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EMC REDEFINING HIGH-END INFORMATION STORAGE

GENERAL MILLS BUYS MORE THAN 150 TB OF NEW EMC SYMMETRIX DMX

ULTRA-HIGH-DENSITY DATA STORAGE MAY BECOME PRACTICAL

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Storage Innovations

IBM'S NEWEST ENTERPRISE STORAGE SERVER DRIVES OPEN STANDARDS
IBM has announced the delivery of the first industry standard interface for the IBM Enterprise Storage Server (codenamed "Shark") based on "Bluefin," a specification designed to help customers more easily manage storage systems in a multi-vendor storage network.

BluePoint DATA STORAGE ANNOUNCES NEW TECHNOLOGY
BluePoint Data Storage Inc announces the release of a new proprietary data analysis application named Sonar. Sonar is a cross-platform analysis tool that monitors data change rates, change volume, deletions and usage patterns such that storage solutions can be optimized to customers' true needs.

CA'S UNICENTER DBASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS REDUCE ADMIN COSTS
Computer Associates International Inc (CA) has announced the latest releases of its Unicenter Database Management solutions for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390.

EMC REDEFINING HIGH-END INFORMATION STORAGE
Delivering one of the most significant advancements for high-end storage customers in more than a decade, EMC Corporation has introduced the Symmetrix DMX series of information storage systems. The Symmetrix DMX series is based on the revolutionary new, patented Direct Matrix Architecture, serving as the foundation architecture for the future of high-end storage innovation.

MTI AND QUANTUM TEAM TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED BACKUP/RECOVERY
MTI Technology Corp, a major provider of enterprise storage and data protection solutions, and Quantum Corp, a leading provider of data protection systems, have teamed to offer an integrated backup/recovery solution incorporating the Quantum DX30, a new high-capacity disk-based enhanced backup system that emulates a tape library.

nStor ANNOUNCES StorView WEB-BASED STORAGE MANAGEMENT SW
nStor Corporation Inc, an innovative developer of storage-network technologies and solutions announced the availability of the company's new Web-based StorView Software. StorView is modular, based on open standards in its design, and capable of running on all the popular operating systems.

NuView ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF StorageX VERSION 3.0
NuView Inc, a provider of software solutions that simplify enterprise storage, has announced Version 3.0 of its StorageX enterprise file management software solution. StorageX automates file storage management, reducing the cost and complexity of enterprise storage while increasing its availability.

XIOtech CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SANbuilder FOR PACS SERIES
XIOtech Corporation, a networked storage pioneer, has announced the availability of its new SANbuilder for Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) Series of complete storage solutions.

QLogic 'FIBRE DOWN' INTEGRATED IN HP ProLiant BLADE SERVERS
QLogic Corp has announced that QLogic technology is being used in HP's highly integrated Fibre architecture, helping enable robust heterogeneous storage area network (SAN) support on HP ProLiant BL p-Class blade servers.

StorageTek EXPANDS MIDRANGE TAPE DRIVE PORTFOLIO
A winning combination just got even better. One of the industry-leading providers of tape storage solutions is offering customers even more data storage options by expanding its family of technology to include the fastest, highest capacity tape drive technology available for midrange environments.

TACIT NETWORKS EXPANDS LINE WITH SYMMETRIC STORAGE CACHING
Tacit Networks Inc, an innovator in enterprise-class wide area network (WAN)-based storage consolidation solutions, has announced the availability of its Symmetric Storage Caching product.

XIOtech CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SANbuilder FOR PACS SERIES
XIOtech Corporation, a networked storage pioneer, has announced the availability of its new SANbuilder for Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) Series of complete storage solutions. XIOtech is the first storage vendor to offer complete storage solutions for the healthcare industry.

Financial Plays Of The Week

STORAGE ACCESS CHANGES NAME TO BluePoint DATA STORAGE
BluePoint Data Storage Inc, formerly Storage @ccess Technologies Inc, announced recenly that it has completed its previously announced name change and 6:1 reverse stock split.

