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APRICORN INTROS EZ UPGRADE 1.8T HARD DRIVE UPGRADE KIT
Apricorn released the EZ Upgrade 1.8T Hard Drive Upgrade Kit. EZ Upgrade
1.8T is the first hard drive upgrade kit designed specifically for 1.8-inch
hard drives found in many of the latest portable notebooks and tablet PCs.
WESTERN DIGITAL SHIPS LARGE CAPACITY HARD DRIVES FOR SERVERS
WD Caviar RAID Edition hard drives are designed to enterprise-class
standards for high reliability in a host of server applications including
e-mail, file, video and Web servers, and demanding environments such as
scientific computing, enterprise backup, document image management,
engineering data management.
DELL INTROS BROAD RANGE OF POWEREDGE SERVERS
Dell has significantly increased the performance, management and expansion
capabilities of its PowerEdge line of servers with dual-processor PowerEdge
1800, 1850, 2800 and 2850 servers.
SNAP APPLIANCE LAUNCHES COST-EFFECTIVE DATA REPLICATION SOLUTION
A full-featured data replication and distribution solution, S2S v2 is an
affordable and easy-to-use solution for synchronizing data between Snap
Servers across a distributed network.
FUJITSU DELIVERS HIGH CAPACITY MOBILE HDD TO CHANNEL PARTNERS
Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc announced the delivery of its
next generation MHU2100AT 2.5-inch 9.5mm mobile hard disk drive to its
industry leading storage channel partners. Fujitsu's new mobile hard disk
drive offers up to 100GB of capacity and a nearly 30 percent increase in
areal density.
FUJIFILM EXPANDS INTO ENTERPRISE TAPE STORAGE
Fujifilm's high performance enterprise storage media is based on the
company's proprietary NANOCUBIC technology and was developed for use with
the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3592. The cartridge broadens
Fujifilm's enterprise products that include tape cartridges for IBM's
popular TotalStorage 3590 storage system.
VERITAS INTRODUCES STORAGE REPLICATOR 3.0
VERITAS Storage Replicator enables organizations to centralize backup
without disrupting normal server operations and helps cut costs by
eliminating the need to invest in remote office administrators and hardware.
HP OFFERS INTEL-BASED PROLIANT SERVERS, NEW StorageWorks ARRAYS
The new lineup represents a complete line of dual-processor servers based
on the Intel Xeon processor with Intel Extended Memory 64-bit Technology
(Intel EM64T), formerly code-named "Nocona."
INFORTREND ANNOUNCES ULTRA320 SCSI RAID STORAGE SUBSYSTEM
With the highest performance available in the latest parallel SCSI
generation, the EonStor U12U-G4010 provides the greatest SCSI bandwidth ever
for the most demanding applications.
IOMEGA NOW SHIPPING NEW REV 35GB FireWire DRIVE FOR MAC USERS
The new REV 35GB 1394/FireWire drive gives Mac users an elegant,
high-performance device for backup and large file portable storage,
combining the speed and ease of use of a hard drive with the removability of
tape or optical products.
LSI LOGIC ANNOUNCES MegaRAID PCI EXPRESS IN FULL PRODUCTION
LSI Logic Corp announced that MegaRAID PCI Express products powered by the
Intel IOP332 Storage I/O processor are in full production to align with the
launch of the Intel E7520 chipset.
NEC SELECTS EMULEX INSPEED SOC 320 FOR NEW STORAGE SOLUTIONS
NEC has used Emulex's InSpeed SOC 320 to create an "SBOD application,"
which improves the reliability and performance of storage solutions by
bringing 2 Gb per second switched connectivity to each individual disk drive
within the storage array.
NIMBUS UNVEILS IP SAN SOLUTION FOR SMALL, MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
While the Nimbus solution sets new standards for affordability and
ease-of-use, it also delivers enterprise-grade features, such as on-demand
scalability to 8TB, industry-leading 100MB per second performance, and
sophisticated data protection and security tools.
RACKABLE SYSTEMS UNVEILS NEW SCALE OUT SERVER SERIES
The Scale Out Server Series combines the key features and benefits of
Rackable Systems' open architecture, rack-mount server design with improved
density, serviceability and management to meet the requirements of the most
demanding applications.
SNAP APPLIANCE DOUBLES SERVER PERFORMANCE WITH LATEST SOLUTION
With dynamic, on-the-fly scalability up to 30TB and a price tag at less
than $5 per gigabyte -- 75 percent less than the industry average of $21 per
gigabyte -- the Snap Server 18000 redefines affordable storage solutions for
the distributed enterprise.
