Ciprico and Pinnacle Systems Announce Storage Agreement.Business Editors & Technology Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2002 Ciprico storage solutions to be used in Pinnacle's video server products Ciprico Inc. (Nasdaq:CPCI See CompactPCI. ) announced that Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based American manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets. It was founded in 1986. In 2002 Pinnacle purchased VOB Computersysteme GmbH (now pinnaclesys.de). , Inc. (Nasdaq:PCLE) has selected a tailored version of Ciprico's FibreSTORE RAID solution as the storage component for their networked video server solutions including the MediaStream family of broadcast servers. In these applications utilizing the FibreSTORE RAID, digital media is always accessible to everyone on the network and can be quickly annotated, edited, shared, or played to air, without compromising quality or mission-critical reliability. Pinnacle Systems, with more than one million user `seats' throughout the world, is the industry's leading supplier of digital video systems and solutions. Expected revenues for Ciprico from this relationship are expected to exceed several million dollars over the coming year. The Ciprico FibreSTORE RAID system combines single or dual FibreSTORE RAID controllers A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. with Ciprico's FibreSTORE disk enclosures A disk enclosure is essentially a specialized chassis designed to hold and power disk drives while providing a mechanism to allow them to communicate to one or more separate computers. to create high performance, large capacity, fault-tolerant storage systems. Visual computing The use of computers for 3D modeling and animation. See visualization. applications such as film and video production, broadcasting, remote sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. and defense imaging all benefit from this flexible product. "Incorporating the FibreSTORE RAID greatly enhances our overall solutions," comments Peter Fisher Peter Fisher could be:
Robert H. Kill, Ciprico President & 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. , added, "We are pleased with Pinnacle's decision to incorporate Ciprico's FibreSTORE RAID technology into their networked video server solutions. Our commitment to providing high-performance storage to the broadcast industry will be strengthened by continuing our relationship with Pinnacle Systems. Together we will continue to develop leading edge networked storage solutions specifically designed to benefit the digitally driven broadcast industry with increased productivity and lower total cost of ownership." Ciprico Inc. (Nasdaq:CPCI) designs, manufactures and markets storage and system solutions for digital media applications within the military and government, broadcast and entertainment, and enterprise markets. Ciprico solutions combine storage, networking and computing computing - computer technologies to simplify and accelerate digital media workflows. Ciprico is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. More information is available at www.ciprico.com or by calling 1-800-727-4669. Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:PCLE) broadcast, desktop, and consumer products provide video professionals and consumers cutting-edge digital video tools to create, store, distribute and view web enabled digital video easier and more affordably than ever before. Pinnacle Systems may be reached at 1-650-526-1600 or at www.pinnaclesys.com. Copyright (c) 2002 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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