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EMC AWARDED FOR STORAGE INNOVATION EXCELLENCE IN HPC

HP, VERITAS ACCELERATE HP-UX 11i VIRTUALIZATION

PolyServe INTRODUCES ORACLE HA SOLUTION FOR LINUX

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  • Storage Innovations

    ASACA 33TB BLUE LASER LIBRARY UTILIZES CARTRIDGE-FREE MEDIA
    The latest addition to Asaca's family of TeraCart optical libraries is based on a new Professional Disc for DATA technology from Sony, utilizing cartridge-free media for scalable capacities ranging from 2TB to over 33TB in a single library while requiring no more than a four square foot of floor space.

    BakBone EXTENDS NetVault DISASTER RECOVERY FOR LINUX AND SOLARIS
    BakBone Software introduced VaultDR Plugin Modules (PMs), a comprehensive disaster recovery solution for Linux and Solaris SPARC.

    FUJITSU TO SHOWCASE END-TO-END MEDICAL IMAGING STORAGE AT RSNA
    Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc announced that it demonstrated its medical imaging storage solutions at the 2004 90th annual Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA 2004).

    SNS CREATES iSCSI INITIATOR TO PRODUCE SOLUTION FOR MAC, WINDOWS
    Studio Network Solutions (SNS), a designer and manufacturer of storage technology systems for the professional audio/video industry, announces the release of globalSAN X-8 and X-16, the first fully configured iSCSI SAN solutions to support Macintosh and Windows.

    HAMMER TO DISTRIBUTE INFORTREND'S DISK STORAGE SOLUTIONS
    Disk-quality storage for the price of tape will become a reality as Hammer spearheads the distribution of second-generation Serial ATA (SATA) RAID storage systems from Infortrend. Hammer is to supply the new Fibre Channel, rackmount, host EonStor A16F-G2221, U320 SCSI host EonStor A16U-G2421 and EonStor A08U- C2410 Cube subsystems to organizations using sequential data.

    IBM LAUNCHES NEW SOLUTIONS FOR MEDICAL IMAGES, MEDICAL ARCHIVES
    The IBM Dual Monitor Display Medical Assessment Workstation II helps enable radiology departments and remote clinics enhance productivity with twice the viewing capacity, optimal software navigation and a cinematic 16 to 10 aspect ratio and 204 pixels per inch, allowing close scrutiny with fine-line accuracy.

    INFORTREND DEBUTS FIRST iSCSI TO SATA-II EXTERNAL RAID SYSTEM
    Infortrend unveiled the industry's first iSCSI to SATA-II external RAID subsystem, as an addition to the EonStor line of RAID storage. The new subsystem is compliant with iSCSI standards, offers low-cost connectivity, and supports SATA-II disks with Native Command Queuing at up to 3.0Gbps providing for a future-proof investment.

    EV GROUP, KOMAG COLLABORATE ON NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY APP
    EV Group (EVG), a manufacturer of nanoimprinting, MEMS and semiconductor wafer-processing equipment, said that it has signed an agreement with Komag Inc to develop, license and sell the world's first high-volume nanoimprint lithography (NIL) application for mass data storage.

    PACIFIC DIGITAL'S SATA HBA DELIVERS A GBps
    Pacific Digital Corp announced that a configuration of its new QMaster SATA RAID HBAs in a single server achieved an unprecedented 1 Gb per second (GBps) sustained data transfer rate.

    PolyServe INTRODUCES ORACLE HA SOLUTION FOR LINUX
    PolyServe announced the PolyServe Oracle High Availability (HA) Solution for Linux. This is a complete offering for reliable, simply managed and cost- effective HA clusters of single-system Oracle 9i and 10g databases.

    Alacritech

  • Financial Plays Of The Week

    ASIGRA EXPANDS RELEASE OF SOFTWARE, SIGNS DEAL W/30 COMPANIES
    Asigra's launch of the Assurance Reseller Program has attracted more than 30 channel partners who sell the Asigra Televaulting software either directly to their customers or as a storage service utility with recurring revenue based on the amount of data being managed. This dual-choice sales option has rapidly expanded Asigra's presence in the enterprise data storage market.

    HDS, OPEN TEXT EXTEND TO PROVIDE COMBINED ECM, STORAGE SOLUTIONS
    The partnership will provide solutions that integrate Hitachi Data Systems' advanced storage infrastructure technology with Open Text's leading ECM software to meet customers' complete range of information management requirements.