SST INCREASES PERFORMANCE OF ATA FLASH DISK CONTROLLER
Utilizing SST's embedded SuperFlash technology, the SST55LD019x
controllers feature enhanced performance and functionality, including
command support for ATA/ATAPI-5, added security protection and multi-word
DMA.
SYMANTEC NORTON GHOST 9.0 MAKES DATA PROTECTION FAST, SIMPLE
Norton Ghost 9.0 offers consumers the ultimate solution in data storage
and protection with a complete, reliable, quick and easy way to backup
system files, programs, settings, documents and other important data.
TOSHIBA OFFERS HIGHEST CAPACITY 1.8-INCH HARD DISK DRIVES
To achieve this industry-leading capacity, Toshiba has set a new benchmark
for areal density in the 1.8-inch HDD category at 93.5 gigabits per square
inch. This has allowed Toshiba to pack 30GB of data onto a single 1.8-inch
platter, an increase of 50 percent over current models.
VERITAS UTILITY COMPUTING INNOVATIONS DELIVER LINUX IN MINUTES
VERITAS Storage Foundation software incorporates an innovation
breakthrough called the Portable Data Container that allows customers to
migrate data to Linux and back again in a matter of minutes.
WINCHESTER SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES LATEST FlashDisk RAID ARRAY
The SC-4400 FlashDisk RAID array is capable of supporting up to five
heterogeneous servers sharing a storage pool via U160 SCSI protocol, capable
of scaling to 2.3TB, and can be scaled to 4.6TB supporting up to three hosts
with the addition of an expansion chassis.
XYRATEX SHIPS EXPANSION JBODs FOR SATA RAID TO OEM MARKET
Designed for ease of integration with the 4200 FC-SATA RAID system, this
3U, 16 drive JBOD leverages technology from Xyratex's proven Fibre Channel
enclosure design, enabling OEMs to offer a true enterprise class storage
system.
- Financial Plays Of The Week
ARKEIA, CORAID ESTABLISH TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP
The agreement in principle calls for Arkeia and Coraid to establish
technological cooperation for the purpose of ensuring continual
compatibility of Coraid's EtherDrive product line with Arkeia's backup
solutions with the goal to provide certified, maintained, supported and
marketable products to Coraid's and Arkeia's respective markets.
STALKER SOFTWARE, BLUEARC PROVIDE HIGH-PERFORMANCE STORAGE
Stalker Software Inc announced its partnership with BlueArc, provider of
the world's highest performance enterprise-class network storage solutions.
BlueArc, ENGENIO AGREEMENT ENHANCES MULTI-TIERED STORAGE
Engenio and BlueArc Corp announced that the two companies have entered
into an OEM agreement, whereby BlueArc's Titan SiliconServer network storage
offerings will feature Engenio's enterprise- class Fibre Channel and SATA
controllers, available together in a single Titan storage system.
EXABYTE SIGNS VXA-2 PacketLoader DEAL INVOLVING IBM UNIX SYSTEMS
Exabyte Corp announced that its most advanced VXA-2 tape technology will
be deployed on IBM eServer pSeries systems and sold separately by IBM as a
fully-customized attachment for IBM UNIX-based servers.
FalconStor, D2B INFORMATIQUE OFFER ACCELERATED DR OF APP SERVERS
FalconStor Software Inc, a developer of network storage infrastructure
software solutions, announced an agreement with D2B Informatique, a
distributor of storage solutions, enabling them to deliver a Backup &
BareMetal Recovery appliance powered by FalconStor technology.
LLNL PURCHASES FIVE DATA DOMAIN DD200 RECOVERY APPLIANCES
Data Domain announced that the Administrative IT division of the Lawrence
Livermore National Lab purchased five DD200 recovery appliances to manage
the backup and restores of 5TB of data across 250 servers.
PANASAS EXTENDS REACH WITH SICORP SALES PARTNERSHIP
Through this agreement, SICORP, a provider of end-to-end data storage
solutions specializing in high-performance and high-availability data
centers, will sell and support the Panasas Storage Cluster to its customers
nationwide.
PRINCETON SOFTECH, BMC FORM DATABASE PERFORMANCE ALLIANCE
This alliance adds database archiving to BMC Software's SmartDBA
Performance Management portfolio through the addition of Princeton Softech's
Active Archive Solutions.
