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- Storage Innovations
APPLE'S NEW RAID STORAGE SYSTEM
The Xserve RAID storage system, a 3U high-availability, rack storage
system, delivers a massive 3.5 terabytes of storage capacity, blazing
performance of up to 210 MBps throughput and the industry's most aggressive
price for storage of just over $3 per gigabyte.
CMS DEBUTS PREMIER BACKUP, DISASTER RECOVERY SOFTWARE
For under $100, BounceBack Professional users can safeguard their data and
applications from theft, loss, viruses or complete hard drive failure. The
software is compatible with any type of hard drive configuration including
internal and external drives.
CORNICE INTRODUCES NEW 2.0-GIGABYTE STORAGE ELEMENT
Cornice Inc, an innovator in compact, high-capacity storage, introduced
the 2.0-gigabyte Cornice Storage Element -- a storage device for use in
consumer electronics, portable devices and other applications that demand
large amounts of reliable, inexpensive storage in a small space and at the
lowest cost.
FirewireDirect: NEW 2Gb FIBRE CHANNEL RAID STORAGE SOLUTIONS
The new Vanguard Ultra Elite Fibre System will support any platform with
Fibre storage support and can deliver blistering 200 MB/s dual loop fibre
throughputs in a space efficient 3U rackmount system.
FUJITSU INTRODUCES FIRST 2.5-INCH SATA HARD DISK DRIVE
The new Fujitsu hard disk drive will be among the world's smallest,
fastest and most efficient hard disk drives available today, enabling
innovation and improvements in everything from laptop and notebook
computers, to other platforms and applications.
HITACHI SETS STANDARD FOR ENTERPRISE HARD DRIVE PERFORMANCE
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST)announced that it has
completed a successful 4Gbps Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FCAL) data
transfer between two fully integrated hard drive controllers.
INFINEON ROLLING OUT FIRST FLASH MEMORY CHIPS
Infineon aims by 2007 to become the third-largest maker of the
fast-growing NAND type of flash memory chips, popular in camera phones and
music players to store photos or songs.
InoStor LAUNCHES NEW LTO ULTRIUM TAPE DRIVES AND AUTOLOADERS
InoStor, a Tandberg Data Company, announced that it has expanded its line
of tape-based drives and autoloaders. Available this month, the company has
added two new LTO-based tape drives and three new LTO-based autoloaders.
IOMEGA UNVEILS PORTABLE STORAGE FOR NEW GENERATION OF DEVICES
Iomega Digital Capture Technology (DCT) enables future consumer
electronics products to use matchbook-sized 1.5GB disks for storage.
KANO INTRODUCES FIRST DOUBLE-SIDED DVD+R MEDIA
Kano teamed with Verbatim to develop ArchivMedia DVD+R DS media for use
with Kano XFiniti optical libraries. However, it is also compatible with all
DVD+ recorders and players. ArchivMedia will be manufactured by Verbatim for
Kano.
GS MAGICSTOR UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING 1-INCH HDD
GS Magicstor Inc introduced its new series of 1-inch Hard Disk Drives
(HDDs) with storage capacities up to 4.8GB, the largest capacity available
in the 1-inch form factor. This exciting new product launch affirms GS
Magicstor's leading position as a global pioneer in 1-inch HDD technology.
MaXXaN ENHANCES INTELLIGENT FABRIC STORAGE SOLUTIONS
MaXXan Systems Inc announced a significant enhancement of its intelligent
fabric systems with the availability of FalconStor's IPStor 4.0 software
suite.
PERSONAL SERVER OFFERS PAINLESS BACKUP
Anyone with a few networked computers at home or in a home office should
take a serious look at the Mirra. Just hook it up to your network, select
what you want to back up, and walk away.
OLIXIR TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCHES BACKUP-TO-PORTABLE DISK SOLUTION
Designed as a faster, more reliable alternative to midrange tape backup
systems, Olixir's Mobile DataVault FastRestore SE is more cost-effective and
versatile than mainstream Digital Linear Tape (DLT), Linear Tape Open (LTO)
and Advanced Intelligent Type (AIT) tape-based technologies.
OWC INTRODUCES MERCURY ON-THE-GO PORTABLE FIREWIRE SOLUTIONS
Immediately available online through OWC, the 80GB 5400RPM Mercury
On-The-Go drives feature an 8MB data buffer and are available with either a
FireWire only interface for $349.97 or with both FireWire and USB 2.0
interfaces for $359.97.
PDC ANNOUNCES USB2.0 HIGH SPEED FLASH DRIVE PRODUCTS
For PDC's USB2.0 Flash Drive, the read speed resulted over 14.5MBps. and
write speed resulted over 12.1MBps, making PDC's product to be the fastest
USB Flash Drive available in the market place.
