Maxoptix
Incorporated in 1989, MaxOptix Corporation is a developer of tape automation
and secondary data storage solutions. With an installed base of over 14,000,
MaxOptix tape autoloaders and libraries span all segments in the high
performance secondary data storage industry from entry level through enterprise
class automation. MaxOptix is extremely well positioned to address the rapidly
growing market opportunities for data storage solutions, via its channel
partners and it serves a global customer base from its US Headquarters in
Boulder, Colorado and from MaxOptix Europe Ltd. with European Headquarters in
Surrey, England.
- editor's note:- Maxoptix is no longer in business
profile from featured press release November
14, 2001
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Abandons OSD Optical Project
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from Jean-Jacques
Maleval Editor of
StorageNewsletter
October
11, 2001 - Plans for high-density digital disks, based on hybrid
technologies combining optical and magnetic technology, have had the wind let
out of their sails after gobbling mountains of dollars for very little results.
TeraStor has given up, while Seagate no longer makes any mention of its Quinta
technology, although it continues to file the odd patent.
And now it's
Maxoptix's turn to throw in the towel on its OSD (Optical Super Density) disk
drive. Hardly any projects are left, with the exception of UDO (Ultra Disc
Optical), in which Plasmon and Sony have invested in the hopes of attaining 20GB
per side on a 5.25-inch phase-change optical platter, with a launch set for
2003. OSD was originally meant to integrate a 40GB removable disk with a 30MB/s
transfer rate.
"We have completely stopped," confirmed Brian
Blanchard, Maxoptix's European VP. "We couldn't get the disk media from
Mitsubishi [Chemical] up to 13GB." The cessation of this activity will
result in cutbacks of some 40 employees, Blanchard further revealed.
The
company also exits its historical 5.25-inch magneto-optical drive and library
market. Consequently, Maxoptix's business will now be primarily focused on tape
automation products, thanks to its acquisition of Breece Hill at the beginning
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Serial Attached SCSI - Delivering Flexibility to the
Data Center - article by LSI Logic and Maxtor
If you think
you already know SAS because you know SATA and traditional SCSI then think
again. Sometimes disruptive technologies wear an unassuming disguise. In
fiction, Clark Kent, Frodo Baggins and Buffy Summers at first seem harmless, but
we see them change into Superman, the Ring Bearer and the Slayer.
SAS
too comes cloaked in plain garb - with a physical layer which looks a lot like
SATA. But like the Incredible Hulk there are muscles rippling under that shirt -
and you would be wrong to dismiss SAS so lightly. There's a lot more inside this
interface than it says on the box as this informative article reveals. ...read the article,
...LSI Logic profile,
...Maxtor profile,
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