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OTG Xtends Itself To MSNBC.com.


OTG (1) See USB OTG.

(2) (The OBJECTive Technology Group, Ltd., Alexandria, VA) An organization that was devoted to distributed computing and object technology. Founded in 1994, it augmented the object and Internet standards community and served as an intermediary between
 Software announced that MSNBC.com has chosen OTG's DiskXtender to manage the data storage system for its photo library. The product tracks data file locations, helping to ensure data retrieval for MSNBC.com.

"[It] addresses the demand for online data storage management," says Richard Kay, president and 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.  of OTG, "Its scalability, flexibility, and functionality make it a solution for the storage market."

The MSNBC.com media producers depend on storage and accessibility for over 500GB of photo data received daily from international news services and staff photographers. In addition, more than 250,000 photos are archived in MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company .com's photo library stored on their HP SureStore 1200ex jukebox, enabling access to these photos for breaking news events.

"As a news site with people coming to the site for breaking news, we needed a solution that would preserve data integrity even when there was a hardware failure," said Justin Smith Justin Smith is the name of:
  • Justin Smith (football player) (born 1979), an American football player for the Cincinnati Bengals
  • Justin Smith (rugby league) (born 1977), plays rugby league for the North Queensland Cowboys
  • Justin Smith (actor), Australian actor
, network engineer of MSNBC.com. "We found many of the product's features to be useful in integrating with our database and its scalability will help us meet our future online storage requirements."

With an architecture that is scalable from single user systems to enterprise-wide networks, DX supports different device types (libraries, towers, and standalone drives) and media (WORM, 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.
, MO, CD, and tape storage) for file storage and retrieval. DX provides extended file system to manage media under one, homogeneous file system. Automated file migration, reporting, network administration, and other features distinguish DiskXtender as a storage solution for NT.DX meets the demands of today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002.  environment for online data storage management-the tracking of files and data stored by client applications combined with accessibility.
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Date:Feb 1, 2000
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