ATL Products Joins With TeraStor in NFR Alliance; DLT Pioneer to Deploy Near-Field Recording Disk Cartridges Into Library Market.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1997--ATL Products Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ATLPA), designer and manufacturer of the world's first Digital Linear Tape (storage) Digital Linear Tape - (DLT) A kind of magnetic tape drive originally developed by DEC and now marketed by Quantum. DLT drives implement the Digital Lempel Ziv 1 (DLZ1) compression algorithm in a combination of hardware and firmware. (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. ) library, Monday announced it has been named a strategic participant in TeraStor Corp.'s managed storage initiative. The initiative is aimed at deploying Near-Field Recording (NFR (Near Field Recording) See near field optics and Terastor. ) disk drives and high capacity disk cartridges into a broad range of managed storage markets. ATL (Active Template Library) A set of software routines from Microsoft that provide the basic framework for creating ActiveX and COM objects. Stemming from the standard template library (STL) that comes with C++ compilers, ATL includes an object wizard that sets up Products was selected because of its leadership position in the library market and its ability to quickly deliver innovative library systems featuring NFR drives and media. 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. Dr. Kevin Daly, president and chief executive officer of ATL Products: "As part of the TeraStor initiative, ATL stands at the forefront of an important industry event. NFR-based systems with low-cost, removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. and random-access, promise to deliver bottom-line results for administrators of storage-intensive applications." Commenting on the relationship, Amyl amyl /am·yl/ (am´il) the radical —C5H11. amyl nitrite a volatile, flammable liquid with a pungent ethereal odor. Ahola, 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. of TeraStor noted: "Automation is essential to our mission of providing a wide range of highly reliable storage solutions to the market. We are extremely pleased to be working with a world-class automation manufacturer like ATL Products, who continue to redefine the functionality of library systems." Under the initiative, ATL Products and TeraStor will work closely together. TeraStor will provide advanced NFR-based disk drives and removable cartridges. ATL Products will supply library systems featuring the revolutionary Prism Library Architecture. ATL will also provide WebAdmin Internet library administration software powered by Java. The combined products will form extremely powerful, yet easy-to-use storage automation solutions for the open enterprise. ATL's Prism Library Architecture will deliver the bandwidth and fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. needed to support a large number of NFR drives. NFR systems with Prism Library Architecture will feature a PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). expansion bus used in millions of PCs, workstations and servers. Industry standard PCI slots will accommodate the phased release of a variety of high-performance PCI adapters. Examples include Fibre-Channel host adapters, Gigabit network adapters, single-board Pentium computers, single-board UltraSPARC computers and tape array controllers. WebAdmin software from ATL will make NFR system administration easy and accessible from anywhere on the World Wide Web. Available today for DLT libraries, WebAdmin provides set-up, monitoring, event logging and event notification Event notification is a term used in conjunction with communications software for linking applications that generate small messages (the "events") to applications that monitor the associated conditions and may take actions triggered by events. via a Java-enabled browser. System administrators can manage a library with simple point-and-click operations from a friendly and familiar JMAPI-compliant graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . About TeraStor TeraStor Corp. is a mass storage company focused on designing and marketing products utilizing its Near-Field Recording technology. This technology provides a significant capacity advantage at a lower cost-per-gigabyte than all other existing storage technologies. TeraStor's Near-Field Recording drives will set a new mass storage benchmark for the next decade. The first TeraStor products will be available in the first half of 1998. For additional information, call TeraStor at 408/324-2110, or browse the TeraStor Web site at http://www.terastor.com . About ATL Products Inc. With headquarters in Irvine, ATL Products manufactures a wide range of automated DLT library systems for the mid-range and high-end computer markets. ATL libraries demonstrate industry-leading, field-proven reliability and data-availability based on the company's IntelliGrip automation technology and ATL-specified DLT drives. ATL provides sales and service throughout the US and major cities in Europe and Asia. For additional information, call ATL Products at 714/774-6900, or browse the ATL Products Web site at http://www.atlp.com . -0- IntelliGrip, Prism Library Architecture and WebAdmin are trademarks of ATL Products Inc. NFR, NFR Drives, Near-Field Recording and TeraStor are trademarks of TeraStor Corp. DLT is a claimed trademark of Quantum Corp. in the United States and other countries. UltraSPARC is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corp. This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding the company's growth. The actual results of the company may differ materially and will depend on its performance which could be adversely affected by such factors as short product lives, unexpected shortages of critical components, the timing and market acceptance of planned new product introductions, competition (including new and directly competitive products from others), and the significant uncertainty of market acceptance of new products by both distribution channels and end-user customers. The company's forward-looking statements are qualified by reference to these factors affecting its business. Investors are strongly urged to review the risk factors set forth in the company's last filed 10K and 10Q. CONTACT: ATL Products Inc., Irvine Chet Baffa, Vice President Marketing and Sales 714/477-7702 cbaffa@atlp.com Frank Berry, Director of Business Development 714/477-7827 frankb@atlp.com |
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