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Features
- Storage Innovations
APRILIS UNVEILS FIRST VIABLE HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE MEDIA
Aprilis Inc, a developer of proprietary holographic data storage technologies for high-capacity and high-performance data storage applications, recently unveiled its proprietary high-performance, Write Once Read Many (WORM), holographic storage media.
ARISTOS LOGIC UNVEILS FIRST INTELLIGENT STORAGE PROCESSOR
Aristos Logic, an industry leader in silicon solutions for the networked storage market, recently unveiled its Intelligent Storage Processor technology.
EMC DELIVERS NEXT MEMBER OF POWERFUL CLARiiON CX FAMILY
EMC Corporation has continued its campaign to deliver price/performance and functionality leadership to customers throughout the mid-tier market with the introduction of the CLARiiON CX400 networked storage system.
JMR DELIVERS COST-EFFECTIVE, SMALL FOOTPRINT StorBlade
JMR Electronics has announced StorBlade, a revolutionary approach to rackmounted storage solutions.
MAXTOR REVOLUTIONIZES HARD DRIVES WITH THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON
The Maxtor Personal Storage 5000 Series introduces a unique feature named Maxtor OneTouch. With this feature, Maxtor's 5000XT, 5000DV and 5000LE offerings allow users to copy files and applications on their desktop or laptop computer with the push of its OneTouch button.
NETWORK APPLIANCE ENDS NAS-SAN WAR
The NAS-SAN wars were fully ended recently when even Network Appliance Inc crossed the divide. Network Appliance launched its first storage hardware that can handle both NAS-style file data transfer, and SAN- or DAS-style block data transfer, as well as the Fibre Channel protocol used in SANs.
SGI INTRODUCES HIGH BANDWIDTH SGI TP9500 STORAGE ARRAY
Further increasing its performance lead in solutions to manage the world's most complex data, SGI has announced the availability of the SGI Total Performance 9500 (TP9500) RAID storage array.
SPINNAKER TRANSFORMS ENT NAS MARKET WITH SPINSERVER 3300
Spinnaker Networks Inc, a leader in the development of next generation distributed storage systems, recently announced general availability of the Spinnaker SpinServer 3300 product family.
SPSS JOINS arcplan PARTNER PROGRAM
arcplan Inc has announced that SPSS Inc has become an arcplan Alliance Partner. Terms of the agreement allow SPSS to partner with arcplan to promote dynaSight as a front-end tool for users of SPSS' data warehousing and business intelligence solutions.
StoreAge INTRODUCES SVM POLICY MANAGER FOR EXCHANGE
StoreAge Networking Technologies has announced the availability of its SVM Policy Manager for Exchange, which fully automates the management of storage in Microsoft Exchange environments.

- Financial Plays Of The Week
CISCO EYES VERITAS AS PARTNER
Cisco Systems Inc said recently that Veritas Software Corp will probably become one of its partners as it seeks to increase its presence in the data storage business.
EMC POSTS LOSS, TO CUT ABOUT 1,350 JOBS
Data storage company EMC Corp recently reported a preliminary quarterly loss and revenue that were worse than expected and said it would cut 1,350 jobs due to dismal spending on technology.
STORAGE ENGINE MOVES FROM NASDAQ SmallCap MARKET TO OTCBB
Storage Engine Inc has announced that its securities will no longer trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and will trade on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) effective with the opening of business on October 3, 2002.

- Enterprise Data Insights
DATA STORAGE TAKES CENTER STAGE AT EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Dell has announced a series of enterprise customer wins at higher education institutions in the United States underscoring a continuing trend of the need for greater storage of data and connectivity across campuses.
THE DATA STORAGE UNIVERSE IN A GRAIN OF SAND
by Mike Martin
In an unending quest to address the central conflict that drives storage technology evolution -- the need to fit more data into less space -- the industry is changing its focus from stand-alone products, such as hard disks and backup tapes, to networked solutions, known by such fancy names as network-attached storage (NAS) or storage area networks (SANs).
HOSPITAL GROUP IMPLEMENTS STORAGE FROM DATACORE AND IBM
DataCore Software has announced that Community Health Network of Indiana selected SANsymphony software from DataCore to accelerate and manage its storage network.
IBM, BROCADE TEAM ON STANDARDIZED STORAGE MANAGEMENT
Brocade Communications Systems has teamed with IBM to deliver standards-based storage area network management software.
MTI AWARDED ENTERPRISE STORAGE PROJECT BY FRANCE TELECOM
MTI Technology Corp (MTIC) announced it has been tasked by France Telecom to consolidate storage from its 1,400 servers into a storage area network (SAN). The servers utilize 225 terabytes of open systems storage and up to 60 terabytes of mainframe storage.
NETWORK APPLIANCE OFFERS VFM SW FOR WINDOWS ENTERPRISES
NuView Inc and Network Appliance have announced an OEM agreement that enables Network Appliance to offer Virtual File Manager file virtualization solution, also known as StorageX, for customers working in Windows environments.
NCS CHOOSES FALCONSTOR FOR ADVANCED NETWORK STORAGE
FalconStor Software Inc has announced that National Computer Systems Pte Ltd has selected FalconStor's IPStor to provide high data availability, quick disaster recovery, and highly efficient and reliable storage to its Data Center and outsourcing customers.
STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY IMPLEMENTS HDS' HiCommand
Hitachi Data Systems has announced that Standard Insurance Company has implemented Hitachi's HiCommand Device Manager, an integrated software package that automates and streamlines storage management tasks.

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"Most companies treat archived data as write-once, read-never, because it is so hard to access and harder still to work with." -- Glenn Horner, vice president, Aprilis Inc

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