Intergraph Takes SANs TO The ExtremeZ.Intergraph (Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL, www.intergraph.com) A software and services company founded in 1969 as M&S Computing by Jim and Nancy Meadlock, Keith Schonrock, Bob Thurber and Terry Schansman. Computer Systems unveiled ExtremeZ SAN, an integrated SAN solution that delivers access and sharing of large-sized files for companies working in publishing/prepress, digital media, MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design , visual simulation, and other data-intensive fields. The SAN solution integrates the industry's SAN technologies from Mercury Computer Systems Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. NASDAQ: MRCY provides high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions. Mercury designs and builds embedded multicomputers, which may be considered to be either loosely coupled , QLogic, Vixel, and Intergraph to create an open systems, Fibre Channel-based solution that is available through Intergraph Computer Systems' authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: resellers. The scalable solution eliminates network slowdowns caused by large file transfers over conventional networking protocols, while centralizing cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. file storage to guarantee file synchronization File synchronization (or 'synching') in computing is the process of making sure that two or more locations contain the same up-to-date files. If you add, change, or delete a file from one location, the synchronization process will add, change, or delete the same file at the other throughout the enterprise. The new product's Fibre Channel backbone delivers performance improvements over traditional SCSI-based storage interfaces and offers expanded cable length to ensure proximity to data-even when storage is physically located at great distances. With the product, creative and technical professionals working with files such as graphics, digital video, or large-scale terrain databases will experience increases in productivity and efficiency. At the same time, organizations will be able to leverage their existing investments in servers, workstations, and PCs by eliminating server 110 and networking bottlenecks that compromise the performance potential of their systems. It is available immediately through the company's authorized resellers, starting under $12,000. |
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