CMP Media's Storage Area Network Roundtable Hosted by XIOtech.EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999-- XIOtech Corp., an award-winning pioneer in the development of shared centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. storage, Tuesday announced that it has been selected to moderate CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media's SAN roundtable, which is now in progress at the media giant's technology news Internet site -- Planet IT. CMP's roundtable on SANs allows interactive discussions where IT managers can learn more about SAN technology/architecture. 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. Phil Soran, president of XIOtech and host of the roundtable: "We are now seeing major momentum behind SANs, and it is not a matter of if but when customers will implement them. Major industry analysts indicate that they see 80 percent of large companies implementing SANs by the end of next year. "I encourage those interested in SANs to share their opinions online, discuss and ask questions about the issues and benefits of storage-area-network implementations. "SANs enable storage to be taken out of the server and pooled so that the storage can be shared by multiple servers without affecting system performance or the primary network," said Soran. "This forum stands to shed light on many of the questions surrounding storage-area-network installations, including universal data access, 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. , software integration and scalability -- all of which are optimized in a SAN to create a powerful centralized enterprise." An industry veteran and the technology editor for the Planet IT storage section and roundtable, Jerry Lazar, is credited with the development of this forum for SAN discussion. According to Lazar: "The Planet IT Roundtables provide an online forum where IT professionals can gather to discuss issues of importance to the community. Moderated by the roundtable leader, the threaded discussions A running commentary of messages between two or more people in a discussion group. See message thread and discussion group. allow users to share knowledge, exchange ideas and generally sound off about topics that affect how they do their jobs." About Planet IT Planet IT is an exclusive online community where IT executives collaborate, exchange ideas and find the critical technology and business information they need to turn technology investments into business advantages. Planet IT offers in-depth news, analysis, product reviews, market information, expert opinion and advice, strategic direction, implementation guidance and features from CMP, the leading source for IT information. Since its inception less than six months ago, Planet IT now has more than 60,000 members. To take part in the roundtable and/or to become a Planet IT member, visit http://www.PlanetIT.com. About XIOtech XIOtech designs, manufactures and markets the highest-performing application-driven storage solutions in the world. The XIOtech MAGNITUDE's software-based architecture provides up to 3TB of high- performance, centralized storage that can be accessed continuously by eight heterogeneous servers. The MAGNITUDE is a Storage Area Network (SAN) in a Box and, with XIOtech's exclusive REDI software family, is the only storage subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. to offer eight-way server See 8-way. clustering and a true zero backup window. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , founded in 1995 in Eden Prairie, sells and services its products directly to major corporations worldwide and through an elite group of reseller relationships and 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 partnerships within the storage industry. For more information, contact Philip Soran, president and chief executive officer, at 612/828-5980 or phils@xiotech.com, or visit XIOtech's Web site at www.xiotech.com. Note to Editors: Xiotech, MAGNITUDE and REDI are trademarks of XIOtech Corp. |
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