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- Storage Innovations
AVNET HALL-MARK LAUNCHES NETWORKED STORAGE ADVISOR SERVICE
Avnet Hall-Mark, a value-added distributor of enterprise servers, storage,
software and services, has announced a new service for its value-added
resellers that will allow them to quickly analyze and make recommendations
for improving even the most extensive end-user's storage networks.
FUJIFILM OFFERS ZIP DISK STORAGE MEDIUM, NOW AT 750 MB
To better serve growing data storage demands in the home and workplace,
the Computer Products Division of Fuji Photo Film USA Inc has announced that
it is offering Fujifilm Zip 750 MB disks for use with Iomega Zip 750 MB
drives. The Fujifilm Zip 750 MB disk, which features scratch resistant
storage, can hold the equivalent of 510 floppy disks.

NEW HP STORAGE SOFTWARE AUTOMATES PROVISIONING
By Mitch Wagner
HP OpenView Storage Provisioner allows IT departments to separate storage
resources for different purposes, reducing the complexity and time of manual
storage provisioning, and improving system availability. The software allows
administrators to set up policies to automate tasks such as freeing up more
storage space for an application and backing up data.
StatSoft RELEASES STATISTICA QC MINER
StatSoft Inc is pleased to announce the release of STATISTICA QC Miner, a
powerful software solution designed to monitor processes, and identify and
anticipate problems related to quality control and improvement with
unmatched sensitivity and effectiveness.

- Financial Plays Of The Week
CreekPath ANNOUNCES SUPPORT OF BROCADE FABRIC ACCESS API
CreekPath Systems announced that the CreekPath AIM Suite 2.5 leverages the
Brocade Fabric Access API to provide DAS to SAN migration, provisioning and
safe-automation of heterogeneous networked storage environments.
DILIGENT TECHNOLOGIES ENTERS STORAGE SOFTWARE MARKET
Responding to the growing demand for immediate access to secure, business
information within the most complex and data intensive environments, Diligent
Technologies Corporation has announced its entry into the storage software
market.
GlassHouse UTILIZES IMATION'S STORAGE NETWORKING LAB
GlassHouse Technologies Incand Imation Corp have announced an agreement to
work together to provide vendor-neutral storage networking guidance. Under
terms of the agreement, GlassHouse will utilize Imation's Storage Networking
Lab for proof-of-concept and validation services for GlassHouse clients. In
addition, GlassHouse will utilize the lab for training and special projects.

INVIO JOINS HITACHI ALLIANCE TO DEVELOP AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS
Invio Software Inc, the company that is bringing platform independent
automation to network storage, has announced availability of automated
provisioning and topology management solutions for HDS 99x0 arrays in a
heterogeneous SAN environment.
TAG AWARDED $1.5 MILLION TO OUTFIT NAVY'S NEWEST SHIPS
TAG has been selected by Raytheon Company to provide tactical servers and
RAID systems for the U.S. Navy's newest class of amphibious ships, the San
Antonio class LPD (Landing Platform Dock).
TeraCloud SPACENET TO GAIN HETEROGENEOUS MANAGEABILITY
TeraCloud's SpaceNet, an enterprise-wide SRM application, now has access to
additional levels of functionality for integrating with EMC CLARiiON and
Symmetrix networked storage systems and WideSky, the industry's first
middleware translation layer, to reduce heterogeneous storage management
complexity.
VIXEL JOINS TSANet MULTIVENDOR SUPPORT ALLIANCE
Vixel Corporation, a leading provider of storage networking products and
technologies, announced today that it has joined TSANet (Technical Support
Alliance Network), the industry's largest vendor-neutral support alliance.

- Enterprise Data Insights
BROCADE WEAVES ROAD MAP TO INTELLIGENT FABRICS
The action of the commercial world always ensures that certain patterns
will recur time after time. When new technologies or services first emerge,
many organisations are formed to capitalise on the new opportunities opened
up. Slowly a number of offerings gain a foothold in the market and the
suppliers of these products either grow larger or are bought up by bigger
vendors. It is inevitable that such mergers and acquisitions occur,
especially in times when trading conditions are tough.
ANALYTICS/ACQUISITIONS/PARTNERS WILL DRIVE CODA THROUGH 2003
By Simon Robinson for the 451.com
Financial application specialist Coda says sales of its new range of
analytical applications has driven its growth through 2002; so much so that
it has deepened its alliance with Cognos through an agreement to resell the
business intelligence vendor's latest corporate performance management (CPM)
software, Metrics Manager.

OSTA ANNOUNCE NEW MULTI-PLATFORM STANDARD
The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) has announced the
availability of the MultiPhoto/Video (MPV) 1.0 specification. The new
royalty-free MPV enables fast, highly-interactive user experiences for
access and playback of multimedia collections of digital photos, videos, and
music created in PCs and enjoyed in consumer electronics products.

PIER 1 IMPORTS SELECTS McDATA's SANavigator
McDATA Corporation has announced that Pier 1 Imports has standardized on
McDATA's SANavigator software and hardware storage area network (SAN)
solutions to lower its IT costs and ensure the highest levels of data access
and reliability.

Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Fujitsu, AMD Talks On Flash Continue, Says Report

- People & Positions
Eric Kelly To Lead Snap Appliance Inc
Tony Marzulli To Lead New EMC Open SW Marketing Initiative
Guillaume Imberti Promoted to GM of FalconStor EMEA Ops

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