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Features
- Storage Innovations
DOT HILL UPS BENEFITS OF ITS STORAGE SOFTWARE SUITE
The software has been enhanced with powerful new features to complement
Dot Hill's SANnet II family of storage systems. Both SANpath and SANscape
remain backwards compatible with the original SANnet product line and are
available for popular open systems platforms, including Windows, Linux and
Unix.
EMC UNVEILS POWERFUL NEW OPEN MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
The Visual family of open software enables administrators to get more out
of their storage assets by centralizing management, improving capacity
utilization and automating previously burdensome storage resource management
(SRM) and storage area network (SAN) management tasks.

FORWARD SOLUTIONS UNVEILS PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTING SYSTEM
Migo plugs into a PC USB port, captures a user's entire PC environment and
replicates that personal desktop on any other compatible Windows-based
computer anywhere in the world.
ISSI ANNOUNCES FAMILY OF 128Mb SYNCHRONOUS DRAMS
Available in 16Mx8, 8Mx16 and 4Mx32 configurations, these 3.3V devices
feature 64ms refresh periods and are targeted to support industrial grade
applications.

SMARTCAPS TAKES USB FLASH DRIVE BEYOND THE PC
A DiskOnKey storage unit will work with a myriad of SmartCaps' peripherals
that could possibly include a digital camera, voice recorder or MP3 player,
eliminating the need for more multiple storage solutions.

PROCOM'S iSponsor PORTAL INTERFACE CERTIFIED CA SMART
CA Smart solutions are certified to integrate seamlessly with CA's
industry-leading technologies, providing customers with substantial and
immediate business benefits.

UNITRENDS, LSI COLLABORATE, DELIVER DATA PROTECTION VAULT
The DPV, which scales to protect up to 17 terabytes of data, is a
disk-based data repository that enables businesses to safeguard an unlimited
number of networked systems at multiple locations.

- Enterprise Data Insights
NEWMONT AUSTRALIA STRIKES GOLD WITH DataCore SANsymphony
Newmont Australia now manages four terabytes of IBM FAStT700 disks in a
demanding SAP/Oracle environment with improved disk utilization rates
reaching 77 percent, saving the IT staff time, resources and budget.
DIG. ENTERTAINMENT DRIVES UP STORAGE DEMAND
This year, In-Stat/MDR estimates that consumer electronics with integrated
hard drives will represent about 7 percent of the total hard drive market,
which is nearly double that of 2002. The market is forecasted to grow from
9.3 million units in 2002 to about 16.7 million units this year.

SUPER BROADCAST SOLUTION KEEPS MTV EUROPE ON CUTTING EDGE
IBM, Sagitta and Pinnacle Systems announced that MTV Networks Europe will
be one of the first networks to implement a new super-digital broadcast
solution that will allow them to reduce the production process and "time to
air" by more than 30 percent.

TERADATA CREATES DATA WAREHOUSE FOR FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
Windber Research Institute has chosen Teradata to create the first and
only central data warehouse where molecular and clinical information is
being assembled and seamlessly integrated in a single data warehouse to help
find the cause of breast and other forms of cancer.
SAS CUSTOMERS ACCESS DATA ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
An IDC report published in August 2003 report titled, "Worldwide Data
Warehousing Tools Forecast and Analysis, 2003-2007," noted that SAS
continues to lead in the data warehouse access tools market.

VHA EXPANDS AGREEMENT WITH IBM
VHA Inc has expanded its agreement with IBM to offer storage products,
additional servers, and Cisco hardware and maintenance services to VHA's
nationwide network of 2,200 community-owned health care organizations.

Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Dot Hill Announces Exercise Of Over-Allotment Option
DataCore Opens New Sales Office In Taiwan
Emulex Repurchases Of $93.9 Million In Convertible Notes
Intel Invests $450 Million In Micron To Boost DDR2 Share
SanDisk Announces Pricing Of Common Stock Offering
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