    HP, VERITAS ACCELERATE HP-UX 11i VIRTUALIZATION
    Under a multi-year agreement between the two companies, HP plans to OEM select VERITAS Storage Foundation products in order to extend the industry-leading virtualization and high availability of HP-UX 11i and HP Serviceguard software and further ease customer evolution to standards-based HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers.

    IBM TO SELL PolyServe MATRIX SERVER CLUSTERING SOFTWARE IN U.S
    The agreement is designed to help meet growing customer demand for clustering solutions for scalable network-attached storage (NAS), UNIX migration and server and storage consolidation projects in the enterprise.

    MCI UNVEILS MANAGED DATA PROTECTION SERVICE
    With MCI's new Enhanced Smart Backup, companies hosting with MCI can now more easily and rapidly restore critical company information in the event of anything from simple data loss to major disasters.

    NEC SOFT TO OEM DataCore's SANmelody DISK SERVER SOFTWARE
    NEC Soft has incorporated DataCore's disk server software technology into its product portfolio to address storage consolidation and solutions for backup, disaster recovery, auto-provisioning, replication and capacity expansion over SANs and LANs.

    nStor SIGNS STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP WITH InoStor
    nStor and InoStor announced a strategic technology partnership to incorporate InoStor's advanced data protection capabilities into nStor's storage solutions. As part of the partnership, nStor will initially embed InoStor's RAIDn technology into its NexStor 4700S SATA series.

    3PAR SIMPLIFIES STORAGE MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVES UTILIZATION
    3PAR has established significant gains in database performance, storage utilization and management by deploying Oracle Database 10g with Automatic Storage Management in conjunction with 3PAR InServ Storage Servers and 3PAR Thin Provisioning.

    Infortrend

  • Enterprise Data Insights

    SAN MARKET SEES 8 PERCENT RISE IN MODULAR SAN SWITCH SALES
    Dell'Oro Group announced that its new report reveals sales in the modular storage area network (SAN) switch segment (also known as directors) grew sequentially by eight percent during the quarter. This increase offset declines in the fixed switch and host bus adapter (HBA) segments, producing a flat result for the overall SAN market in the third quarter as anticipated.

    EVALUATOR GROUP, PERCEPT TECH LABS ALLY ON PRODUCT ASSESSMENTS
    Evaluator Group and Percept Technology Labs formed an alliance to deliver complete storage device performance evaluations. Deliverables will include in-depth technical and market evaluations of storage products.

    EMC AWARDED FOR STORAGE INNOVATION EXCELLENCE IN HPC
    EMC Corp announced it has received the Editor's Choice Award for "Most Innovative Storage Technology" from the contributing editors at HPCwire, the global publication of record for high-performance computing. EMC was recognized for its overall innovation in storage technology hardware, software, services and solution design.

    Sony

    NetApp IP SAN DELIVERS DATA MANAGEMENT TO REGIONAL CANCER CENTER
    The Regional Cancer Center (TRCC) has adopted a NetApp IP SAN solution to support critical business and clinical applications. TRCC depends on NetApp storage systems with iSCSI technology to ensure the reliability of the center's electronic medical records (EMR) infrastructure and continued infrastructure growth.

    THE SNIA DATA MANAGEMENT FORUM POSITIONED FOR AGGRESSIVE GROWTH
    The Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) Data Management Forum (DMF) announced significant organizational changes that enable it to extend its leadership of the industry's migration towards more powerful and comprehensive data management and information lifecycle management solutions.

    StorageTek KEEPS HEALTH CARE DATA HEALTHY WITH STORAGE SOLUTIONS
    With hundreds of health care customer installations worldwide and an average of 20 TBs stored in StorageTek's equipment, StorageTek and its health care partners are keeping hospital data alive and well during its lifecycle.

    VIGNETTE, SUN, DCCG COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP FULL ILM SOLUTIONS
    Vignette, Sun Microsystems and DaimlerChrysler Consult Graz (DCCG) are collaborating to deliver complete ILM applications, infrastructure and services to the enterprise. This initiative is in response to customer demand for enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that drive business efficiency and ensure business processes meet regulatory compliance.

    EqualLogic

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  • Financial Watch
    Quantum DX-Series Demonstrates High Sales In Disk-Based Backup

  • People & Positions
    SNIA Elects EMC Technologist To Board Chairmanship
    ZANTAZ Adds Two New Members To Its Board Of Directors
    Maxtor Names Duston Williams As New CFO, EVP
    Metapa Appoints Siuling Ku To Lead Data Solution Development
    Archivas' VP Asim Zaheer Elected To SNIA's Board Of Directors

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