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COPAN SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF REVOLUTION 200T
Based on groundbreaking MAID architecture, COPAN Systems' Revolution 200T
delivers the performance, availability and data protection of disk at the
price and scale of tape.
FalconStor ANNOUNCES LINE OF NETWORK STORAGE SERVER APPLIANCES
NSS Appliances address the needs of organizations ranging from small to
medium to the enterprise with departmental requirements, seeking intelligent
backup and rapid recovery services to optimize business continuity and
maximize return on investment.
INTRANSA INTRODUCES IP 3000 STORAGE SYSTEM
The new IP storage area network (SAN) appliance, designed specifically for
the mid-tier and small business markets (SMB), delivers the functionality
and scalability of an enterprise-class SAN solution at dramatically reduced
prices.
JMR, LSI LOGIC TO OFFER FC, ULTRA320 SCSI CHANNEL BUNDLES
LSI Logic Corp announced that its Fibre Channel and Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus
Adapters (HBAs) will be bundled with the JMR Electronics Fortra family of
storage enclosures.
LUMINEX CERTIFIES NON-DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION SOLUTIONS
Luminex Software Inc, a developer of mainframe storage products, announced
at the SHARE Users Conference in New York City certification of the
INNOVATION Data Processing FDRINSTANT Solution Suite for Non-Disruptive
Business Data Protection, Business Continuance and Information Life Cycle
management (ILM).
StorageTek POWERS ADVANCED ARCHIVING WITH LIFECYCLE DIRECTOR
With StorageTek's Lifecycle Director software, DB2 managers in enterprise
OS/390 or z/OS environments can automate the transparent movement of data
through its lifecycle to lower-cost storage media while delivering extremely
rapid access to archived data.
STORServer SHIPPING BACKUP APPLIANCE FOR MID-SIZE COMPANIES
The S20000 can hold 120 LTO or SAIT tape cartridges and up to six tape
drives in only 19U of rack space, said John Pearring, president of
STORServer. The S20000 offers 60TB of library storage capacity using SAIT
and 24TB using LTO. The system can also contain 1TB of disk-to-disk backup
cache in the same 19U.
SYBASE OPENS BETA PROGRAM FOR NEXT-GEN ENTERPRISE-CLASS RDBMS
Developers are invited to join the ASE 15.0 beta program to get ahead of
the curve by evaluating and testing the new version's expanded data
management capabilities, receive in-depth implementation advice and ensure
that their valuable feedback is incorporated into the final feature set.
FalconStor ANNOUNCES NEXT-GENERATION VTL SOLUTION
FalconStor's unique VTL solution, powered by the company's award-winning
IPStor Enterprise Edition software, consolidates the management of backup
resources while enhancing the reliability of backup operations and
accelerating the speed of recovery.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
ASIGRA UNVEILS ASSURANCE RESELLER INITIATIVE
Asigra announced the launch of its Assurance Reseller Program, giving
resellers the choice of selling the powerful and innovative Asigra
Televaulting software to their customers, or offering storage services as a
utility, with revenue based on data being managed.
BELL MICROPRODUCTS NAMED AS CONSTANT DATA DISTRIBUTION PARTNER
Bell Microproducts will be supplying Constant Data's disaster avoidance
storage software products for data protection and data distribution
including: Constant Replicator, Constant Replicator DB and Constant HA
Cluster.
CoroSoft FOR DATACENTER ORCHESTRATION SELECTED BY BMC SOFTWARE
Under the agreement, BMC Software will distribute CoroSoft's Orchestration
Suite to further strengthen BMC Software's application management offerings.
BELL, DataCore ENTER DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR SANmelody
Through this arrangement, system integrators (SIs) and value-added
resellers (VARs) have access to comprehensive packages of hardware and
software components from which to tailor affordable iSCSI/LAN and Fibre
Channel SAN end-user storage solutions.
NEW EMC PROGRAM OFFERS CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS
The first products offered through EMC Select include tape libraries, host
bus adapters (HBAs) and selected connectivity products, which are available
in configurations that have been EMC E-Lab Tested and qualified for
interoperability.
FISERV IMAGESOFT WILL RESELL PolyServe CLUSTERING SOFTWARE
Per the agreement, Fiserv Imagesoft will integrate the PolyServe Matrix
Server shared data clustering software for Linux and Microsoft Windows with
its financial information management software solutions.
FalconStor PERKS UP BUSINESS PARTNER PROGRAM
FalconStor Software Inc, a developer of network storage infrastructure
software solutions, announced an enhanced Business Partner Program designed
to deliver comprehensive sales, technical, marketing, product and training
support.
INTRANSA SECURES $25 MILLION IN SERIES D FUNDING
Intransa announced that it has secured $25 million in Series D funding,
bringing its total equity investment to $74 million. This funding will drive
the company's rapid expansion of its sales, marketing, customer service and
business development efforts around the globe.
