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HITACHI TagmaStore BOASTS 332TB RAW CAPACITY
The Universal Storage Platform changes the industry dynamics of data
storage by powering an embedded virtualization layer capable of managing
up
to 32 petabytes of internal and external storage, logical partitions in
both
internal and external storage, and sophisticated storage-agnostic remote
copy that greatly simplifies business continuity.
ADAPTEC ANNOUNCES HIGHEST PERFORMANCE END-TO-END SAS FAMILY
Adaptec is extending its new Adaptec Flexible Storage Architecture with
an
end-to-end SAS product family -- including the industry's first SAS
subsystem and boards powered by the highest performance SAS ASIC with
integrated RAID data protection -- that will be demonstrated at the Intel
Developer Forum.
BiTMICRO TO ADVANCE iSCSI TARGET APPLIANCES W/ FLASH DISK TECH
BiTMICRO Networks, a pioneer in IDE/ATA, SCSI, USB, VME, PMC,
CompactPCI,
FireWire, Ethernet and Fibre Channel intelligent flash disk solid state
storage solutions, announced that it will be introducing solid state
disk-based iSCSI target appliances.
CROSSROADS FAMILY EXTENDS SAN BENEFITS TO STRANDED IP SERVERS
Crossroads Systems Inc, a global provider for storage networking
solutions, announced the Crossroads Network Storage Controller product
family for extension of storage area network benefits to departments and
workgroups currently without access to the enterprise data center.
EMULEX LAUNCHES NEW ENTRY LEVEL SAN STORAGE SWITCH LINE
Emulex SAN Storage Switch Models 355 and 375 are the first and only
Fibre
Channel SAN storage switches specifically designed for entry-level Storage
Area Networks (SANs).
ENGENIO UNVEILS KEY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE ILM
The new technologies include SANtricity Storage Manager 9.1 software
with
enhanced Remote Volume Mirror, additional tools for managing copy
services,
and support for mixing high performance Fibre Channel drive modules and
high
capacity SATA drive modules in the same storage system.
HP STORAGE SYSTEM SCALES TO TWICE THE CAPACITY OF COMPETITION
Customers can scale the system from as few as nine disk drives and 1TB
of
raw capacity to enterprise-class data center configurations of up to 1,152
drives and raw capacity of 165TB using 146GB drives -- or up to 332TB of
capacity with 300GB drives, expected to be available in the first half of
2005.
IBM INTROS LOWEST-PRICED ENTRY-LEVEL STORAGE SERVER
With the introduction of the DS300, IBM becomes the first tier-one
storage
vendor to offer clients a storage system based on the iSCSI storage
protocol. Using iSCSI, clients can create a storage area network (SAN)
with
existing Gigabit Ethernet networks.
I-TECH ANNOUNCES MONARCH SAS TESTER
This tester provides low-level testing of legal and illegal serial
management protocol and serial SCSI protocol frames and data patterns,
out-of-band and speed negotiation signals, and device powerup and reset
sequences for verifying conformance to the SAS protocol specification.
KANO INTRODUCES BLUE-WAV -- BLUE LASER DESKTOP STORAGE
Featuring Sony's Professional Disc for Data (ProData) optical drive, the
BLUE-WAV Desktop Storage system offers fast transfer rates and high
reliability with up to 23.3GB capacity on a single-sided media cartridge.
LEITCH ANNOUNCES HIGH-DEFINITION NEXIO SERVER SYSTEM
Adding high definition to an existing NEXIO server system is a simple
matter of adding NEXIO HD server platforms to the NEXIO SAN using the
supplied Fibre Channel optical fibre connection. As NEXIO can store both
HD
and SD content on the same shared-storage file system, there is no need
for
a separate stored system.
LSI LOGIC ADVANCES HIGH SPEED SERIAL INTERCONNECT
LSI Logic Corp announced the advancement of affordable high-speed
interconnect solutions (x1 through x4) for PCI Express developers with
three
new RapidChip IntegratorQS slices.
SILICON IMAGE DEBUTS SATA HOST CONTROLLER SUPPORTING PCI EXPRESS
Targeted at PC and server motherboards, as well as embedded applications
such as set-top boxes, the SiI 3132 offers full SATA II functionality
normally limited to server-class systems, including Native Command
Queuing,
3 Gb per second SATA signaling and support for port multipliers with Frame
Information Structure-based switching.
StorageTek INTRODUCES SANtricity 9.1 SOFTWARE SUITE
SANtricity's enhancements provide stronger data protection and
manageability and offer customers an adaptable, agile disk portfolio that
delivers genuine options in designing a flexible storage infrastructure.
