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- Storage Innovations
SEAGATE, LSI DEMO 2.5-INCH SAS DUAL-PORT DRIVES AT 3Gb/s
Seagate Technology and LSI Logic announced they will showcase the
industry's first public demonstration of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
dual-port and 3Gb/s transfer rates using the world's first 2.5-inch
enterprise disc drives and LSI Logic SAS1064 controller ICs.
EMC UPGRADES DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS ACROSS BOARD
With the latest upgrades, EMC said it accelerated the time it takes to
bring new products to market. This is an important factor because the need
for storage capacity increases as computer users store more of their
documents, pictures and entertainment digitally.
FilesAnywhere ANNOUNCES MONITORING FOR WEB-BASED STORAGE
Online file storage provider FilesAnywhere.com announced a new set of
features today that will allow any user to track how files are being
accessed from shared folders. File History Tracking is a feature now
available to all subscribers of the FilesAnywhere service, including free
users.
LEXAR MEDIA ANNOUNCES ENHANCED MEMORY STICK MEDIA
Available this spring in capacities of 64MB, 128MB and 256MB (total
128MBx2), the enhanced Memory Stick delivers data read speeds that are up to
four times faster than current cards, when used with compatible (4-pin
parallel), high-speed Memory Stick-enabled devices.
InoStor PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DATA AVAILABILITY, SECURITY
iRep, InoStor's integrated replication, is now featured in its line of
Network Attached Storage solutions. It provides efficient and reliable
periodic synchronization of file data with other InoStor NAS appliances over
Internet Protocol networks.
InPhase DEVELOPS BLUE LASER HOLOGRAPHIC MEDIA
This breakthrough blue wavelength media will be used in holographic
recorders and players that will have terabytes of capacity on a single disc.
IPR LAUNCHES OptiGuard WITH NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY
OptiGuard takes full advantage of the latest electronic archiving
technologies to bring organizations a powerful, cost-competitive alternative
to traditional tape, microfiche and paper archiving solutions.
LEXAR MEDIA ANNOUNCES 1GB SECURE DIGITAL MEMORY CARDS
Lexar's new larger capacity Secure Digital card allows users of SD
compatible devices to capture more digital pictures, store more digital
video, and listen to MP3s for longer periods of time.
LSI LOGIC IMPROVES BACKUP RECOVERY TIME, RELIABILITY
LogicStor Solutions Program combines the company's new Serial ATA (SATA)
technology with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and AIX to restore data faster,
reduce backup times and improve backup reliability.
PALMCHIP INTRODUCES NEXT-GEN. STORAGE CONNECTIVITY IP CORE
The StorSelect DS product integrates IDE Ultra ATA, PCMCIA, Compact Flash
and Compact Flash-Plus functions into a single core. With DriveSelect
technology, designers can make chips that work with virtually any type of
storage media whether magnetic, flash or optical.
PNY INTRODUCES OPTIMA SECURE DIGITAL, OPTIMA CF CARDS
Announced today at PMA, PNY's new Optima SD and CF cards store digital
information at blazing, sustained write speeds of up to 5 (33X) and 6 (40X)
MB/s, respectively.
PRETEC DEMONSTRATES 80X CHEETAH CompactFlash CARD
With write speed more than double the leading brand's high speed CF card
in the market today, users of Pretec CF cards can enjoy the exciting
multimedia experience in applications such as high resolution digital
cameras, where faster write speed means lower set-up time between pictures.
REAL-STORAGE ANNOUNCES COST EFFECTIVE IP STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Built from the ground up with the best of the best components, including
APC, Nexsan and Sanrad, Real Storage offers a complete, end-to-end scalable
IP storage solution.
SanDisk EXTREME, ULTRA II CompactFlash CARDS AVAILABLE
SanDisk Extreme and SanDisk Ultra II cards are targeted primarily at the
professional digital camera and "prosumer" market where 4 megapixel or
higher resolution digital cameras require significantly faster digital film
cards. Each card features a minimum write speed of 9MB/s and a minimum read
speed of 10MB/s.
