ADIC Scalar AIT Libraries Selected by Marine Corps; Will Provide Worldwide Data Security in More Than 40 Network Centers.Business Editors/Technology Writers REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2001 Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide automated tape libraries for over 40 United States Marine Corps United States Marine Corps (USMC) Separate military service within the U.S. Department of the Navy (see U.S. Navy), charged with providing marine troops for seizure and defense of advanced bases and with conducting operations on land and in the air in connection with (USMC) network centers around the world. The contract, valued at nearly $1,000,000, is for three different models of the company's Scalar scalar, quantity or number possessing only sign and magnitude, e.g., the real numbers (see number), in contrast to vectors and tensors; scalars obey the rules of elementary algebra. Many physical quantities have scalar values, e.g. (R) series libraries, all integrating AIT2 recording technology. Designed to handle a wide range of networking storage needs, the libraries cover capacities from one TB for the smallest models up to 16.6 TB for the largest. "In an age of smart weapons and globally coordinated tactical planning, the security achieved by military preparedness pre·par·ed·ness n. The state of being prepared, especially military readiness for combat. Noun 1. preparedness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them is inextricably in·ex·tri·ca·ble adj. 1. a. So intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible: an inextricable maze; an inextricable web of deceit. b. linked to the security provided for network data," commented Chuck Stonecipher, ADIC president and COO. "We believe this selection continues a trend -- an increasingly large number of geographically distributed enterprises are standardizing on single solutions providers who can both deliver a range of product options to match their diverse installations and a worldwide logistics and service team to support them. ADIC is proud to be acknowledged as one of the very few able to provide this range of integrated products and service." The ADIC Scalar series of automated tape libraries comprises over a dozen separate models that offer desktop to data center capacity ranges for all of the major open system tape formats -- 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. , AIT, and 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. . The award-winning Scalar libraries have had several industry firsts: They were the first to announce integrated Fibre Channel connectivity to allow their direct use in Storage Area Networks (SANs); the first independent libraries to announce support for both AIT and LTO Ultrium technology; and the first to offer low-cost, high performance barrier-free scalability to the mid-range tape storage market. The AIT2 tape technology selected for the USMC data protection installations provides a powerful combination of capacity, transfer rates, density, and reliability. Its unique on-cartridge memory-in-cassette feature also provides faster access to stored data that competitive technologies -- average time to access any file on a 100GB tape is less than 30 seconds. About ADIC With an installed base of more than 70,000 automated libraries, 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 a leading device-independent storage solutions provider to the open systems marketplace. The Company offers a broad range of products designed to enhance organizations' ability to store, protect, manage and use their rapidly growing network data. ADIC's automated storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, 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. 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) . Further information is available at http://www.adic.com. All capacity and throughput specifications cited assume average 2:1 compression unless otherwise stated. ADIC and Scalar are registered trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this release should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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