Cygnet and Chess Set New Standards for Digital Archiving with slimDAX; Cygnet and Chess Offer Fast, Accurate and Affordable Total Network Storage Solution for Pre-Press.MILPITAS, Calif. and HAARLEM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1999--Cygnet Storage Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of mass storage systems and Chess DAX B.V., a worldwide provider of digital archival products are pleased to introduce their new product -- slimDAX, as a result of their newly formed partnership. Designed with a convenient small footprint, slimDAX is a network-based, complete hardware and software solution for digital archiving and retrieval of multimedia objects in the UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and Mac environments. Based on Cygnet's highly flexible and scalable id 100 CD jukebox A CD player that holds multiple audio CDs. The term may also refer to a CD-ROM jukebox. See CD-ROM server and digital jukebox. now integrated with networking and archival technology of the field-proven smartDAX, slimDAX has outstanding performance and offers users numerous benefits. Built to hold 20 discs per magazine, 5 magazines on-line, 100 CDs in total per unit, slimDAX sets a new standard of productivity. It supports all major CD flavors, and works with a high-speed network interface which provides fast access and easy integration. SlimDAX will be marketed by Cygnet cygnet a young swan. in the U.S. and by Chess in Europe The exact location, time and method of the entry of chess into western Europe is unknown, however linguistic evidence suggest that it was almost certainly obtained from the Arabs. as part of a scalable product line intended for digital asset management and workflow applications A workflow application is where various applications, components and people must be involved in the processing of data to complete an instance of a process. For example, consider a purchase order that moves through various departments for authorization and eventual purchase. . "SlimDAX links the present of digital archiving to the future," said Wayne Augsburger, vice-president of sales and marketing CD/DVD at Cygnet. "Being based on the id 100 platform represents a double advantage. First it leverages the strengths of CD technology into small and medium type digital asset management applications, second it makes the CD-DVD connection to high-end digital archiving. With the id 100 already shipping with 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. , slimDAX becomes instantly DVD ready and safeguards customers' investment by offering pre-press and publishing businesses, big and small, a technological and time-to-market advantage difficult to match by any other solution." Each slimDAX can hold up to 100 CDs and comes in different configurations of up to four drives. Working with standard network client software, such as NFS (Network File System) The file sharing protocol in a Unix network. This de facto Unix standard, which is widely known as a "distributed file system," was developed by Sun. See file sharing protocol and WebNFS. NFS - Network File System for UNIX clients, SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. for Windows clients and AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. for Macintosh clients, slimDAX can also be expanded to at least 32 units controlled from a single server for a total archiving capacity of 2 terabytes. SlimDAX communicates with the user's network computer system over a standard 10/100 Mbps twisted pair A thin-diameter wire (22 to 26 gauge) commonly used for telephone and network cabling. The wires are twisted around each other to minimize interference from other twisted pairs in the cable (Alexander Graham Bell invented this and was awarded a patent for it in 1881). Ethernet. "SlimDAX is the most versatile on-line digital archival system available, powered by the highly acclaimed DAXfs data archiving software now provided for UNIX, NT and Mac environments," said Kees Machielsen, managing director of Chess DAX B.V. "With the fully transparent DAXfs, users can access and manage their files in the same way as a file system on a hard disk or a network drive. DAXfs allows for searches through directory names and structures directly on the server. Via a unique high-performance caching vehicle, jobs are performed fast and efficiently even as the number of users and files grow exponentially. It's another unique end-to-end, highly scalable archival solution from Chess and Cygnet that meets both present and future archival needs, and offers tremendous archival system performance." Cygnet Storage Solutions, Inc. is proud to be the choice provider of an increasingly wide array of CD/DVD storage and automated recording solutions, both hardware -- such as CD/DVD-RAM jukeboxes, CD autoloading au·to·load·ing adj. Semiautomatic. Adj. 1. autoloading - (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously; "an autoloading rifle" self-loading, semiautomatic duplicators, towers, network attached storage devices and network servers -- and supporting storage management software for a number of vertical markets including banking, government, healthcare and entertainment. In the field of optical storage, Cygnet's Series 1800 12-in. library has been installed by more imaging and enterprise-class storage end-users than any other large-format optical library. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Cygnet markets its products worldwide through partnerships with leading storage, imaging and network solutions providers in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Chess DAX BV, an operating entity of the Chess Holding BV group, is a fast growing, innovative European company offering large end-to-end digital archiving solutions. From its headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands, Chess DAX markets its products into the graphics industry, publishing, engineering, construction, healthcare, entertainment, government, legal and banking for applications such as multimedia data bases, data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a , document imaging, medical imaging and the Internet. Its core product, smartDAX, is the world's largest digital archival system already installed in Europe's largest on-line digital archive and used via Internet throughout the world. In addition to its archiving products, Chess DAX also develops and markets software services to support its worldwide sales channels. Cygnet's World Wide Web Home Page Address: http://www.cygnet.com Chess DAX' World Wide Web Home Page Address: http://www.smartdax.com Note to Editors: Infinidisc, InfiniDVD, InfiniWriter, id 100, id 100 Duplicator, Panorama(+), DVD 100, Cygnet Towers and Servers and Cygnet Series 1800 are trademarks of Cygnet Storage Solutions, Inc. SmartDAX is a registered trademark of Chess DAX. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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