SimpleTech ANNOUNCES 8GB FLASH CARD W/ 10MB/s WRITE SPEED
Delivering a breakthrough write speed of up to 10MB/s, SimpleTech's ProX
CompactFlash cards enable images to be saved faster to the CompactFlash card
and significantly reduces the wait time between digital photography shots.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
BROADCOM ACQUIRES PATENT PORTFOLIO FROM CIRRUS LOGIC
Broadcom acquired United States and foreign patents and patent
applications from a larger portfolio held by Cirrus Logic that covers many
fundamental innovations in the magnetic and optical storage areas, including
read channel and hard disk controller technologies.
CommVault INKS OEM DEAL WITH StoneFly FOR IP SAN-BASED BACKUP
Under the terms of the agreement, StoneFly will develop a turnkey
disk-based backup and recovery solution to offer simple and cost- effective
data protection tailored for IP SAN environments.
KASHYA LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE CHANNEL PROGRAM
The Kashya K-Partner program offers end users an extensive network of
local as well as global data protection solution providers who have the
expertise, resources and products to deliver complete mid-range to
enterprise data protection solutions.
NETWORK ENGINES, MTI DELIVER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OFFERINGS
The services include expert installation and configuration of backup
solutions hardware and software products with emphasis on adhering to best
practices for efficient topology design while identifying and avoiding
single points-of-failure, performance bottlenecks and growth limiters.
SAND TECHNOLOGY, SPSS ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN COLLABORATION
SAND Technology Inc and SPSS have announced plans to cooperate more
closely in Germany and Austria.
SONY ENHANCES CHANNEL PROGRAM FOR AIT TAPE SOLUTIONS
Coupled with investments in advertising, the goal of the program is to
provide resellers with the necessary marketing, sales and service support
required to grow AIT storage solutions business.
IBM TO DISTRIBUTE TeraCloud SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE
IBM designed SystemPac to help customers in planning, installation,
customization, exploitation and maintenance of their z/OS and z/OS.e
systems. These program offerings also offer IBM customers the opportunity to
integrate IBM and third party software.
- Enterprise Data Insights
FCIA ANNOUNCES SANmark QUALIFIED TEST PROVIDER PROGRAM
Successful SANmark testing permits manufacturers to use the SANmark
trademark on their Fibre Channel products, signifying that they meet the
highest industry standards for functionality and interoperability.
SGI InfiniteStorage GAINS MOMENTUM
As media companies create and convert more of their content into digital
formats and transition their facilities to datacentric IT infrastructures to
manage the growing amount of content data, many are purchasing SGI
InfiniteStorage solutions.
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
- Hardware
Agere Offers Multiple Sources Of High-Performing DRAM Chips
Fujitsu Bolsters Hard Disk Drive Market Presence
Gateway Fastest Growing Among Top 15 Volume Server Vendors
Lexar CompactFlash Cards Used, Endorsed By Sports Illustrated
Quantum Ships Storage Automation Libraries W/ SDLT 600 Drives
SimpleTech Introduces 160GB, 250GB SimpleDrive Hard Drives
Texas Memory Systems, Sun Certify Ramsan-320 Solid State Disk
- Apps & Analytics
Attunity CDC Provides Right-Time Data Access, Movement
Robeco USA Leverages FalconStor For Continuity, Recovery
IXOS, Open Text Unveil IXOS 6
Mobius Announces ViewDirect TCM With New EMC Centera API
NEON, DataFlux To Provide Mainframe Data Management Solution
Sun, Informatica Adopt Java System Pricing For PowerAnalyzer
VERITAS Extends Adv. Data Protection To Mid-Size Enterprises
- Storage
Aplus.Net Deploys Enhanced Online File Storage Service
Avnet Hall-Mark Helps Resellers Maximize Opportunities
Dell Raises Bar For Performance, Capacity
MTI Offers Solutions, Services For EMC CLARiiON CX Systems
SanDisk Appoints Euro RSCG San Francisco Agency Of Record
- Networking
Maxtor SAS HD Does 3Gb/s Data Transfer W/ Dual Port Operation
McDATA Solutions 'Underwrite' Insurance Company's Data
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- Financial Watch
Brocade Reports First Quarter Of Fiscal 2004 Results
3PAR Secures $32 Million In Financing
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