ATL Products Signs SKYDATA Corp. To Distribute PowerStor Series Libraries Throughout Canada.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1999-- Leading DLTtape(TM) Solutions Provider Adds 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 Libraries to its Desktop to Datacenter Product Roadmap ATL Products, a leading supplier of intelligent DLTtape(TM) libraries for networked computers, Wednesday announced that SKYDATA Corp. has signed an agreement with the company to distribute PowerStor Series tape libraries throughout Canada. As the leading provider of DLTtape solutions in Canada, SKYDATA will incorporate ATL's PowerStor libraries into their DLTtape product line, comprised of tape drives and autoloaders, to offer customers a full suite of desktop to datacenter solutions. As an added bonus to PowerStor customers, SKYDATA will enhance the three-year warranty to include three-year advance replacement. "With our singular business focus on mass storage, SKYDATA has experienced increased demand for secondary storage products that provide higher performance, larger capacity and ease of operation," said Howard Goldberg, president of SKYDATA Corp. "It is for these reasons that SKYDATA needed to establish a formal relationship with a reputable business partner like ATL in order to provide automated tape library systems that better serve our customers and their need for desktop to datacenter solutions." "SKYDATA has been particularly successful in providing storage solutions to the Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. market over the past few years and is ideally suited for our PowerStor Series libraries," said Darrell Cavanaugh, channel sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for ATL Products. "The company is also well entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. within the Canadian banking, government and digital prepress/audio/video markets, who are perfect candidates for automated tape libraries given the large amounts of data they are required to secure on a daily basis." PowerStor Series Libraries SKYDATA will distribute both versions of ATL's PowerStor Series including the PowerStor L200 and PowerStor L500. Both models deliver "lights-out backup" featuring a precision robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions cartridge handling when used with industry popular data management software. Ease-of-installation and ease-of-use are two of the design criteria Noun 1. design criteria - criteria that designers should meet in designing some system or device; "the job specifications summarized the design criteria" criterion, standard - the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their for the PowerStor Series and are delivered completely assembled for immediate plug-and-play installation. Once installed, the friendly control panel makes it easy to configure the library, manipulate the robotics and access important status information. The PowerStor L200 is targeted for lower capacity 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 NT LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. backup applications. Priced to compete with desktop tape products, the PowerStor L200 provides superior DLTtape performance featuring one 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. 4000 or DLT7000 tape drive and 8 cartridge slots for a native performance up to 18 gigabytes per hour and a native storage capacity up to 280 gigabytes. The PowerStor L500 is targeted for small to mid-sized UNIX and NT LAN backup applications used predominantly by workgroups and departments. It is positioned as the highest performance library in its class by uniquely supporting up to three DLT4000 or DLT7000 drives and 14 DLT cartridges to deliver 54 gigabytes per hour of native back-up performance and 490 gigabytes of native storage capacity. About SKYDATA Corp. SKYDATA Corp. is a Canadian manufacturer and distributor of mass storage subsystems The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. and solutions serving value added resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). from coast to coast. With offices and manufacturing facilties in Toronto and Montreal, SKYDATA offers the broadest range and highest quality solutions for disk, tape and optical storage media. SKYDATA's complete-product orientation, superlative customer service and standard-setting integration expertise have vaulted the company to a leadership position in the Canadian marketplace. To learn more, call SKYDATA at 877/673-7333 or visit the company's Web site at www.skydatacorp.com. About ATL Products ATL Products, a Quantum Company, is recognized worldwide as a market innovator in the design, manufacture and service of automated DLTtape library systems having earned a reputation for superb quality and reliability. Delivering library systems through OEMs and a worldwide network of authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: resellers and distributors, ATL ships a large percentage of the world's DLTtape libraries. The DLTtape market is growing rapidly and ATL is at the forefront with thousands of library systems currently installed worldwide. Serving the world market for storage automation, corporate headquarters for ATL Products is in Irvine. An additional site in Irvine serves as one of the world's largest manufacturing facilities dedicated to DLTtape automation technology. For additional information, call ATL Products at 949/856-7800, or browse the company Web site at www.atlp.com. The foregoing statements regarding performance and future products are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. and actual results could vary. Factors which could affect actual results include unexpected shortages of critical components, short product lives, the timing of 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. Note to Editors: DLT and DLTtape are trademarks of Quantum Corp. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. |
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