Dell releases LTO-4 drive
Dell announced that it will begin shipping the PowerVault
LTO-4-120, the first tape drives built on the new LTO-4 standard.
LTO-4's claim to fame is native encryption, as well as speeds and
feeds enhancements. The Dell drive is priced at $4,000; media is
priced at $200.
Sun announces low-end array, FalconStor deal
Sun announced the Sun StorageTek ST2500 Low-Cost Array, the
company's first SAS product (it's rumored to be LSI Logic's 1932
array under the covers). The array starts at around $10,000 and is
based on an Engenio controller.
Sun also announced new features added to existing products,
including partitioning functionality to its StorageTek SL8500
enterprise tape library and encryption to its Sun StorageTek T10000
FICON tape drive.
In separate releases, Sun announced that it will resell virtual
tape library (VTL) partner FalconStor's IPStor product line, which
includes replication, continuous data protection (CDP) and storage
virtualization. FalconStor has also certified the IPStor platform
on the SunFire X4500 server, aka Thumper. Also announced was a
relationship with Luminex Software, which is porting its Channel
Gateway software to Thumper for use as a mainframe VTL. Elsewhere,
Luminex also announced a similar partnership with Data Domain.
Seagate reports 'disappointing' results
Seagate reported revenue of $2.8 billion with net income of $212
million for the first quarter of 2007. For the nine months ending
on March 30, 2007, Seagate reported revenue of $8.6 billion with
net income of $371 million. "We are disappointed in our results for
the March quarter," said Bill Watkins, CEO. "We clearly
miscalculated the market, and in this unusually challenging
environment failed to deliver the projected results."
Imation to acquire TDK
Imation announced that it will acquire TDK's worldwide recording
media business and use of the TDK brand name for recording media
products for $300 million. Imation plans to integrate TDK into
products, including magnetic tape, optical media, flash media and
accessories. The transaction also contains a supply agreement in
which Imation pledges to keep shipping TDK product.
Brocade joins Green Grid
Brocade has joined fellow storage vendors Copan and Pillar Data
Systems in joining the Green Grid, an industry organization
dedicated to environmental causes, including energy efficiency.
Decru unveils data security management framework
Decru announced the availability of the SecureView management
framework, which offers centralized management of encryption, keys
and data security policies across the enterprise. The SecureView
framework is available on all Decru encryption appliances.
In a separate announcement, NTP Software announced it will
integrate its storage management software with Decru's encryption
and key management software. The joint product is currently
deployed in beta in mutual customer environments and is expected
for general availability this summer.
Spectra Logic debuts "Swiss Army knife"
Spectra Logic introduced the Spectra nTier archive and backup
server, a "Swiss Army knife" appliance that includes search and
integration with digital asset management applications (DAM). The
new products -- nTier500, nTier700 and nTier900 -- are SATA
disk-based and can serve as both an online RAID cache, as well as
an application server. The servers will begin shipping in summer
2007. The nTier single-frame capacity ranges from 2 terabytes (TB)
to 60 TB of native capacity, RAID-6 protection, and connectivity to
both tape and RXT mobile disk. Multiple nTier systems can be
clustered together to add additional capacity to over 400 TB.
Pricing for an entry-level Spectra nTier500 begins at $11,995.
Shutterfly to archive 2.5 PB with DataDirect
DataDirect Networks announced that it has installed multiple
S2A9550 storage archives equal to 2.5 petabytes (PB), to Shutterfly
Inc., a Web 2.0 social-networking and photo-sharing company.
Shutterfly said in a press release that it was drawn to
DataDirect's support for RAID-6 in its archive. Shutterfly
currently has an archive of more than 1 billion images.
Weiss Group picks Xiotech for iSCSI
Jupiter, Fla.-based financial advisory firm Weiss Group Inc. has
deployed Xiotech's Magnitude 750 IP SAN array, the company
announced. Weiss Group said in a press release that it selected
Xiotech for the simplicity of its management console. The company
plans to add a second 750 to its disaster recovery site.
ONStor, Exagrid report increase in sales
ONStor said its first quarter sales represented a 157% increase
over the same quarter last year, and said it also saw a 357%
increase in international bookings thanks to the addition of 13
European, Middle East and Asian (EMEA) channel partners. ONStor
said it has more than 250 enterprise customers.
Meanwhile, Exagrid said first quarter sales were up 66% compared to
the Q4 2006. ExaGrid's compound quarter-over-quarter average growth
rate from Q4 2005 to Q1 2007 was 54%. Like OnStor, Exagrid signed
new channel partners last quarter and was also added as a Contract
Line Item Number (CLIN) via the U.S. Air Force sponsored
Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract.
Asigra announces 64-bit update
Asigra announced it has overhauled its Televaulting product to make
it 64-bit software. The company claims the software, which
previously supported in the range of 400 data streams, can now
support 8,000 to 10,000. The update also allows Asigra to access
64GB of RAM on 64-bit systems and fits in with Microsoft Exchange
2007, which has also moved to a 64-bit system.
AXS-One buddies up with Microsoft
Email archiver AXS-One announced that it will archive Microsoft
Office SharePoint 2007 data into its AXS-One Compliance Platform
and will allow customers to access the archive within the
SharePoint interface. AXS-One is also adding business intelligence
(BI) analytics to its archives for Microsoft Office products and
allowing their export into SQL server.