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FCIA RATIFIES STANDARD FOR 8Gbs FABRICS

DNF ANNOUNCES NAS SERVERS PACKING OVER 9TB IN ONE CHASSIS

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DNF ANNOUNCES NAS SERVERS PACKING OVER 9TB IN ONE CHASSIS
Dynamic Network Factory announced the FlexStor-NAS and StorBank 2400 NAS systems, offering specialized performance for Windows and Linux sharing environments. The 2400-series holds 24 RAID Certified Serial ATA hard drives in a compact 5U chassis, with internal storage capacities up to 9.6TB.

EMC INTROS LOWER-COST CELERRA NAS SYSTEMS WITH iSCSI SUPPORT
EMC Corp is continuing to make networked storage more flexible and affordable for a wider range of customers by announcing new, lower-cost models of EMC Celerra network attached storage (NAS) systems, improved application connectivity via iSCSI and enhanced management capabilities.

FUJITSU UNVEILS NEXT-GEN INTEL-BASED MONO-PROCESSOR SERVERS
Fujitsu Computer Systems boosted the appeal of its entry-level mono-processor servers with the new S2 generation of its PRIMERGY TX150 tower server and RX100 rack server.

IOMEGA ANNOUNCES NEW REV SCSI 35GB/90GB DRIVE
Iomega Corp announced the new Iomega REV SCSI 35GB/90GB Drive. Designed to replace entry level SCSI-based tape and other backup devices used with servers, Iomega's latest REV drive model delivers vastly improved performance and reliability for IT managers at a lower cost.

NeuStream EXPANDS STORAGE SERVICES WITH StorageBoss REPLICATOR
With the StorageBoss Shared Storage Management Suite V1.4, NeuStream adds Constant Data's real-time, semi-synchronous data replication software to their current data storage management solution. NeuStream and Constant Data announced an OEM partnership earlier this year.

LSI OFFERS PCI EXPRESS SOLUTION FOR RapidChip PLATFORM ASIC
LSI Logic Corp announced the availability of a complete PCI Express solution, including Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes), PIPE, Data Link and Transaction Layer cores for RapidChip Platform ASIC designs.

ADDONICS 4-SLOT UDD READS/WRITES TO 4 PCMCIA HARD DRIVES
Addonics Technologies has combined 4 full size PCMCIA slots into a mini, stylish and high performance 4-slot external reader/writer that allows users to simultaneously transfer data between any combination of the PCMCIA hard drive, ATA Flash or flash media supported.

PROMISE MARKETS ENHANCED SATA LINE SUPPORTING SATA 1.5G DRIVES
Promise Technology announced the availability of a complete line of Enhanced SATA HBAs for SATA 1.5G drives. As the next step in the evolution of SATA-based products, these new Enhanced SATA controllers incorporate some new features and add support for the latest drive improvements like command queuing for increased I/O performance.

StorCase 10-BAY 1U ENCLOSURE FEATURES SEAGATE 2.5-INCH DRIVES
Specifically designed to support up to 10 2.5-inch drives, the high-density 10-bay InfoStation is the first SCSI Ultra320 enclosure available to support this latest drive size. The StorCase-Seagate product combination offers a new generation of enterprise storage.

Financial Plays Of The Week

VERITAS TO ACQUIRE E-MAIL ARCHIVING LEADER KVS
With the addition of KVS, VERITAS will have the ability to offer customers industry-leading software to store, manage, backup and archive corporate e-mail and data, enabling organizations to quickly address regulatory compliance while driving down storage management costs.

LeCroy TO PURCHASE SERIAL DATA PROTOCOL ANALYZER PROVIDER
LeCroy Corp and Computer Access Technology Cor (CATC) announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement for LeCroy to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of CATC for $6 per share, or approximately $81 million in net cash.

LSI LOGIC OFFERS NEW FIVE-PACKS TO BETTER SERVE VOLUME USERS
LSI Logic will initially ship the new five-packs with the LSI20320-R, LSI21320-R and 22320-R host bus adapters (HBAs) and the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 RAID adapter.

