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STO CONSTITUTES 12%-15% OF TOTAL IT BUDGET, SAYS META GROUP

THE NINE BLU-RAY DISC FOUNDER COMPANIES BEGIN LICENSING

IBM INTRODUCES NEW ENTERPRISE-CLASS STORAGE SOLUTIONS

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THE NINE BLU-RAY DISC FOUNDER COMPANIES BEGIN LICENSING
The nine founding companies of the Blu-ray Disc format, the large capacity optical disc utilizing blue-violet laser, have announced the start of licensing. Licensing will commence as of February 17, 2003.

DATA I/0 ANNOUNCES FASTEST PROGRAMMING FOR DiskOnChip FLASH
Data I/O Corporation has released high-speed Flash programming support for M-Systems' DiskOnChip products.

SILICON IMAGE LEVERAGES SATALINK ARCHITECTURE
Silicon Image Inc, a leader in high-bandwidth semiconductor and system solutions for mass markets, has demonstrated Serial ATA port multiplier capability -- a simple means of connecting multiple drives to a single Serial ATA channel.

IBM INTRODUCES NEW ENTERPRISE-CLASS STORAGE SOLUTIONS
IBM is broadening its line of storage solutions for medium-sized companies with new enterprise-class products, including a new high-end version of its midrange disk and the next generation midrange tape storage. IBM is also adding software support and switches to deliver a complete storage network solution.

ISSI ANNOUNCES FIRST 8MBIT HIGH-SPEED ASYNCHRONOUS SRAM
Integrated Silicon Solution Inc, a leader in advanced memory solutions, has announced the industry's first 8Mbit high-speed asynchronous monolithic backward compatible SRAM. ISSI offers this device in several packages including a TSOP package that is compatible with the industry standard 4Mbit SRAM with the exception of the extra address line.

LSI LOGIC BRINGS 4-CHANNEL ULTRA320 PCI-X SCSI RAID
LSI Logic Corporation announced recently that it has begun shipping production samples of the market's first quad-channel PCI-X SCSI RAID storage adapters with Ultra320 SCSI performance. Designed for enterprise-class computing platforms, LSI Logic's new family of Ultra320 SCSI RAID products with PCI-X support are targeted at the critical need for high-bandwidth server and storage environments.

HIGH-PERFORMANCE APPLIANCE ENABLES NAS/SAN INTEGRATION
MaXXan Systems Inc, a leading developer of next-generation storage networking infrastructure, and VERITAS Software Corporation, one of the storage industry's leading software providers, have announced the general availability of the MaXXan SG100 Storage Gateway powered by VERITAS NAS software for Linux.

M-SYSTEMS INTRODUCES A NEW ATA SOLID-STATE FLASH DISK
M-Systems, a leader in flash-based data storage products, has announced the release of a new solid-state flash disk.

NEW NETWORK APPLIANCE HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Network Appliance has announced several new hardware and software products that extend the company's lead in delivering heterogeneous data protection and storage consolidation solutions.

QUANTUM ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE ATL M1800 TAPE LIBRARY
Quantum Corp, a leading provider of data protection systems, has announced availability of the ATL M1800, an 8U (rack unit) tape library with up to four DLTtape or LTO drives and 42/50 cartridge slots, free on-site installation and a standard 5x9xNext Business Day (NBD) warranty, all at the most aggressive pricing offered for tape automation products in its class.

SEAGATE DEMONSTRATES SERIAL ATA COMMAND QUEUING ON BARRACUDA
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, Seagate is demonstrating the first Serial ATA hard drive to offer Native Command Queuing, out-of-order delivery and first-party DMA (Direct Memory Access) technologies -- features that are enabled on Seagate's newest Serial ATA hard drive, the Barracuda 7200.7.

SNAP APPLIANCE IMPROVES SNAP SERVER 14000 NAS APPLIANCE
Snap Appliance Inc, a worldwide volume leader of network attached storage (NAS) products, has announced it is introducing a new model that increases the storage capacity of its enterprise-class Snap Server 14000 by 50%.

SPECTRA LOGIC SHIPS AIT WORM TAPE LIBRARIES
Spectra Logic Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high-performance tape libraries for data protection and backup, has announced that it is shipping Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) WORM technology in all of its tape libraries. Now Spectra Logic customers can use a single automated storage system to satisfy electronic document archiving regulations and to conduct their routine data backup and restore operations.

WASABI SYSTEMS ENTERS STORAGE MARKET WITH NEW SW COMPONENTS
Wasabi Systems has announced its plans to release a full line of software components to meet the development needs of storage OEMs. These solution kits are based on the Wasabi Certified NetBSD embedded operating environment, which Wasabi has optimized and enhanced for storage applications.

Financial Plays Of The Week

BakBone AND NETWORK APPLIANCE TEAM ON NEW SOLUTIONS
BakBone Softwarehas announced a strategic co-development and marketing agreement with Network Appliance, a leading provider of enterprise network storage solutions.