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES EXTENDS BRIGHTSTOR BY ACQUIRING NETREON
Computer Associates International Inc (CA) has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Netreon Inc, a privately held developer of storage area network (SAN) software. No purchase price was disclosed in the all-cash transaction.

CANDERA RECEIVES ADDITIONAL VENTURE FUNDING
Candera Inc, a developer of next-generation network-based storage management platforms, announced recently that it has received an additional $2.5 million of venture funding, bringing its total funding to date to more than $47 million.

FUJITSU, EMC DELIVER PRIMEPOWER/SYMMETRIX DMX SOLUTIONS
Fujitsu Technology Solutions Inc announced recently that it will add the new EMC Symmetrix DMX series to its storage product offering. The latest generation of the Symmetrix storage family, the Symmetrix DMX series, will enable Fujitsu's PRIMEPOWER server customers to meet their high-end storage challenges in a Solaris environment for the next decade and beyond.

GENERAL MILLS BUYS MORE THAN 150 TB OF NEW EMC SYMMETRIX DMX
EMC Corporation announced recently that General Mills, the $10.8 billion supplier and marketer of the world's most trusted consumer food brands, has purchased more than 150 terabytes of EMC Symmetrix DMX series information storage systems, the first generation of the new Symmetrix Direct Matrix Architecture.

NETWORK APPLIANCE AND ESRI ENHANCE GIS RELATIONSHIP
Network Appliance Inc, a leading provider of enterprise network storage solutions, and ESRI, a world leader in geographic information system (GIS), have announced a formal reseller relationship to deliver networked storage solutions to ESRI customers. ESRI is now an authorized reseller of NetApp storage systems. Through this relationship, ESRI will offer NetApp products to its customers, providing complete solutions for GIS environments that now encompass enterprise-class storage.

PROVISIONSOFT JOINS HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS' TRUENORTH PROGRAM
ProvisionSoft, the provider of DynamicIT, a new generation of application-driven automated storage and server provisioning software, announced recently that it plans to support Hitachi Freedom Storage 9000 product lines through its participation in Hitachi Data Systems' TrueNorth Developers Program.

RACKABLE SYSTEMS SECURES $21M FUNDING TO EXPAND LEADERSHIP
Rackable Systems Inc announced recently that it has secured $21 million from Parthenon Capital to fund the company's growth initiatives. The company also announced Parthenon's backing of two industry veterans who will be responsible for driving the company's next stage of growth.

Enterprise Data Insights

KQED CHOOSES PINNACLE MEDIASTREAM 900 FOR DTV UPGRADE
Pinnacle Systems Inc announced recently that its MediaStream Networked Storage Video Server system has been purchased by KQED Inc in San Francisco, one of the top five Public Broadcasting Stations in the United States.

LEADING NY MUSEUM EVOLVES FROM DAS TO SAN WITH SYNCHRONISM
FalconStor Software Inc and Storage Engine Inc have announced that the American Museum of Natural History has selected Storage Engine's Synchronism fault tolerant data storage solution, powered by a customized version of FalconStor's IPStor, to manage its expanding storage infrastructure with high availability, performance, security, and scalability.

ULTRA-HIGH-DENSITY DATA STORAGE MAY BECOME PRACTICAL
A simpler and more reliable manufacturing method has allowed two materials researchers to produce nanoscale magnetic sensors that could increase the storage capacity of hard disk drives by a factor of a thousand. Building on results reported last summer, the new sensors are up to 100 times more sensitive than any current alternative technology.

ROSAVIACOSMOS, HP AND SCAN TO SET UP DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
The Space Operations Center of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, Hewlett-Packard and Scan announced a project of creating an information and processing complex designated for the processing and storage of different kinds of information based on the HP hardware.

TOP CAT IN DISC DRIVES: SEAGATE SHIPS 30 MILLION CHEETAHS
Seagate Technology has announced the milestone shipment of its 30 millionth Cheetah disc drive, confirming its position as one of the most popular and widely-adopted Enterprise disc drives in the world.

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