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ADAPTEC INTRODUCES ADVANCED NEW SATA RAID CONTROLLER
Adaptec Inc has introduced a Serial ATA RAID controller featuring
Adaptec's enterprise-level data protection capabilities to maximize
performance and data availability for high-end workstations and entry-level
servers using Serial ATA disk drives.
ADIC AMASS FOR UNIX EXTENDS INFINITE FILE LIFE TO NEW MEDIA
Advanced Digital Information Corporation has announced the availability of
a new release of the company's archive software, AMASS for UNIX. AMASS is
designed to provide long term automated access to organizations' key digital
assets in a variety of high capacity, removable storage media types.
CommVault INTRODUCES QNet ENT DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
CommVault Systems Inc has announced CommVault QiNetix QNet software. QNet
software takes the guesswork out of assessing an application's storage
consumption for IT management by correlating how an application and changing
data management policies impact the total storage environment, all in a
consolidated view.
DIGI-DATA READY TO TAKE MARKET BY STORM
Digi-Data Corporation announced the immediate availability of its new
STORM Fibre Channel RAID storage systems. STORM delivers significant
advancements in performance, scalability, availability, and manageability --
offering medium and large enterprises greater flexibility and control over
their storage with significantly lower total cost of ownership.
OBJECTIVE DATA STORAGE INTRODUCES FILELINK USS 3.0
Objective Data Storage announced the launch of Filelink USS version 3.0, a
platform independent optical storage management solution for jukebox
libraries and desktop optical devices.
FUJITSU, 3PAR TEAM TO DELIVER UTILITY STORAGE SOLUTIONS
3PAR, a leading provider of Utility Storage, announced that Fujitsu
PRIMEPOWER servers have been tested and jointly approved for use in
conjunction with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers. Fujitsu and 3PAR customers can
now leverage the combined benefits of these world-class server and storage
solutions.
HITACHI EXTENDS DESKTOP LEADERSHIP WITH NEW SATA HARD DRIVE
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced a new ATA/Serial ATA desktop
hard drive that extends the company's long-standing tradition of performance
leadership. The 3.5-inch Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 uses 80+ GB per platter
technology to deliver up to one-quarter terabyte (250GB) of storage
capacity.
HP/BROCADE EXTEND ENTERPRISE SECURITY TO GROWING SAN FABRICS
HP has introduced the HP StorageWorks Secure Fabric OS, a security
software tool from Brocade Communications Systems Inc, for B-series
1-gigabyte and 2-gigabyte storage area network (SAN) environments. Enabling
users to tailor SAN fabric security to meet specific business requirements,
the new tool marks a milestone in HP's focus on the B-series Fibre Channel
market.
I/OMAGIC LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION CD DUPLICATOR
I/OMagic Corp, a leading developer and marketer of data storage and
digital entertainment devices, announced that it has launched the next
edition of CD Duplicators into its optical storage line-up -- the
52x24x52/54x CD Duplicator with LCD Display and USB 2.0.
MAXELL FIRST TO SHIP DAT 72: FIFTH GENERATION DDS MEDIA
Maxell Corporation of America, a leader in premium recordable media
products, has announced the general availability of DAT 72, the next
generation DDS media.
M-SYSTEMS DELIVERS LOCAL STORAGE TO SAMSUNG SET-TOP BOXES
M-Systems, a leader in flash-based data storage products, has announced
that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is using DiskOnChip as the local storage
device within its SMT F240 set-top box (STB), which is being marketed
throughout Japan by Yahoo! BB.
SDSC RELEASES VERSION 2.1 OF SRB DATA MANAGEMENT MIDDLEWARE
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UCSD has released version 2.1
of the popular SDSC Storage Resource Broker (SRB) middleware package, which
enables scientists to create, manage, and collaborate with flexible, unified
"virtual data collections" that may be stored on heterogeneous data
resources distributed across a network.
NEW 64 MBIT, 3V FLASH MEMORY CHIP FROM STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics has extended its M29 family of industry standard 3V
Flash memories with a 64 Mbit device based on its latest 0.15um process. The
M29DW640D, which is pin-compatible with competitive Flash memory chips, is
well suited for use in cellular handsets, personal information devices,
handheld personal computers, and GPS global positioning receivers.
TAEC ANNOUNCES 2-GIGABIT NAND FEATURING AUTO-ERASE AND MORE
Continuing its commitment to offer an aggressive NAND flash roadmap that
reduces the cost-per-bit and increases performance, Toshiba America
Electronic Components Inc (TAEC) announced the availability of a
high-capacity 2 gigabit (Gb) single level cell NAND flash device developed
by Toshiba Corp.
VOLTAIRE TAKES iSCSI TO THE HIGH-END
Voltaire has unveiled its storage connectivity solutions for InfiniBand
clusters. Voltaire is the first to leverage iSCSI and InfiniBand together in
one solution, to provide a high performance connectivity to Fibre Channel
(FC) and IP storage area networks (SANs).
VXA-2 TAPE DRIVES SELECTED BY TOSHIBA AND NEW MEXICO SW
Exabyte Corporation, has announced that VXA-2 tape drives and automation
solutions have been selected by Toshiba's Computer Systems Group and New
Mexico Software to provide data backup, retrieval and archiving activities.
