Clever-Stuff disgo, Dexxon Data Media, disk2go and Verbatim to Use U3 Platform to Make USB Smart Drives for European Markets; Smart Drives Create Private, Portable and Protected Workspaces that Simply Plug into Any PC.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- U3(TM) LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control today announced that four European manufacturers, Clever-Stuff disgo, Dexxon Data Media, disk2go marketed by Data Storage Advisors AG and Verbatim, will make U3-powered smart drives for the overseas markets. This news from U3 comes on the heels of announcements last month with Kingston, Memorex and Verbatim who will make U3-powered USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. smart drives for the U.S. market. U3-powered USB smart drives transform the ubiquity of the USB flash drive See USB drive. into a private, portable and protected workspace that simply plugs into any computer. The U3 smart drive Launchpad lets a user run personal applications and access data from their smart drive for a highly mobile and secure computing For the general concept, see . Secure Computing Corporation, or SCC, is a public company (NASDAQ: SCUR) that develops and sells computer security products, such as:
"Like U3, the world's USB flash drive manufacturers see the potential for USB smart drives to turn any computer into a personal workspace," said Kate Purmal, chief executive officer of U3. "With six leading manufacturers as well as our backers SanDisk and M-Systems supporting this evolution in computing, the U3 platform is sure to be the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for the USB smart drive." USB smart drives from Clever-Stuff disgo, Data Storage Advisors AG, Dexxon Data Media and Verbatim will be in retail stores across Europe this fall. About U3 U3(TM) LLC of Redwood City, Calif. has developed an innovative platform to make USB smart drives that host a "personal workspace" -- not only data and files, but software programs, personal user preferences and the means for managing them. U3-powered smart drives transform a PC into a truly personalized computer, quickly, easily and securely, and exit transparently when done. U3, backed by USB flash drive market leaders M-Systems (Nasdaq:FLSH) and SanDisk(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK), licenses its platform to USB drive A flash memory card that plugs into the computer's USB port. Small enough to hook onto a keychain, it emulates a small disk drive and allows data to be easily transferred from one machine to another. manufacturers. For more information see www.U3.com. |
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