2004 Network Storage Conference Presents Awards; Sets Date for 2005 Conference.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2004 Network Storage Conference SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004 The Network Storage Conference was held March 8 & 9, 2004 at the DoubleTree hotel in Monterey, CA. At the lunch on March 9, 2004 the Conference Awards Committee announced the winners of the 2004 Network Storage Conference Annual Awards. This Award program was sponsored by Computer Technology Review and Peripheral Concepts, Inc. The award 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 were presented in each of four categories: In the category of Complete Systems, the Isilon IQ was the award winner. The other finalists were the Exanet Exastor and the Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. Thunder 9580V. In the category of Management Software, the Tivoli Storage Management Software was the award winner. The other finalists were the ADIC StorNext, the Creekpath Suite 3, and the 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. In the category of Interconnects, the CNT (Carbon NanoTube) See nanotube. UltraNet Edge Storage Router was the award winner. The other finalists were the Adaptec iSCSI Adapter 7211 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. In the category of Storage Innovation, the Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster was the award winner. The other finalists were the 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, the 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 the Tacit Ishare server/appliance. The date for the 2005 Network Storage Conference has been set for March 16-18, 2005 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Monterey, CA. The conference organizers are now soliciting Sponsors and Exhibitors for the 2005 conference. Preference for speaking positions will be given to conference sponsors and exhibitors. Please contact Tom Coughlin at 408-978-8184 (email: tom@tomcoughlin.com) or Farid Neema at 805-563-9491 (email: fneema@periconcepts.com) to receive information and to reserve your sponsorship or exhibit for the 2005 conference. 2005 Network Storage Conference information will be available on-line at www.networkstorageconference.com. Interested persons can register there to receive 2005 conference information. |
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