James Alan Miller

Ecrix Corporation today announced the release of the VXA AutoPak 2×30 library for VXA data storage tape products. The VXA AutoPak 2×30 stores about two terabytes of data in an enclosure that can fit on a desk or occupy 5U of a rack enclosure. According to Ecrix, the VXA AutoPak is fully automated and is […]

Storage vendor LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc. today announced it has earned certification from the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs for its entire MetaStor E-Series family of enterprise class storage systems. “This certification, as well as certification from other operating systems suppliers, assures our customers that all E-Series products will perform properly when connected to […]

Storage management services vendor StorageNetworks, Inc. and Hitachi Data Systems today announced an agreement by which StorageNetworks will implement Hitachi’s Freedom Storage(tm) Lightning 9900(tm) storage system into its Global Data StorageSM Network (GDSN). According to Hitachi, the Lightning 9900 incorporates a unique internal crossbar-switch architecture that can scale storage capacity as high as 37 terabytes […]

Quantum Corporation subsidiary Snap Appliances, Inc., a network attached storage (NAS) company, today introduced the Snap Server ES12(TM), a mid-range NAS appliance aimed at enterprise-class departments and workgroups, service providers, educational institutions and large government agencies. According to Snap, Snap Server ES12(TM) will offer customers a more cost-effective alternative to large NT-class servers and SCSI-Attached […]

Storage networking solutions vendor McDATA(R) Corporation and IBM today announced the expansion of their worldwide reseller agreement. Under the agreement, IBM, which currently resells McDATA’s ED-5000 Enterprise Director, will also resell all of McDATA’s ‘enterprise-to-edge’ family of products. These products include McDATA’s fibre channel director, and its department and workgroup level switches as well as […]

Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. today announced the introduction of a new chipset for 11.5Gb/s to 12.5Gb/s optical networking Systems, the VSC8185 16:1 multiplexer and VSC8184 1:16 demultiplexer. According to Vitesse, the new chipsets will enable telecommunication equipment vendors to serialize and de-serialize high-gain FEC data streams for ultra-long haul and long-haul DWDM applications. “This chipset enables […]

Storage management software vendor BakBone Software and storage networking connectivity provider Crossroads Systems, Inc. today announced that BakBone’s NetVault(TM) backup and restore software has been certified by Crossroads for compatibility with all its routers. According to the companies, BakBone’s NetVault enables enterprises to migrate from Network Attached Storage (NAS) platforms to larger Storage Area Networks […]

Consulting firm D. H. Brown Associates, Inc. today announced the introduction of its new enterprise storage solutions service. According to D.H. Brown, the service will offer in-depth evaluations of storage products and services, as well as strategic and tactical recommendations to IT planners and product evaluators that buy and deploy storage-related products. It will focus […]

Online storage management vendor OTG Software today announced that its DiskXtender 2000 data management product now supports IBM’s Linear Tape Open (LTO) tape technology. According to OTG Software, DiskXtender 2000 provides intelligent, automated file migration and access to enterprise data, in addition to improving the flexibility, scalability and performance of the Windows 2000 file system. […]

AFCOM, an association for data center professionals, today announced the formation of the Data Center Institute. According to AFCOM, the Data Center Institute is to serve as a forum to provide leadership and direction for the data center industry in areas such as enterprise servers, application and Internet services providers, storage area networks and web-hosting […]

Imperial Technology unveiled the new MegaRam-1000 this week at Internet World Spring 2001 in Los Angeles. The storage accelerator maker says its new product is the most technologically advanced acceleration system, incorporating a native Fibre Channel architecture into a space-saving rackmount chassis just 1.75 inches high (1U). “This new compact, rackmount storage accelerator is ideal […]

ITIS Services, a storage networking consulting and integration company, today announced it will carry QLogic’s line of storage networking products as part of its heterogeneous enterprise storage offerings. QLogic’s end-to-end infrastructure includes several varieties of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) as well as the company’s SANbox Fibre Channel switches and 32/64/128 port Directors. F. […]