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Features
- Storage Innovations
ADIC SHIPS INNOVATIVE DISK-BASED BACKUP SOLUTION
Pathlight VX gives enterprise IT departments disk performance and RAID
reliability without requiring changes in how they backup, restore and
preserve their data.
ARKEIA ANNOUNCES CERTIFICATIONS FOR MAJOR LINUX PLATFORMS
Arkeia Corp announced that the just-released version 5.2 of its flagship
enterprise software program has passed certification processes for the most
widely used commercial Linux distributions.
AVNET HALL-MARK EXPANDS RESELLER ASSESSMENT CAPABILITIES
Avnet Hall-Mark, a value-added distributor of enterprise servers, storage,
software and services, announced it has expanded its Networked Storage
Advisor service to offer regionally deployed storage assessments conducted
by Avnet Hall-Mark technical consultants on behalf of resellers.
BakBone STRENGTHENS GLOBAL LINUX ADVANTAGE
Building on its commitment to and support of Linux for the enterprise,
BakBone Software unveiled the Linux Advantage, a worldwide initiative
supporting the industry's leading Linux distributors.
KANO INTROS SUPER-FAST 8X DUAL-FORMAT DVD+RW/R FOR MACS, PCs
A complete storage solution, with a capacity of 4.7GB per DVD, the
K8Xtreme is the perfect choice for video and audio archiving, and data
backup and archiving. The new drive is available now in three versions: an
internal model for PCs, and external models for PCs and Macs.
LINKSYS NAS DEVICE ADDS 120GB OF CAPACITY TO SMALL NETWORKS
The new Linksys network storage appliance offers 120GB of IDE hard drive
storage space in a new sleek silver design that stands upright for small
spaces or lays flat on the desktop.
NEC DEVELOPS COMBO DRIVE FOR NEXT-GENERATION, CURRENT DVDs
NEC said it expects to launch a commercial product sometime in 2005, but
that the timing of its rollout would depend on the amount of next-generation
DVD content available at the time. The first products will likely be used in
PCs, NEC said.
PACIFIC DIGITAL EXPANDS WITH 8X MULTI+/-FORMAT DVD BURNER
A complete solution for data backup, storage and distribution, the new
drive can be used for everything from sharing films and music to archiving
4.7GB of content on one DVD disc.
SANRAD JOINS NEXSAN STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS PROGRAM
The SANRAD/Nexsan partnership will result in a product ideal for resellers
that deliver complete iSCSI data management solutions, and will carry a
"Nexsan certified" designation as an indication of its quality when it joins
Nexsan's award-winning family of products.
SPIRENT DELIVERS STORAGE TEST SOLUTION IN TIME FOR HOLIDAYS
Spirent Communications announced a new Block Storage Tester that expands
its multi-protocol storage testing capabilities to include a single,
integrated tool that measures Internet SCSI and fibre channel performance of
network switches and storage devices.
TEAC INTRODUCES 8X DVD+R/RW DESKTOP DVD RECORDER DRIVE
TEAC, a premier manufacturer of Computer Storage Peripherals including
CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, Internal and USB Floppy Drives and DVD-Recorder
storage technology, announced the launch of its new DV-W58E DVD+R/+RW
DVD-Recorder drive, an 8X DVD+R/RW IDE/ATAPI DVD-Recorder drive.
TOSHIBA DEVELOPS TINY DISK FOR PHONES
Toshiba Corp has developed a hard disk drive about the size of a nickel
that can be used to store music and video in mobile phones and other
portable gadgets.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
EMC DELVES FURTHER INTO SOFTWARE MARKET with VMware PURCHASE
The company has been working toward less dependency on storage systems
while increasing reliance on software as a result of the waning
profitability of hardware.
GDA TECHNOLOGIES SELECTED BY QLOGIC FOR PCI EXPRESS CORES
The GDA PCI Express Controller core, called GPEX, is integrated into
QLogic Fiber Channel and iSCSI products for storage area networks. GPEX is a
highly configurable core that is optimized for link utilization, latency,
reliability and silicon footprint for both ASIC and FPGA implementations.
