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CA BRINGS INTELLIGENT STORAGE MANAGEMENT WITH BrightStor r11.1
Built around 13 tightly integrated and enhanced products, BrightStor r11.1
is designed to better align storage spending with business value -- a
critical objective for organizations as storage volume continues to grow
much faster than storage budgets.
CONVERTIBLE RAID SYSTEM PROVIDES FLEXIBLE SATA-II STORAGE
The A08U-C2410 is the first SATA-II array from Infortrend and offers
across-the-board compatibility by supporting SATA-I and parallel ATA drives
in addition to the newest SATA-II hard drives with features such as native
command queuing (NCQ).
CYBERNETICS ANNOUNCES NEW miSAN ETHERNET SAN STORAGE
Based on iSCSI technology, miSAN merges the best features of SAN and NAS,
to strike the perfect balance in storage networking. miSAN models are
optimized for network accessible disk storage capacity, or for D2D2T network
backup with tape virtualization.
DISCREET LAUNCHES HIGH-PERFORMANCE SAN SOLUTION
stone shared storage system, a high-bandwidth, fully scalable, real-time
SAN for high-quality non-compressed film and television post-production
scales to provide multi-user collaboration with simultaneous access to
multiple uncompressed 4K, 2K, HD and SD projects from a single storage
location within the facility.
EVault INTROS ONLINE DATA PROTECTION FOR IBM ISeries SERVERS
EVault iSeries leverages the company's innovative online, easy-to-use
backup and recovery technology, which has been used for more than 3 million
server- based data backups and 80,000 recoveries to date.
InMage INTRODUCES DATA CONTINUITY
With patent pending technology, InMage is the first company to provide
cost- effective data continuity solutions by delivering consistent,
fine-grained business event recovery at any location, any time, within any
storage environment.
IOMEGA RELEASES ENTRY-LEVEL NAS SERVER
Available this month in 160GB and 250GB capacities, Iomega's NAS 100d
servers feature wireless network capabilities and offer flexible, easily
expandable network storage for small business and home office networks.
NETWORK INTELLIGENCE INTROS STORAGE SOLUTION FOR SEM MARKET
Network Intelligence Corp announced the release of its add-on storage
array -- the first storage solution developed exclusively for the SEM
market. Using the array, Network Intelligence's customers are able to retain
over 360TB of security data per Network Intelligence Engine LS series
cluster.
RORKE DATA SELECTS HITACHI DESKSTAR SATA DRIVES FOR GALAXYI RAID
The Galaxy 16i series offers a choice of either high-performance Fibre
Channel or SCSI-U320 controller technology and is engineered to meet a
diverse range of user requirements such as fixed digital content storage, IT
infrastructure efficiency, or rich media creation and distribution.
SAND SEARCHABLE ARCHIVE ENABLES EFFICIENT STORAGE OF TERABYTES
SAND Searchable Archive is a critical new technology that provides high
data compression rates for very efficient data storage without compromising
the ability for business people to quickly access the data using standard
Business Intelligence tools and methods.
SOFTEK INTROS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS PRODUCT WITH ESRM SUITE
Softek, a provider of storage management software, announced it has
expanded the Softek Storage Manager suite of enterprise storage resource
management (ESRM) products with the addition of Softek Performance Tuner,
the industry's first storage performance management product integrated with
an ESRM solution.
StorCase LAUNCHES InfoStation 10-BAY 1U ENCLOSURES
StorCase has once again built upon previous technology experience and
design expertise to provide a compact InfoStation 10-bay 1U enclosure
supporting 2.5-inch SATA drives and a variety of SCSI Ultra320 or Fibre 2 Gb
per second RAID applications.
MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF VIRTUAL SERVER 2005
With Virtual Server 2005, early adopter customers have been able to
decrease their server provisioning time by 50 percent to 95 percent, while
reducing physical server counts by 50 percent to 80 percent through
consolidation.
WESTERN DIGITAL EXPANDS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE LINES
The company is adding a USB 2.0 model to its existing WD Dual-option
product family, which features software that simplifies and automates data
back up; and is introducing the WD Essential external drive line, which
provides the necessary storage functions and maximum value.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
BROADCOM RAIDCore CONTROLLERS AVAILABLE IN EUROPE
Broadcom Corp announced a distribution agreement with Ideal Hardware (the
United Kingdom subsidiary of Bell Microproducts) to offer Broadcom RAIDCore
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID controller cards in the United Kingdom and throughout
Europe.
BROCADE EXPANDS OPERATIONS IN CHINA
The company announced the formation of a Wholly- Owned Foreign Enterprise
(WOFE) in Shenzhen, creating a licensed business structure that provides a
strong base for working with partners and service providers throughout
China.
CBL DATA RECOVERY TECH BOLSTERS OPS IN SAN DIEGO
The growth of CBL's San Diego facility follows on the heels of recent
expansion in Singapore and the opening of a data recovery lab in Japan. CBL
San Diego serves as the company's West coast hub for North America's data
recovery needs and is headed up by CBL's resident tape expert Doug Owens.
EMULEX HBAs AVAILABLE THROUGH NEW EMC SELECT PROGRAM
Emulex Corp announced that its LightPulse HBAs are available from EMC
through the new EMC Select Program. The program offers customers convenient
access to Emulex HBAs that have achieved EMC E-LabT Tested status and are
qualified for use with EMC Symmetrix and EMC CLARiiON networked storage
solutions.