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS AND CISCO JOIN FORCES FOR NEW SOLUTIONS
Continuing to deliver on its TrueNorth commitment of providing customer choice and open solutions, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, announced recently that it is the first storage vendor to complete hardware interoperability qualification testing between its storage products and the Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Director, the Cisco MDS 9216 Multilayer Fabric Switch, and associated modules.

McDATA OPENS NEW BEIJING OFFICE
McDATA Corporation, a worldwide leader in open, ultra high-availability storage networking solutions, announced recently that it has expanded its market in the Asia Pacific region with the opening of an office in Beijing, China.

MEMOREX PRICE REALIGNMENT PROGRAM FOR CD BLANK MEDIA
Memorex Products Inc, an industry sales leader of digital optical storage products, has announced a national consumer price realignment program to simplify pricing of the company's CD-recordable media. Through the elimination of consumer rebates, consumers can now easily evaluate the purchase of Memorex CD recordable media based on quality and price, further demonstrating to consumers the value of the Memorex brand.

M-SYSTEMS' DiskOnKey EXPANDS MAJOR MANUFACTURER RELATIONSHIP
M-Systems, a leader in flash-based data storage products, announced recently that IBM has implemented USB 2.0 full-speed DiskOnKey Technology into its Memory Key product family.

RASilient SYSTEMS SECURES $4 MILLION IN SERIES A FUNDING
RASilient Systems, a networked storage infrastructure company, announced recently that it has secured $4 million in first round funding from leading venture capital firms Acorn Campus and the Intel Communications Fund. RASilient will use the funding to bring its first products to market and expand its management team.

TDK ELECTRONICS LICENSES LTO ULTRIUM FORMAT GENERATION 2
Demand for the LTO Ultrium format Generation 2 continues to grow as HP, IBM, and Seagate Removable Storage Solutions, the technology provider companies for the LTO (Linear Tape-Open) Program, announced TDK Electronics Corporation as an Ultrium format Generation 2 licensee.

US DATA AUTHORITY FINALIZES MOVE & PROCEEDS INTO DS
US Data Authority Inc, a network infrastructure company focused on providing and managing online data storage reports the completion of its corporate move to the Miami/Dade area as well as the execution of a preliminary agreement with Panamanian-based Zona Tecnologica y Telecomunicaciones SA which will enable the Company to expedite the development of the technology necessary to accept and deliver online data storage to customers, both domestically and internationally.

VIXEL ANNOUNCES $8 MILLION INVESTMENT BY GOLDMAN SACHS
Vixel Corporation, a leading provider of storage networking technologies, has announced the execution of a definitive purchase agreement with Goldman Sachs and a leading Boston-based investment management firm for $8 million of convertible preferred stock and common stock warrants.

Enterprise Data Insights

AGERE ANNOUNCES FASTEST INTEGRATED 4-CHIP NETWORK PROCESSOR
Agere Systems has announced the world's fastest network processor that integrates four separate chips into one. This next generation network processor, called the PayloadPlus APP540, makes possible revolutionary improvements in product development costs, service revenue capabilities, and reliability of communications network equipment for the next several years.

COX COMMUNICATIONS SELECTS STORABILITY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Storability Software, a leader in storage management solutions, has announced that Cox Communications Inc, the nation's fourth largest cable provider, has selected Storability Software's Global Storage Manager solution to manage its sophisticated storage infrastructure in its markets throughout the United States.

GUANGDONG TV SELECTS DataDirect NETWORKS' STORAGE SOLUTION
DataDirect Networks, an established leader in high performance, high scalability storage networking, has announced that Guangdong Television's new SAN-based integrated newsroom solution is being powered by an intelligent S2A storage controller from DataDirect.

STO CONSTITUTES 12%-15% OF TOTAL IT BUDGET, SAYS META GROUP
META Group Inc has announced the availability of its newest METAspectrum market evaluation for the enterprise storage-area network (SAN)-attached storage market.

Pacific-KC SELECTS nStor's 2GBIT FIBRE RAID CONTROLLER
nStor Corporation Inc, an innovative developer of storage-network technologies and solutions, and Pacific-KC (PKC), a primary provider of computer based storage systems in China, announce that PKC has selected nStor's new Fibre storage systems based on nStor's 2Gbit Fibre Channel RAID controller, Wahoo, as the basis for its EasySAN product line to be sold throughout the greater China market.

GEHA SELECTS NEW OVERLAND STORAGE ACTIVE SRM SOFTWARE
Overland Storage Inc, a leading provider of storage solutions, has announced that the third largest government health insurance provider in the United States, Government Employees Hospital Association (GEHA), has implemented Overland's new active Storage Resource Manager (SRM) 3 software.

RealtiCorp SELECTS BluePoint MULTI-OFFICE DataSafe SOLUTION
BluePoint Data Storage Inc announces that RealtiCorp has selected BluePoint's DataSafe data protection service for 13 servers in 7 states across the country. The agreement provides RealtiCorp with 100% guaranteed and daily-confirmed backups.

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