousing Solutions Inc have partnered to deliver some of the most comprehensive data warehousing training ever offered. Data Warehouse: A Comprehensive Life Cycle Guide aims to help information technology professionals understand how to implement successful data warehousing projects to their companies.

GIGA'S STUDY CONFIRMS RAPID ROI OF BMC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
BMC Software Inc has announced that Giga Information Group completed a study using their Total Economic Impact (TEI) methodology outlining the potential return on investment (ROI) that enterprises can realize by implementing BMC Software's PATROL Storage Management solutions.

GARTNER DATAQUEST REPORTS IBM NUMBER 1 IN STORAGE SERVICES
IBM was the leading provider of storage services in 2001 and is gaining share as a provider of storage management software according to two recently released reports from Gartner Dataquest.

SAMSUNG UNVEILS FUTURE MEMORY SEMICONDUCTOR STRATEGY
Samsung Electronics Co has announced its future business strategy for the semiconductor sector which makes extensive use of nano technology.

SERIAL ATA POISED FOR MARKET RAMP
Serial ATA, the next-generation storage interconnect, is gaining steam within the computing industry. Serial ATA will be used to connect such internal storage devices as hard disks, DVDs and CD-R/Ws to the motherboard in desktop and mobile PCs, cost-sensitive servers and networked storage.

SSD: SOLUTION FOR I/O BOTTLENECKS
By Stephen Schwarz, Product Manager, MTI Technology Corp
Because of the enormous volume of data now stored across the typical enterprise, computer and storage systems must be carefully chosen for their ability to power the most demanding applications, especially those that suffer from I/O bottlenecks. The solution lies in solid state disk (SSD) technology, which provides application performance and data access at up to 100 times greater speeds than conventional disk drive approaches.

TOSHIBA AND NEC JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP MAGNETIC CHIP
Toshiba and NEC, Japan's two largest chip makers, have announced that they will jointly develop a new generation of memory chips.

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E-Z-SAN Partners Exhibit Storage Solution At IBC
XIOtech Corp And Nishan Systems Offer New SAN/WAN Solution
Rhapsody Delivers New Developer Kit For SAN-Based Storage
People & Positions
Datalink Appoints Tom Sylvester As New CIO

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