TOSHIBA INTRODUCES HIGH-CAPACITY 2.5-INCH HARD DISK DRIVES
Toshiba's Storage Device Division (SDD), an industry pioneer in small form
factor hard disk drives (HDDs), has announced an 80GB 2.5-inch hard disk
drive.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
BMC STRENGTHENS DB2 UDB DISTRIB DATA MGMT W/ DGI ACQUISITION
BMC Software Inc, a leader in enterprise management, recently announced
that it has acquired DGI, an industry leader in performance management tools
for IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB).
BT EXPANDS SAN CONNECTIVITY SERVICE WITH NORTEL EQUIPMENT
BT has signed a frame agreement with Nortel Networks for optical metro
dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) equipment as a response to
customer driven demand for storage area network (SAN) connectivity. BT's
broadband point-to-point data networking division, Short-Haul Data Services
(SHDS), will use the equipment for its Wavestream Connect service.
DOT HILL AND SIMPLY NETWORKING SOLUTIONS TEAM UP IN UK
Dot Hill has announced that it is partnering with Simply Networking
Solutions Ltd (SNS), a value-added reseller in the United Kingdom. SNS, a
Novell specialist, will resell Dot Hill's SANnet II storage solutions in
Novell environments.
NETWORK APPLIANCE + ORACLE EXPAND GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
Oracle Corp and Network Appliance Inc have announced an expansion of their
global strategic alliance. Together, Oracle and Network Appliance continue
to advance core areas of the alliance including technology validation and
integration and support and services.
NETWORK APPLIANCE ACQUIRES AUSPEX PATENT PORTFOLIO
Network Appliance Inc announced that it has acquired the patent portfolio
of Auspex Systems Inc.
NECHO, DATABEACON PARTNER ON NEW EXPENSE MGMT SOLUTION
Necho Systems Corp announces that it has partnered with Databeacon Inc, a
leading Web reporting and data analytics company, to provide the most
comprehensive expense management solution on the market, with complete,
online reporting and analysis capabilities.
SISTINA, STEELEYE PROVIDE SOLUTIONS FOR LINUX DATA MGMT
SteelEye Technology Inc, a leading provider of enterprise IT reliability
solutions for business continuity, and Sistina Software, a premier storage
infrastructure software company delivering data-sharing solutions, have
announced a joint business alliance.
3ware PARTNERS WITH IDEAL TO EXPAND EUROPEAN REACH OF SATA
3ware Inc, a leading provider of high-capacity, switched Parallel and
Serial ATA RAID storage solutions, has announced a new partnership with
UK-based Ideal Hardware.
TOKYO ELECTRON AND NeoScale PARTNER ON ADVANCED STO SECURITY
Tokyo Electron Ltd and NeoScale Systems Inc announced a strategic
distribution agreement for the NeoScale CryptoStor family of storage
security appliances in Japan.
- Enterprise Data Insights
ARROW ELECTRONICS LAUNCHES HP StorageWorks BOOTCAMP
To help enterprise storage resellers meet new HP StorageWorks
certification requirements by the Sugust 1 deadline, the SBM division of
Arrow Electronics Inc, one of the largest value-added distributors of HP
enterprise products and integration services, has created the Arrow SBM
Division Storage Bootcamp.
BBC WORLDWIDE TUNES INTO LSI LOGIC AND StorageTek SOLUTION
LSI Logic Storage Systems and StorageTek announced recently that BBC
Worldwide, the commercial consumer arm of the BBC, has selected their
storage solution to enable a fully scalable and centralized storage
environment using a storage area network (SAN).
IDC RELEASES FORECAST FOR EMERGING DBASE OPTIMIZATION SW MKT
According to IDC, the database optimization technologies software market
reached $414 million in 2002 and is expected to increase to $950 million by
2007. IDC believes this new breed of technology offers a key solution for
some database technology users to achieve their goals affordably, without
investing in much more extensive data management environments than needed.
LSI LOGIC/MAXTOR EXTEND SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI PROTOTYPE TESTS
LSI Logic and Maxtor Corporation, two original members of the Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) Working Group, announced plans to collaborate on
extended testing and prototype development of LSI Logic silicon and Maxtor
Atlas hard disk drives. The project will make use of LSI Logic Fusion-MPT
(Message Passing Technology) architecture to simplify and speed the
development.
DATA MIGRATION: THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS
by Gian Jagai & Larry Coblentz
Data Migration can present a very unique and painful process for most IT
environments. Data Migration exposes all of the 'dirty little secrets' that
exist within a company's data storage infrastructure.
SDML OPTS FOR CRISTIE AND FalconStor SOFTWARE SOLUTION
FalconStor Software Inc and Cristie Data Products Ltd recently announced
that Strategic Data Management Limited (SDML), a leading data management
consultancy specializing in the development of direct marketing campaigns,
has deployed an IPStor-powered solution designed by Cristie Data Products
Ltd.
SPINSERVER 4100: 40% HIGHER PERFORMANCE THAN COMPETITOR
Spinnaker Networks, a leading supplier of next generation, distributed
storage systems, has announced SPEC SFS benchmark results, which show its
SpinServer 4100 to be the highest performance and most scalable network
attached storage (NAS) solution on the market.
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