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ADVANCED MEDIA UNVEILS LINE OF FLASH MEMORY CARDS
The line includes CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and SecureDigital
memory cards, as well as a flash memory card adapter, a USB card reader and
a thumb-size USB EZ drive.
DOCUMENTUM DELIVERS ECM FOR HP INTEGRITY SERVERS, HP-UX 11i
Documentum announced that it has certified key components of the
Documentum Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform for HP Integrity
servers and HP-UX 11i on the Intel Itanium 2 microarchitecture.
DYNAMIC NETWORK FACTORY OFFERS VIRTUAL TAPE BACKUP SOLUTION
Priced at less than $2.50 per GB, the VTL 8000sa and 4000sa systems are
designed for a range of applications, particularly in the untapped
budget-conscious workgroup and small to medium business environments.
FIRSTLOGIC INTRODUCES NEXT-GENERATION DATA QUALITY PLATFORM
IQ8 Integration Studio was designed and developed to the specific needs of
systems integrators, value-added-resellers and corporate IT engineers
chartered to build data quality into enterprise systems or custom-built
technologies.
HYPERION PARTNERS WITH VERITAS TO DELIVER CLUSTERING ABILITY
The server reduces application and database downtime by monitoring
resources in each. The Veritas Cluster Server determines the status of these
resources and starts or stops them according to external events.
IBM INTROS PRODUCTS, TECHNOLOGIES TO ADDRESS COMPLIANCE NEEDS
IBM announced new tape and disk storage products that help companies
address those needs while taking advantage of new, lower-cost technologies.
The new storage products can help companies efficiently manage the lifecycle
of data from creation to disposal.
IMATION OPENS TB-CLASS MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING FACILITY
Imation Corp unveiled a new $50 million state-of-the-art advanced tape
manufacturing facility at its Weatherford, Okla., plant -- delivering the
world's first terabyte-class tape facility built specifically for the
development of next-generation tape products.
INAPAC UNVEILS SOLUTION FOR INTEGRATING DRAM IN SiP APPS
Using its proprietary wafer stress methodology called voltage induced
burn-in emulation (VIBE), Inapac can provide high-performance DRAM dies for
stackable and multichip applications.
LSI SHIPPING FIRST Ultra320 SCSI TARGET MODE CONTROLLER
The LSI53C1030T is designed for high performance target mode applications
such as cache coherency clusters, bridge controllers and the front-end of
RAID subsystems, and is optimized to ensure high-speed target mode
performance.
PERIPHERAL ENHANCEMENTS ANNOUNCES 2GB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE
Now available in 64MB through 2GB capacities, the DiskGO! USB 2.0 Flash
Drive plugs directly into the computer's USB port and is plug-and-play
compatible with all popular operating systems.
PlateSpin TECH CONVERTS SERVERS BETWEEN PHYSICAL, VIRTUAL
The new platform allows data centers to dramatically accelerate their
physical to virtual server consolidation programs by eliminating manual
tasks and reducing human error through automation.
IBM SERVER BLADES FEATURE QLogic HBAs, EMBEDDED SWITCHING
QLogic has been shipping storage connectivity components for BladeCenter
and BladeCenter T systems for more than a year, including six HS20 2-way
Intel processor based models.
SANRAD DELIVERS LOW-COST, COMPLETE 5TB IP SAN SOLUTION
SANRAD Inc announced the availability of a complete 5TB IP SAN solution
for less than $30,000 with the bundling of its V-Switch 2000 and Nexsan's
InfiniSAN ATAboy2.
STA SCHEDULES SAS/SATA 'INTEROP DAYS'
The SCSI Trade Association announced that a special test session on June
23-24 has been scheduled during the next Serial Attached SCSI plugfest to
test the interoperability of Serial ATA products operating within a SAS
component infrastructure.
SDSC RELEASES VERSION 3.1 OF ZONE SRB DATA MGMT MIDDLEWARE
By supporting federation of distributed SRB data collections, Zone SRB
allows scientific users to flexibly share data and descriptive metadata
across different SRB Metadata Catalog (MCAT) installations, or zones, for
"any data, anywhere, anytime" access.
