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| BELLEVUE, WA - January 14, 2004 - TeraCloud
Corporation announced today that UBS-Hainer will distribute the
SpaceFinder family of s/390 storage-management products in Germany and Europe.
UBS-Hainer will offer sales, support, and training for all TeraCloud mainframe
solutions. UBS-Hainer's experience in the s/390 market allows them to offer
complete turnkey solutions for storage-management solutions and services. Their
location significantly streamlines the process of supplying TeraCloud
storage-management solutions to the German marketplace.
...TeraCloud profile,
...UBS-Hainer King of Prussia, PA - January 14, 2004 - InfiniCon Systems today announced it is supplying InfiniBand-based switching systems to Fujitsu for inclusion into their high availability clustering solutions for IT infrastructures. With InfinIO switch technology - designed with fully redundant critical components - serving as the fabric for the system solution, Fujitsu customers can scale server capacity without disrupting operations and realize dramatically enhanced performance for clustered applications as a result of InfiniBand's high bandwidth and low latency characteristics. ...InfiniCon Systems profile Austin, Texas - January 14, 2004 - Cicada Semiconductor announced today its newest generation SimpliPHY quad transceivers, providing the industry's lowest 10/100/1000BASE-T power dissipation of just under 500mW per port – approximately 30% less than the competition. As corporate Enterprise networks rapidly transition toward Gigabit Ethernet OEMs must provide high density, low cost Gigabit switching across their product lines. Cicada's three new quad transceivers are targeted for use in ultra high-density switch designs where lowest power consumption, lowest bill of materials cost, highest performance, and smallest overall form factor are required. ...Cicada Semiconductor profile RESTON, VA - January 14, 2004 - iLumin Software Services, Inc. today announced it completed its $8.5 million round of financing led by new investor, Boulder Ventures. The existing investment group of Deutsche Bank, MidOcean Partners, Rock Creek Capital, Softbank and Wachovia Strategic Ventures all participated in the round. Blacksmith Capital, another new investor, also participated. This funding will be invested in infrastructure needed to support iLumin's future growth. Additional staff will be added to customer service and support, product development and direct sales. A substantial investment is also being made in the marketing and channel partnership programs to increase iLumin's worldwide presence. ...iLumin profile MILPITAS, Calif. - January 13, 2004 - Promise Technology, Inc. today introduced the VTrak 15100 RAID storage system. The VTrak 15100 system features a dual Ultra 160 SCSI host interface for a cost-effective cluster-friendly storage solution. The VTrak 15100 system leverages low cost Serial ATA Drives or Parallel ATA drives by using an optional SATA-to-PATA adapter. Serial ATA is expected to be a dominant standard in mid-range server storage and Promise's VTrak 15100 15-drive 3U rackmount-optimized system is leading the charge. The VTrak 15000 system's dual-port host interface, hot-swap redundant systems, and high-performance controller elevate cost-effective storage to new levels of capability. The VTrak 15100 takes advantage of Promise's new, advanced performance controller that delivers up to 200 MB per second and up to 15,000 IOPs, offering strong performance for both high throughput and transactional applications such as video and database applications. Using the Ultra SCSI host interfaces, up to 8 VTrak 15100 systems can be daisy chained per SCSI channel for very large capacities. The VTrak 15100 lists for $5,399 (MSRP) and is shipping now ...Promise Technology profile BOULDER, CO - January 13, 2004 - Exabyte Corporation today announced an agreement with Fujitsu Limited to offer internal VXA-2 Packet Tape Drives for its PRIMERGY line of ervers. "This agreement represents an exciting opportunity for Exabyte to dramatically increase its sales volume in Japan and Asia Pacific as a whole," said Tom Ward, president and CEO of Exabyte. "Fujitsu is a dominant player in the Japan and Asia Pacific markets, particularly in the business-class server segment, and we are excited to have VXA-2 Tape Drives offered on the PRIMERGY server line." ...Exabyte profile SAN JOSE, Calif. - January 13, 2004 - MaXXan Systems, Inc. today announced that InfoWorld has awarded the company's MXV320 Intelligent Application Switch the magazine's Technology of the Year Award in the Best SAN Switch category. Drawn from more than 200 products tested during 2003, InfoWorld's Technology of the Year Award winners represent the most innovative and effective solutions in their category. Selections are made by InfoWorld Test Center analysts and editors