COPAN Systems Enters Partnership with In-Q-Tel; Strategic Agreement Plays Key Role in Introducing Enterprise-Class MAID Storage Solutions to U.S. Intelligence Community.LONGMONT, Colo. -- COPAN Co·pán A ruined Mayan city of western Honduras that flourished from c. 300 b.c. to a.d. 900. The ruins include the Hieroglyphic Stairway with nearly 2,000 glyphs. Systems, the leader in persistent data Data that exists from session to session. Persistent data are stored in a database on disk or tape. Contrast with transient data. See persistent name. storage based upon its intelligent, enterprise-class enhanced MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks In computing, a massive array of idle disks (more commonly known as a MAID) is a system using hundreds to thousands of hard drives for near-line data storage. MAID is designed for Write Once, Read Occasionally (WORO) applications. ) platform, today announces an agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technologies to support the mission of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). ) and the broader Intelligence Community. "Our goal is to deliver innovative technology from the commercial sector to help solve some of the most difficult challenges faced by the Intelligence Community today," said Dr. Richard Wirt, In-Q-Tel's Chief Scientist. "Some of the biggest challenges faced by the Intelligence Community are created by the massive amounts of data generated and the need for timely access to that information. COPAN Systems' Enhanced MAID architecture is especially suited to provide the scalability and performance needed to address these issues." In-Q-Tel has signed an initial business development agreement with COPAN Systems focused on making the company's successful MAID solutions available to the government and national security markets. This supports COPAN's goals of expanding its sales into the U.S. and International government sectors. The company currently maintains a growing direct and channel sales presence in the Washington, D.C., area. Today's data center managers recognize that 70 to 90 percent of the data in their data centers is not transactional in nature but is instead persistent data, data that rarely changes and is infrequently accessed. To address the unique requirements of persistent data, COPAN Systems has implemented a Persistent Data Storage Architecture (PDSA PDSA (in Britain) People's Dispensary for Sick Animals PDSA (Brit) n abbr (= People's Dispensary for Sick Animals) → kostenloses Behandlungszentrum für Haustiere PDSA ) that takes advantage of enhanced MAID's spin-only-when-needed capabilities to limit the maximum number of disks in use at any given time, reducing power and cooling requirements in the data center. "This new partnership with In-Q-Tel is strategic in advancing the development and deployment of power efficient, massively dense, and reliable systems to the government market," said Mark Ward, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of COPAN Systems. "We are pleased to partner with In-Q-Tel to make our unique MAID platform technology available to the U.S. Intelligence Community." About In-Q-Tel In-Q-Tel is the strategic arm of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Launched by the CIA in 1999 as a private, independent, not-for-profit, In-Q-Tel's mission is to identify and invest in companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve the national security interests of 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. . Working from an evolving strategic blueprint defining the Intelligence Community's critical technology needs, In-Q-Tel engages with entrepreneurs, growth companies, researchers, and venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. to deliver technologies that provide superior capabilities for the CIA and the larger Intelligence Community. In-Q-Tel concentrates on three broad commercial technology areas: software, infrastructure and material sciences. To date, In-Q-Tel has engaged with more than 90 companies and delivered more than 140 technology solutions to the Intelligence Community. To learn more about In-Q-Tel, please visit www.in-q-tel.org. About COPAN Systems COPAN Systems is the leading provider of intelligent, enterprise-class, enhanced MAID storage solutions that unlock the value of long-term, persistent data. Its energy efficient storage solutions reduce power and cooling costs in the data center with enhanced MAID's unique ability to spin the hard drives only as needed as needed prn. See prn order. to dramatically conserve power and lengthen length·en tr. & intr.v. length·ened, length·en·ing, length·ens To make or become longer. length  en·er n. the product lifespan. The company is privately held with investments by Austin Ventures, Globespan Capital, Pequot Ventures, and Credit Suisse The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the second-largest Swiss bank, behind UBS AG. . COPAN Systems' storage solutions have been shipping since March 2004, with customers spanning the healthcare, financial, government, media, and service provider industries. Solution implementations include backup/restore, archive, and disaster recovery. More information is available at http://www.COPANsys.com.
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