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- Storage Innovations
ASACA/RORKE DATA PARTNER ON WORLD'S FIRST SERIAL-ATA LIBRARY
ASACA Corporation will partner with Rorke Data Inc to demonstrate the
revolutionary new FireFly DM series digital virtual library. Integrating new
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) disk drives, the FireFly
redefines near-line storage expectations by delivering up to 48 terabytes
(TB) of data per library.
DISKSITES DELIVERS FILE STORAGE CONSOLIDATION FIRST
DiskSites Inc, a file storage consolidation solutions company, has
announced the availability of W-NAS, a groundbreaking solution for
consolidating branch office file storage. W-NAS was developed by DiskSites
to enable companies with file storage in multiple branch offices to simply
eliminate the need for such file storage, by letting branch office users
work directly with a central file server at the data center.
NEC INTRODUCES ITS EXPRESS5800/1000 SERVER SERIES BRAND
NEC Solutions (America) Inc, a leading provider of business solutions and
services for the high-end commercial and technical markets in North America,
has unveiled a new brand name in North America for its 64-bit, Intel Itanium
2-based computer systems: the Express5800/1000 series (previously known as
the TX7 series).
InPhase TO DEVELOP REWRITABLE HOLOGRAPHIC MEDIA
InPhase Technologies, a leader in holographic data storage, has announced
that it will develop high performance rewritable holographic data storage
media through a $2,000,000 grant from the Advanced Technology Program (ATP),
part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
MTI OFFERING PRE-PACKAGED STORAGE AND BACKUP SOLUTIONS
MTI Technology Corp, a provider of storage and business solutions for more
than two decades, announced that it is offering pre-packaged
enterprise-class data storage and backup solutions specially priced and
financed for departmental deployment.
SONY LAUNCHES MICRO VAULT USB 2.0 LINE UP TO 256MB
Sony's latest generation of Micro Vault USB storage media devices are
built on the USB 2.0 platform, offering faster data transfer than their
predecessors yet maintain backward compatibility with the USB 1.1 protocol.
PROCOM PROMOTING ITS NetFORCE NAS FILERS TO MEDICAL INDUSTRY
Spurred by the growing demand for Internet access to graphics-intensive
medical images and data-rich medical research, Procom Technology has
announced a new program that addresses the storage needs of the medical
industry.
MINING THE MOLECULE: DATA STORAGE ON A MOLECULAR LEVEL
As the data storage community moves into increasingly esoteric modes of
storage, such as holographic or fluid based storage devices, a research team
at Oklahoma University has taken storage one step further.
TELAINE INTRODUCES FIRST AGENT-LESS CIM RESOURCE MGMT TOOL
Telaine LLC has announced Telaine Observer, the first agent-less CIM tool
for storage resource management.
HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS REDEFINES MODULAR STORAGE
Continuing to deliver on the TrueNorth vision and strategy, Hitachi Data
Systems has announced the Hitachi Freedom Storage Thunder 9500 V Series
storage systems for customers looking for high-performance, easy-to-use,
centrally managed distributed storage with large storage capacity in a small
footprint.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
APRILIS ACQUIRES HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE PATENTS
Aprilis Inc, a manufacturer of holographic media and data storage systems,
has announced that it has reached an agreement with Tamarack Storage
Devices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Manhattan Scientifics Inc, on the
acquisition of 21 holographic data storage patents.
DIMENSION DATA EXPANDS PARTNERSHIP WITH EMC
Dimension Data has announced a global strategic partnership with industry
leading networked storage solution provider EMC Corporation. The global
agreement with EMC will enable Dimension Data to unify its relationship with
EMC worldwide and to significantly strengthen its current range of storage
solutions.
HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS AND NETWORK APPLIANCE COLLABORATE
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation and Network Appliance Inc announced
recently that the companies have signed an agreement to market and sell
enterprise NAS solutions. Under terms of the agreement, Hitachi Data Systems
will offer NetApp enterprise NAS gateway solutions for Hitachi Freedom
Storage environments managed by HiCommand Management Framework tools.
M-Systems PARTNERS WITH VERBATIM TO PUSH DiskOnKey
M-Systems, a leader in flash-based data storage products, has announced a
partnership with optical media leader Verbatim Limited. By tapping DiskOnKey
Technology, Verbatim has entered the USB keychain device market with the
Store 'n' Go branded DiskOnKey.
- Enterprise Data Insights
BULL SELECTS EMULEX HOST BUS ADAPTERS FOR ESCALA SERVERS
Emulex Corp, a leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters
(HBAs), has announced that Bull Technologies has selected the Emulex
LightPulse 2Gb/s LP9002L HBA for integration into the company's series of
Escala servers.
BURNETT OVERHAULS STORAGE MANAGEMENT USING DataCore SOFTWARE
DataCore Software has dramatically improved the economics of storage
management and data protection for Texas-based Burnett Companies
Consolidated. Burnett already owned a top-of-the-line monolithic storage
array from a leading supplier. However, when it came time to implement a
disaster recovery strategy, the proposed solution from that supplier was
cost-prohibitive.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS PRESCRIBE EMC CENTERA FOR ARCHIVES
Resolving the challenges that traditionally prevented healthcare
institutions from bringing digitized medical records and images online, EMC
Centera content addressed storage (CAS) has been driving industry change
since its introduction in April of this year.
FRANCE'S TOP LIFE INSURER DEPLOYS McDATA SAN SOLUTION
McDATA Corporation, a worldwide leader in open, ultra-high availability
storage networking solutions, has been chosen by French insurance company
CNP to implement its first storage area network.
HOTTEST HARD DRIVES
By Masha Zager
The hard disk drive is one of the great IT success stories. In 20 years,
it has progressed from an IBM PC luxury add-on to an indispensable part of
any computer, and finally to a component so inexpensive it can be upgraded
on impulse. Capacity, performance and reliability all have improved
dramatically as costs have fallen. And although one might think
manufacturers have nowhere left to go, they continue to push the boundaries
of hard drives' capabilities.
INTEGRATING NAS/SAN IN THE ENTERPRISE: THE CHALLENGES BEGIN
By Lawrence Didsbury and Jeffrey Thomas, Auspex
In the beginning there was Direct Attached Storage (DAS). Later Network
Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Networks (SAN) entered the picture.
Since each of these storage architectures has its own merits, some companies
have ended up implementing bits and pieces of each to solve particular
storage issues.
THINK YOUR DATA INFRASTRUCTURE IS GETTING OUT OF HAND?
By Todd Spangler
Think your data infrastructure is getting out of hand? Try telling that to
Michelle Butler, who oversees a storage infrastructure that grows one to two
Tbytes per day.
StorageTek TAPS A VEIN IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY
With HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
imminently upon the healthcare horizon, hundreds of healthcare organizations
nationwide are turning to data storage giants like StorageTek to simplify
the integration needed to achieve compliance.
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Short Takes
- Financial Watch
iA2 Enters Reseller Agreement With EDUCOM TS
Philips Sees Optical Storage Losses Eliminated Within 2 Qtrs
EMC Reports Third Quarter Results
FTC Approves IBM-Hitachi Hard Drive Deal
- People & Positions
Ed Zander Joins Seagate's Board As It Plans A Second IPO
McData Appoints Scott Berman Treasurer And VP Of Finance
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