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E-MAIL ARCHIVING: A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME

MAXTOR, LSI LOGIC, VITESSE DEMO MULTI-TB MIXED SAS/SATA ARRAY

SOLID ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE OF FLAGSHIP AUTONOMIC PLATFORM

Features

Storage Innovations

WINCHESTER SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES LATEST FlashDisk OpenSAN
Winchester Systems Inc, a data storage solutions company, introduced new data storage arrays capable of scaling to 200TB while accommodating both Fibre Channel primary data storage and SATA secondary storage within the same physical storage array.

DataChorus, AREA ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LAUNCH DATA STORAGE LINE
The ClusStor line of products ranges from the SG Storage Gateway management server, which supports external RAID array devices, to the Edge desktop NAS appliance for remote offices/sites and small businesses.

NSI EXPANDS PRODUCT FAMILY WITH GeoCluster PLUS
Using patented NSI technology, GeoCluster Plus extends the high availability of business-critical applications and data on Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) while also allowing for the remote replication of clustered data for disaster recovery purposes.

OVERLAND INTRODUCES DISK-BASED ALTERNATIVE TO TAPE AUTOLOADERS
The newest addition to the rapidly growing REO family, the REO 1000 accelerates the backup process and provides high-speed file restores, delivering more cost-effective data protection than entry-level tape autoloaders.

PROMISE ADVANCES COST-EFFECTIVE RAID 5 WITH UPGRADED OFFERING
Promise Technology Inc announced the availability of two new RAID 5 PCI adapters, the FastTrak SX4060 for Ultra ATA/133 drives and the FastTrak S150 SX4-M for Serial ATA 1.5G drives.

SEPATON EXPANDS FAMILY OF VIRTUAL TAPE APPLIANCES
Designed for small to mid-size data centers with growing data protection requirements, the S2100-DS reduces the cost of entry of VTLs with backup and restore performance far superior to host-based disk-to-disk solutions.

SOLID ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE OF FLAGSHIP AUTONOMIC PLATFORM
In Version 4.2, Solid adds a "1- Safe" hot standby option to its existing 2-Safe configurations. This option provides higher application throughput for systems with lower data reliability requirements, offering an improvement in speed of over 10 times compared with the highest reliability option.

UNITRENDS SOFTWARE INTROS NEW LINE OF DATA PROTECTION UNITS
Unitrends' DPUs are available in desktop and rackmount configurations, beginning at less than $4,500, and are equipped with a full range of Unitrends-exclusive integrated advantages.

WINCHESTER SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES FlashDisk SATA
Winchester Systems, a data storage solutions company, announced the FlashDisk SATA EX-1610 and EX-1620 enclosure chassis, permitting scaling of data storage configurations to 200TB while enabling both Fibre Channel primary data storage and secondary storage simultaneously within the same physical storage array.

Financial Plays Of The Week

CinTel, CURTIS ENTER STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
The agreement calls for CNCN to receive the exclusive right to sell Curtis' product line in Korea under the name "SST-V1". In addition, the companies plan to integrate CinTel's iCache and i2one products with Curtis' product line.

VERARI PARTNERS WITH ENGENIO TO DELIVER BLADE SERVER STORAGE
Verari Systems announced that is has entered into an OEM agreement with Engenio Information Technologies, formerly LSI Logic Storage Systems. Under the deal, Verari Systems will co-brand and sell Engenio's complete line of Fibre Channel and Serial ATA (SATA) storage subsystems.

FalconStor, EVESHAM TECHNOLOGY ENTER INTO OEM AGREEMENT
Through access to FalconStor's iSCSI Storage Server software, the OEM agreement provides Evesham Technology with iSCSI functionality designed to complement its existing Windows Storage Server solutions. Evesham is an accredited Microsoft Windows Storage Server OEM.

INTRANSA, SONASOFT PARTNER FOR TURN-KEY STORAGE, DATA PROTECTION
Intransa Inc and Sonasoft have partnered to deliver solutions combining Intransa's leading edge IP5000 IP SAN system and Sonasoft's SonaSafe point and click data recovery solution.

Enterprise Data Insights

E-MAIL ARCHIVING: A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME
By Kon Leong, CEO, ZipLip Inc
The SEC is on the phone. They're looking for a particular e-mail. You search your e-mail archive but come up empty. Then, in a meeting, the SEC throws on the table a copy of that e-mail, taken from the customer's records. No one speaks. Then they turn to look at you ...

MAXTOR, LSI LOGIC, VITESSE DEMO MULTI-TB MIXED SAS/SATA ARRAY
The technology demonstration included a combination of both SAS and Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives to highlight the configuration flexibility and scalability of systems based on the SAS standard.

NetApp A 'VISIONARY' IN SAN INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
Network Appliance Inc was listed in the "visionary" quadrant for SAN integrated solutions in Gartner's research note "Magic Quadrant for SAN Integrated Solutions, 1H04" and for storage services in Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Storage Services, 1H04."

ClarityBlue DEPLOYS NETEZZA PERFORMANCE SERVER
ClarityBlue works with some of the United Kingdom's largest brands, and uses the NPS system as an Operational Data Store within its Customer Intelligence Platform to handle the massive data sets they require.

LUFTHANSA IMPROVES DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT WITH SOFTEK
Collectively, the Softek ESRM suite is managing more than 70TB of capacity, including storage arrays from Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, EMC Corp and StorageTek, as well as more than 1,200 ports across Brocade core and edge switches.

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Short Takes

Financial Watch
QLogic Announces Stock Repurchase Program
XOsoft Raises $9 Million, Continues Momentum
People & Positions
Imation Board Elects Charles Reich As Director
Intransa Adds John Noellert As VP Of North America Sales
Inventor, Software Expert To Head XOSoft Product Strategy

Quote Of The Week

"In this day and age, no company of any size can afford to be without data protection. Yet, the focus of most vendors has been to woo large enterprises with the next generation disk-based backup and restore products." -- Arun Taneja, Founder, The Taneja Group

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