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HP AND MIRAPOINT SET MESSAGING PERFORMANCE WORLD RECORD

SGI'S STORAGE SOLUTION TO TAKE PSC PAST A PETABYTE

SAND SIGNS $900K TRANSPORTATION ANALYTICS DEAL

Features

Storage Innovations

AKARA ENABLES INDUSTRY-1ST FICON OVER SONET SOLUTION FOR IBM
Akara, a leading provider of Storage over SONET extension solutions for business continuance and disaster recovery, announced that it has successfully completed interoperability testing between Akara's OUSP 2000 Product Family and IBM's TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (codename Shark) eXtended Remote Copy (XRC) solution under IBM's TotalStorage Proven program.

DataCore UNVEILS BREAKTHROUGH STORAGE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
DataCore Software, a leading provider of enterprise-class, open storage networking software, has introduced a broad spectrum of powerful storage services and innovations to manage growing storage network deployments.

DATA DOMAIN DELIVERS BREAKTHROUGH DISK-BASED RECOVERY
Data Domain has announced a storage industry breakthrough in protection, simplicity, and reliability with its new disk-based recovery storage solution, the DD200 Recovery Appliance and the Data Domain Restore Protection Manager (DD RPM) software.

GRESHAM INTRODUCES NEW LAN-FREE SAN SOLUTIONS FOR IBM TIVOLI
Gresham Computing has announced that ADIC customers can now implement IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) LAN-Free solutions using Gresham's Enterprise DistribuTape (EDT) tape storage management integration application.

IMATION ANNOUNCES NEW BUSINESS SELECT OPTICAL MEDIA
Imation Corp has introduced Business Select, a premier optical media specifically designed for the business environment.

INITIO ANNOUNCES 1ST SINGLE CHIP FireWire800-to-ATA-7 BRIDGE
Initio Corp, a leading maker of input/output (I/O) solutions for storage systems and peripherals, has announced the industry's first FireWire800-to-ATA-7 bridging device that blends key performance features -- UltraDMA (UDMA)133, 100MB/s read and right transfer rates, and hardware RAID support -- into a single, integrated device.

StoneFly DELIVERS COST-EFFECTIVE IP SANs TO WIN SERVER 2003
StoneFly Networks Inc, an innovator of Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage provisioning appliances, has announced support for the complete Microsoft Windows operating environment including Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000, Windows XP, Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server.

StorageTek OFFERS 1ST TAPE DRIVE WITH NATIVE FICON INTERFACE
Tape storage automation is alive and thriving. And for high-end computing environments, StorageTek continues to push the envelope. With the enterprise level robustness of the StorageTek T9x40 family, these drives work around the clock with less time spent searching, freeing more time for delivering data.

TOSHIBA, UNITRENDS DEVELOP SMALL FORM FACTOR DATA PROTECTION
Unitrends Corporation and Toshiba's Computer Systems Group (CSG) have announced a new version of Unitrends' Data Protection Unit (DPU) to the market.

Financial Plays Of The Week

DELL, EMC EXTEND STORAGE-EQUIPMENT AGREEMENT
Dell Computer Corp and leading data-storage equipment firm EMC Corp said recently that they have extended their agreement for Dell to resell EMC gear by two years, citing market share gains.

DOT HILL TEAMS UP WITH ASL IN THAILAND
Dot Hill announced it is partnering with system integrator ASL Automated Ltd in Thailand. ASL, based in Bangkok, provides technology solutions and services to its extensive customer base. ASL also works closely with specialized vertical solution providers in the financial, insurance and healthcare sectors.

LSI LOGIC AND INTEL COLLABORATE TO EXTEND MEGARAID SOLUTIONS
LSI Logic Corporation has announced joint validation and development efforts to deliver MegaRAID solutions using Intel's forthcoming high-performance I/O processor for PCI Express, code named Dobson. Initial solutions will utilize LSI Logic MegaRAID RAID software; LSI Logic Ultra320 SCSI controllers; and Intel's I/O processors with Intel XScale technology.