VERBATIM TO DELIVER DOUBLE-LAYER DVD+R DISCS
The new 2.4x DataLifePlus media nearly doubles the storage capacity on DVD
recordable discs from 4.7GB to 8.5GB on a single side while maintaining
compatibility with existing DVD video players and DVD-ROM drives.
WESTERN DIGITAL INTRODUCES NEW MEDIA CENTER
The Media Center combines a 250GB WD Caviar SE hard drive, an 8-in-1
memory card reader, USB 2.0 hub and the company's exclusive Dual-option
Backup feature in one convenient external storage device.
XIMETA ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF NetDisk MINI
Using XIMETA's own NDAS technology, NetDisk Mini provides a portable
storage solution that combines a compact design with high performance,
reliability, security and versatility.
CNT ADDS IBM XRC FICON SUPPORT TO UltraNet STORAGE DIRECTOR
The combination of CNT's FC/9000 FC/FICON Director and its professional
services expertise allows the company to provide customers with complete
solutions to migrate from ESCON to FICON, including remote applications.
ZORAN ANNOUNCES THIRD GENERATION DVD RECORDING PLATFORM
Zoran Corp announced a new single-board DVD recording platform, developed
in cooperation with SANYO Semiconductor Company, enables OEMs to introduce
sub-$200 DVD recorders in 2004.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
ARKEIA, RAID INC PARTNER TO PROVIDE COMPLETE STORAGE SOLUTION
The agreement reaffirms Arkeia's commitment to offering enterprise network
backup solutions that take advantage of high-performance SAN and RAID
installations.
DOT HILL EXPANDS MANUFACTURING TO SOLECTRON EUROPEAN SITE
Solectron will now manufacture, assemble and test Dot Hill's products in
its Budapest, Hungary facility, as well as its sites in Milpitas, Calif.,
and Penang, Malaysia. Dot Hill chose the Budapest facility to better serve
its growing European customer base.
iQstor SIGNS RESELLER AGREEMENT WITH eXacube SYSTEMS INC
This agreement allows eXacube to supply the Korean market with feature
rich and cost effective SAN solutions for the regional small to mid-sized
businesses and enterprises.
M-SYSTEMS, SAMSUNG SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT
Under the agreement, M-Systems has granted a license to its patents to
Samsung for licensing fees and a certain allocation of NAND flash memory at
favorable terms.
SEAGATE APPOINTS ASI NEW DISTRIBUTOR IN AMERICAS
ASI offers a complete product line that primarily focuses on solutions for
small-and-medium-size business value-added resellers (VARs) and systems
integrators. ASI serves over 10,000 value-added resellers throughout North
America, who in turn sell to end-users.
SPECTRA LOGIC, FEDERAL EDGE TO INCREASE WEST COAST FOCUS
Spectra Logic has signed a value added reseller (VAR) agreement with
Riverside, Calif.-based Federal Edge to address growth and increase its
already solid government focus for the West Coast.
- Enterprise Data Insights
OPEN-SOURCE DATABASES GAINING FAVOR
Usage of MySQL for developing applications rose 30 percent over the past
year, while usage of Microsoft's SQL Server and Access databases increased 6
percent, according to the survey of 550 developers conducted last month.
NEW DVD-COPYING DEVICE PUSHES PIRACY ISSUE IN HOLLYWOOD
Archos SA, a small French company, has developed a gadget, similar in size
to a large Palm Pilot, which records and plays back movies, television shows
and digital photos either on its screen or on a television screen. The
product is comparable to an Apple iPod, and has sold 100,000 units thus far.
RAM PROMOTION GROUP SHOWCASES FORMAT ADVANTAGES AT CES 2004
New products introduced range from sleek DVD recorders with built-in hard
drives, to multi-function PC drives and handheld camcorders that bring
DVD-RAM into all aspects of the digital lifestyle.
SD LEADS FLASH MEMORY INDUSTRY INTO 2004
This year, new product offerings -- from such leading companies as
Panasonic, Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and others -- underscore the great
strides made by the SD Memory Card in 2003.
LEADING STORAGE TECH COMPANIES JOIN iSCSI 'PLUGFEST'
The technology "plugfest," open to all companies in the storage industry,
will put the data storage standard known as iSCSI through its paces and
allow the vendors building it into commercial devices to test their products
against sophisticated reference tools and against each other.
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
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- People & Positions
Adaptec Appoints D. Scott Mercer To Board Of Directors
Hyperion Names Goldfield Sr. VP of Worldwide Field Operations
StorageTek Announces Key Executive Additions, Promotions
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