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- Storage Innovations
StoreAge SOLUTIONS PORT TO SilkWorm FABRIC APP PLATFORM
StoreAge Networking Technologies recently announced that it has completed
porting the industry's first data snapshot, replication and migration
solutions for use with Brocade Communications Systems' (Brocade) SilkWorm
Fabric Application Platform (SilkWorm Fabric AP), the industry's first open,
intelligent platform for fabric applications.
ELPIDA TO MAKE NEXT-GENERATION DRAM FOR INTEL-PAPER
Elpida Memory Inc, a joint venture between Japan's Hitachi Ltd 6501.T and
NEC Corp 6701.T, plans to mass produce next-generation DRAM chips for Intel
Corp's INTC.O new microprocessing unit.

IMPERIAL TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES WhatsHot
Imperial Technology, the company accelerating application performance, has
announced WhatsHot, a new software product that tracks file usage by
individual file name and outputs information that can be used to optimize
data placement in storage infrastructures.
KANGURU RELEASES FIRST 2GB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE
Kanguru Solutions has announced the release a groundbreaking new product,
the 2GB KanguruMicro Drive 2.0, a high speed USB2.0 flash drive with
encryption and compression features.

MULTILINK ENABLES 10G FC SANs WITH PHYreSTORM XGMII
Multilink Technology Corporation has introduced the industry's leading 10
Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) transceiver that enables the next generation of
storage area networks (SAN).
NEC'S NEW TCP/IP OFFLOAD ENGINE POWERED BY TENSILICA XTENSA
Tensilica Inc, a leading provider of configurable and extensible
processors, announced recently that NEC Corporation has developed its first
TCP Offload Engine (TOE) integrating 10 Xtensa processor cores on a single
chip.

OTHER WORLD INTRODUCES 320GB FIREWIRE/USB COMBO DRIVE
Other World Computing (OWC) has expanded its popular line of Mercury Elite
external FireWire (1394a)/USB 2.0+1.1 combo storage solutions with the
introduction of a 320 Gigabyte model priced at $459.99.
QLogic TO IMPLEMENT MS RADIUS IN SANbox2 SWITCHES
QLogic Corp has announced plans to enhance security in its award-winning
SANbox2 line of switches by implementing the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) standard Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
protocol.

TERADATA EXTENDS LEAD IN DATA WAREHOUSE AVAILABILITY
Teradata has announced the on-time shipment of Teradata Warehouse version
7.0.1 with new product functionality and services that enhance the
availability of the data warehouse for frontline business users who rely on
the information to make revenue-generating business decisions.

- Financial Plays Of The Week
3PAR TEAMS WITH STORAGE NETWORKING LEADER McDATA
3PAR, a leading provider of Utility Storage, has announced that McDATA
Corporation's storage networking solutions have been tested and jointly
approved for use in conjunction with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers.
CAEN ENGINEERING TO RESELL DOT HILL'S SANnet II
Dot Hill announced recently that its SANnet II storage systems will be
resold by Caen Engineering and subsidiary CaenAV. Caen Engineering will
target the education, government and geophysical exploration sectors. CaenAV
specializes in storage solutions for the digital audio, video, graphics and
animation markets.
STORAGE ALLIANCE RECEIVES GOVERNMENT SCIENCE CREDIT
Storage Alliance has been granted a $99,900 CAD Scientific Research and
Experimental Development expenditures credit from the Canadian Government.

- Enterprise Data Insights
ADIC NAMED MARKET SHARE LEADER FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR
Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC has announced that for the
second consecutive year the company has been named as the market leader for
the largest segment of the worldwide tape automation market, according to a
new report by industry analyst group Gartner Dataquest.
AFCOM SURVEY SHOWS DATA CENTERS BOOST INFO SECURITY MEASURES
Constant terror alerts, the war in Iraq and a host of cybersecurity
threats have made information security a major priority for the nation's
largest data centers, according to a new study by AFCOM's Data Center
Institute (DCI).
ARSENAL PLACED IN NEW STORAGE SERVICES MAGIC QUADRANT
Arsenal Digital Solutions recently announced that the company has been
included by Gartner Inc in its first-ever Storage Services Magic Quadrant, a
market evaluation of the industry's leading storage services companies.
Among the 11 vendors assessed in the Magic Quadrant, Arsenal is the only
private, venture-backed company.
EMC CLARiiON NAMED 'MOST VALUABLE PRODUCT' AT SWC 2003
EMC Corporation has announced that the CLARiiON CX series of networked
storage systems received the MVP (Most Valuable Product) award at this
year's Storage World Conference, a customer event focused on data storage
networking and management.
SOLID-STATE STORAGE MARKET EXPLODES IN '03
Intense competition between NAND flash memory suppliers has lowered costs
and stimulated consumer adoption of removable solid-state storage. Worldwide
removable solid-state storage revenue totaled $2.13 billion in 2002, a 72.9
percent increase from 2001 revenue of $1.23 billion, according to Gartner
Inc.
MaXXan, SPIRENT 1ST TO TEST 160-PORT INTELLIGENT STO SWITCH
MaXXan Systems Inc and Spirent Communications have announced the
successful testing of the MaXXan MXV320 intelligent switch across all of its
160 ports.
SONY PUTS THE PEDAL TO THE METAL WITH AME TAPE
Sony and magnetic recording media are synonymous. In 1950, the company
marketed the first magnetic recording tape in Japan, called Soni-Tape KA
series, using paper-based tape. Fifty years later, Sony's Advanced Metal
Evaporated (AME) technology is setting new standards in data recording and
both professional and consumer video recording.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Storage Engine Announces First Quarter 2003 Results
Brocade Reports Q2 Fiscal 2003 Financial Results
Imation Declares Initial Quarterly Dividend Of $0.08
- People & Positions
Crossroads Systems Names New VP of Sales/Development
VERITAS Software Names Two New Independent Board Members
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