SUN StorEdge 9990 SYSTEM SIMPLIFIES ENTERPRISE CONSOLIDATION
Leveraging technology from Sun's long-standing partnership with Hitachi
Data Systems (HDS), the Sun StorEdge 9990 system's third-generation
crossbar
switch architecture delivers virtually unmatched performance and
availability that scales with capacity and connectivity for non-disruptive
growth.
ENGENIO INTROS REMOTE BACKUP SOLUTION FOR BUSINESS CRITICAL APPS
The solution features an enhanced version of SANtricity Storage Manager
Remote Volume Mirror software utilizing asynchronous mirroring with the
SANtricity Snapshot feature to create a centralized backup of data from
different geographic locations to one central location.
XOsoft UNVEILS ENTERPRISE REWINDER FOR INSTANT RECOVERY
Enterprise Rewinder provides enterprises with the highest application
availability, while minimizing data loss and time to recovery. In case of
corruption, it enables administrators to instantaneously rewind affected
application servers to the most recent consistent state.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
FUJITSU, ATEMPO PROVIDE DATA PROTECTION SOLUTIONS IN HONG KONG
Fujitsu Hong Kong Limited, a provider of customer-focused information
technology and telecommunications (IT & T) solutions and services, and
Atempo Inc announced an alliance to deliver one-stop data protection
solutions to enterprises in Hong Kong.
SGI LAUNCHES SILICON GRAPHICS BROADCAST EUROPE
The dedicated media business unit will offer IT-based broadcast
solutions
and systems integration services to European broadcasters and operate
across
Europe with offices in London, Copenhagen, Munich, Paris and Amsterdam.
ADAPTEC SECURES TIER-1 OEM WIN W/ FLEXIBLE STORAGE ARCHITECTURE
IBM will be the first major vendor to ship storage solutions based on
Adaptec FSA with its new TotalStorage DS300 and DS400.
BELL MICROPRODUCTS SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT WITH HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS
Through this agreement, the company will offer Hitachi Thunder 9500 V
Series and Lightning 9900 V Series storage systems, the full suite of
storage management software, enterprise NAS gateways, and the full
complement of services to its large customer base of VARs and resellers in
the U.S.
INTRANSA EXPANDS REACH ACROSS EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA
Intransa announced two key moves in its strategy for continued dominance
of the intelligent storage over IP global market, signing Anacomp as a
service and support partner in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA),
and appointing Paul Klinkby-Silver as general manager of EMEA.
nStor, ATEMPO ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC MARKETING ALLIANCE
nStor Corp has entered a marketing alliance with Atempo, a leader in
information lifecycle strategies for data protection, to offer small- to
mid-sized organizations greater flexibility in deploying advanced storage
platforms and backup and recovery solutions.
StorageTek ADVANCES ILM W/ ENHANCED ROUTER SOLUTION FROM BROCADE
StorageTek customers in SAN environments can now benefit from enhanced
resource utilization and seamless data movement across distributed SAN
"islands," locally and across long distances, and over multiple protocols.
XTORE, BELL MICROPRODUCTS ANNOUNCE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Bell Microproducts will offer Xtore's family of direct-attached storage,
network-attached storage and storage area network products through its
reseller and value-added reseller channels in the United States, Europe
and
Latin America.
- Enterprise Data Insights
ASIGRA OPENS DOORS TO INTEROPERABILITY LAB
Asigra announced its Asigra Interoperability Assurance Lab, created to
validate the company's Televaulting software solution with third-party
vendors' hardware and software storage platforms. The lab is based at
Asigra's corporate headquarters in Toronto.
BROCADE STEERS AUDI AG ONTO RIGHT DATA TRACK
Brocade Communications Systems Inc, a provider of infrastructure
solutions
for Storage Area Networks (SANs), announced that AUDI AG, the German
carmaker, is extending its existing Brocade SAN infrastructure with the
addition of four Brocade SilkWorm Fibre-Channel Directors.
CROSSROADS JOINS SNIA EUROPE AS VOTING MEMBER
Membership in SNIA Europe complements Crossroads' continuing membership
within SNIA in the United States, with both memberships serving to
facilitate the continuing acceptance of storage networks worldwide as
open,
trusted and valued solutions across the IT community.
EMC EXTENDS LEAD IN EXT. DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS FACTORY REVENUE
IDC also reported that revenue from EMC's family of external disk
storage
systems grew faster on a year-over-year basis than external disk storage
systems from any of the next four largest suppliers during the first half
of
2004.
EXTERNAL DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS MAINTAIN HEALTHY GROWTH IN 2Q04
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker,
worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues grew 8 percent
year
over year to $3.5 billion in the second quarter of 2004 (2Q04), driven by
broad demand for networked storage.
