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Features
- Storage Innovations
ADIC DOUBLES THROUGHPUT/CAPACITY FOR FastStor 2 AUTOLOADER
Advanced Digital Information Corporation announced recently that it has
doubled the performance and storage capacity of its FastStor 2 LTO
autoloader to provide relief for IT departments facing increased data growth
and shrinking backup windows.
APTARE LAUNCHES StorageConsole 3.0
APTARE Inc has announced the release of APTARE StorageConsole 3.0. This
flagship product provides detailed reporting and enhanced control of the
enterprise backup environment, making 100% backup and recovery success
achievable and cost-effective.

iReady INTRODUCES WORLD'S MOST INTEGRATED iSCSI CONTROLLER
iReady Corp, a leader in Internet protocol processing in hardware, has
announced a full lineup of iSCSI products, featuring the storage networking
industry's first fully integrated iSCSI controller and iSCSI host bus
adaptors (HBAs) -- at less than half the price of competing solutions.
KASHYA DATA PROTECTION SOLUTION HEADS TO SilkWorm FABRIC
Kashya Inc announced recently that Kashya intelligent data protection
technology will be developed for the Brocade SilkWorm Fabric Application
Platform, delivering superior data protection across any distance for
heterogeneous storage and server environments, and enabling significant
improvements in data integrity, cost efficiency, and performance for data
protection of enterprise corporate data.

MicronPC ENTERS STORAGE MARKET WITH NEW DataFRAME PRODUCTS
MPC, a Gores Technology Group company, announced recently that it is
entering the storage market with the introduction of the DataFRAME 310fc
(Fibre Channel) and DataFRAME 310s (SCSI) storage products.
SEAGATE UNVEILS PLANS FOR 2.5-INCH DISC DRIVE PLATFORM
IT managers are being challenged to increase their levels of enterprise
storage performance and reliability while using less data center space.
Seagate has announced an unprecedented strategy to address this need -- a
new 2.5-inch enterprise disc drive platform.

- Financial Plays Of The Week
DOT HILL ADOPTS STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
Dot Hill Systems Corp has announced that on May 17, 2003 its board of
directors approved the adoption of a Stockholder Rights Plan under which all
stockholders of record as of May 30, 2003 will receive rights to purchase
shares of a new series of preferred stock.
EXABYTE AND LOGITEC SIGN OEM AGREEMENT TO HIT ASIAN MARKET
Exabyte Corporation, a performance and value leader in tape backup
systems, announced a recent agreement with Tokyo-based Logitec that will
allow the leading Asian computer peripheral manufacturer to offer VXA-2 tape
drives to its customers.
M-SYSTEMS REACHES AGREEMENT WITH APACER FOR USB DRIVE TECH
M-Systems, a leader in flash disk data storage products, has announced an
agreement with Apacer, an innovative digital storage provider.

PERVASIVE AND MAGIC FORM WORLDWIDE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
Pervasive Software Inc and Magic Software Enterprises have announced the
signing of a strategic alliance agreement to develop and market a bundled
toolkit worldwide.
SPINNAKER NETWORKS WINS FIRST INTERNATIONAL DEPLOYMENT
Spinnaker Networks, a leader in developing next generation distributed
storage systems, has announced the implementation of two Spinnaker
SpinServer 3300 Network Attached Storage systems for the search site of
Free.fr, France's second-largest ISP.

- Enterprise Data Insights
SECURITY EFFORTS FOR DATA IN MOTION SHOULD BE PUT TO REST
By Geoff Barrall, CTO, BlueArc Corporation
Everybody knows that it is easier to hit a stationary target than a
fast-moving target. Yet, an enormous amount of resources are being used to
encrypt data in motion, while any smart hacker (in its negative context of
somebody trying to obtain data not intended for them) can tell you that data
at rest is that much easier to decode and transmit to a second location.
IDC NAMES AGERE WORLD LEADER IN IC FOR HDD AND SONET/SDH
Agere Systems announced recently that it has been named the world leader
in integrated circuits (IC) for hard disk drives and SONET/SDH multiservice
networking equipment, according to new reports by industry analyst firm IDC.
Agere increased market share in both technology segments, climbing from No.
3 positions in 2001 to No. 1 in 2002.
ALACRITECH ACCELERATORS ENABLE MAJOR MEDICAL ENVIRONMENTS
Alacritech Inc recently announced that its Gigabit Ethernet Server and
Storage Accelerator, the industry's only Integrated Storage Network
Interface Card (IS-NIC), is rapidly penetrating the medical market.

ANACOMP BECOMES A BROCADE QUALIFIED SUPPORT PARTNER
Anacomp Inc, a global provider of information outsourcing services,
maintenance support and imaging and print solutions, announced recently that
it will deliver support services to Brocade Storage Area Network (SAN)
infrastructure customers worldwide as a Brocade Qualified Support Partner
(QSP).
TechTV REAPS PRODUCTIVITY BENEFITS WITH NEXSAN ATAboy2
In the daily crunch of creating and producing a full schedule of
entertainment programming, there is constant work to digitize and store
individual shows to put to air.
HDS SELECTS KeyLabs FOR INTEROPERABILITY TESTING PROGRAM
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and KeyLabs have announced the selection of
KeyLabs as a strategic provider of interoperability testing for the hundreds
of vendors whose storage products operate in conjunction with HDS.

the451 FINDS GAPING HOLE IN IT VENDORS' SECURITY STRATEGIES
The451 believes that the next 12 months will see significant activity in
the emerging global market for enterprise storage security technologies.
With gaping holes in the product strategies of a number of leading IT
vendors and the issues of security and storage advancing as top priorities
-- driving substantial spending by CIOs -- enterprise storage security is a
marketplace on the edge of rapid commercialization.
LUMENTIS DELIVERS SAN SERVICES TO CITY CARRIER IN AUSTRALIA
Lumentis announces an agreement with Australian carrier Uecomm Limited to
deliver storage area network (SAN) services to OM Australia, a provider of
transaction technology for the financial services and energy industries.
MaXXan COMPLETES HDS INTEROPERABILITY TESTING
MaXXan Systems Inc has announced the successful completion of HDS'
Interoperability Demonstration Program (IDP) tests for the MaXXan MXV320
Intelligent Director Switch with the HDS Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning
9900 V and Lightning 9900 Series product families.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Overland Completes Private Placement Of Common Stock
- People & Positions
FalconStor Software Elects Patrick B. Carney to Board
LeftHand Networks Expands Management Team
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