and are not open to outside nominations. ...MaXXan Systems profile PORTLAND, OR - January 13, 2004 - LaCie launches the new LaCie d2 Dual 8x DVD±RW Drive. The fastest external dual format drive on the market, the LaCie Dual DVD±RW Drive features write speeds of 8x and rewrite speeds at 4x, allowing you the ability to burn a 2 hour DVD movie in less than 10 minutes. Featuring a FireWire and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connection, LaCie's Dual DVD±RW Drive can be used while connected to any PC or Mac computer. The LaCie Dual DVD±RW Drive is available this month through authorized resellers, specialty stores and mail order partners with prices beginning at $249. Drives ship with a USB 2.0 and FireWire cable, a power adapter, and DVD utilities CD-ROM. ...LaCie profile Hopkinton, MA - January 13, 2004 - EMC Corporation today unveiled two new EMC Proven Solutions for SAP software environments. The EMC Replication Accelerator for SAP Upgrades streamlines the replication of critical business information during upgrades from older versions of the popular SAP R/3 software to newer versions to help customers take advantage of new SAP features while minimizing risks, resources and downtime during the upgrade. The EMC Replication Accelerator for SAP Productivity helps customers take full advantage of their SAP environment by automatically creating copies of the critical information SAP generates for daily analysis, reporting, testing and other important tasks. "EMC and SAP have over 4,000 mutual customers. No other vendor can help customers replicate their SAP database on demand and with such a simplified approach," said Don Swatik, EMC's Vice President of Global Solutions. ...EMC profile LOS ANGELES - January 13, 2004 - The Association of Storage Networking Professionals has exceeded its three-month milestone of 1,000 members, paving the way for an exciting year of member meetings and activities. The ASNP has recruited 1,140 members and has continued to gain momentum since its launch on September 30 last year. The first chapter meetings will take later this month in cities in the U.S. and Canada, with additional meetings to be held overseas in February and March. ...ASNP profile FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - January 12, 2004 - DataCore Software today announced a resource analysis package for companies that consolidate their IT infrastructure under the SANsymphony open storage networking platform. The new SANmaestro option enables these firms to monitor and analyze how their application servers consume valuable storage resources over time, defined in terms of disk capacity, physical ports, I/O bandwidth and throughput. Most importantly, it provides this unique insight without invasive host agents. With little training, one can quickly isolate unusual patterns over a relatively long period, and then drill down granularly to five-minute intervals. Pricing for SANmaestro starts at $15,000. ...DataCore Software profile MILPITAS, Calif. - January 12, 2004 - Adaptec, Inc. today announced that major motherboard makers Asustek, Gigabyte, Supermicro and Tyan have selected a new Adaptec Serial ATA RAID solution for design into next-generation motherboards. The solution enables workstations and servers that deliver cost-effective data protection, fast connectivity to low cost-per-gigabyte Serial ATA disk drives and a seamless way to migrate to Adaptec's external storage products. ...Adaptec profile SUNNYVALE, Calif. - January 12, 2004 - SST today announced that it has been awarded Green Partner certification by Sony Corporation. Achieving Green Partner status is crucial for suppliers to Sony because, as of April 2003, Sony declared that it would procure parts and materials for its products solely from suppliers that have been qualified as Green Partners. ...Silicon Storage Technology profile AN FRANCISCO and SAN JOSE, Calif. - January 12, 2004 SANRAD Inc. and Alacritech, Inc. today announced that the University of Alabama at Birmingham is gaining tremendous benefits from its high performance iSCSI SAN utilizing leading technology from the two companies. Sterling Griffin, IT manager for the Department of Pathology at UAB, needed to consolidate his storage into a SAN and have the ability to provision the total SAN capacity into unique and secured volumes. He was confident once he tested SANRAD's V-Switch that an iSCSI SAN would effectively replace the direct-attached storage systems for the more than 14 servers in his department. "The main benefit with the SANRAD V-Switch is that we could select any storage system we desired and share it within a SAN among all our servers," said Griffin. "SANRAD's V-Switch connected to servers running the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator, in conjunction with Alacritech's Gigabit TNIC, provides a very cost-effective IP SAN solution. SANRAD's V-Switch