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WORLD's LARGEST CompactFlash CARD HITS MARKET

HP STORAGE SOLUTIONS MAKE THE GRADE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

INFORMATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT: UBIQUITOUS DATA CONTROL

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Storage Innovations

ADAPTEC 1ST TO TRANSMIT SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI PROTOCOL PACKET
Adaptec Inc, a global leader in data storage access solutions, has extended its SCSI technology and market leadership by becoming the first host bus adapter provider to send a Serial Attached SCSI protocol packet over a serial wire. The protocol transmission puts Adaptec on track to bring the first Serial Attached SCSI chip and controller card to market to meet next-generation computing demands for performance, scalability, flexibility, data protection and component size.

ARKIVIO SHIPS UNIX RELEASE OF ARKIVIO auto-stor SOFTWARE
Arkivio Inc has announced the general availability of the UNIX release of its ARKIVIO auto-stor software. With this release, Arkivio broadens their ability to provide customers with solutions to manage data growth and placement over its lifecycle, while driving the total cost of ownership to its lowest possible level.

FileTek INTEGRATES STORHOUSE WITH EMC CENTERA CAS
FileTek Inc, a data management software developer, has announced the integration and availability of StorHouse for EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS). The integrated solution enables organizations to economically store and provide fast access to fixed, or unchanging, content.

McDATA AND AppIQ ADVANCE CIM TO BRING TRUE INTEROPERABILITY
McDATA Corporation and AppIQ announced recently that the two companies are working together to accelerate delivery of the Common Information Model (CIM). McDATA has enrolled in AppIQ's CIMIQ Partner Program, and AppIQ is one of the first members of McDATA's OpenReady Developer Program.

MICRON RACES ON WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF 4GB DDR SDRAM DIMM
As the memory race trundles on, major industry player Micron took a step forward recently when it announced that it was sending the industry's first 4GB DDR SDRAM registered DIMM to chip maker and industry heavyweight Intel.

WORLD's LARGEST CompactFlash CARD HITS MARKET
SanDisk Corporation has introduced a four gigabyte (GB) CompactFlash (CF) card, the world's largest capacity CompactFlash memory card. With the new announcement, SanDisk is leveraging its production 0.13 micron NAND flash technology and a new advanced high density component package to quadruple the capacity of its largest capacity CF card.

SanDisk INTRODUCES TWO GIGABIT NAND FLASH MEMORY DEVICE
SanDisk Corporation has introduced a 2 gigabit (Gbit) single-die NAND flash memory device. In addition, two of the 2Gbit die will be packaged in a single TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package) to produce a 4Gbit (512 megabyte) NAND component.

SEAGATE DEMONSTRATES INDUSTRY'S 1ST SAS STORAGE SOLUTION
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is making its way into the arena as Seagate Technology begins demonstrating its SAS technology with HP at CeBIT. The event marks the first time that products using SAS are being shown in live functional demonstrations.

SPINNAKER OFFERS INTEGRATED ATA OPTION FOR ENT NAS CLUSTER
Spinnaker Networks, a leading developer of next generation NAS storage solutions, announced recently that its SpinServer 3300 NAS platform now supports economical ATA disk storage, allowing customers to deploy cost-correct storage for applications such as on-line backup and recovery, data archival, and storage of fixed content and reference data.

Financial Plays Of The Week

DOT HILL COMPLETES PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF COMMON STOCK
Dot Hill Systems Corp announced that it has closed the sale of 4,750,000 shares of its common stock, first announced in a press release dated March 12, 2003, in a private placement at $3.75 per share to institutional investors resulting in gross proceeds to Dot Hill of approximately $17.8 million.

IOMEGA LICENSES IOMEGA SYNC SW TO SHARP SYSTEMS OF AMERICA
Iomega Corporation, a global leader in portable data storage, has partnered with Sharp Systems of America to deliver SharpSync, a mobility-enhancing software solution that is powered by Iomega Sync software.

LUCENT TO LEVERAGE SUN STOREDGE 3310 SCSI ARRAY FOR ANYPATH
The Sun StorEdge 3310 SCSI Array, which has received overwhelming positive feedback from channel partners and customers since its launch in September 2002, will now be leveraged by Lucent Technologies to deliver the next-generation Anypath Messaging Platform.

Enterprise Data Insights

FileTek's StorHouse TO MANAGE BRITISH PUBLIC RECORD DBASE
FileTek UK Ltd announced recently that it has been selected by the Public Record Office (PRO), the British national archives, to provide a storage system that will support the PRO's digital preservation work. The system will be based on the company's StorHouse software product. This was the second agreement awarded to FileTek by the British government.

HP STORAGE SOLUTIONS MAKE THE GRADE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
HP has announced worldwide customers in higher education that are increasing their ability to respond to change by adopting HP's ENSAextended strategy to deliver an adaptive infrastructure for storage, based on business requirements, that is controllable, resilient and extensible.

INFORMATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT: UBIQUITOUS DATA CONTROL
by Sr. Analyst Nancy Marrone and
Analyst Steve Kenniston, Enterprise Storage Group
Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) is quickly becoming the buzzword of the storage industry early in 2003. ILM is a combination of technology and methodology that helps end users manage data from the moment it is created to the time at which it is no longer needed. As new regulatory rules are erected, and the number of disaster recovery implementations increase, ILM maintains a pivotal role in helping IT professionals adhere to new standards while incurring minimum management headache.

NetWorld+Interop 2003 TO BRING NET STORAGE TO REAL WORLD
NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 announced recently that it will focus on network storage by highlighting real-world networking solutions in an interactive, educational environment. Taking place April 27-May 2, 2003 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, this year's conference will bring together networking leaders and emerging storage innovators to focus closely on Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), iSCSI, and other storage technologies.

POLICE DEPT REDUCES STOR SPENDING WITH OVERLAND'S ACTIVE SRM
Overland Storage Inc, a leading provider of storage solutions, has announced that the Dekalb County Police Department of Georgia has implemented Overland's new active Storage Resource Manager (SRM) 3 software to minimize costs and increase efficiency with current storage solutions.