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ASACA 33TB BLUE LASER LIBRARY UTILIZES CARTRIDGE-FREE MEDIA
The latest addition to Asaca's family of TeraCart optical libraries is
based on a new Professional Disc for DATA technology from Sony, utilizing
cartridge-free media for scalable capacities ranging from 2TB to over 33TB
in a single library while requiring no more than a four square foot of
floor space.
BakBone EXTENDS NetVault DISASTER RECOVERY FOR LINUX AND SOLARIS
BakBone Software introduced VaultDR Plugin Modules (PMs), a comprehensive
disaster recovery solution for Linux and Solaris SPARC.
FUJITSU TO SHOWCASE END-TO-END MEDICAL IMAGING STORAGE AT RSNA
Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc announced that it demonstrated
its medical imaging storage solutions at the 2004 90th annual Scientific
Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America
(RSNA 2004).
SNS CREATES iSCSI INITIATOR TO PRODUCE SOLUTION FOR MAC, WINDOWS
Studio Network Solutions (SNS), a designer and manufacturer of storage
technology systems for the professional audio/video industry, announces
the release of globalSAN X-8 and X-16, the first fully configured iSCSI SAN
solutions to support Macintosh and Windows.
HAMMER TO DISTRIBUTE INFORTREND'S DISK STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Disk-quality storage for the price of tape will become a reality as
Hammer spearheads the distribution of second-generation Serial ATA (SATA) RAID
storage systems from Infortrend. Hammer is to supply the new Fibre
Channel, rackmount, host EonStor A16F-G2221, U320 SCSI host EonStor A16U-G2421 and
EonStor A08U- C2410 Cube subsystems to organizations using sequential
data.
IBM LAUNCHES NEW SOLUTIONS FOR MEDICAL IMAGES, MEDICAL ARCHIVES
The IBM Dual Monitor Display Medical Assessment Workstation II helps
enable radiology departments and remote clinics enhance productivity with
twice the viewing capacity, optimal software navigation and a cinematic 16
to 10 aspect ratio and 204 pixels per inch, allowing close scrutiny with
fine-line accuracy.
INFORTREND DEBUTS FIRST iSCSI TO SATA-II EXTERNAL RAID SYSTEM
Infortrend unveiled the industry's first iSCSI to SATA-II external RAID
subsystem, as an addition to the EonStor line of RAID storage. The new
subsystem is compliant with iSCSI standards, offers low-cost connectivity,
and supports SATA-II disks with Native Command Queuing at up to 3.0Gbps
providing for a future-proof investment.
EV GROUP, KOMAG COLLABORATE ON NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY APP
EV Group (EVG), a manufacturer of nanoimprinting, MEMS and semiconductor
wafer-processing equipment, said that it has signed an agreement with
Komag Inc to develop, license and sell the world's first high-volume nanoimprint
lithography (NIL) application for mass data storage.
PACIFIC DIGITAL'S SATA HBA DELIVERS A GBps
Pacific Digital Corp announced that a configuration of its new QMaster
SATA RAID HBAs in a single server achieved an unprecedented 1 Gb per
second (GBps) sustained data transfer rate.
PolyServe INTRODUCES ORACLE HA SOLUTION FOR LINUX
PolyServe announced the PolyServe Oracle High Availability (HA) Solution
for Linux. This is a complete offering for reliable, simply managed and
cost- effective HA clusters of single-system Oracle 9i and 10g databases.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
ASIGRA EXPANDS RELEASE OF SOFTWARE, SIGNS DEAL W/30 COMPANIES
Asigra's launch of the Assurance Reseller Program has attracted more than
30 channel partners who sell the Asigra Televaulting software either
directly to their customers or as a storage service utility with recurring
revenue based on the amount of data being managed. This dual-choice sales
option has rapidly expanded Asigra's presence in the enterprise data
storage market.
HDS, OPEN TEXT EXTEND TO PROVIDE COMBINED ECM, STORAGE SOLUTIONS
The partnership will provide solutions that integrate Hitachi Data
Systems' advanced storage infrastructure technology with Open Text's
leading ECM software to meet customers' complete range of information management
requirements.