NEXSAN ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNER PROGRAM FOR TOTAL STORAGE
Nexsan Technologies, a leader in innovative storage solutions, has announced its Strategic Solutions (S2) Program that will provide sales and marketing benefits to strategic partners and result in further channel-friendly product development for Nexsan's network of solution providers.

SAND SIGNS $900K TRANSPORTATION ANALYTICS DEAL
SAND Technology announced that it has been awarded a competitive contract worth CA$900,000 for a data warehousing project to provide traffic and associated revenue reports to the management of 407 International Inc.

SIRIUS JOINS IN IBM'S STORAGE VOLUME CONTROLLER LAUNCH
Sirius Computer Solutions, an IBM Premier Partner and nationwide provider of IBM storage products, is pleased to host the announcement of the IBM SAN Volume Controller, the first member of the IBM TotalStorage Virtualization Family of products. These products are designed to provide SAN wide control and management of storage resources.

MicroStrategy AND SYSTIME FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, has announced a strategic alliance with SYSTIME Computer Corporation. SYSTIME is a leading global provider of IT services for collaborative commerce solutions including ERP, SCM, CRM, BI, Integration, supply-side B-2-B solutions, HR, and Outsourcing services.

Enterprise Data Insights

DATABEACON TAKES GOLD IN COLOMBIAN DATA ANALYSIS OLYMPICS
Mention Colombian exports and most of us think of coffee. After all, it is Colombia's best-known product. But there's a lot more to this thriving South American nation of 42 million people than roasted beans and Juan Valdez. In fact, Colombia is a major producer of textiles, apparel, live plants, furniture, chemicals, plastics, software and much more.

CASE STUDY: TURNER BROADCASTING TURNS TO ADIC StorNext
At Turner Broadcasting System's new Network Operations Center, 19 separate broadcast networks, including, TBS Superstation, TNT, Cartoon Network, TCM, Boomerang, and Turner South, share access to digital content thanks to Fibre Channel SAN technology and ADIC's StorNext File System. The end result is streamlined data management and maximized storage resource utilization.

CA BRIGHTSTOR OFFERS STORAGE JUMP-START SUITE
Computer Associates International Inc recently announced that CA Hong Kong has started offering a brand new storage solution package named, BrightStor "Managing On-demand Storage" Jump-Start Suite.

ONLINE BEHAVIORAL DATA NOW AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS
The Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) and comScore Networks have established a partnership to make two extraordinary online data resources available to the academic community.

GELRE HOSPITALS CHOOSES SANsymphony AND HDS THUNDER 9200
DataCore Software, a leading provider of enterprise-class, open-storage networking software, has announced that Gelre Hospitals in the Netherlands has selected SANsymphony software as the solution to manage its highly available storage infrastructure.

DAVID BREISACHER LAUNCHES COMPANY TARGETING DATA PROTECTION
Storage industry veteran David Breisacher has launched a new storage manufacturing company, GST Inc, to fulfill the unique needs for improved data protection and disaster recovery capabilities required in today's era of heightened security concerns.

HITACHI ULSI SELECTS 3PAR UTILITY STORAGE
3PAR, a leading provider of Utility Storage, announced recently that Hitachi ULSI Systems, a leading supplier of system design solutions, has purchased and installed the 3PAR InServ Storage Server.

HP AND MIRAPOINT SET MESSAGING PERFORMANCE WORLD RECORD
HP and Mirapoint have announced a new world record result for SPECmail message capacity and performance of 1.25 million SPECmail users, nearly 25 percent higher than the previous record and able to support roughly 17 million real-world messages per day.

SGI'S STORAGE SOLUTION TO TAKE PSC PAST A PETABYTE
SGI announced recently that the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) has selected an SGI storage solution to help the center meet its growing storage challenges, with plans to ultimately store and manage over a petabyte of data.