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- Storage Innovations
APPLE INTRODUCES Xsan STORAGE AREA NETWORK FILE SYSTEM
Xsan software combines breakthrough performance with Apple's legendary
ease-of-use for customers who require scalable, high-speed access to
centralized shared data for video workflow and storage consolidation, and is
the perfect complement to Apple's award-winning Xserve and Xserve RAID
hardware.
ASACA DEBUTS BLUE LASER LIBRARIES AT NAB
The new libraries offer familiar optical disc benefits, including
virtually instant random access, scaleable capacity and an economical cost
per terabyte, giving broadcast and video productions professionals a
cost-effective solution for storing and managing video workflow.
BlackBall INTRODUCES BlackMagic WORKGROUP, SERVER EDITIONS
These editions, along with the BlackMagic Personal Edition, provide a
completely integrated and scalable product line utilizing BlackBall's
patent- pending RMFS (Rich Media File System) to provide the most secure
place to store every version of your files, including rich media files.
CEC INTROS FULLY MANAGED, NETWORK-BASED DATA PROTECTION
PowerProtect is a turnkey, ultra-reliable utility service that makes it
fast, easy and cost-effective for CEC's New York City area business
customers to automate the offsite backup and restore of mission-critical
data.
DOT HILL INTRODUCES RIO Xtreme STORAGE SERVER AT NAB 2004
The new high-bandwidth RIO Xtreme is optimized for data-intensive, rich
media environments including 2K, HD and SD video and film editing and
effects, streaming technologies, data broadcasting, and delivery of digital
and high definition television (HDTV) programming.
EqualLogic ADDS AUTO-REPLICATION TO PeerStorage ARRAY
The PeerStorage Array 100E has expanded its extensive standard set of
features to include auto-replication capabilities, providing businesses with
automatic back-up and disaster protection of critical information.
ISILON, BRIGHT SYSTEMS DELIVER SOLUTIONS TO TOP VIDEO HOUSES
Isilon and Bright Systems are tackling the growing digital content storage
challenge, and through the agreement, are coupling the Bright Systems
services and software packages with the award-winning Isilon IQ clustered
storage system to provide fully-integrated solutions to content-centric
companies.
LSI LOGIC STORAGE SYSTEMS SENDS LogicStor E-MAIL MGMT SOLUTION
One of the Key benefits of the LogicStor solution for Microsoft Exchange
is a lower total cost of ownership through server/storage consolidation that
can result in a 4:1 reduction in the number of servers needed when migrating
from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003.
MARANTI SHOWCASES SOLUTIONS AT STORAGE DECISIONS 2004
Maranti's demonstration will feature high availability solutions
leveraging Storage Quality of Service, array load balancing, wire-speed
virtualization and synchronous mirroring across two CoreSTOR network storage
controllers.
MEDEA TARGETS NEARLINE MARKET WITH SATA-BASED RAID SOLUTIONS
The company's new XStream and StreamRAID disk arrays feature SATA to 2 Gb
fibre channel RAID technology and provide 24-7 operation for nearline
applications including remote backup, document/e-mail archiving, data
management and disaster recovery.
NEXSAN SHOWS POWERFUL NEW STORAGE SYSTEMS AT NAB 2004
Designed to increase the performance and lower the cost of digital video
and streaming media applications, Nexsan's powerful ATAboy2 RAID solution
brings to the digital video market the speed, reliability and performance
that the company is well known for.
QUALSTAR ANNOUNCES HIGH DENSITY RACK MOUNT LTO TAPE LIBRARY
The RLS-8244 delivers 8.8TB of native capacity using only 5U (8.75 inches)
of valuable rack space, making it an ideal choice for small and midsized
companies faced with rapidly growing data storage requirements.
DISC MADE FROM PAPER IN NEAR FUTURE?
The paper disc is based on a version of a blue-laser DVD technology,
called Blu-Ray, that is supported by a consortium of electronics makers
including Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial and Dutch firm Philips.
TeraCloud INTROS SUBSCRIPTION PRICING FOR STORAGE SOLUTIONS
With growing pressure to control IT-related costs, customers can implement
TeraCloud's SRM solutions on a subscription basis and immediately improve
their bottom line, with no additional fees for licensing or technical
support.
NEW TOSHIBA 100GB 2.5-INCH HDD OFFERS HIGHEST CAPACITY
Toshiba achieved the world's first 100GB 2.5-inch HDD by establishing a
new benchmark for areal density: 80-gigabits of data per square inch.
ZANTAZ RELEASES EXCHANGE ARCHIVE SOLUTION 3.2
ZANTAZ' first upgrade of EAS since the acquisition of EDUCOM TS Inc in
February adds significant improvements to the EAS graphical user interface
(GUI) and expands the framework of the EAS architecture as a platform for
digital records management and content archiving.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
FalconStor, CIARA JOIN FORCES TO OFFER STORAGE APPLIANCES
FalconStor Software Inc and Ciara Technologies announced a collaboration
to deliver turnkey solutions, including an IPStor Enterprise appliance, as
well as special purpose Virtual Tape Library (VTL), iSCSI Storage Server,
and NAS Server appliances, all powered by IPStor.