NetIQ, WebSideStory SIGN CROSS-LICENSING AGREEMENT
NetIQ Corp, a leading software vendor in Web analytics with its WebTrends
solutions, and WebSideStory Inc, a leading application service provider in
Web analytics with its HitBox solutions, announced they have signed a
far-reaching cross-license agreement.
NEXSAN SECURES $17 MILLION FINANCING
Nexsan Technologies, a leader in innovative storage solutions, announced
that it has secured $17 million in venture capital funding, led by
VantagePoint Venture Partners, one of the most active investors in the
industry with more than $2.5 billion in capital under management.
QLogic, HITACHI TO DELIVER CERTIFIED ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
Hitachi Data Systems will resell and support QLogic HBA's in multiple
storage networking solutions and operating environments, including Windows,
Solaris and Linux.
StorageTek SIGNS GLOBAL OEM AGREEMENT W/ FRONT PORCH DIGITAL
In addition, StorageTek is now authorized to provide customer support,
professional services, implementation services, and product updates in
connection with the DIVArchive software for its customers worldwide.
- Enterprise Data Insights
BakBone ANNOUNCES SUPPORT OF 64-BIT LINUX SGI ALTIX SERVERS
BakBone's support for the SGI Altix system provides superior data
protection on Linux within mission-critical and high-performance computing
(HPC) environments such as bioinformatics, manufacturing and national
defense.
A RADICAL VIEW ON STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION
By Dick Benton, Senior Consultant, GlassHouse Technologies
Not so long ago, nearly every industry publication carried an article or
two in each issue on virtualization's promise. What is the current state of
the art and what problem does this technology really solve?
HARD DISKS BOOST DVD RECORDER GROWTH
Digital video disc (DVD) recorders armed with hard disk drives are at the
heart of a digital electronics boom sweeping Japan and, if consumers can
overlook their hefty price tags, they may soon replace the 50 million VCRs a
year being sold globally.
EMP DEPLOYS 15TB OF ISILON IQ TO STORE, DELIVER DIGITAL MUSIC
EMP has purchased and installed Isilon IQ to store terabytes of audio,
video, images and graphical content used throughout EMP every day - enough
total music and video to fill more than 19,000 physical CDs.
iSCSI READY FOR PRIME TIME
By Ryo Koyama
With the emergence of iSCSI and Dynamic Storage, the DAS industry is about
to evolve in a big way.
ANALYST SEES TRANSACTIONAL TO ANALYTICS-BASED SYSTEMS SHIFT
In his report "Business Intelligence and Analytical Applications: What
Gets Measured, Gets Done," U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Senior Software
Applications Analyst Tad W. Piper examines the drivers causing growth in the
business intelligence and analytical applications industry.
SELF-ASSEMBLED 'NANORINGS' COULD BOOST COMPUTER MEMORY
A Purdue University research team has found a way to create tiny magnetic
rings, less than 100 nanometers across, from particles made of cobalt. These
"nanorings" form all on their own, a process commonly known as
self-assembly.
SERVER PERFORMANCE TOP REASON FOR E-MAIL ARCHIVING
Why are companies archiving e-mail? A survey by C2C Systems and Osterman
Research Inc finds that 59 percent of respondents using Microsoft Exchange
are archiving to reduce server loads and improve system efficiency.
TEXAS MEMORY SYSTEMS NOW STORAGE PERFORMANCE COUNCIL MEMBER
The SPC is a vendor-neutral standards body founded to define, standardize,
and promote storage subsystem benchmarks as well as to disseminate
objective, verifiable performance data to the computer industry and its
customers.
KEEPING FOUND THINGS FOUND: WEB, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS MESH
Getting online is the easy part, finding a useful Web page is a bit harder
-- keeping track of a useful Web page is another issue altogether.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Cognos Reports Record Third Quarter Revenue And Earnings
- People & Positions
McDATA Announces New VP, GM Of Asia/Pacific Region
CALL FOR SPEAKERS
GRID TODAY 2004 (Gt04) -- the first major conference and exhibition
to focus on the emerging market for commercial business
applications of Grid computing, has issued a Call for Speakers
We are looking for high-level speakers from
commercial organizations to speak on
applications and implementation of Grid computing
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