LSI LOGIC FIRST TO SHIP PRODUCTION SAS SILICON TO LEADING OEMs
The 4-port LSI Logic LSISAS1064 is the industry's first single-chip 3 Gb
per second SAS chip to be delivered as a production part. The company will
have an 8-port controller IC in production in October.
RagingWire ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS PROVIDES ADVANTAGE FOR ZANTAZ
RES, an IT outsourcing provider, worked closely with ZANTAZ to customize a
managed solution that increases the high availability and reliability needed
to accommodate ZANTAZ' 24-7 business operations. The terms of the multiyear,
multi-million dollar contract were not disclosed.
- Enterprise Data Insights
HP DETAILS StorageWorks GRID STRATEGY
HP outlined its strategy and roadmap to transform the network storage
industry by unlocking the value of information in real time, regardless of
how it was created or where it is stored. Created in HP Labs, the company's
central research facility, the HP StorageWorks Grid strategy is designed to
allow customers to better focus on how they use data, not how they store it.
NEW GROUP FORMED TO CONTINUE SATA SPEC DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION
Dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of Serial
ATA (SATA) technology, 40 leading computer component and peripheral
companies announced the formation of the Serial ATA International
Organization (SATA- IO).
SEAGATE, AMCC, MARVELL PREVIEW END-TO-END 3 Gb/s SATA TECHNOLOGY
When it becomes available in future products, the next-generation 3Gb per
second interface speed will prove especially useful to applications like
high- end game development, game playing and game loading; demanding film,
photo and graphics editing and rendering; advanced AutoCAD work; intensive
database use, and generally during application loading in any system.
CENDANT TO DEPLOY EMC'S CONTENT MANAGEMENT, NETWORKED STORAGE
Cendant will use EMC's technology and services to build the foundation of
its Business Records and Information Management System (BRIMS) -- a global
platform for creating, accessing, archiving and ultimately managing the
disposal of all types of digital and paper content, including e-mail.
GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY SELECTS CNT
The global financial services company purchased five CNT UltraNet Storage
Directors - eXtended (USD-X) and 12 UltraNet Edge Storage Routers for remote
data replication, tape vaulting and data migration projects.
CompUSA STREAMLINES STORAGE MGMT W/ EMC ControlCenter SOFTWARE
ControlCenter allows CompUSA to design, plan and provision the
infrastructure, and configure and optimize their storage devices.
Additionally, ControlCenter's comprehensive monitoring and reporting
capabilities enable CompUSA to assess growth, usage and performance.
DENALI JOINS NEWLY FORMED SERIAL ATA GROUP
Denali Software Inc joined the newly formed Serial ATA International
Organization (SATA-IO), and announced two new products for use in the design
and verification of chips incorporating the Serial ATA (SATA) interface
standards.
RESEARCH REVEALS IT DEPARTMENTS UNPREPARED FOR DISASTER
VERITAS Software reported new research findings reveal that 43 percent of
organizations worldwide remain largely unprepared to respond to a major
disaster.
EMC WIDENS LEAD AS NO. 1 SUPPLIER OF STORAGE SOFTWARE
During the quarter EMC grew storage software revenue nearly twice as fast
as the total market and gained more revenue share than any other supplier to
further solidify its position as the world's No. 1 storage software company.
ENGENIO SUPPORTS INFORMATION STORAGE INDUSTRY CENTER PROGRAM
The program promotes direct relationships between the ISIC and data
storage industry leaders, while creating a framework to pursue research
projects of mutual interest.
EqualLogic JOINS NEW SATA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
SATA-IO was formed by the founders of the original SATA Working Group to
continue its mission as an official incorporated entity. The new
organization will take on the tasks of maintaining SATA specifications,
promoting and marketing the technology's benefits and creating future
interface features and specifications that will carry storage into the next
decade.
HARTZ MOUNTAIN CHOOSES FalconStor TO LEVERAGE STORAGE REALTY
Transitioning Hartz Mountain from their previous direct-attached storage
only environment to an IPStor managed SAN infrastructure enabled significant
improvements in the backup process, with the ability to replicate data to
and from remote sites.
STORAGE SOFTWARE HITS $1.85 BILLION IN SECOND QUARTER
EMC and VERITAS posted the strongest results among the top 5 vendors, with
30.5 percent and 23.4 percent year-over-year growth, respectively. EMC led
the overall market this quarter with 32.5 percent revenue share, gaining 3.4
points over the second quarter of 2003.
MAXELL PREDICTS PRICES TO RISE ON SuperDLTtape, LTO ULTRIUM TAPE
Maxell Corp of America said that it believes price increases are
inevitable on all magnetic media products in its data storage, professional
and consumer divisions due to rising prices for raw materials and other
distribution and supply chain cost increases.
REPORT ASSESSES EFFECTS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY ON STORAGE DEVICES
This report by Research and Markets examines the business prospects for
the new generations of memory chips and disk drives and focuses especially
on questions of vital importance to the development of this sector of the
nanotechnology industry.
VMware VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
VMware VirtualCenter was selected a winner in the Best New Product
category of the Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards. In addition, VMware
Workstation was selected a winner in the Best Windows Development Tool and
Best Testing/Debugging Software categories.
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Short Takes
- Financial Watch
nStor To Receive $6.7 Million Through Sale Of Subsidiary
- People & Positions
Maxtor Appoints Fariba Danesh EVP Of Operations
Core Integration Partners Names Director Of BI
Cornice Promotes Michael Wingert To CEO
AMCC CEO David M. Rickey To Retire In 2005
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