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- Storage Innovations
IOMEGA, MICROLITE REVOLUTIONIZE LINUX BACKUP
Microlite Corp supports the new Iomega REV drive for use as a backup and
disaster recovery storage device under the Linux operating environment.
Microlite BackupEDGE detects and supports the Iomega REV drive on all
current Linux distributions with no special device drivers required.
ARKEIA BACKUP SOLUTIONS EXPAND PROTECTION OF MySQL DATABASES
The MySQL plug-in is easily installed and configured with databases and
table backup selected via the convenient Arkeia GUI navigator. Backup can be
defined up to the table level and the plug-in is compatible with all table
formats handled by MySQL.
EMULEX MultiPulse AVAILABLE FOR IBM eServer pSeries SERVERS
Emulex Corp announced availability of the Emulex MultiPulse HBA
load-balancing and failover technology in conjunction with its centralized
management framework, HBAnyware, for use with IBM eServer pSeries systems
running Linux.
IOMEGA LAUNCHES LINE OF HIGH-CAPACITY DEVICES
The computer storage company, best known for its "Zip" drives, said it was
shipping the REV drive and related REV disks, which can store 35GB of data
or more, using compression software.
MARSYS DELIVERS BUSINESS CONTINUITY WITH COLADA SOLUTION
The Colada solution is designed to maintain real-time replication and
synchronization of data across diverse LAN and WAN environments.
M-SYSTEMS IDE 4000 PROVIDES AFFORDABLE FLASH-BASED STORAGE
With an ATA interface in 2.5-inch and 1.8- inch slim disk casings and
capacities up to 4GB, the IDE 4000 addresses the trend of storage in these
markets moving to smaller form-factors as they migrate from conventional
hard disk drives.
OVERLAND ANNOUNCES HIGH-PERFORMANCE DISK-BASED BACKUP APP
With data transfer rates of up to 300GB per hour, REO significantly
reduces the time it takes to backup and recover, and performs up to 300
percent faster than many other disk-based products.
TOSHIBA UNVEILS 512Mb NETWORK FCRAM
Toshiba's Network FCRAMs incorporate enhanced DRAM technology to achieve a
large memory capacity and random access time rivaling the speed of SRAM.
Narrowing the active memory area achieves low power consumption and a random
cycle time performance more than double that of present DRAM.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
ACAL, NeoScale INTRO SECURITY SOLUTIONS TO PAN-EUROPEAN MKT
This complements ACAL Storage Networking's strategic initiatives for
security and broadens its security product portfolio.
DATALINK EXPANDS SUITE OF ENHANCED DATA RECOVERY SOLUTIONS
Using Diligent's VTF Open software, Datalink will deploy open system disk
products to emulate tape libraries, providing customers with a high
performance solution that can be easily and seamlessly integrated it into
their tape-based environment.
MAXELL, DriveSavers JOIN FORCES TO PROTECT, RESTORE DATA
With a success rate of over 90 percent, DriveSavers is recommended by
Maxell as well as most drive manufacturers and computer makers worldwide.
DriveSavers processes hundreds of data recovery requests per day and returns
recovered data to its customers on Maxell branded media.
NETWORK ENGINES, IntelliReach DELIVER E-MAIL MGMT APP SOLUTION
Network Engines Inc and IntelliReach Corp announced a partnership to
manufacture and distribute the IntelliReach MessageScreen appliance.
PROCOM SIGNS MULTI-YEAR TECHNOLOGY DEAL WITH SUN MICROSYSTEMS
Procom Technology Inc announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with
Sun Microsystems Inc under which Sun may license certain Procom
technologies. Additionally, Procom will also provide engineering and support
services to Sun.
QUANTUM, STRATUS TO OFFER FAULT TOLERANCE W/ ENT. DATA BACKUP
Stratus Technologies Inc announced that it will complement the ftServer
series of fault-tolerant servers with the addition of the Quantum SDLT 600,
the industry's highest capacity, highest performance midrange tape drive,
under the terms of its reseller agreement with Quantum Corp.
TeraCloud ANNOUNCES ALLIANCE WITH GAIA SOLUCIONES INFORMATICAS
TeraCloud Corp, a leading provider of storage resource management (SRM)
solutions for mainframe and distributed storage environments, announced that
GAIA Soluciones Informaticas will distribute the SpaceFinder Workbench suite
of System 390 and zSeries storage-management products in Spain and Portugal.
- Enterprise Data Insights
DataCore SANmelody SETS PRICE/PERFORMANCE MARK
Using its SANmelody Disk Server software and only a single, off-the-shelf,
dual-CPU PC Server, DataCore reported 19,949 IOPS, equal or better than the
absolute performance of any mid-range and many high-end storage platforms.
DataCore SANsymphony SUPPORTS SAP SYSTEMS
DataCore Software, a leading independent software vendor specializing in
storage control, management and consolidation, installed its comprehensive
SAN management software SANsymphony software at Kiekert, a manufacturer of
automobile locking systems.
DEMAND FOR DATA INTEGRATION MOVES BEYOND DATA WAREHOUSE
According to research conducted for Informatica by International Data Corp
(IDC), over the next 24 months data synchronization and consolidation will
tie with data warehousing for the most number of new DI projects.
LTO ULTRIUM ENJOYS ANOTHER HIGH-PERFORMANCE YEAR IN 2003
For Certance, HP and IBM -- the three technology provider companies (TPCs)
for the LTO (Linear Tape-Open) Program -- 2003 was another banner year, with
more than 260,000 LTO Ultrium drives shipped in 2003, a 50 percent increase
in units shipped over 2002.
HONDA DEPLOYS McDATA SAN TO ENSURE ACCIDENT PROTECTION
The new SAN -- based on McDATA's award-winning Sphereon Fabric Switches
and McDATA's multi-protocol IPS Internetworking Switches -- allows Honda
Motor Europe Ltd to cost effectively deploy a scalable, worry-free and
centrally managed storage network solution.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Imation First Quarter Revenue, Earnings Exceed Expectations
Storage Computer Announces Results For Fiscal Year 2003
EMC Reports First Quarter Results
- People & Positions
Spansion Flash Memory Maker Appoints Van Buskirk CTO
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