SANRAD SIGNS MORE THAN 60 iPartners IN FIVE MONTHS
The iPartner program supports and expands relationships between SANRAD and an elite group of highly qualified channel partners who are dedicated to delivering exceptional storage, network and application solutions to their customers.

SECURESPEED LLC iSCSI SOLUTIONS BACKED BY QLOGIC
SECURESPEED LLC announced its approved status as VAR partner and reseller for QLogic Corp. QLogic simplifies the process of networking storage for OEMs, resellers and system integrators.

SPECTRA LOGIC LAUNCHES DEDICATED ENTERPRISE FEDERAL DIVISION
With a 225 percent increase in agency installations since its government program began, Spectra Logic is now dedicating a division named Spectra Logic Federal to further ensure the best data storage products and services for government users.

YOSEMITE, IOMEGA ANNOUNCE REV SCSI DRIVE AGREEMENT
Yosemite Technologies, a developer of multi-platform backup and recovery software solutions, announced an agreement with data storage leader Iomega Corp to bundle the company's TapeWare backup software solution with the new Iomega REV SCSI Drive removable hard disk solution.

Enterprise Data Insights

STORAGE PRACTICES DON'T MATCH STORAGE CONCERNS
Over one half of the respondents estimate that their entire company could be at risk if they are unable to recover critical data within 8 hours. Despite this risk, 17 percent of the surveyed population do not have a disaster recovery facility today.

EqualLogic DONATES PeerStorage ARRAY 100E TO HUMAN SERVICES ORG
EqualLogic's PeerStorage technology replaced Bay Cove's NAS environment because of its ability to intelligently store data in an automated central pool of storage. With PeerStorage technology in place, Bay Cove's critical data is consolidated and easily accessed and protected.

FCIA RATIFIES STANDARD FOR 8Gbs FABRICS
The Fibre Channel Industry Association and its sister association, the Fibre Channel Industry Association-Japan, announced that its members have ratified the extension of the Fibre Channel roadmap to extend 8Gbs Fibre Channel from an "inside the box" storage device interconnect into switched SAN fabrics.

FORRESTER RESEARCH: US IT SPENDING WILL GROW 7 PERCENT IN 2005
New research from Forrester Research Inc predicts that spending on IT goods, services and staff will grow 7 percent in 2005 and continue at a similar pace through 2008 -- only slightly faster than overall economic growth.

R&M REPORT COVERS NETWORKING, INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
The report focuses on campus, in-building and network storage and edge equipment and provides detailed market forecasts of technology broken out by systems, ports, revenues and shipments.

JES PROVIDES 23TB MULTI-PROCESSOR WINDOWS NAS SYSTEM TO MILITARY
As the system is based on non-proprietary products, any Fibre storage system can be added to enable further scalability up to 100TB of capacity. The high performance NAS system provides the U.S. military with a significant cost savings and more flexibility than other comparable, proprietary systems.

LLOYD'S INSURANCE NETWORK INSURES DATA W/ NDR REALTIME BACK UP
NDR's Real Time Data Backup service offers both a local and remote option. Replication and backup of real time data can take place at either a secure managed NDR location or within the customer's own infrastructure.

MITCHELL SELECTS PRINCETON SOFTECH TO MANAGE DATA GROWTH
With the Princeton Softech's solution, Mitchell will be able to quickly implement proven database archiving capabilities without the risk, expense and ongoing maintenance required to develop an in-house archiving solution.

OVERLAND NEO 8000 HELPS PRESERVE DIGITAL RIVER'S E-COMMERCE DATA
The NEO 8000's expansion-on-demand capabilities and nonstop operation help Digital River reduce the costs and risks of managing e-commerce services for more than 40,000 online businesses worldwide.

ECKER ENTERPRISES DEPLOYS StoneFly BACKUP ADVANTAGE
According to Bill Polymenakos, director of technology at Ecker Enterprises, SBA has simplified routine backup and recovery processes substantially, reducing full disk-to-disk backups to less than an hour and system restores to less than a minute.