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- Storage Innovations
ADAPTEC, NetApp BRING ENTERPRISE SAN TO SMALL BUSINESSES
The Adaptec-NetApp IP SAN solution leverages the proven performance of
SCSI and the low cost of Ethernet to give these businesses a simple,
affordable way to deploy SANs for enterprise-level applications. The
solution features central technical support to reduce total cost of SAN
ownership.
CISCO, IBM TEAM UP ON NETWORK-HOSTED STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION
Cisco and IBM introduced a jointly developed solution designed to help
customers further drive down the costs and complexity of managing data by
providing them flexible, storage area networking (SAN) options to improve
storage resource utilization.
CNT EXTENDS NEW IBM DATA MIRRORING SOLUTION OVER 1,200 MILES
The solution uses CNT's UltraNet Edge Storage Router, which reliably
extends IBM's Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC), for Fibre Channel, a
controller-based disk mirroring application for IBM TotalStorage Enterprise
Storage Server (ESS) Model 800.

iVivity ANNOUNCES iDiSX ARCHITECTURE
The groundbreaking architecture, developed over the last three years,
allows storage applications to exercise unprecedented control over storage
I/O streams at wire-speed performance.
KASHYA TO SHOW LONG DISTANCE REPLICATION, RECOVERY SOLUTION
Kashya, a leader in high-performance, cost-effective business continuity
solutions, will exhibit the first network-based data replication solution
using Brocade's SilkWorm Fabric Application Platform Oct. 27-30 at Storage
Networking World at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes Resort in Orlando, Fla.
IBM RALLIES LightSand, OTHER VENTURE BACKED FIRMS
The Innovation Forum's purpose is to provide promising companies with an
introduction to the e-business on demand model and explore various
opportunities.

LSI HELPS ORACLE REALIZE AUTOMATIC STORAGE MANAGEMENT VISION
LSI Logic Storage Systems announced that the company's storage systems
with SANtricity Storage Manager software supports the automatic storage
management (ASM) capability of the new Oracle Database 10g.
PERMABIT UNLEASHES NEXT GEN. OF CONTENT ADDRESSED STORAGE
Permabit, a software company that offers safe, scalable content addressed
storage, introduced Permeon, a storage solution that requires no changes to
existing applications and scales from workgroup to enterprise levels.
RAIDTEC LAUNCHES SNAZ OS v.3.0
SNAZ OS 3.0 delivers a comprehensive new release with many improved
features to benefit both users and administrators. The release of SNAZ OS
3.0 will enable users of Raidtec's Intel-based NAS product range to gain
immediate benefit from the main new features.

REVIVIO ANNOUNCES TimeFrame DATA PROTECTION SYSTEM
By offering continuous protection and instant access to enterprise data as
it existed at any previous point in time, this new technology eliminates the
risk, cost and complexity associated with traditional single-point-in-time
data protection methods.
IBM BOOSTS PERFORMANCE, DISASTER RECOVERY W/ SHARK
IBM boosted its disaster recovery options for customers with enhancements
to its IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS), also known as
Shark, that will allow for fast data transfer that is up to eight times
faster and reduces channels by a factor of four over current ESCON
technology.
NuTec ENERGY SELECTS SISTINA STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE
NuTec Energy Services, a premier provider of seismic imaging services to
the oil and gas industry, has migrated to a Linux-based storage
infrastructure -- a move made possible by Sistina GFS, a highly scalable
enterprise-class cluster file system on Linux.

SONY USHERS OFFERS HIGH-SPEED 8X DVD+R DUAL RW DVD BURNERS
Speed takes center stage with Sony's fourth-generation Dual RW drives --
the internal DRU-530A and the external DRX-530UL -- which are capable of
recording to compatible DVD+R discs at speeds of up to 8X, enabling users to
burn an entire 8X DVD+R disc in about ten minutes.
ST. BERNARD ENHANCES FalconStor W/ "POINT-IN-TIME" PROTECTION
St. Bernard Software Inc announced that FalconStor Software Inc has
integrated St. Bernard's enterprise-class Open File Manager technology into
its IPStor BareMetal Recovery and IPStor FileSafe solutions.

XIOtech TO DEMONSTRATE FIRST DISTRIBUTED STORAGE CLUSTER
XIOtech announced that it will demonstrate Magnitude 3D in a "stretched"
cluster configuration at SNW Fall 2003. Magnitude 3D will also be the first
SAN to conduct a remote boot of five heterogeneous blade servers -- located
in a remote area of the interoperability lab -- with no local storage.
LSI LOGIC SERVES UP STORAGE FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2003
Two new storage technologies in Windows Server 2003, VDS and VSS, make it
easier for applications to manage and maintain disks and volumes, backup and
restore data using advanced snapshot copy techniques, and manage storage
arrays on Storage Area Networks (SANs).