HP, VERITAS ACCELERATE HP-UX 11i VIRTUALIZATION
Under a multi-year agreement between the two companies, HP plans to OEM
select VERITAS Storage Foundation products in order to extend the
industry-leading virtualization and high availability of HP-UX 11i and HP
Serviceguard software and further ease customer evolution to
standards-based HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers.
IBM TO SELL PolyServe MATRIX SERVER CLUSTERING SOFTWARE IN U.S
The agreement is designed to help meet growing customer demand for
clustering solutions for scalable network-attached storage (NAS), UNIX
migration and server and storage consolidation projects in the enterprise.
MCI UNVEILS MANAGED DATA PROTECTION SERVICE
With MCI's new Enhanced Smart Backup, companies hosting with MCI can now
more easily and rapidly restore critical company information in the event
of anything from simple data loss to major disasters.
NEC SOFT TO OEM DataCore's SANmelody DISK SERVER SOFTWARE
NEC Soft has incorporated DataCore's disk server software technology into
its product portfolio to address storage consolidation and solutions for
backup, disaster recovery, auto-provisioning, replication and capacity
expansion over SANs and LANs.
nStor SIGNS STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP WITH InoStor
nStor and InoStor announced a strategic technology partnership to
incorporate InoStor's advanced data protection capabilities into nStor's
storage solutions. As part of the partnership, nStor will initially embed
InoStor's RAIDn technology into its NexStor 4700S SATA series.
3PAR SIMPLIFIES STORAGE MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVES UTILIZATION
3PAR has established significant gains in database performance, storage
utilization and management by deploying Oracle Database 10g with Automatic
Storage Management in conjunction with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers and
3PAR Thin Provisioning.
- Enterprise Data Insights
SAN MARKET SEES 8 PERCENT RISE IN MODULAR SAN SWITCH SALES
Dell'Oro Group announced that its new report reveals sales in the modular
storage area network (SAN) switch segment (also known as directors) grew
sequentially by eight percent during the quarter. This increase offset
declines in the fixed switch and host bus adapter (HBA) segments,
producing a flat result for the overall SAN market in the third quarter as
anticipated.
EVALUATOR GROUP, PERCEPT TECH LABS ALLY ON PRODUCT ASSESSMENTS
Evaluator Group and Percept Technology Labs formed an alliance to deliver
complete storage device performance evaluations. Deliverables will include
in-depth technical and market evaluations of storage products.
EMC AWARDED FOR STORAGE INNOVATION EXCELLENCE IN HPC
EMC Corp announced it has received the Editor's Choice Award for "Most
Innovative Storage Technology" from the contributing editors at HPCwire,
the global publication of record for high-performance computing. EMC was
recognized for its overall innovation in storage technology hardware,
software, services and solution design.
NetApp IP SAN DELIVERS DATA MANAGEMENT TO REGIONAL CANCER CENTER
The Regional Cancer Center (TRCC) has adopted a NetApp IP SAN solution to
support critical business and clinical applications. TRCC depends on
NetApp storage systems with iSCSI technology to ensure the reliability of the
center's electronic medical records (EMR) infrastructure and continued
infrastructure growth.
THE SNIA DATA MANAGEMENT FORUM POSITIONED FOR AGGRESSIVE GROWTH
The Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) Data Management
Forum (DMF) announced significant organizational changes that enable it to
extend its leadership of the industry's migration towards more powerful and
comprehensive data management and information lifecycle management
solutions.
StorageTek KEEPS HEALTH CARE DATA HEALTHY WITH STORAGE SOLUTIONS
With hundreds of health care customer installations worldwide and an
average of 20 TBs stored in StorageTek's equipment, StorageTek and its
health care partners are keeping hospital data alive and well during its
lifecycle.
VIGNETTE, SUN, DCCG COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP FULL ILM SOLUTIONS
Vignette, Sun Microsystems and DaimlerChrysler Consult Graz (DCCG) are
collaborating to deliver complete ILM applications, infrastructure and
services to the enterprise. This initiative is in response to customer
demand for enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that drive
business efficiency and ensure business processes meet regulatory compliance.
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ZANTAZ Adds Two New Members To Its Board Of Directors
Maxtor Names Duston Williams As New CFO, EVP
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Archivas' VP Asim Zaheer Elected To SNIA's Board Of Directors
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