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Features
- Storage Innovations
ADDONICS ANNOUNCES SERIAL ATA RAID SOLUTION
Addonics Technologies has announced a new Serial ATA RAID solution that
brings high-availability and mirroring to mainstream computers with support
for Serial ATA's 150-Mbps transfer rate.
CYA TECH INTEGRATES NETWORK APPLIANCE SNAPLOCK SOLUTIONS
CYA Technologies Inc, a leading provider of business continuity and secure
collaboration software solutions, has announced the integration of its CYA
HOTBackup and CYA iArchive software with NetApp SnapLock and NearStore data
retention solution.

EMBARCADERO TECH ANNOUNCES NEW LINE OF POWERFUL DB SOLUTIONS
Embarcadero Technologies Inc, a leading provider of application and
database lifecycle management solutions, has announced a new line of
products that work in conjunction with Embarcadero DBArtisan, a leading
database administration solution.

IBM DELIVERS NEW OPTION FOR MANAGING SERVER AND STORAGE COST
IBM has announced a new option for customers to manage increasing IT
costs. IBM eServer BladeCenter and Shark Storage solutions are now available
with standby capacity on demand, providing customers with additional
capacity but only paying for what is used.
NeoScale TACKLES IT SECURITY HOLE WITH CRYPTOSTOR APPLIANCE
NeoScale Systems Inc, a leading provider of enterprise storage security
solutions for the networked storage and data storage management markets,
recenlty launched its CryptoStor for Tape appliance to the European market.

PROCOM REVEALS NetFORCE 4000 SERIES NAS FILER
At Storage World Conference 2003, Procom Technology, a global leader in
network attached storage (NAS) solutions, will publicly demonstrate for the
first time its recently introduced NetFORCE 4000 high-end NAS filer.

EMC INTRODUCES NETWORK-AWARE VOLUME MGMT AND DATA MOBILITY
EMC Corporation has unveiled its blueprint for enabling customers to
optimize, simplify and automate the end-to-end management of the data path
-- key underlying capabilities that deliver the distributed intelligence
powering EMC's AutoIS strategy.
QUANTUM CHARGES AHEAD WITH THREE NEW INNOVATIONS
Quantum Corp recently unveiled innovations that expand its disk-based,
enhanced backup offerings to meet an even broader range of customers'
critical data protection needs. In a three-fold announcement, Quantum
introduced the DX100 enhanced backup system, rolled out a unique compression
technology that will double storage capacity and increase performance of its
enhanced backup products, and added greater functionality and scalability to
its already-popular DX30 enhanced backup system.

TABERNUS/LSI LOGIC/SEAGATE JOIN ON SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI
Tabernus recently announced that it is working with Seagate Technology and
LSI Logic to ensure interoperability and compatibility between its
peripheral testing software and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) mass storage
devices.
XiMeta UNVEILS FIRST NETWORK DIRECT ATTACHED STORAGE DEVICE
XiMeta Technology Inc, an information storage solution company, has
announced the first network direct attached storage device, NetDisk. At
Networld + Interop, XiMeta Technology will showcase the first two NetDisk
products -- NetDisk Portable and NetDisk Removable. The company has plans to
introduce a family of NetDisk products this year.

- Financial Plays Of The Week
DOT HILL PARTNERS WITH QUALITEC FOR NORDIC DISTRIBUTION
Dot Hill announced recently that it is partnering with Qualitec, a
value-added distributor for the Nordic region of Europe including Sweden,
Denmark, Norway and Finland. Qualitec, based in Sweden, will distribute Dot
Hill's SANnet II storage solutions to value added resellers and system
integrators.
EMC AND MICROSOFT EXPAND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Building on a common goal to help customers extend the use of Windows in
networked storage environments, EMC Corporation and Microsoft Corporation
announced that they have extended their strategic business and technology
relationship for storage.

- Enterprise Data Insights
SAVING THE DATA THAT SAVES LIVES
Only a century ago, some doctors still carried little black bags holding
leather stethoscopes and glass-stoppered bottles of elixirs and powders --
and medical instruments resembling pliers and pocket knives were not
uncommon.
ANTARES IMPROVES PERFORMANCE WITH NEXSAN D2D SOLUTION
Staying competitive in today's business environment requires a company to
keep a tight lid on costs throughout the organization. For Antares
Management Solutions, the key to escaping the expense of mainframe-based
tape backup was a cost-correct disk-to-disk backup solution from Nexsan
Technologies, a leader in innovative storage solutions.
BANK OF CHINA IMPLEMENTS BROCADE STORAGE AREA NETWORK
Brocade Communications Systems Inc (Brocade), a leading provider of
infrastructure for Storage Area Networks (SANs), recently announced that the
Bank of China (BOC) has chosen to move from direct-attached storage to
Brocade SAN infrastructure to achieve improved storage system stability,
performance, and availability while significantly reducing downtime and cost
of administration.
EXABYTE VXA-2 SELECTED BY MEDWEB FOR SERVER SOLUTIONS
InfiniCon Systems, a premier provider of shared I/O and switching
solutions for next-generation server networks, announced recently that the
company's InfinIO 7000 Shared I/O and Clustering System has again been
recognized by industry experts; this time being named a finalist in the Most
Valuable Product (MVP) awards category at the Storage World Conference.
FalconStor AND SIRIUS HARVEST HIGH AVAILABILITY
FalconStor Software Inc and Sirius Computer Solutions announced that the
companies have worked together to develop and deploy a comprehensive, high
availability storage solution comprised of FalconStor's IPStor software and
IBM's TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server ("Shark") at a leading
Midwestern consumer retailer.
FIBRE CHANNEL INDUSTRY SEES CONTINUED GROWTH
The continued expansion of the fibre channel industry is accelerated by a
growing number of businesses taking advantage of an all Fibre Channel
storage infrastructure.
InfiniCon GETS MVP FINALIST RECOGNITION AT STORAGE WORLD
InfiniCon Systems, a premier provider of shared I/O and switching
solutions for next-generation server networks, announced recently that the
company's InfinIO 7000 Shared I/O and Clustering System has again been
recognized by industry experts; this time being named a finalist in the Most
Valuable Product (MVP) awards category at the Storage World Conference.
PRINCETON FINANCIAL PROFITS FROM MISSION-CRITICAL SAN
LSI Logic Storage Systems and StorageTek Help Princeton Financial Systems
Deliver Faster, Easier To Use Investment Accounting Systems.
MS SCORES HIGH-END STORAGE POINTS WITH EMC'S NAS ENDORSEMENT
by John Abbott for the451.com
Microsoft scored a significant victory for its NAS operating system this
week by snagging high-end storage vendor EMC as its latest licensee. EMC,
which previously used only in-house OS technology for its NAS boxes, will
license the Server Appliance Kit, recently renamed Windows Powered NAS, for
a new low-end product line called NetWin that is due to ship in the third
quarter.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
OnStream Data Moves U.S. Headquarters to San Diego
FalconStor Announces First Quarter 2003 Financial Results
Adaptec Reports Q4 And Fiscal Year Results
QLogic Reports Q4 And Fiscal Year 2003 Results
- People & Positions
Memorex Names Allen Gharapetian VP Of Marketing/Product Dev
Spinnaker Networks Names Nelson Bye VP Of Sales
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