VERITAS EXTENDS UTILITY COMPUTING VISION TO CHINA
VERITAS Software Corp extended its global vision for utility computing
across Asia and China at its fourth annual VISION customer conference in
Beijing. The company announced a broad range of investments and commitments
intended to lay a foundation for customer success well into the future.
ZANTAZ ACQUIRES STEELPOINT TECHNOLOGIES
ZANTAZ Inc announced it has acquired Steelpoint Technologies, a provider
of high-end electronic discovery and litigation support solutions. The
combined company will be the first and only single-source provider of
on-demand and onsite digital archiving, compliance and discovery management
solutions.
- Enterprise Data Insights
EIGHT LEADING COMPANIES PRESENT SERIAL STORAGE EXPERIENCE
The Serial Storage Experience booth at HP World included four product
demonstrations comprised of hard disk drives, controllers and servers from
the participating vendors. The exhibits focused on the performance,
flexibility, reliability and scalability benefits of the new serial
interfaces.
UTAH STATE SELECTS BiTMICRO E-DISK SOLID STATE FLASH DISK DRIVE
Utah State University maintains a VMS cluster composed of four machines.
Used as a central computing resource by administrative and academic users
within the university's data network, the cluster is powered by OpenVMS, an
advanced operating system that operates on the VAX and Alpha architectures.
FACT: DATA CAN BE RECOVERED FROM MANY NATURAL DISASTERS
CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc, an international provider of computer
data recovery services, has seen the worse Mother Nature has to offer and
more often than not has been able to bring back data from frozen, fried or
otherwise soggy hard drives.
NANOSTORAGE MKT - $66 BILLION BY 2011
The new report provides forecasts and analysis of the markets for MRAM,
FRAM, holographic memory, ovonic unified memory, molecular memory, nanotube
RAM, MEMS-based memory and polymer memory, all of which are expected to
generate initial revenues in the next couple of years.
ISILON IQ CHOSEN AS STORAGE SOLUTION FOR BROADCAST OF OLYMPICS
NBC selected Isilon IQ to manage thousands of hours of critical and
time-sensitive video programming based on several unique characteristics of
the Isilon IQ platform: reliability, ease of use, high availability,
flexibility, clustered architecture, economics and focus on digital content.
TRANSEND BUSINESS SERVICES DEPLOYS NeoScale CryptoStor
Using CryptoStor, all customer data is seamlessly encrypted on Transend's
NAS and SAN storage systems without disrupting business services and without
requiring complex data classification, segregation and management.
STUDY FINDS NetApp IP SAN SOLUTIONS PROVIDE 116 PERCENT ROI
A commissioned Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact study that
estimates a sample organization using NetApp IP SAN has a risk-adjusted 116
percent return on investment over a three-year period, a break-even point
within 13.5 months, and a risk-adjusted cost savings of approximately
$650,000 in a three-year window.
IDC TOUTS HyperIP R5's LARGE DATA OVER WIDE AREA IP PROWESS
Following the rollout of its HyperIP R5, NetEx, was the subject of a
Product Flash from IDC that describes the new product as "an improved
solution to reliably and safely move large data over wide area IP."
OVERLAND REO ACCELERATES BACKUPS, RESTORES FOR STATE OF OREGON
With the REO in place, the department can now back up eight servers
simultaneously, enabling it to back up all 65 of its servers in less than
six hours -- a significant improvement over the 24 hours it took previously,
even using fast LTO drives.
OuterBay TO MANAGE OVER 32TB OF APPLICATION DATA FOR MOTOROLA
Using OuterBay ADM, Motorola's China operation was able to reduce its
production database size by 50 percent, making it possible to consolidate
onto the company's North American datacenter.
SNIA ANNOUNCES SMI Lab5
With record participation, the SMI Lab5 is aimed at solidifying storage
management software support within the SMI-S, as well as adding new
management profiles for storage hardware components.
SUN StorEdge 6920 SYSTEM TOPS IN SPC PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK
Sun Microsystems Inc announced that the vendor-independent Storage
Performance Council (SPC) audited and certified benchmark results for the
Sun StorEdge 6920 system that place the customer-ready storage subsystem in
first place in midrange performance and price-performance.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Overland Storage Posts Record Fiscal 2004 Results
BakBone Software Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2005 Results
Brocade Reports Q3 04 Results, Exceeds Expectations
Front Porch Digital To Acquire ManagedStorage International
nStor Technologies Reports Second Quarter Results
- People & Positions
AppIQ Appoints David Lunn To Establish Asia Pacific Operations
Fibre Channel Industry Association Elects New Board Of Directors
HDS Appoints Scott Genereux SVP Of Global Channels, Marketing
Overland Storage Appoints Michael Norkus To Board Of Directors
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