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- Storage Innovations
ALACRITECH SHIPS SES1001 iSCSI ACCELERATOR
The Alacritech SES1001 iSCSI Accelerator uses the company's proven SLIC
Technology architecture to deliver unmatched iSCSI performance and
efficiency.
BROADCOM ENABLES PERSONAL STORAGE WITH NAS ON-A-CHIP SOLUTION
An advanced software suite and very high levels of component integration
mean that storage products based on the Broadcom BCM4780 NASoC controller
can achieve new levels of cost and ease of use.
CARNEGIE MELLON DEVELOPS SENSOR TO DETECT HARD DRIVE FAILURES
The Carnegie Mellon Critter Temperature Sensor, which attaches to a user's
desktop computer, is being deployed across campus to monitor the working
environment of university computers.
StorageCraft RELEASES ColdSnap
ColdSnap makes it possible for a system to be backed up with all the
advantages of cold state imaging, including the same consistency and
reliability.
DATARAM DOUBLES MEMORY OF SUN FIRE V440 TO 32GB
The upgrade, DRS240/4096, which doubles the current maximum memory
capacity from 16GB to 32GB, is not currently offered by Sun.
EXANET INTRODUCES Exastore 2.0 WITH EXPANDED FEATURE SET
ExaStore uses standard NAS protocols and provides easy file sharing for
all applications across virtually every system platform, including Apple,
Windows, UNIX and Linux.
KASTEN CHASE RELEASES ASSURENCY CIPHERSHARET 3.0
Assurency CipherShare 3.0 combines "anytime, anywhere" information access,
document management features, optimized file sharing, real-time
communication and robust data security.
LSI LOGIC INTRODUCES FC CONTROLLER WITH DATA INTEGRITY FIELD
With the new Data Integrity Field (DIF), users gain increased system
reliability with an extra level of end-to-end protection by appending the
DIF to block level data allowing integrity checks at each node of a system
for enhanced data protection and system debug capability.
MaXXan ANNOUNCES NEW VIRTUAL TAPE SYSTEMS
MaXXan's new SVT100 and SVT200 virtual tape systems leverage the company's
innovative intelligent fabric architecture to deploy a disk-to-disk-to-tape
solution that minimizes the cost of enterprise storage by utilizing existing
backup servers and software.
RAINFINITY GridSwitch EXTENDS TRANSPARENT DATA MOVEMENT
GridSwitch plugs into existing SRM consoles to expand monitoring and
reporting functions for transparent data movement. The flexible solution
supports IP-based storage networks including NAS, Windows and UNIX file
servers.
SANRAD ADDS ENTERPRISE STORAGE SERVICES TO V-SWITCH IP SAN
The latest StoragePro enhancements for the V-Switch family provide new
data duplication and protection features, advanced security and discovery
options and improve the industry standard for ease of use.
STORABILITY SOFTWARE AWARDED PATENT FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENT
Storability Software, a leading provider of enterprise storage resource
management solutions, has been awarded a patent for Global Storage Manager's
unique architecture and data collection and aggregation methodology.
TAEC ENHANCES FCRAM LINE WITH INDUSTRIAL TEMP. MEMORY ICs
The new memory integrated circuits (ICs) were developed by Toshiba Corp
(Toshiba) in response to network equipment OEM demand for high-performance
memory devices to support network equipment deployed in the field that
requires a wider operating temperature range.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
AMCC ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE 3WARE
Under the terms of the agreement, AMCC will acquire all outstanding shares
of 3ware for approximately $150 million in cash and will assume stock
options based on an exchange ratio to be determined at closing.
ASCENTIAL SOFTWARE, KALIDO FORM ALLIANCE
The benefits of the joint solution include accelerating time to
implementation, reducing total lifetime cost, and lowering risk. In
addition, the offerings from Ascential Software and Kalido complement and
interoperate with the market's leading business intelligence tools.
CSI ACQUIRES DeLeeuw ASSOCIATES
Conversion Services International Inc (CSI), a leading provider of
management consulting, business intelligence and data warehousing services
and solutions for Global 1000 and other businesses, announced that it has
acquired DeLeeuw Associates Inc. The terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.
SONY, DELL, WAL-MART ACCUSED OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT
Accused of patent infringement were Sony Corp, Eastman Kodak, Dell Corp,
Acer Inc, ASUS Computer International, Iomega Corp, LG Electronics, Lite-On
Technology Corp, Memorex Products Inc and TEAC Corp. Wal-Mart also was
charged as a retailer selling infringing products.
TACIT NETWORKS ACQUIRES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF AttachStor
AttachStor's technology solves the core problems of attachment storage and
access for enterprise e-mail systems such as Microsoft Exchange.
- Enterprise Data Insights
GERMAN PUBLIC UTILITIES FIRM IMPLEMENTS SANsymphony
DataCore Software announced Duisburger Versorgungs-und
Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (DVV) has chosen DataCore's software-based storage
solution for the further expansion of its storage area network (SAN).
DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH FOR SAN MARKET LED BY MODULAR SWITCHES
According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, sales of
Storage Area Network Fibre Channel (FC) Switches and Host Bus Adapters
(HBAs) grew 11 percent Q/Q in 4Q03 to $496 million, for the full-year 2003
sales were $1.8 billion.
DVD FORUM 'APPROVES' REWRITEABLE HD-DVD SPECIFICATION
The approved/not approved specification details a standard-sized,
single-sided disc that can hold up to 20GB of data. Today's DVDs, by
contrast, hold up to 4.7GB per side.
LightSand RECEIVES FIRST TSP CERTIFICATION FROM IBM
LightSand, a leading provider of storage connectivity products, announced
that it has received the first test confirmation ever granted by IBM for
extending IBM's San Volume Controller (SVC) over distance.
LSI LOGIC COMPLETES SAS DEMOS WITH INDUSTRY-LEADING OEMs
Building momentum with the first-ever Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Plugfest,
LSI Logic Corp extends its first-to-market storage leadership by completing
a first round of product interoperability demonstrations with five of the
industry's leading storage market OEMs.
ORACLE DATABASE 10g ON LINUX SETS WORLD RECORD
Oracle Corp announced a world record TPC-H 3TB benchmark result for Oracle
Running on an eight-node cluster of industry-standard HP ProLiant DL740
servers, each with four Intel Xeon 3.0GHz processors on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux v. 3, Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters
achieved 22,387.9 QphH@3000GB at an unmatched price performance of
$93/QphH@3000GB.
SGI CHOSEN FOR STORAGE AREA BACKUP, RECOVERY ENGINE PROJECT
Partners working on the SABRE project include SGI, Atempo and StorageTek
who will provide the underpinning technology, including an SGI Origin 350
server and SGI InfiniteStorage TP9500 RAID storage array designed to
significantly reduce back-up times.
SUN CERTIFIES QLogic SANblade HOST BUS ADAPTERS
QLogic Corp announced that its SANblade 2340 Series will support the
Solaris 9 Operating System (OS), SPARC and x86 Platform Editions.
Additionally, its SANblade 2340 family of single and dual port Fibre Channel
host bus adapters (HBAs) has received Solaris Ready Certification from Sun
Microsystems Inc.
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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Short Takes
- Financial Watch
SDLTtape Drive Shipments In Automation Increase By 36 Percent
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