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PLASMON CEO OUTLINES NEXT-GEN OPTICAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGY

WHO: Nigel Street, CEO of Plasmon.

WHAT: "Ultra Density Optical (UDO): The Future For Optical Storage"

WHEN: Wednesday, April 9 -- 10:15 a.m.

WHERE: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City

SUMMARY: With the growing attention to and rise in market regulations for information archival (from HIPAA to the Patriot Act), the need for permanent archival and retrieval of mission-critical documents is escalating by leaps and bounds. No longer is it just important to be able to store and access unalterable documents, it is frequently a legal requirement.

Companies and organizations are exploring ways to ensure they meet the necessary government, healthcare, financial and insurance regulations -- and guarantee that all their important data is fully protected in the most cost-effective and reliable manner. Furthermore, they need to ensure some data is unalterable -- saved as a permanent record -- so it can be retrieved exactly as it was recorded and stored, regardless of time.

Optical remains the storage medium of choice when it comes to ensuring 100 percent data protection and security. Plasmon's Nigel Street will share his view on how the changing economics and increased data protection built into the next generation of optical storage technology -- Ultra Density Optical (UDO) -- will re-shape the role it traditionally has played as a storage solution. Poised to accelerate optical storage through an expanding market opportunity and changing economics, UDO will drive optical beyond its previous limits into the broader spectrum of organizations' enterprises as the de facto standard for protecting, archiving and retrieving data assets, Plasmon's Street predicts.