HP RANKS NO. 1 IN WORLDWIDE TOTAL DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS
HP announced that it continued its No. 1 position in worldwide total
disk
storage systems factory revenue for the ninth consecutive quarter with 23
percent revenue share, according to market data released by IDC today.
IBM DELIVERS YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN EXTERNAL DISK STORAGE
IBM continued its momentum in the external disk storage systems market
by
growing factory revenue by 4.7 percent year-over-year during the second
quarter of 2004, as measured by IDC in a report released today. The data
also represents six consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue gain
for
IBM.
STORAGE LEADERS HELP IGT DESIGN TEAMS WIN BIG
IGT depends on the combination of NetApp technology, Peribit WAN
application performance solutions, and VERITAS data protection software to
enhance engineering productivity, help eliminate downtime, protect
intellectual capital, and help ensure business continuity.
ISO ADOPTS ECMA UDO MEDIA FORMAT STANDARD
UDO is the only blue laser optical storage format to receive ISO/IEC
approval, marking another major milestone in the acceptance of UDO as an
industry recognized technology standard.
KBS ESTABLISHES LIFE INFORMATION ARCHIVING SYSTEM WITH SGI SAN
Silicon Graphics Korea, a subsidiary of Silicon Graphics, announced that
Korea Broadcasting System, the number one nationwide broadcasting system
in
Korea, has successfully established KBS Life Information Archiving System
based on an SGI SAN solution and SGI InfiniteStorage Shared Filesystem
CXFS.
RISK MANAGEMENT COMPANY UTILIZES McDATA NETWORKING SOLUTIONS
Det Norske Veritas (DNV), consolidated and integrated existing devices
to
implement a tiered storage service utilizing McDATA's flexible, reliable
and
simple storage networking solutions to enable the company's information
lifecycle management strategy.
VERITAS SOFTWARE USED BY MICROSOFT TO PROTECT CRITICAL DATA
As the creator of Windows, Microsoft is not only a key industry partner,
but also a customer, having standardized on VERITAS for data protection
since 1999. Today, Microsoft efficiently protects and manages hundreds of
terabytes of critical data with VERITAS Backup Exec software.
NETWORK APPLIANCE DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED MARKET GROWTH
Network Appliance Inc demonstrated its rapid market share growth in the
disk storage systems market, posting strong revenue in the worldwide
networked storage market (network-attached storage (NAS) plus Open and
iSCSI
SAN) with sequential quarterly growth of 9.6 percent.
NETEZZA REPORTS GROWING DEMAND FOR DATA WAREHOUSE APPLIANCE
During the first half of 2004, the company completed seven large deals
with market-leading organizations, including the online-portal CNET
Networks, resulting in a sales increase of 230 percent as compared to the
first half of 2003, and staff growth of nearly 40 percent.
NuView FILE LIFECYCLE MANAGER SELECTED BY LEADING ENTERPRISES
FLM is seeing increasing deployments at enterprises running their
networked storage infrastructure on Network Appliance Inc storage systems,
that are looking for sophisticated yet simple solutions to implement
information lifecycle management.
TOWN DEPLOYS SANRAD-BASED IP SAN AS CORNERSTONE OF IT UPGRADE
Cranberry's new IT environment includes clustered failover servers and
dual SANRAD iSCSI V-Switches configured in an active-active failover mode
to
support data mirroring between two data centers.
SGI DELIVERS SHARED DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT IBC 2004
At the International Broadcasters Conference (IBC) 2004, Sept. 10-14 in
Amsterdam SGI demonstrated how its digital infrastructure solutions are
increasing productivity in facilities by enabling the sharing of content
across multiple operations.
SCSI TRADE ASSOCIATION SHOWCASES TWO LIVE SAS DEMOS AT IDF
The SAS Reliability and Scalability demonstration showed two 8-port
Serial
Attached SCSI controllers connected to an external storage enclosure
populated with SAS drives. The SAS Performance and Flexibility
demonstration
consisted of two enclosures, each with interoperating SAS and Serial ATA
disk drives.
SUN LEADS IN WORLDWIDE UNIX DISK STORAGE SYSTEMS
Sun Microsystems Inc announced that its Network Storage division took
the
leading position in UNIX disk storage systems factory revenue, terabytes
and
units shipped, according to IDC's Q2-2004 Worldwide Disk Storage Systems
Quarterly Tracker.
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- Financial Watch
Adaptec Storage Systems Revenue To Increase 260 Percent In 2006
- People & Positions
EMC Appoints IBM's Jeffrey Nick As Chief Technology Officer
Overland Storage Names Michael Kerman Chief Strategy Officer
C.S. Park Resigns From Dot Hill Board Of Directors
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