SimpleTech ANNOUNCES INTEL-VALIDATED NEXT-GEN DDR2 MODULES
SimpleTech Inc announced that its new SimpleTech DDR2 memory modules have
met Intel's qualification requirements and have received validation by Intel
on its reference platforms. SimpleTech will offer DDR2 memory modules in
densities ranging from 256MB to 2GB.
SYCHRON DELIVERS INFRASTRUCTURE ORCHESTRATION PRODUCT
The patented software enables enterprise IT organizations to achieve an
unprecedented level of control and flexibility over changing business
priorities and resource demands.
STORAGE GRID TO BE LAUNCHED WITHIN TELUS DATA CENTER
PhotoChannel Networks Inc and TELUS, the largest telecommunications
company in Western Canada and the second largest in the country, announced
the next step in its ongoing partnership to enhance the digital photo
customer experience by expanding innovative network solutions for
photofinishing services.
AMCC ANNOUNCES VOLUME SHIPMENTS OF FAST SATA RAID CONTROLLERS
The new family of SATA controllers, based on the company's innovative
StorSwitchTM switched RAID architecture, provides scaleable capacity up to
4.8TB per controller, using 400GB drives, and total system capacity limited
only to available PCI slots.
IBM, PERSHING SET NEW PRECEDENT FOR DATA RECOVERY
IBM and Pershing, a member of BNY Securities Group and a subsidiary of The
Bank of New York, announced the implementation of an enhanced IBM computing
infrastructure that is designed to reduce Pershing's disaster recovery
window to mere seconds.
LSI LOGIC DEMOS SAS MegaRAID ADAPTERS TO LEADING SERVER OEMs
LSI Logic will deliver a family of SAS MegaRAID products, utilizing Intel
XScale technology-based processors, aimed at supporting OEMs and the channel
in enterprise and low to midrange server markets.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
IBM EXPANDS BLADECENTER WITH NEW BROCADE SWITCHES
The new switches from Brocade position IBM as the only vendor in the world
to offer a fully integrated Brocade Fibre Channel switching capability in a
blade server system.
LSI LOGIC STORAGE SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES NEW NAME, BOARD MEMBERS
Logic Storage Systems Inc announced the new name, Engenio Information
Technologies Inc, under which it intends to operate, and an expansion of its
board of directors. The company also announced that it has filed an
application for listing with the NYSE to trade under the ticker symbol
"NGE."
- Enterprise Data Insights
ANALYSIS FIRM FINDS STORAGE VENDORS LEADING DEVELOPMENT OF ILM
A new report by The 451 Group highlights ILM's role as the missing link
between enterprise storage and the wider IT infrastructure, and says ILM M&A
activity exceeded $4.5 billion in the period from Q2 2003 to Q1 2004 -- an
increase of over 600 percent -- and continues to accelerate.
DELL, HP, IBM: WHO'S WINNING?
The 2004 Techtel Demand Situation Report indicates that, although the war
is far from over, Dell now has a commanding lead in the U.S. professional PC
market and continues to gain momentum in other categories at HP's expense.
EMC, QLogic JOIN USER ORG ASNP AS PLATINUM-LEVEL SPONSORS
The ASNP, formed in September, has more than 1500 members and 26 chapters.
Members include users of storage networks, such as IT managers, systems and
storage administrators, academic instructors and students.
COGNOS AGAIN NAMED BI MARKET LEADER META GROUP REPORT
According to META Group, with top rankings for market leadership, vision,
execution and technology, Cognos has performed well against the competition
and solidified its position as a front-runner in the business intelligence
market.
STUDY SAYS HP NO. 1 IN SATISFACTION AMONG INTEL-BASED SERVERS
The study of 617 U.S. and Canadian enterprise businesses confirmed that,
in the competitive Intel-based server market, HP showed significant
improvement over Dell in server management tool satisfaction and continued
strong customer loyalty.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Iomega Reports Results Of Tax Review, First Quarter Results
Agilysys Reports Fourth-Quarter, Full-Year Results
- People & Positions
StoneFly Taps Technology Industry Veteran As President, CEO
Ken Okumura Named New Postini Vice President Of Engineering
Cognos Names Andrew Cahill SVP Of Operations, The Americas
Connected Corp Brings Storage Analyst Steve Kenniston Aboard
Imation Board Taps Bruce Henderson For Chief Executive
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