ADIC Announces Bill Yaman as New Software Business Unit Leader.Business Editors Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), the leader in Intelligent Storage(TM) systems, announced today the appointment of William Yaman as vice president and business line manager of ADIC's storage management software business unit. Most recently, Yaman held the position of president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Holistix, Inc., a provider of systems management solutions for business-critical Web applications. Prior to Holistix, Yaman served as vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Business Unit at Candle Corporation, a software and services company that is a leading supplier of management solutions for heterogeneous business applications. "Bill Yaman brings an impressive combination of customer focus, technical expertise, and proven business management skills to our software business, and we are pleased to welcome him to the ADIC team," said ADIC President Chuck Stonecipher. "He will help ADIC expand our software business by rigorously focusing on how we solve fundamental productivity and management issues for customers grappling with data that doubles every year." "ADIC's software technology provides a wide range of data storage solutions," said Yaman. "It serves as the foundation for some of the world's most demanding storage applications, including digital broadcasting Digital broadcasting is the practice of using digital data rather than analogue waveforms to carry broadcasts over television channels or assigned radio frequency bands. It is becoming increasingly popular for television usage (especially satellite television) but is having a , Web-based rich media content delivery, and large-scale science and engineering data analysis. I look forward to helping the company continue to develop that technology and to bring it to enterprise data centers that are now facing similar kinds of data management problems." Yaman's earlier background includes product management and systems engineering posts at BGS BGS British Geological Survey BGS Below Ground Surface (depth below the ground surface) BGS Bundesgrenzschutz (German: Federal Border Guard) BGS Bachelor of General Studies (degree) Systems and 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) . He holds a BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). degree in Engineering and Business Management from Princeton University Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Schools and Research Facilities . ADIC storage management software is used in more than 1000 organizations worldwide to manage some of the industry's largest and most challenging data storage environments. ADIC storage management software solutions include: -- The StorNext Management Suite (SNMS), an end-to-end software solution for data access, management and protection in heterogeneous operating environments. SNMS integrates a best-in-class SAN file system with a policy-based storage manager. The result is a scalable, high-capacity data management solution that delivers Total Data Life Management(TM) -- a guarantee that data, throughout its lifetime, is always accessible and protected. -- AMASS(R) for UNIX, software that allows organizations to use their automated libraries as shared near-line storage devices easily accessible to all network users About ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading provider of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems marketplace. ADIC(R) is the world's largest supplier of automated tape systems using the drive technologies most often employed for backing up open system, client-server networks.(a) The Company's storage management software and storage networking appliances provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing and protecting their most valuable digital assets. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. (a) IDC 2001 worldwide revenue and unit market share data for all automated systems using 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. , SDLT (Super DLT) See DLT. , LTO (Linear Tape Open) A family of open magnetic tape standards developed by HP, IBM and Quantum (formerly the Certance subsidiary of Seagate) that are licensed to third-party vendors. LTO cartridges contain a memory that stores historical usage data. , 8mm or AIT drives. ADIC, StorNext, and 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. are registered trademarks and Intelligent Storage and Total Data Life Management are trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this document should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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