ADIC Selects Senior VP of Operations; Industry Veteran Added to Lead Global Initiative.Business Editors/Technology Writers REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2001 Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) today announced that John Powell has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Operations, a new position created to manage the Company's global manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and service operations. Most recently, Powell served as Vice President and General Manager of the DLTtape Drive Division within Quantum's Storage Systems Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S ) where he was responsible for operations and strategic directions. Powell will report to Chuck Stonecipher, ADIC President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "John will be essential to ADIC as we continue to strengthen our leadership in addressing the accelerating worldwide demand for storage and storage management solutions," said Stonecipher. "Over the past few years we have added new products, new technologies, new channels for our branded products, as well as new 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 customers, all supported by larger and increasingly sophisticated manufacturing and service operations around the world. John not only has a proven track record in leading this scale of operations, but also in-depth knowledge of the storage industry that will help us continue to help satisfy the demand created by the worldwide explosion of digital information." Powell has more than 20 years of experience in the computer industry, with seven years specifically focused on the storage marketspace  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. . As Vice president and General Manager of Quantum Corporation's DLTape Drive Division, Powell was responsible for product marketing, research and development, and managing the division's operational performance and strategic direction. While with Quantum, Powell consolidated three Colorado sites into one, built an operations team that more than doubled the division's production capacity, and set up a major corporate site in Penang, Malaysia. Powell has also additional experience in the data storage and storage automation field as Vice President of Operations for Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. and Overland o·ver·land adj. Accomplished, traversing, or passing over the land instead of the ocean: an overland journey; an overland route. adv. Data. "Based on my understanding of the industry, I'm convinced that ADIC is well positioned to continue its rapid growth as one of the leading suppliers of open systems storage solutions worldwide," Powell said. "ADIC's intelligent storage products -- including both automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. storage systems and storage management software -- provide exactly the kinds of high value-add solutions needed by IT departments faced with the continued demand for information management, and the Company's acquisition and expansion strategy shows that it has industry-leading understanding of the direction that the storage solutions marketplace is taking." About ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading device-independent storage solutions provider to the open systems marketplace offering a broad range of products designed to enhance organizations' abilities to store, protect, manage and use their rapidly growing network data. ADIC solutions include automated storage libraries, storage management software, and storage networking (SAN/NAS) connectivity tools. ADIC 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) . On January 30, the Company announced that it had entered into a merger agreement with storage networking pioneer Pathlight Technology, Inc. for total consideration of 10.3 million ADIC shares. The merger is expected to close during ADIC's second quarter ending April 30, 2001. The merged companies will offer a broad range of Intelligent Storage(TM) products including SAN management, connectivity and virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. products that complement ADIC's existing storage hardware and software solutions. Further information about ADIC is available at www.adic.com. ADIC is a registered trademark of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other product or service marks mentioned in this release should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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