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| Japanese VAR
/ Disti Company |
Related context - Note
if a link is not given for the principal company then that company may be
listed in acquired, dead,
renamed, merged & gone away storage companies. |
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| ATC |
October 1, 2001 – TrelliSoft,
Inc., an innovative provider of multi-platform SRM software today announced
that it has signed agreements with Applied Technology Corporation which
will distribute TrelliSoft software in Japan. ATC is also TrelliSoft's first
customer in Japan. As the first TrelliSoft customer in Japan, ATC will use
StorageAlert/OS to monitor and manage storage for its corporate operations.
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| Digiberry Corporation |
October 28, 2002 - Platypus
Technology today advanced its price/performance leadership in the
high-performance solid-state storage market with the announcement of the new
QikDATA M-series, a range of redundant solid-state storage systems with a low
entry-level price. Platypus has already secured the initial orders for QikDATA
M-series storage from Hitachi System and Services Limited via their Japanese
distribution partners Window Inc. and Digiberry Corporation. Solid State Disks |
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| Digital
Technologies Corporation
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August 20, 2003 - iQstor
Networks, Inc. announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Digital
Technologies Corporation (DTC) to sell, service and support its full line
of integrated SAN solutions in Japan. This agreement provides DTC with
enterprise level features in a cost effective SAN solution for the regional
small to mid-sized enterprises. It also provides DTC access to iQstor's partner
program, which includes training, support, configuration tools and other
incentives.
...iQstor Networks
profile |
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| Hakuto Co. Ltd |
August 30,
2005 - M-Systems today announced that the Company has added Hakuto
Co., Ltd. as a distributor in Japan for DiskOnChip products. "We
believe that Hakuto, with their product portfolio and mobile phone and amusement
customer base, will open additional market opportunities for M-Systems,"
said Yuzo Tsukui, president of M Systems Japan. Hakuto Co., Ltd. is
headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company distributes electronic products,
provides technical services and manufactures industrial chemicals. Hakuto has
539 employees and annual sales of 84,305 million YEN (FY2004). ...M-Systems profile
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| Hitachi High-Technologies
Corporation |
February 15, 2005 - Today Neterion, Inc.
announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Hitachi
High-Technologies. HHT is a global company with 22 offices in Japan and 77
offices outside of Japan in 24 countries. HHT will lead the customer adoption of
Neterion products by targeting server/storage OEMs, developing distribution
channels and creating a customer support network. In return, HHT will have
exclusive rights to market Neterion products in Japan. ...Neterion profile,
iSCSI |
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| IIJ Technology |
December 8, 2003 - DataCore Software Corporation
today announced that it is working with IIJ Technology, Inc. to enhance
IIJ-Tech's storage outsourcing services based on the DataCore SANsymphony open
storage network platform. ...DataCore Software profile |
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| INNOTECH |
May 9, 2005 - Matrix
Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that it has appointed INNOTECH
Corporation as its manufacturer's representative in Japan. Starting
immediately, INNOTECH will act as an official manufacturer's representative for
the Matrix 3-D Memory product line in Japan, offering manufacturers and
designers of consumer electronic devices local sales support through INNOTECH's
experienced sales and technical teams. "We chose INNOTECH because of
their excellent knowledge of the Japanese market, and their close associations
with leading consumer electronics manufacturers and system design houses,"
said Dan Steere, VP of sales & marketing at Matrix Semiconductor. ...Matrix Semiconductor
profile
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| MCM Japan |
June 28, 2005
- iStor Networks is pleased to announce their partnership with MCM
Japan, Ltd., a leading distributor of electronics and high performance
technology, at the 2005 Data Storage Expo in Tokyo, Japan with their flagship
products GigaStorATX. ...iStor
Networks profile |
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| Memec |
February 4, 2002 - Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
is pleased to announce the addition of Memec Japan K.K as the newest member of
its International distribution team. The agreement with Memec will simplify the
customers' access to technical support, design services, and applications
support through local FAEs. The addition of Memec will also shorten lead times
for Japanese customers by providing a local inventory of Vitesse products. ...Vitesse Semiconductor
profile |
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| Next
IT |
December 21, 2004 -
FalconStor Software, Inc. today announced that its iSCSI Storage
Server for Windows Storage Server 2003 is being incorporated into Next
IT's new Z-BYS STEALTH line of storage appliances.
...FalconStor
Software profile |
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| Nippon
Systemhouse, Co., Ltd |
January 8, 2001 - Ecrix Corporation and Fujitsu
Limited today announced that Ecrix's award-winning VXA-1 tape drive is
available on Fujitsu's GP-S Family and PRIMEPOWER UNIX Servers. Nippon
Systemhouse, Co., Ltd., the first distributor in Japan for Ecrix products,
will supply Fujitsu with VXA products.
