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- Storage Innovations
GATEWAY LAUNCHES TWO NEW STORAGE PRODUCTS
The Gateway 850 SCSI JBOD subsystem and Gateway 820 Linear Tape Open
Autoloader aim to help small- and medium-sized businesses, institutions and
enterprises preserve critical information.
HITACHI PACKS HIGH PERFORMANCE INTO MINIATURE PACKAGE
The one-inch diameter, 4GB Microdrive features a data transfer rate that
represents a 70 percent increase from the previous-generation Microdrive.
IBM TURBO-CHARGES STORAGE NETWORKS
The IBM TotalStorage FAStT600 Storage Server has been supercharged with a
new turbo option designed to offer increased throughput performance, greater
maximum capacity and enhanced platform support for a wide variety of UNIX
and Intel platforms.
IMATION SPEEDS UP STORAGE WITH NEW DVD, CD-RW MEDIA
Imation expands optical media portfolio with 4x DVD in multiple formats
and Ultra-Speed CD media.
I/OMagic DEBUTS FIRST OF NEW DUAL FORMAT REWRITABLE DRIVES
4x DVD drive includes Pinnacle Software; users can burn DVDs in all
popular formats.
IOMEGA MAKES 'BACKUP TO DISK AND ARCHIVE TO TAPE' A REALITY
New Iomega NAS Backup bundle solutions, for small and medium-sized
businesses, kick off with two introductory specials available now through
Sept. 26.
LSI LOGIC STORAGE SYSTEMS TURNS UP THE VOLUME
Existing LSI Logic storage technology customers can realize performance
boosts of up to 70 percent by simply upgrading to SANtricity 8.40. Its
firmware enhancements deliver improved IOPS performance to transaction-based
applications and more throughput to bandwidth-intensive applications.
MACRONIX INTRODUCES HIGH-DENSITY 64MB FLASH
These devices with random sector accessibility are ideal solutions for
today's "code-rich" applications such as satellite set-top boxes, advanced
PDAs, networking equipment and high-end servers.
MAXTOR LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION ONETOUCH DRIVE WORLDWIDE
Besides making instant backup copies of files, and/or automated backup
copies, the OneTouch button can be customized to auto-launch applications.
In essence, you can easily transform your Maxtor OneTouch drive into a
digital photo album, music jukebox or digital video player.
PROCOM INTRODUCES NEW MIDRANGE NAS FILER
NetFORCE provides high-performance network storage, with enterprise-class
data management features, at entry-level prices.
SGI TP9300 ADDS MIDRANGE ARRAY TO STORAGE SOLUTION LINE
Key SGI TP9300 features include four 2Gb Fibre Channel host ports,
supporting direct-attached or switched connectivity, and two redundant 2Gb
Fibre Channel drive channels supporting up to 112 drives and more than 16TB
of raw capacity.
TOSHIBA SLIMS DOWN DVD RECORDABLE DRIVES FOR MOBILE USERS
The SD-R6112 slim DVD recordable drive enables mobile users to take
advantage of 2x DVD recording, while the SD-R9012 super slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM
combination drive delivers 16x CD recording speeds in a petite 128 mm x 9.5
mm x 126.1 mm format.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
BiTMICRO NETWORKS TO UNVEIL NEW PARTNER PROGRAM
Program intends to be able to educate, equip and make partners efficient
in selling BITMICRO solutions, equating to higher revenues for partners.
STONEBRIDGE AND ENVISN FORM GO-TO-MARKET PARTNERSHIP
With the agreement, Stonebridge will integrate Envisn's suite of business
intelligence software solutions into its portfolio of BI development tools.
HITACHI MOVES MEDIA MANUFACTURING TO CHINA
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced a three-year initiative to
relocate the majority of its media manufacturing operations from San Jose,
Calif., and Odawara, Japan to its facility in Shenzhen, China.
MCDATA AGREES TO ACQUIRE NISHAN SYSTEMS AND SANERA SYSTEMS
McDATA Corporation announces agreements to acquire Nishan Systems and
Sanera Systems, as well as agreement with Aarohi Communications to provide
technology for McDATA's intelligent switch platforms.
MonoSphere PARTNERS WITH INTRANSA
Joint marketing agreement to dramatically lower the cost of management,
backup and data protection for existing direct-attached storage (DAS)
environments.
nStor REACHES OEM AGREEMENT WITH FORTUNE 500 PC COMPANY
Under terms of the understanding, nStor will provide NexStor 4000 storage
systems that support industry leading, high-performance data throughput,
built upon a fault-tolerant high availability design.
FUJITSU'S SOFTEK ADDS TO CHANNEL PARTNER BASE IN GERMANY
Morse becomes Softek Synergy Partner Program member focusing on key
accounts in banking, insurance, logistics and industry.
SUN, HITACHI EXTEND GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP
The original agreement, signed in August 2001 and now extended through
2006, has enabled both companies to successfully deliver high availability
and high performance end-to-end data centre solutions.
- Enterprise Data Insights
DATA WAREHOUSING AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS
By Chris Worsley, Kalido Group
The principle of gathering corporate data into a single, consistent store
remains perfectly valid, but as businesses are constantly changing, the
practice of traditional data warehousing can prove complex, costly and prone
to failure.
QUANTUM SDLT 320 PROTECTS IMAGES OF TODAY'S DIGITAL CULTURE
The American Museum of the Moving Image is leveraging the power and
capability of the SDLT 320 super tape drive to catalog, preserve and present
their entire collection of moving images.
ARCHITECTURAL FIRM DEPLOYS STORAGE SOLUTION FROM NetApp
By consolidating its storage and reducing its server count by nearly 40
percent, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has gained a total cost of ownership
savings of more than half a million dollars.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Crossroads Systems Reports Third Quarter Results
I/OMagic Increases Bank, Trade Lines To More Than $26 Million
- People & Positions
nStor Elects E. Donald Shapiro To Board, Audit Committee
Qualstar Appoints Federal Sales Manager
Mark Re Joins Seagate As VP Of Advanced Recording Research
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