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TAG TEAMS FORM IN FIGHT FOR STORAGE TITLE

EXPERTS AT ASCENTIAL FORUM AT TDWI CITE NEW IT MANTRA

PANASONIC STRIVES TO IMPROVE DVD-RAM-UNIX/LINUX RELATIONS

Features

• Storage Innovations
  
  CIPRICO AND StorCOMM CURE STORAGE WOES AT MISS. HOSPITAL
  StorCOMM certified Ciprico's high-performance DiMeda 2400 as part of their total solution. The product is now being used by Mississippi Baptist Hospital, which had been using DVD archival methods for its data intensive PACS repository.
  
  ICS LAUNCHES UNIQUE IM4000 HARD DRIVE DUPLICATOR'S NETWORK
  The new line of hard drive duplicators that exceed a transfer rate of 2.2GB per minute can now perform a high-speed data transfer between IDE hard drives and the computer's FireWire and USB ports.
  
  
  
  KOMAG ANNOUNCES NEW BENCHMARKS PMR
  Technology demonstrates the ability to support linear bit densities of one megabit per inch. This could translate into a single 3.5-inch desktop form factor disk holding over 170 GB.
  
  LSI LOGIC LAUNCHES FOUR NEW SCSI ULTRA320 KITS
  Single- and dual-channel storage adapter kits for both Ultra320 SCSI and Ultra320 SCSI RAID storage adapters will now be supplied with Tripp Lite 42-inch, five-drive SCSI cables.
  
  
  
  MARVELL INTRODUCES 3 GBPS SERIAL ATA II HOST CONTROLLERS
  The new 88SX6081 (8-port) and 88SX6041 (4-port) Serial ATA II controllers are high performance, cost-effective solutions.
  
  PANASONIC STRIVES TO IMPROVE DVD-RAM-UNIX/LINUX RELATIONS
  OEM drives gain widespread industry ground as KOM Networks, Luminex and Objective Data Storage join platforms' support roster.
  
  
  
  QUALSTAR INTEGRATES IBM DRIVES IN TLS-8000 TAPE LIBRARIES
  Seven TLS-8000 models provide a range of cost-effective solutions, housing one to eight IBM LTO 2 FC tape drives and up to 264 tapes.
  
  NEW GLOBAL STORAGE MANAGER A HIT FOR STORABILITY SOFTWARE
  New product expands ESRM capabilities by adding new level of tape library support and extensive file-level reporting functionality.
  
  
  
  VERBATIM STORE 'N' GO FASTEST USB DRIVE AROUND
  With the ability to transfer 256MB of data in about 30 seconds and provide capacities of up to 1GB, the new Store 'n' Go drives are believed to be the fastest and one of the highest-capacity USB 2.0 drives on the market.
  
  
  
  ZANTAZ REVAMPS MEGATAPE RESTORE DATA RESTORATION SERVICE
  By filtering restored e-mail and reducing duplicate subsets of data, customers can fine-tune their search for pertinent data for a more focused, efficient review of archived e-mail.
  
  
  
  

• Financial Plays Of The Week
  
  iQstor SIGNS RESELLER AGREEMENT WITH DTC
  DTC to offer integrated SAN solutions from iQstor, extending iQstor's presence into Japan.
  
  
  
  STORServer SIGNS OEM AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT
  Under the terms of the agreement, STORServer will implement Microsoft's Windows Storage Server 2003 -- its newest dedicated file server and NAS operating system -- for future STORServer Backup Appliances.
  
  
  
  

• Enterprise Data Insights
  
  CARILION SELECTS DATACORE TO POOL STORAGE CAPACITY
  Carilion Health System of Roanoke, Va., has selected DataCore's SANsymphony software to help the century-old hospital network lower the storage management and acquisition costs arising from 60 percent annual data growth by significantly improving the utilization of existing IT assets.
  
  ITALIAN E-GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE PROTECTS PRIVACY WITH DECRU
  In an unprecedented effort to automate services and improve communication between city governments, service providers and Italian citizens, Italy's government is working with AGSM Telecomunicazioni, a multi-utility provider, to build a secure e-commerce infrastructure.
  
  
  
  LESS PRODUCTION MEANS STRONGER MEMORY MARKET
  The global computer memory market will begin to recover from a downturn this year, Gartner Dataquest predicted on Tuesday, but it warned this would be due to a lack of supply, not stronger demand.
  
  TAG TEAMS FORM IN FIGHT FOR STORAGE TITLE
  By Simon Robinson for the451.com
  Partnerships were once again at the forefront of developments in the storage industry this week, as HP extended its pact with Hitachi for high-end storage, and Veritas expanded its strategic alliance with Network Appliance.
  
  
  
  EXPERTS AT ASCENTIAL FORUM AT TDWI CITE NEW IT MANTRA
  IT executives from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Landstar System Inc, McKesson Corp, Pfizer Inc and Room Solutions underscore imperative to correlate it projects and business objectives.
  
  
  
  

Top Of The News

• Hardware
  Accelerators Enable Performance, Efficiency
  M-Systems' Mobile DiskOnChip Incorporated In Sony CLIE
  i2 TEchnologies Consolidates Storage With Hitachi
  
  
• Apps & Analytics
  SPSS, Alterian Offer Higher Return On Marketing Initiatives
  Hyperion Enhances Business Performance Management Suite
  Shaw Selects Microstrategy As Reporting Standard
  
  
• Storage
  Audi Implements Flexible, Available Storage Area Network
  JNI FibreStar HBAs Available For Sun StorEdge Open SAN
  LSI Logic Storage Systems SMI-S Provider Put To Test
  Toshiba Publishes New NAND Flash Applications Design Guide
  SanDisk Introduces Memory Stick Duo And Storage Cards
  KVS and MDY Win DoD 5015.2 Certification of Joint Solution
  
  
• Networking
  Adaptec Introduces New Network Acceleration Solution
  MaXXan Shipping Intelligent Application Switch
  SAN Valley Systems Announces Availability of SL700
  
  
  
  

Short Takes

• Financial Watch
  Exabyte Boasts 2nd Quarter Improvements
  Caminosoft Announces Financial Results, Personnel Changes
  Brocade Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2003 Financial Results
  MTI Reports Fiscal 2004 First Quarter Financial Results
  Storage Computer Corporation Announces Second Qtr. Results
  
  
• People & Positions
  FCIA Announces Board Of Directors
  Fujitsu's Softek Announces New EMEA Leader
  
  

Quote Of The Week

• "Increasingly, you're seeing a dominance of business over technology. Business is telling IT, 'This is what I need you to do for me. Now go away and solve it.'" -- Kevin Curtis, Director, Room Solutions
  
  

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