allows us to reuse our existing DAS storage on this new SAN and support our growing capacity requirements with inexpensive SCSI/IDE storage systems. V-Switch virtualization was also critical, as we needed to create very large volumes across these storage systems for our many file servers which support over 500 students and staff at the School of Medicine. The installation was easy, as the switches and TOE cards work seamlessly with our existing SCSI storage systems and standard IP LAN connections." Griffin looked at Fibre Channel SAN storage systems but the prices exceeded his budget. Aside from being cost-prohibitive, he was concerned about the lack of industry standards in Fibre Channel products. "They might say FC is not proprietary, but anyone who's ever worked with it knows it is proprietary," said Griffin. ...Alacritech profile, ...SANRAD profile Tuebingen, Germany - January 12, 2004 - Transtec AG strengthens its IT know-how for 2004 with two new arrivals: Michael Leineweber and Roman Klamke from IT manufacturer Maxdata. Michael Leineweber took over as head of purchasing for the entire transtec Group on January 1 this year. He spent the last ten years working for Maxdata, managing component purchasing for the production of desktops, notebooks and server systems at Maxdata Systeme GmbH. Leineweber replaces Franz Bochtler at Transtec who will now be responsible for new strategic orientations. Roman Klamke, most recently head of Maxdata European product management for the server and storage sector, has joined Transtec as head of product management. This will strengthen the company's strategic sectors, which include server and storage solutions, network products, PC systems, notebooks and monitors in addition to pushing ahead with future product strategies. ...Transtec profile Hopkinton, MA - January 9, 2004 -EMC Corporation today announced it has completed the acquisition of Palo Alto-based VMware, Inc., a rapidly growing, privately held software company specializing in Intel-based virtual computing software. Under the terms of the definitive agreement EMC acquired VMware in a cash transaction with a final value of approximately $625 million. EMC will operate VMware as a separate software subsidiary of EMC, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and led by Diane Greene, VMware's former President and CEO. The VMware name, brand and products will all be maintained, and VMware employees will remain focused on developing, selling and servicing VMware's products and solutions. ...EMC profile, ...VMware profile Fountain Valley, CA - January 8, 2004 - Kingston Technology Company, Inc. marks its first year anniversary of its HyperX memory product line with the launch of its HyperX DDR 533MHz (PC4300) memory modules. Kingston's HyperX line of memory products are high-performance DDR memory modules targeted toward the avid gamer and PC enthusiast markets. Kingston's latest addition to its HyperX product line will launch in 256MB and 512MB capacities and 512MB and 1GB kits (currently shipping in limited quantities). They can support data rates of up to 533MHz (actual speed dependent on various supported motherboards). ...Kingston Technology profile LAS VEGAS - January 8, 2004 - As an alternative to lugging around countless floppy disks, PNY Technologies introduced today the latest must-have accessory for today's busy lifestyle. PNY's new Executive Attaché and Executive Attaché Signature Series consists of stylish ballpoint pens with attached USB 2.0 flash drives that store and transfer large files quickly and easily from one computer device to another. PNY's new flash pen drives come in several storage capacities and will ship to retail and e-tail outlets during Q1 2004. ...PNY Technologies profile Irvine, CA – January 8, 2004 – NewTech Infosystems, Inc. (NTI) announced today the latest release of its award-winning Backup NOW! Deluxe Suite with new data encryption features. By combining password protection and data encryption, client PCs can use the same backup resources without compromising data security. Unique in its product category, NTI's backup/recovery software is the only software package currently available that provides full drive partition backup and individual file/folder backup using virtually all CD or DVD recordable devices, including CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW as well as internal/external hard drives, JAZ, ZIP, MO, USB Pen Drives and more. With its new encryption features, password protection and the ability to save backup images on network (remote) drives, businesses that need a reliable, low-cost solution for backing up client PCs can now realize the benefits that Backup NOW! Deluxe 3 Suite has been providing to stand-alone desktop PC and notebook PC users. Available now for Windows 9x/NT/Me/2000/XP, the NTI Backup NOW! 3 Deluxe Suite has a suggested retail price of US$79.99. ...NTI