Tape backup |
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| PALTEK |
August
5, 2003 - Cicada Semiconductor Corporation and PALTEK Corporation,
a leading silicon and electronic solution supplier in Japan announced today
that they have entered into a distribution agreement for the Japanese market.
With this distribution agreement, PALTEK will strengthen its product portfolio
for Gigabit Ethernet LAN and SAN markets. Interface ICs |
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| Skyway Technologies |
March 11, 2003 - iQstor
Networks, Inc. announced that it recently signed a master reseller agreement
with Skyway Technologies, Ltd. to resell, service and support its full
line of integrated SAN solutions in Hong Kong, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and India. This agreement provides Skyway with
access to iQstor's growing partner program, which includes training,
configuration tools and incentives for rolling out cost effective SAN solutions
for the regional SMBs. ...iQstor
Networks |
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| SoftPlex |
January 27, 2004 - TeraCloud
Corporation announced today that SoftPlex, Inc., will distribute
the SpaceFinder family of System 390 and zSeries storage-management products in
Japan. Founded in 1994, SoftPlex is a major distributor of MVS, System 390, and
zSeries solutions in Japan.
...TeraCloud profile |
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| SolidGear Corporation |
March 30, 2005 - SiliconSystems,
Inc. today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for the
Japanese market with SolidGear Corporation SolidGear is a leading
solid-state storage distributor and technical support services company
headquartered in Yokohama, Japan.
...SiliconSystems
profile |
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| UBIC |
UBIC is a reseller of
Hard Disk Duplicators
made by Intelligent
Computer Solutions. |
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| Uniadex |
July 10, 2003 - Dot Hill
announced today that its subsidiary in Japan has entered into an agreement with
Uniadex to provide maintenance service for Dot Hill's SANnet II family
of storage networking solutions. Uniadex will offer 24-hour, 365-day
comprehensive support including installation, preventive maintenance, and spare
parts management for SANnet II products for Dot Hill customers in Japan.
Uniadex has a field service force of 1200 trained technicians with more than
half holding vendor certifications such as Microsoft Certified Professional or
Cisco Career Certification. ...Dot Hill profile | |
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Hagiwara Sys-Com Co.,
Ltd,
established in 1971 and head-
quartered in Nagoya, Japan,
is an industry leader in the design
and manufacture of high quality,
high reliability 1", 2.5" and 3.5"
Industrial Grade
IDE flash SSDs | |
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After
SSDs... What Next?...................... |
Editor:- March 2, 2009 - I'm
often asked - "What do you think is going to be the next big issue
in the storage market?"
Something
that's similar in market impact to
SSDs - but which might only
start to take off after this recession? |
I did a 7 year
storage market forecast 4
years ago so I thought I'd dust the cobwebs off the scrolls and see how
that prognostication is holding up today.
The nature of such long
range predictions is that most people don't know what issues they will be
grappling with the day after tomorrow - or even if they will still have a job.
So they only get picked up by a few lonely visionaries - who like editors -
have nothing better to do than stare in their crystal balls - while someone else
makes sure that the cash register is still
ringing (and
connected).
When I enthusiastically start to expound on "Storage
Reliability" with normal people - I get the same reaction as I did when I
was talking about
SSDs in 1998,
or RISC processors
back in 1988 or microprocessors back in 1977. Their eyes glaze over - and they
say politely - "I can't understand why anyone would be interested in this."
Especially
- reliability!
"Yes, yes" they say (trying to shut me up) "I agree
it's a good thing. Much much better than unreliability. Now can we change the
subject... What more is there to say?"
I wouldn't be surprised if
most of you too - thought the same way.
After all - there are 3 more
years to go till 2012. And the recession and SSDs are going to dominate the
storage news pages
during most of that time. So there's no need to start worrying about reliability
- just yet. Maybe.
There are many things I could say about
Storage Reliability
- and I have collected together a lot of articles and news stories for those
who are interested.
And for the majority of you (who have better things
to be worrying about right now) I'm sure that when the time is right for you -
you'll come back to this subject.
If your own eyes are still unglazedly
focused in this direction...
One way of thinking about reliability
- is that it works like compound interest. A double digit or triple digit
percentage difference sustained over many years soon starts to mount up to a
substantial saving in resources. That's also why I said it's
green.
Although unlike
quality
- it's not free.
Post Recession Thinking - 2012 to 2013?
One
effect of the recession is that users - looking back with the benefit of
hindsight - will realize that a lot of resources (today) got wasted - and a
lot of data was trashed - simply because of doing things the way they have
always been done - without questioning the thinking or assumptions behind any
of it.
A whole load of convenient incremental steps can take you to
a place that's a long way from a rational destination. When the spending tap
closes shut - every drip, drip starts to look more interesting and gets
scrutinized more intensely. Happy days will be
here again - but
wiser ones too. ...Storage
Reliability articles & news
See also:-
10 Years
After - at Woodstock | |
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