2004 Network Storage Conference Announces Award Finalists.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2004 Network Storage Conference SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2004 The Network Storage Conference (March 8 & 9, 2004 at the DoubleTree hotel in Monterey, CA) announces the finalists for the 2004 Network Storage Conference Annual Awards. The finalists have been chosen after extensive deliberation from 54 deserving award nominations. This Award program is sponsored by Computer Technology Review and Peripheral Concepts, Inc. The Jury is formed of members from the Aberdeen Group, Computer Technology Review, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Peripheral Concepts Inc., and Sun Microsystems. Awards will be presented to the winners at the conference during the lunch reception on Tuesday, March 9 at the DoubleTree Hotel. An Award will be attributed in each of four categories: In the category of Complete Systems, Exanet Exastor, Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. Thunder 9580V, and the Isilon IQ are the finalists. In the category of Management Software, ADIC StorNext, Creekpath Suite 3, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. VisualSRM as well as VisualSAN, and Tivoli Storage Management Software are the finalists. In the category of Interconnects, Adaptec iSCSI Adapter 7211, CNT (Carbon NanoTube) See nanotube. UltraNet Edge Storage Router, and the StoneFly stonefly, any insect of the order Plecoptera. North American species, of which there are more than 200, are yellowish, greenish, or brownish in the adult stage and have transparent wings, usually two pairs, but seldom fly. Storage Concentrator i3000 are the final contenders. In the category of Storage Innovation, IBM SAN Volume Controller The IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is a block storage virtualization appliance. SVC implements an indirection or "virtualization" layer in a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN). Architecture SVC is deployed as a cluster of nodes. Version 1.1.1, Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster, StorageTek VSM VSM Value Stream Mapping (manufacturing process evaluation technique) VSM Vibrating Sample Magnetometer VSM Vascular Smooth Muscle VSM Visual Studio Magazine VSM Vietnam Service Medal VSM Virtual Shared Memory VSM Viable Systems Model 4, and Tacit Ishare server/appliance are the finalists The 2004 Network Storage Conference and Trade Show is only a few days away. The conference is celebrating this year its tenth anniversary. Highlights of the conference include a keynote presentation by storage luminary Dr. Garth Gibson, an executive roundtable with the CEO's from Alacritech, Avamar, Overland Storage and Quantum, plus Jack McDonnell, co-founder of McDATA. The conference also features a panel of five renowned financial analysts, and presentations by over 25 companies including industry leaders CNT, EMC, IBM, Microsoft, Quantum, Overland Storage, and VERITAS, as well as a number of new innovative companies such as Exanet, Invio Software, iQstor, Kashya, S2io, Tacit Networks, Troika Networks, and Unitrends. The conference agenda is available on-line at www.networkstorageconference.com. Interested persons can register for the conference or reception/exhibits on the web site. |
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