Andataco Demostrates Shared Storage Area Network Solution Using Fibre Channel for Digital Video Industry.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1998-- Storage Solution Increases Productivity 30% by Reducing Production Time ANDATACO (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 :ANDA ANDA abbr. abbreviated new drug application ), a leader in storage area networks (SAN) for digital video applications, will demonstrate today a new SAN implementation at the SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community 98 conference in Orlando, FL (Booth #3421). ANDATACO SAN allows the real-time sharing of files using a Fibre Channel solution among heterogeneous work stations. The shared SAN solution, engineered and designed by ANDATACO using ANDATACO storage and Mercury Computer Systems' SuiteFusionPro(TM), dramatically improves productivity up to 30% for video production, post-production and animation applications. "This SAN and Fibre Channel digital video demonstration shows how sharing data in multi-function environments with an easy-to-manage centralized storage solution can increase productivity and allow users to spend more time developing and creating," said Doug Wilkie, product marketing manager, ANDATACO. "Formerly, in a production environment, moving content between workstations was a logistical nightmare of completing one process on one system before being able to move on to the next step. ANDATACO's application centralizes storage and makes it simultaneously available to Sun, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , NT, and Mac systems so that the creative process is uninterrupted. Currently, ANDATACO is one of the only storage companies that can offer the products and expertise needed to implement this solution." ANDATACO, Inc., with offices in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. , designs, manufacturers, and distributes storage solutions based on its Application-Specific Architecture for 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. and 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). environments. The Company's products include RAID and RAID-ready disk storage, tape backup Using magnetic tape for storing duplicate copies of hard disk files. Users can add an internal or external tape drive to their desktop computers for backup purposes, and files are typically copied to the tapes using a backup utility that updates on a periodic schedule. and restore products along with storage management and disaster recovery software. World-class technical support and service back the Company's products and customized professional services programs. The Company distributes internally developed products, and products from other manufacturers, through a network of 23 sales offices worldwide and through business affiliates in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada, and Australia. Information on ANDATACO, Inc.'s award-winning products can be accessed via the internet at www.andataco.com. Mercury Systems Software is publicly traded on Nasdaq (NASDAQ:MRCY).
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