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Features

- Financial Plays Of The Week
ManagedStorage ENHANCES ITS DATA PROTECTION SERVICE
ManagedStorage International Inc recently announced a strategic partnership with CommVault Systems Inc, a provider of unified, enterprise data management solutions.
FalconStor AND CRISTIE GO AFTER UK STORAGE MANAGEMENT MARKET
FalconStor Software Inc and Cristie Data Products have signed an agreement that, for the first time in the UK, will bring the enterprise-level benefits and capabilities of FalconStor's IPStor storage management platform to SME customers.
DATALINK AND DataCore ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Datalink Corporation and DataCore Software have announced a strategic partnership between the two companies. As a result of the partnership Datalink will incorporate DataCore's award winning SANsymphony storage networking platform into its storage management and control offerings.
StoreAge AND KOM PARTNER ON STORAGE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
StoreAge Networking Technologies and KOM NETWORKS have announced a partnership agreement to deliver policy-based storage management solutions that operate across virtually all storage platforms.
LSI LOGIC AND ServerWorks ANNOUNCE RAID PARTNERSHIP
LSI Logic Corporation and ServerWorks Corporation have announced a partnership to deliver MegaRAID IDEal RAID on motherboard solutions with the next generation of ServerWorks SystemI/O solutions.
MANHATTAN SCIENTIFICS SELLS HOLO-STORAGE PATENT PORTFOLIO
Manhattan Scientifics Inc said recently that it has sold the intellectual property of its holographic data storage subsidiary to a company actively engaged in developing the ultra high-density data storage technology.
QUANTUM SPINS OFF NAS ASSETS TO FORM SNAP APPLIANCE INC
Quantum Corp, a leading provider of data protection systems, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to spin off certain assets related to its Network Attached Storage (NAS) business to help form a new company, Snap Appliance Inc.
SVI STORE SOLUTIONS SIGNS CONTRACT WITH SILVER DOLLAR CITY
SVI Store Solutions announced recently that Silver Dollar City, a regional theme park operator with five high-profile properties in Branson, MO, along with Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN, and Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta, has signed a contract with SVI to implement its OnePointe Point-of-Sale solution.

- Enterprise Data Insights
END TO STANDARDS WAR - 2003?
In a move that underscores the importance of open storage management standards, SNIA members Hitachi and HDS, IBM, Sun, and VERITAS have announced a new effort dedicated to the promotion and progress of SNIA's Common Information Model, Web-Based Enterprise Management technology and Storage Management Initiative specifications for Storage Area Network-based storage management.
BILL INMON TO DISCUSS ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FOR DS
Bill Inmon, world-renowned speaker and author on data warehousing subjects, has announced that he will host a Web seminar on October 22 entitled "Storage Considerations for Data Warehousing."
LUCENT AND McDATA INTRODUCE INTEROPERABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Lucent Technologies and McDATA Corporation announced recently that they had completed testing to demonstrate that products from both companies work together to enable extended distance storage networking over IP-based metropolitan and wide are networks.
SCRIPPS RELIES ON EMC CLARiiON NETWORKED STORAGE
EMC Corporation recently announced that The E.W. Scripps Company has selected EMC networked information storage to store digital content and stream video for its Websites. Scripps, a diversified media company that generated $1.4 billion in revenues in 2001, selected EMC networked storage over Hitachi, IBM, Compaq, Sun and Network Appliance storage devices.
FalconStor's POWERS SAN STORAGE SOLUTION FOR WOLTERS KLUWER
FalconStor Software Inc announced recently that Wolters Kluwer is deploying IPStor to consolidate storage to streamline information access and to provide end-to-end, high availability infrastructure to facilitate rapid recovery from hardware or Data Center failures.
IMATION NABS GOVERNMENT GRANT FOR MULTI-TERABYTE STORAGE
Imation Corp recently announced that it has been awarded a four-year, $11.9 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP) for the development of technologies to advance the storage density capabilities of magnetic tape.
WIRELESS SANS: DATA STORAGE ON THE GO
By Lou Hirsh
With wireless SANs -- combined with an increasing array of mobile devices able to access them -- the reach and potential uses of these wireless storage networks could boom.
STORAGE RIVALS READY FOR STANDARDS
By Michael Singer
Most of the time they are bitter rivals, but four of the largest storage vendors have joined together under the umbrella of interoperability to announce support for some new storage area network standards.

Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
EMC Reports Loss On Weak Tech Spending
SANZ Announces Preliminary Third Quarter Results: 60% Rise
Imation Corp Boosts 3rd Quarter Earnings Outlook
BakBone Announces Preliminary Q2 Revenue Results
- People & Positions
Ken Beaudry To Head Hitachi Data Systems Global Solutions
Exabyte Adds New Directors To Board Flagship Ventures
Chairman Ed Kania Joins DataCore Board
Caesius Software Appoints Two New Advisors

Quote Of The Week
"Storage customers want management solutions that lower TCO, open the door to heterogeneous solutions and are standards based..." -- Brad Stamas, Chairman of SNIA

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