Ciprico, StoreAge Networking Technologies and Vsoft to Demonstrate at NAB2001 the Application of Storage Virtualization to Broadcast Editing over SAN.Business Editors & Technology Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001 Ciprico Inc. (Nasdaq:CPCI See CompactPCI. ), the world leader in providing broadcast editing Storage Area Networks (SANs), StoreAge Networking Technologies, the leader in storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. technology and Vsoft Ltd., a leader in application software for video services, will demonstrate at NAB2001 an implementation of storage virtualization within a broadcast editing and video streaming See streaming video and video stream. SAN environment. Virtualization technology See VT. See also virtualization. provides the facility to manage heterogeneous server and storage environments. At NAB2001, Booth No. M8758 (within the FCIA FCIA See: Foreign Credit Insurance Association pavilion) Ciprico, StoreAge and VSoft will demonstrate how virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. can ease broadcast editing and video streaming tasks within a total SAN solution and allow multiple video servers to simultaneously read and write video data to and from virtualized storage. This demonstration will also be available in Ciprico's booth No. M8336 during NAB2001. "Ciprico is committed to providing the latest technologies with our best-of-breed broadcast SAN editing solution. The ability to provide virtualization capabilities as part of a broadcast editing SAN solution not only provides our customers significant productivity enhancement but also ensures greater utilization of storage capacity," said Ciprico's Director of Product Management, Mike Joseph. "Our in-depth application knowledge maximizes the performance of our storage systems and reinforces our leadership in providing broadcast editing SAN solutions." StoreAge is a recognized leader in bringing virtualization to SAN solutions allowing enterprises to dramatically improve storage capacity and management while leveraging their existing storage investment. With StoreAge's innovative asymmetric virtualization technology, users proactively manage the overall usage of storage capacity with no performance penalty. "Virtualization is a key tool for broadcast editing and streaming applications" said Dani Naor, StoreAge's Director of Business Development. "The video-editing and video streaming markets require rapid access and high data rates to large files. StoreAge virtualization technology enables the utilization of full network performance and the aggregation of storage residing on many storage subsystems to create very large high performance volumes. The broadcast market is benefiting significantly from virtualization technology and is one of its early adopters " "Streaming video applications such as Video on Demand and Personal Video Recording require multiple video servers to simultaneously access a single storage volume for multiple read and write operations, with no content duplication." said Gil Aharoni, Vsoft's Director of Business Development. "Combined with the high performance virtualization solution provided by StoreAge and Ciprico, Vsoft's VideoClick(TM) system provides service providers with an open architecture software that allows them to easily deploy a cost efficient and scalable VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand solution that is based on standard Sun Solaris and WinNT/2000 servers." About Ciprico Ciprico designs, manufactures and markets high-performance, direct-attached and networked storage solutions, including intelligent hardware, software and professional services. Ciprico storage solutions are designed for visual computing applications ranging from high-speed data capture, through processing and analysis, to real-time playback at sustained performance levels. Ciprico is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. More information about Ciprico is available on the World Wide Web at www.ciprico.com. About StoreAge StoreAge Networking Technologies Ltd. (www.store-age.com) is a 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 1999 as a spin-off from IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. Intelligent Information Systems (Nasdaq:IISL IISL Institut International sur le Droit de l'Espace (ESA) ) and since then obtained over $28 million of equity investment from major strategic as well as leading financial groups. StoreAge develops and provides innovative storage technology and products with a focus on Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture. StoreAge is a technology leader in storage virtualization using an asymmetric design implemented through a SAN appliance approach. The Company seeks to increase and expand its cooperation with major 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 partners, storage systems integrators and storage service providers to deliver advanced storage solutions to the enterprise market. The Company has offices in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA and Haifa, Israel. About Vsoft Founded in 1995, Vsoft is a leading provider of application software for video services for the home entertainment market. Vsoft's product, VideoClick(TM), affords service providers and content creators new opportunities to generate additional revenues from their media assets and subscriber base. Large numbers of concurrent viewers can interface with VideoClick through their digital set-top boxes or PCs in DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. quality with full VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. functionality. VideoClick's back-office applications streamline workflow processes with capabilities such as content management, viewer access administration and user management. Vsoft also offers VideoClick to partners, system integrators and OEMs for video professionals, education and video asset management. Vsoft principal executive offices are located in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. while its research and development is located in Israel. For more information, visit www.vsoft.com. Copyright(c)2001 Ciprico - All Rights Reserved. Ciprico is a registered trademark of Ciprico Inc. Product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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