profile LAS VEGAS, CES - January 8, 2004 - Working to provide consumers with the most compelling digital content whenever and wherever they desire, HP and Apple today announced a strategic alliance to deliver an HP-branded digital music player based on Apple's iPod digital music jukebox and iTunes online music store to HP's customers. As part of the alliance, HP consumer PCs and notebooks will come preinstalled with Apple's iTunes jukebox software and an easy-reference desktop icon to point consumers directly to the iTunes Music Store, ensuring a simple, seamless music experience. HP's digital music player is expected to become available this summer. ...Apple profile, ...HP profile LAS VEGAS, NV - January 8, 2004 - SanDisk Corporation today introduced Cruzer Titanium, a sleek, stylish and mechanically virtually indestructible, portable USB flash storage drive that can withstand harsh working environments and operating conditions and physically protect the valuable data of business and power users. Cruzer Titanium, a USB 2.0 hi-speed flash drive, is one of the fastest USB type 2.0 flash drives on the market with a write speed rating of 13 MB per second and a read speed of 15MB per second. |
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| Cruzer Titanium, along with an
expanded portfolio of new Cruzer USB storage drives, was launched at a press
conference at the Consumer Electronics Show where SanDisk is demonstrating
products in Booth #23062, South Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center.
The new flash drive's titanium-coated metal casing is hardened to provide extra protection against the inevitable rough handling encountered in a typical workday. Cruzer Titanium will start shipping to stores this month and has a suggested retail price of $199.99 for the 512MB version. Higher capacities are planned for future introduction. |
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| Eric Bone, SanDisk
Cruzer retail product line marketing manager, said, "Cruzer Titanium is the
flagship product in our USB drive line and, we believe it is the premier USB
flash drive on the market today. This is easily the most durable and rugged USB
flash storage device on the market with construction similar to that found in
aircraft and medical instruments. Many other USB flash drives are made out of
plastic, and consumers have found that some of these drives can break rather
easily." ...SanDisk
profile LAS VEGAS, NV - January 8, 2004 - Sunland International, LLC announced at CES today that it is shipping its new Digistor 8X Dual DVD Burner. Sunland is one of the first to offer an enhanced DVD±R/RW drive capable of writing to both DVD-R and DVD+R media at 8x speed. Equipped with a combination USB 2.0/ FireWire interface for plug-and-play PC connectivity and a complete suite of DVD authoring, editing, recording and playback software, the Digistor 8x Dual DVD Burner provides a high-speed storage solution for video, audio and data; for backup/recovery and for digital archiving. In addition to providing 8x performance with write-once DVD±R media, the Digistor drive supports 4x- speed writes and rewrites with DVD-RW and DVD+RW media. It also writes CD-R media at 32x speed as well as Ultra-Speed CD-RW discs at 16-24x. The drive's fast access time of 140 ms for DVD and 120ms for CD combines with read speeds of 12x for DVD-ROM and 40x for CD-ROM to enhance productivity and improve workflow. "People are going to love the high-speed performance of the Digistor drive," said Don Friss, SLI president. "At 8x speed, a 4.7GB DVD±R disc can be filled to capacity in less than 10 minutes. But speed is of no value if the accuracy isn't there," he emphasized. "That's why the Digistor 8X Dual DVD Burner also includes advanced technologies to ensure consistently accurate recordings at these high speeds." ...Sunland International profile Las Vegas - January 8, 2004 - BHA Corporation announced today at CES (DVD-RAM Pavillion Booth # 13345) the release of XVD plus, the next-generation video compression PC software. XVD offers the highest quality user experience possible for playback of video and streaming over IP-based networks. Loaded with advanced features and an easy-to-use graphic interface, XVD Plus is capable of encoding full-D1 resolution video at speeds faster than real-time. The product incorporates advanced codec technology from DigitalStream-USA and follows the successful release of the XVD plus Japanese version last October. "XVD plus establishes a new standard in digital video quality and raw performance," said Masaharu Yoshihara, President and Chief Executive Officer of BHA. "Since October, thousands of users have downloaded and are using the Japanese version. The feedback for the products advanced features and ease-of-use and has been very enthusiastic." ...BHA profile | |||||||||||
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