ADIC CentraVision SAN File-Sharing System Named Finalist by Network Computing for Well-Connected Award.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2000 CentraVision tops SAN Solution Candidates Based on its Ability to Share Data Over SANs Between Heterogeneous Platforms Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) today announced that its CentraVision(TM) SAN file-sharing solution (CVFS) has been named a finalist by CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media Inc.'s Network Computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. magazine for a 2000 Well-Connected Award in the category of SAN solutions. CVFS was selected because of its innovative ability to boost productivity by allowing Windows, 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 Linux workstations to share data down to the file level over high-speed Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks. "ADIC is honored to have its CVFS SAN file-sharing solution selected as a finalist by Network Computing for this prestigious award," commented Bill Britts Bill Britt is one of the most successful Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in the Amway/Quixtar business. In 2002, together with his wife Peggy Britt, qualified for the corporations highest award; Founders Crown Ambassador. , ADIC executive vice president of Sales and Marketing. "This recognition -- founded on proven, real-world performance -- will help speed the adoption of CVFS and SAN technology in general. It also underscores the powerful productivity gains that SANs can deliver today when they allow heterogeneous users to share data in centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. storage easily, transparently, and at local disk speed." The winners of the Network Computing Well-Connected Awards will be revealed at a gala event on Monday, May 8th -- the evening before NetWorld+Interop 2000 Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. trade show. All Finalists will be highlighted in the May 15th issue of Network Computing and also on Network Computing Online at www.networkcomputing.com. ADIC's CVFS is a distributed file-sharing system that allows multiple workstations or servers to share data from a common disk over a high-bandwidth SAN. CVFS eliminates the need to duplicate or move files between workstations by providing them with common access to files stored on a central disk at local disk speed. The productivity gains provided by CVFS -- which is designed to provide simultaneous support for UNIX, Windows, and Linux systems -- have made it a preferred solution for a wide variety of applications that manage large quantities of data and share it among multiple clients. "The Well-Connected Awards are significantly different from other IT publications' awards," said Fritz Nelson, Publisher of CMP's Network Computing. "Our editors worked at length to research and test the best offerings in the enterprise arena." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nelson, the products singled out in the Network Computing Well-Connected Awards are unique because "they are not a measure of popularity -- they are quality offerings tested over a networked enterprise firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first by editors themselves. So we know that ADIC's CVFS SAN file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. system is truly an innovative solution." About Network Computing Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputing.com), published by CMP Media, Manhasset, N.Y., is the only IT publication providing in-depth, comprehensive product, technology and service reviews from a real-world perspective to 220,000 IT Professionals -- The Technology Experts -- biweekly telling them what works, how it works, when to buy and who to buy it from. In addition, Network Computing consistently has the largest average-issue audience among all networking publications, according to Simmons and IntelliQuest and the publication was a 1999 Neal Award Finalist. About CMP Media Inc. CMP Media Inc. (http://www.cmp.com), a subsidiary of United News & Media plc (Nasdaq:UNEWY), is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com. About ADIC(R) With more than 55,000 automated tape libraries installed, innovative storage management software, Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions, and Network Attach Storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) appliances, ADIC is the world's leading device-independent storage solutions provider to the open systems marketplace. The Company offers a broad range of products designed to help organizations stay more productive by making it easier for them to store, protect, manage and use their rapidly growing network data. ADIC's industry-leading line of automated storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and 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 partners, including Dell, 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) and Fujitsu Siemens (Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. (USA), Milpitas, CA, www.fujitsu-siemens.com) Fujitsu Siemens Computers USA is a wholly owned research and development subsidiary of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. . Further information about ADIC is available at http://www.adic.com. ADIC, CentraVision and CVFS are trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other product and company names in the release are the property of their respective owners. |
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