- Financial Plays Of The Week
EMC COMPLETES $1.37 BILLION BUY OF LEGATO
Data storage company EMC Corp said that it had completed its nearly $1.37
billion stock purchase of software company Legato Systems Inc as part of its
effort to diversify revenue.
SEAGATE, ADAPTEC OFFER DISCOUNT SATA RAID PERFORMANCE
Resellers can purchase one Adaptec 2410SA card with three Seagate SATA
drives and receive up to a $55 rebate, through October 2003. SATA RAID is
designed to help you work faster, easier and with the peace of mind that
your data is protected.
WinWhatWhere FEATURES REMOTE STORAGE FOR ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS
TrueActive Software and Remote Data Storage have announced an agreement
whereby TrueActive Software will offer RDS' hosted data storage services to
its enterprise customers.

VISUAL FRONTIER ANNOUNCES SIGNED NDA WITH JAPAN'S TEAC INC
Visual Frontier Inc announced the signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement
with Teac Inc pursuant to its recent contract to provide the massive
electronics manufacturer and industry leader with a new line of special
combo drive products.
CROSSROADS ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH EMC
With this agreement, Crossroads becomes a qualified solutions provider for
embedded Fibre Channel connectivity of iSeries servers into external EMC
storage arrays, including EMC Symmetrix and Symmetrix DMX systems.
FileNet, EMC PARTNER TO HELP BAPTIST HEALTH MEET REQUIREMENTS
FileNet Corp and EMC Corp announced that Baptist Health has launched a
combined FileNet/EMC Enterprise Content Management solution to meet
compliance requirements for securing storage, reducing costs and ensuring
authorized access of electronic patient records.

- Enterprise Data Insights
ADVANTECH, M-SYSTEMS, PQI CREATE NEW FLASH DISK STANDARD
In order to assist quick and smooth penetration of an internal USB based
storage device, Advantech, PQI and M-Systems have agreed on a world-wide
industry standard connector and form factors for the Single Board Computer
(SBC) market and eventually for mother board manufactures.
STORAGE SECURITY -- WHAT, HOW, WHY (PART 2)
By Scott Gordon, VP Of Marketing, NeoScale Systems Inc
Let's continue down the path of securing storage resources and
business-critical information by examining available security capabilities
and practices, industry progress, data encryption advances and general
storage security best practices.

NORTH AMERICAN ENTERPRISES SNAPPING UP BI TOOLS
39.9 percent of North American companies surveyed by IDC have already
installed BI solutions and another 10.9 percent are planning to implement BI
solutions in the next 12 months.
SAXO BANK SPEEDS UP TRADER SERVICE WITH BITMICRO SOLUTIONS
SaxoTrader enables clients to trade currencies, shares, CFD contracts,
futures, options and other derivatives as well as managed funds. Having
posted strong growth over the past two years, Saxo emphasizes superior speed
and technology in all of its client services.

SNIA DATA MANAGEMENT FORUM TO TACKLE DATA, LIFECYCLE ISSUES
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced the formation
of the Data Management Forum (DMF). The DMF will focus on defining,
implementing, qualifying and teaching improved methods for the protection,
retention and lifecycle management of data.
ORACLE NetApp CENTER HELPS XCEED MEET REQUIREMENTS
Xceed has standardized on Oracle RAC and NetApp unified storage architecture
to realize the performance and TCO benefits associated with NetApp's highly
scalable and simple to manage storage system.

Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
VERITAS Achieves Best Revenue Quarter In Company's History
StorageTek Announces Third Quarter Revenue, Earnings Growth
Seagate Technology Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2004 Results
Maxtor Reports Strong Third Quarter 2003 Financial Results
JNI Reports Financial Results For Third Quarter 2003
Dot Hill Exceeds Third Quarter Guidance, Posts Record Profits
Imation Corp Reports Record Data Storage Revenue
Hyperion Reports Fiscal First-Quarter Results
Informatica Reports Third Quarter Revenues Of $50.7 Million
- People & Positions
Sistina Software Names Ian Bonner President, CEO
Storage World Conf. Adds Three All Stars To Advisory Board
nStor Strengthens Sales Management Team
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