SANRAD SECURES $8 MILLION IN FUNDING ROUND
The capital raised in SANRAD's latest funding round will mainly be used to
continue the company's aggressive market expansion with its IP storage
networking solutions into computing environments throughout the world.
SEAGATE SAVVIO HD INCORPORATED IN IBM eServer xSeries 1U SERVERS
The Seagate Savvio drives will be integrated into IBM xSeries 336 servers,
making them the world's first 1U servers with four drives and enabling the
capability for RAID 0, 1 and 5 functionality.
- Enterprise Data Insights
SGI SOLUTIONS HELP SCIENTISTS CREATE 3-D MODELS OF ORGANS
With help from high-performance computing and storage solutions from
Silicon Graphics, scientists at Canada's Robarts Research Institute are
modeling functioning human organs to aid in the development of minimally
invasive surgery and therapy techniques.
3PAR IN VISIONARY QUADRANT FOR MIDRANGE ENTERPRISE DISK ARRAYS
3PAR Utility Storage is an intelligent enterprise storage array that
allows companies to achieve more with less. It is the storage cornerstone of
utility computing. 3PAR overcomes the complexities, cost and functional
limitations inherent in traditional storage systems.
ADAPTEC SELECTS AVAMAR AXION FOR BACKUP AND RESTORE OPS
Avamar Technologies Inc, a provider of innovative data protection
solutions, announced that Adaptec Inc selected Avamar Axion for the
company's enterprise-wide backup and restore operations.
FC SAN PRICES TO DROP AS MARKET GROWS
The storage networking market will continue to grow during the next
several years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of about 10
percent through 2008 according to the Yankee Group report, Storage
Networking Market Matures While Customer Requirements Change.
NetApp RAISES SWORD FOR KING ARTHUR
Touchstone Pictures' King Arthur, released in the United Kingdom on July
30, was brought to life using the powerful Network Appliance enterprise
storage solution, which housed the hundreds of visual effects needed by
post-production company Cinesite to recreate the Arthurian legend on screen.
MARANTI RECOGNIZED BY GROWTHINK AS TOP EMERGING STORAGE COMPANY
Growthink's criteria included management team experience, uniqueness of
the company's technology, track record for raising capital and likelihood
for future success.
NetApp ACCELERATES RENAULT F1 TEAM SUCCESS
Renault F1 Team has deployed a Network Appliance enterprise storage
solution to collect and store data generated by cars during race events and
provide trackside engineers with vital information about vehicle
performance.
WORLDWIDE FC SAN MARKET TO DOUBLE BY 2008, REPORT SAYS
According to the Dell'Oro Group report, the Fibre Channel storage area
network (SAN) market will double from $1.8 billion in 2003 to $3.6 billion
in 2008.
INNOVEST TO PROCESS $70B IN ASSETS WITH SAVVIS INFRASTRUCTURE
Under the terms of the deal, Innovest will use SAVVIS' managed utility
services to deliver a real-time trust accounting and reporting platform to
its roster of clients, who administer over $70 billion in trust assets and
on peak days process more than 65,000 financial transactions.
NAT'L RESEARCH SHOWS GROWTH IN SECURE STORAGE OVER NEXT YEAR
Vormetric Inc, a provider of security solutions for protecting sensitive
enterprise information, announced research from TheInfoPro (TIP) that
demonstrates growing interest and intent to deploy Secure Storage Solutions
during the next 12-month period.
VITA AWARDS ENTERPRISE STORAGE CONTRACT TO DLT SOLUTIONS
DLT will offer Hitachi Data Systems, Brocade, Qlogic, Crossroads, McDATA
and JNI Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions through the two-year contract,
which includes a one-year renewal option. The contract is open to all state
agencies, institutions and other users authorized by VITA.
Top Of The News
Short Takes
- Financial Watch
Softek Grows Revenue During First Quarter As Independent Company
Adaptec Reports First Quarter FY 2005 Results
Fujitsu Posts Record Mobile HDD Shipments, Grows Sequentially
NSI Reports Revenue Growth In Second Quarter
Western Digital Announces Fourth Quarter Revenue of $749 Million
Yosemite Launches TapeWare Special Offer For Red Hat Buyers
- People & Positions
Nexsan Appoints Philip Black Company CEO
Komag Promotes Ali Dabier To Chief Operating Officer
Dot Hill Systems Corp Announces Management Promotions
Brocade Expands Board Of Directors
BakBone Adds Industry Veteran Bonner To Board Of Directors
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