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- Storage Innovations
ADDONICS CONVERTS SATA DEVICES TO IDE INTERFACE DRIVES
Users simply attach the Addonics converter to the back of any SATA storage
device and instantly the SATA drive can be used as a standard IDE or ATAPI
device in any application that has been tested and certified for IDE
storage.
ARKEIA UNVEILS HOT BACKUP, RESTORE SOLUTION FOR LDAP SERVERS
Installed into a company's IT infrastructure, an LDAP server centralizes
network user information. It can manage server access levels for each
employee and offer an online directory including contact details such as
email address, direct phone line, photo, etc.
EMC ControlCenter EXPANDS CAPABILITIES FOR TIERED ENVIRONMENTS
In addition to support for EMC Symmetrix, EMC CLARiiON and all other EMC
storage platforms, EMC added more complete support for Hewlett-Packard, IBM
and HDS storage systems; tighter integration with systems management
frameworks; and open SMI-S standards support.
SPECTRA LOGIC INTRODUCES ENTERPRISE LIBRARY IN DISGUISE
The T120 provides unique features -- it's the first library to offer the
new TOE (TCP/IP Offload Engine) technology. TOE permits Ethernet protocols,
like iSCSI and NDMP, to run at full line transfer rates, affordably rivaling
Fibre Channel's speed.
ISILON INTRODUCES SYNCIQ REPLICATION SOFTWARE
Isilon Systems announced a new software application for its award-winning
Isilon IQ clustered storage system.
MAXTOR LAUNCHES THIRD-GENERATION MaXLine DRIVE
With new SATA II features including native command queuing (NCQ), capacity
up to 300GB, 7200 RPM speed and Maxtor MaxCommand technology, the drives are
ideally suited to provide cost-effective storage for midline and nearline
applications, such as fixed-content storage and disk-to-disk back up.
ONARO BREAKS SAN BARRIER BY SOLVING COMPLEXITY CRISIS
Onaro introduced SANscreen predictive change management software that
solves the complexity crisis once precluding organizations from changing and
growing Storage Area Networks (SANs) quickly and accurately.
SPECTRA LOGIC INVENTS FIRST PORTABLE RAID MEDIA FOR STORAGE
Spectra Logic's RAID eXchangeable TeraPack (RXT) portable disk technology
expands the conventional drive-and-tape model of removable backup to include
high-capacity RAID.
SYBASE DYNAMIC ARCHIVE COMBATS RUNAWAY DATA GROWTH
Sybase Dynamic Archive enables customers to automatically offload inactive
transaction data from production databases, allowing them to reduce
maintenance windows, lower storage costs and improve application performance
while still maintaining online access to both production and archived data.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
BELL NOW SHIPPING BROADCOM RAIDCore SATA-BASED RAID CONTROLLERS
Utilizing XelCore RAID software based on Broadcom's proprietary Fulcrum
architecture, Broadcom's RAID solutions are ideal for small-to-medium sized
businesses (SMBs) or departments of larger enterprises, offering
high-performance, enterprise-class RAID functionality.
SAINT BERNARD SECURES STORAGE SOLUTION FROM FALCONSTOR, DNF
FalconStor Software Inc and Dynamic Network Factory Inc announced that St.
Bernard Software Inc has implemented Hybrid Storage Network (HSN) solutions
from DNF, powered by FalconStor's flagship product, IPStor, to meet the
diverse needs of its corporate storage environment.
BELL MICROPRODUCTS ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF OpenPSL LTD
OpenPSL is a value added distributor of enterprise, storage and security
products and related professional services to VARs, system integrators, and
software companies in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- Enterprise Data Insights
SAN VS. NAS -- ENDING STORAGE BIAS
By Geoff Barrall, CTO, BlueArc Corp
As customer needs increasingly come first, Barrall expects that the
winners in the storage space market will be those vendors who provide
flexible solutions and meet the majority of their customers' needs,
regardless of the application or storage requirements.
INDUSTRY LEADERS BACK SEAGATE'S STORAGE APPLICATION MODEL
SAM combines application requirements, technology requirements and hard
drive design considerations to produce a clear understanding of why a
particular disc drive works most effectively in each application.
PNNL, SGI TO TEAM ON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
announced a research alliance aimed at enabling a new generation of fast and
efficient storage technology for data-intensive computing.
INDUSTRY RALLIES BEHIND ADVANCED SWITCHING INTERCONNECT STANDARD
The Advanced Switching Interconnect (ASI) further strengthened its
position as the de facto high-speed dataplane interconnect for
communications, storage, embedded and server markets, as the ASI SIG reached
its 50-member milestone.
REPORT CITES DATA FLOW'S UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY , EASE-OF-USE
The report, by Bloor Research, highlights Data Flow's advantages arising
from its ease-of-use and its ability to provide both extract, transform and
load (ETL) and enterprise information integration (EII) functionality.
CANDERA INITIATIVES TO STIMULATE CHANNEL SALES OF ENTERPRISE ATA
The company has committed to a 100 percent indirect channel-centric sales
model, added two new resellers and a distributor, and has introduced a new
comprehensive program to empower resellers to penetrate larger accounts and
quickly increase revenues and margins.
DASSAULT AVIATION CONSOLIDATES DATA STORAGE WITH BROCADE SAN
The company, which manufactures business and military aircraft, is
consolidating several smaller SANs into one large SAN that will span two
remote sites and take advantage of large capacity EMC storage bays.
KEANE RETOOLS SENTARA HEALTH'S STORAGE PRACTICE WITH SANsymphony
DataCore Software announced that Sentara Healthcare of Virginia, has
implemented SANsymphony software to enable the award-winning health network
establish an enduring storage practice that provides the highest levels of
availability, data protection and performance.
DEUTSCHE BOERSE GROUP WINS TDWI 2004 BEST PRACTICES AWARD
One of the world's most innovative stock exchanges, Deutsche Boerse won
the award for its successful implementation of a real-time "information
factory," serving both internal and external users and powered by the
Informatica PowerCenter data integration platform.
STORAGE SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES SPENDING TO REACH $820M BY '08
A new IDC analysis reveals that U.S. spending will increase to $820
million by 2008. Issues such as market consolidation, increasing
multi-vendor complexity, and customer demand for critical support services
are all shaping the competitive landscape of this industry.
COLLEGIS SLASHES BACKUP, RECOVERY BY 40 PERCENT W/ OVERLAND
Overland Storage, Inc. announced that Collegis, an operating unit of
SunGard, has deployed five REO disk-based backup and recovery systems to
optimize its backup and recovery of critical courseware for colleges and
universities nationwide.
4KNOWLEDGE DEBUTS STORAGE ENTERPRISE TRAINING
Designed for storage vendors, channel partners and end users, the
4Knowledge Community has two major components: a remote lab environment that
improves access and availability to leading technologies, and an online
community that includes expert-to-student and peer-to-peer discussions on
some of the most relevant storage topics.
PolyServe, RACKABLE BURST PAST 1GB/S IN NAS I/O THROUGHPUT
The two companies surpassed the gigabyte mark using a NAS cluster of nine
low-cost Linux servers. The benchmark results demonstrate unmatched
performance over both popular enterprise NAS appliances and emerging NAS
systems built on advanced file-system technologies.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
MOSAID Announces Fourth Quarter, Year-End Results
MTI Technology Announces Fourth Quarter, Year-End Results
- People & Positions
NetApp Appoints George Shaheen To Board Of Directors
CA Names Kenneth V. Handal EVP, General Counsel
TeraCloud Adds New Member To Board Of Directors
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