ADIC And Exabyte Partner to Expand Network Backup Solution Offerings.REDMOND, Wash. and BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 1999--Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) and Exabyte Corp. (Nasdaq:EXBT), two of the leaders in network backup solutions, today announced a strategic business partnership that will leverage each company's platform design strengths to significantly broaden each companrary products based on platforms developed by the other. Initial plans call for Exabyte to market products ba "The explosive growth of network data is on. "Using this strategic partnership to expand complementary platform development efforts witautomated tape library solutions for client-servExabyte designs, manufactures and markets industry leading data storage products including 8mm and Mammoth technology tape drives; Mammoth, 8mm and DLTtape(tm) automated tape libraries; and premium quality media. Exabyte markets its products through an extensive network of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , distributor and reseller business partners. For Exabyte information call 1-800-EXABYTE, or visit Exabyte on the World Wide Web at http://www.exabyte.com. About ADIC Headquartered in Redmond, Washington Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, USA. It is situated on the eastern edge of the Seattle urban area, in what is known as the Eastside. In 2003 the Census Bureau estimated the city population was 46,391. , Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC) has been providing data storage solutions since its founding in 1983. With an installed base of more than 35,000 libraries and the broadest product line in the industry, ADIC is the leading drive-independent supplier of automated tape libraries used to store and protect information in computer networks. Marketed under ADIC and ADIC/GRAU brands and the brands of OEM partners, including Dell and Unisys, these storage devices are available with DLT (Digital Linear Tape) A magnetic tape technology originally developed by Digital for its VAX line. The technology was later sold to Quantum, which makes it available to other manufacturers. DLT uses half-inch, single-hub cartridges similar to IBM's 3480/3490/3590 line. (tm), D2, half-inch, AIT, 4mm and 8mm tape technologies, and are supported by leading backup and storage management software products for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . The Company's own storage management tools include AMASS (Archive Management And Storage System) Tape management software for Unix from Quantum Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO (www.quantum.com). Originally developed by ADIC, AMASS makes the tape library look like an infinite disk drive to the application. (R) direct data access software which provides network users shared access to information stored in automated libraries. A pioneer in the development of products for Storage Area Networks, ADIC markets Fibre Channel routers for use in Storage Area Networks and tape libraries with direct Fibre Channel connectivity. Further product information is available via the Internet at http://www.adic.com. ADIC and FastStor are registered trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. Exabyte is a registered trademark of Exabyte Corp. DLT and DLTtape are trademarks of Quantum Corporation. All other trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks are the property of the companies with which they are associated. |
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