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- Storage Innovations
BROADCOM ANNOUNCES BREAKTHROUGH CHIP TECHNOLOGY
Broadcom Corp announced a breakthrough chip technology that enables 4.25
Gigabit per second serial transmission in Fibre Channel storage area
networks.
COMPELLENT LAUNCHES STORAGE CENTER
Compellent Technologies announced the launch of Storage Center -- an
integrated, modular storage area network that automates the allocation,
utilization, progression and recovery of data through Compellent's Dynamic
Block Architecture.
GST ANNOUNCES LTO-1, LTO-2 TAPE BACKUP SOLUTIONS
GST Inc, a manufacturer of innovative storage solutions, launched backup
solutions that marry GST's patented intellectual property-based features
with the popular first and second generation Linear Tape Open (LTO) tape
technology.
HITACHI UNVEILS MASSIVE ENTERPRISE HARD DRIVE
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced the Ultrastar 10K300, the
world's first 300GB enterprise hard disk drive. Hitachi's newest 10,000 rpm
hard drive satisfies the requirements of mission-critical storage
applications such as online transaction processing, data analysis and media
streaming.
IBM OFFERS SOLUTION FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Integrating IBM eServer pSeries POWER processor-based servers with IBM
TotalStorage products and new IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Data Retention
software, this system is designed to provide a central point of control to
help manage growing compliance and data retention needs.
PANASONIC LAUNCHES LINE-UP OF miniSD MEMORY CARDS
Measuring just 21.5mm in length by 20mm in width by 1.4mm in thickness and
weighing about a gram, it is the world's smallest flash memory card. The
smaller size is expected to allow for even more dramatic product
miniaturization and will give manufacturers greater design flexibility.
RAIDTEC UNVEILS THIRD-GENERATION FIBRE CHANNEL SAN SOLUTIONS
FibreArray Elite 3000 combines low cost, high capacity SATA disk
technology with high performance Fibre Channel host interfaces and a
complete set of enterprise RAID features and benefits, to provide a highly
cost-effective SAN Storage Solution.
INNOVATION ANNOUNCES NEXT-GENERATION UPSTREAM RESERVOIR
UPSTREAM Reservoir extends the power of UPSTREAM so organizations can now
utilize UPSTREAM either in mixed z/OS mainframe, open systems environments
or entirely non-mainframe environments.
VERITAS SOFTWARE UNVEILS SWEEPING STORAGE MGMT ENHANCEMENTS
VERITAS Software Corp announced the availability of VERITAS Storage
Foundation 4.0, storage management and virtualization software which allows
organizations to gain control of storage complexity by improving utilization
while simplifying the administration of heterogeneous environments.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
DOT HILL SYSTEMS ACQUIRES CHAPARRAL NETWORK STORAGE
The acquisition of Chaparral will enable Dot Hill to increase the amount
of proprietary technology within its storage systems, broaden its product
line and diversify its customer base.
MAXTOR ENTERS INTO STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH TDK/SAE
Under the agreement, the companies will collaborate on the development of
future head technologies, as well as manufacturing and manufacturing
strategies.
SUN MICROSYSTEMS PARTNERS WITH AppIQ
Sun Microsystems and AppIQ Inc announced a strategic partnership that
strengthens Sun's heterogeneous storage management software strategy to
deliver increased choice and flexibility to its customers while lowering
costs and complexity in the data center.
TeraCloud, DPCS ANNOUNCE DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP IN ITALY
DPCS, which has an 11-year history providing complete data management and
service solutions for MVS environments in Italy, will distribute the
SpaceFinder Workbench suite of System 390 and zSeries storage-management
products.
M-SYSTEMS TO DEVELOP REMOVABLE FLASH MEMORY UNITS FOR Xbox
M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd, the developer of the Smart DiskOnKey
platform, has entered into a technology development agreement with Microsoft
Corp. Under the agreement, M-Systems will develop customized memory units
for future Xbox products and services.
XYRATEX ACQUIRES ZT AUTOMATION
The acquisition of ZT Automation confirms Xyratex's continuing commitment
to expand its portfolio of technology and expertise, and offer customers the
new and innovative approaches needed to create more efficient process and
test solutions.
- Enterprise Data Insights
CareGroup TAPS StorageTek REMOTE MANAGE CRITICAL DATA BACKUP
Remote Managed Storage goes beyond TekCare support and maintenance
services for StorageTek products and Enterprise Support Services support and
maintenance for third party equipment to provide consistent, proactive and
predictive management of a company's storage environment.
EOSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM DEPLOYS EMC SOLUTION
By implementing an EMC-based ILM strategy, OSF Healthcare System will meet
its rapidly growing data storage and compliance needs while dramatically
cutting storage costs and improving information availability to speed
decision-making about patient care.
StorageTek SOLUTIONS SEE EARLY ADOPTION IN HEALTH CARE
Health care customers worldwide have selected StorageTek to store,
retrieve and manage their tiered information in a cost-effective and
efficient manner.
SURVEY SHOWS #1 MGRS CONCERN - DATA SECURITY
A survey conducted by The Emmes Group indicated that although the majority
of respondents believe that threats against the integrity and
confidentiality of stored data to be the top concern, many are unprotected
or are uncertain what measures their companies are taking to secure their
data-at-rest.
THIC ORGANIZATION CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
The incorporation of THIC grew out of a need to bring together users,
researchers and vendors of advanced tape recording technologies to
communicate new technology approaches and address industry-wide issues.
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
LSI Logic Makes Grade With SNIA Storage Management Forum
Exabyte Adds To Management Team, Board Of Directors
SNIA Appoints Industry Veteran To Expand Education Programs
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- LSI LAUNCHES DUAL-CHANNEL ULTRA320 PCI-X SCSI RAID SOLUTION
- LSI LOGIC PCI MegaRAID TECHNOLOGY ENABLES FSC ROMB SOLUTIONS
- MARVELL INTRODUCES SATA II PORT MULTIPLIER, PORT SELECTOR
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