Enterprise Storage Forum Staff

Pirus Networks has appointed Bill Maxwell as vice president of North American Sales. Reporting directly to Pirus CEO, Rich Napolitano, Bill Maxwell will be responsible for increasing and establishing relationships with customers and distribution channels, including resellers and OEMs for all of North America. Mr. Maxwell formerly was vice president of Sales for IP storage […]

Veritas Software Corporation today announced Veritas ServPoint, a family of storage software solutions that it said provides an open and scalable alternative to proprietary storage appliances. The company said Veritas ServPoint software solutions, for network attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) environments, transforms industry-standard hardware components into open, enterprise-class appliances. The company views […]

TrueSAN Networks, Inc. has become a Brocade Fabric Access Partner. With this alliance, TrueSAN gains access to the Brocade Fabric Access API (application programming interface), Brocade development support, and the Brocade storage area network (SAN) interoperability labs. “We are pleased to welcome TrueSAN as a Brocade Fabric Access partner,” said Jay Kidd, Brocade Vice President […]

DataDirect Networks Silicon Storage Appliances have been certified for use with Matrox DigiSuite realtime editing platforms. According to the companies, DataDirect’s Silicon Storage Appliances allow multiple Matrox DigiSuite-equipped workstations to share the same media assets and projects in a realtime, non-linear fashion, significantly improving productivity and workflow in digital facilities. Silicon Storage Appliances currently power […]

FalconStor Software, Inc. said it has initiated collaboration with Oracle by joining the OraclePartnerNetwork and certifying Oracle9i Database with its IPStor storage network-based data management software. “FalconStor is committed to working with Oracle to provide value to Oracle software and customers by enhancing productivity and availability of the Oracle9i Database,” said Wayne Lam, FalconStor vice […]

Sun Microsystems, Inc. this week announced new storage software, systems, services, and partner programs. Sun said the new storage software offerings are built on its Storage ONE architecture including file systems and four new software suites: availability, performance, utilization, and resource management. The company also announced the new Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series, which […]

Dot Hill Systems Corp. has signed a distribution agreement with Scientific Digital Business Pte Ltd (SDB) of Singapore, a mass storage and imaging product distributor in Southeast Asia. The agreement enables SDB’s regional offices, value-added resellers, and systems integrators to distribute Dot Hill’s data storage systems and storage networking solutions throughout the region. “We are […]

EMC Corporation has qualified JNI Corporation’s Emerald-based FibreStar 2 Gb Ready FCE2-1473, a dual-port SBus-to-Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA), as E-Lab Tested. The designation enables the new JNI HBA to be deployed in approved EMC Enterprise Storage Network (ESN) switched fabric and arbitrated loop environments with EMC Symmetrix Enterprise Storage running the Sun Solaris […]

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) said it plans to host a two-day workshop that will provide IT managers with solutions on how to use storage networks to backup and restore large volumes of data. The workshop will be held Feb. 26-27 at the SNIA Technology Center in Colorado Springs. The event, titled “Easing Backup […]

LSI Logic Corporation’s 2 Gbit/s host bus adapters (HBAs) have been certified for use with SANavigator’s storage area network (SAN) software, a multi-platform Java-based SAN management application. Testing by the two companies confirmed that the LSI Logic Fibre Channel HBAs, the LSI40919O and LSI40929O, are now supported by SANavigator’s AutoDiscovery topology mapping function. Additionally, SANavigator […]

EMC today announced the opening of the EMC Windows Competency Center. “EMC has invested countless engineering hours and resources in developing best practices for storage networking in Windows environments,” said Tim Rice, Director of the EMC Windows Competency Center. “The EMC Windows Competency Center brings the sum of EMC’s investment to customers by demonstrating, in […]

Adaptec, Inc. announced the appointment of John J. Lazlo, Jr., to a newly-formed Vice President of Business Development and Investor Relations position. “John brings a wealth of executive-level investment experience and strategic thinking to Adaptec that will enable us to more aggressively pursue new market areas for the company,” stated Adaptec president and CEO, Bob […]