MASSTECH, SPECTRA LOGIC ANNOUNCE JOINT DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
During the next six months, Spectra Logic and Masstech will integrate
several additional features to deliver a complete broadcast storage
automation "appliance" centered on Spectra's TeraPack media management
system.
NETWORK ENGINES TO BUILD APPLIANCES BASED ON MICROSOFT SERVERS
Network Engines Inc announced its commitment to deliver appliance products
based on Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000,
Windows Server 2000 and Windows Storage Server 2003.
NVIDIA ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF iReady
Privately-held iReady Corp's patented Ethernet technologies provide highly
scalable, full transport offload for ultra-high-performance Ethernet
networking.
PLASMON COMPLETES RAIDTEC ACQUISITION
Raidtec develops and manufactures SAN and NAS storage networking solutions
based on FC, SCSI and SATA technologies. Headquartered in Cork, Ireland,
Raidtec markets its solutions and components worldwide and had a turnover of
$6.3 million in the last 12 months.
StorageTek, RORKE DATA TO DELIVER MEDIA ARCHIVE SOLUTIONS
StorageTek and Rorke Data have teamed up to provide the broadcast industry
with a comprehensive digital media archive solution that enables broadcast
and media production enterprises to increase revenue, while achieving
affordable, high-performance digital media management.
- Enterprise Data Insights
FalconStor EFFECTIVELY FULFILLS STORAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR SWADS
State Warehousing and Distribution Services has chosen IPStor software to
manage the growing data storage requirements of its warehouse operations,
which consists of thousands of discrete products from many of the largest
consumer companies in the world, including Whirlpool, Chanel and Philips.
STACKED, PACKED NANOWIRES HOLD TRIPLEXED MEGADATA
Researchers at the University of Southern California and the NASA Ames
Research Center have successfully tested a self-assembled molecular memory
device they say has the potential of holding 40 Gigabits per square
centimeter -- a far greater density than any achieved on silicon.
ONTRACK DATA RECOVERY PROVIDES TIPS FOR SERVER RECOVERIES
Ontrack Data Recovery understands that server failures are common
occurrences and offers several critical tips that can help get companies up
and running quickly after their server goes down.
PINNACLE NETWORKED NEWS ON AIR AT NEW CNN FACILITY
Pinnacle Systems' Palladium-based Vortex networked news systems with
Liquid blue editing is now on air at the new CNN production facility at Time
Warner Center in New York. The installation provides an efficient networked
workflow for many of CNN's top programs and the CNN/fn network.
BRIEF FILED WITH FTC IN RAMBUS PATENT INFRINGEMENT CASE
Boston-based law firm Gesmer Updegrove LLP announced that it had filed a
"friend of the court" brief with the Federal Trade Commission urging the
commissioners to reverse the decision of an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ")
earlier this year in favor of Rambus Inc.
RORKE DATA SAN, HD STORAGE SOLUTIONS GAIN MKT SHARE IN ASIA
The installations range from relatively small locations such as a SAN
solution with JingJiang TV in China, to considerably larger ones including
an OSX SAN at Turner Broadcasting System's Cartoon Network in Hong Kong.
35 YEARS OF 'SESAME STREET' PROGRAMMING DIGITALLY PRESERVED
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Nexsan Technologies provide the
company with a data storage solution that will archive 35 years of video
content while making it available for immediate access for future
productions.
PREMIER MEDIA SELECTS SGI FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AT FOX SPORTS
This new infrastructure is based on SGI Media Server for broadcast systems
for ingest and transmission, SGI InfiniteStorage Shared Filesystem CXFS
Storage Area Network (SAN), and Ardendo's suite of ingest and asset
management software tools for content management.
StorEdge 2004 SHOWCASES FUTURE OF STORAGE
Factors driving growth for enterprise storage include regulatory rules
like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, HIPAA, Basel II, and closer home, RBI and SEBI
guidelines. Enterprise applications like ERP, CRM, etc., also have been
driving growth in a big way.
TERADATA WAREHOUSING HELPS VODAFONE TAP INTO CUSTOMERS
The 20TB technology refresh and expansion was driven by three key business
drivers, law enforcement requirements for the storage and retrieval of call
detail records (CDRs), the need for near real-time reporting and the reuse
of CDRs across the enterprise.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
StorageTek Announces First Quarter Revenue, EPS Growth
Informatica Reports First Quarter Revenues Of $54.2 Million
Maxtor Corporation Reports First Quarter 2004 Results
Seagate Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2004 Results
Imation Reports Q1 Revenue Growth Of 24 Percent
Sybase Reports First Quarter Profits
Overland Storage Posts Third Quarter Results
- People & Positions
Neartek Names Storage Veteran Matthew Durkin As CEO
nStor Appoints Todd Gresham President, CEO
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