BlackBall Elects Al Shugart Chairman of the Board; Seagate Founder & Hard Disk Drive Innovator Heads Massively Disruptive Storage Software Company.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 BlackBall(R) Inc., the leader of content aware storage solutions for all file types, including rich media files, today announced the election of Al Shugart Shugart is the de facto standard for floppy disk drive interfaces created by Shugart Associates.
"This move provides BlackBall with the best possible chairman in the world to lead a storage company with model shifting technology into the future," said Patricia Brown, 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. for BlackBall Inc. "No company is better suited to have solved the storage problems for an interactive rich media world than the team that is now led by such a legendary individual in storage products." BlackBall identified that several major software markets were being pulled in new directions due to the explosion in rich media file types. Digital Asset Management, Document Management, Content Management, Content Delivery, Storage Management and Databases are all being stretched beyond the capabilities of their systems as the world turns to real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. interaction with rich media content. Bottom line, databases and all of the systems built on top of them are destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to fail due to the legacy batch oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. architecture of database systems design. BlackBall's flagship This article is about the lead ship, store, or product of a group. For other uses, see Flagship (disambiguation). A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. BlackMagic(TM) product line provides Rich Media Storage for your audio, video and picture files with lightning lightning, electrical discharge accompanied by thunder, commonly occurring during a thunderstorm fast searching and space saving file versioning. For more information about BlackBall(R) BlackMagic(TM) powered by RMFS(TM), call the BlackBall(R) sales department at 858-623-9400, or send an e-mail to sales@blackball.us. About BlackBall(R) Inc. BlackBall(R) Inc. is the leader in content aware storage solutions. For more information, contact the BlackBall sales department at sales@blackball.us, 858-623-9400, or visit www.blackball.us. |
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