U.S. Design Releases Universal SuperSTOR v2.0.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2002 U.S. Design Corporation, a global provider of storage management software, announced today the release of Universal SuperSTOR v2.0 (USS USS abbr. 1. United States Senate 2. United States ship USS abbr (= United States Ship) → Namensteil von Schiffen der Kriegsmarine ), the latest version of the JAVA-based, cross platform software for managing optical data storage devices. USS v.2.0 provides support for DVD-RAM/R / RW, CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. / RW, 5.25" MO and WORM media. Harry Garonzik, 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 U.S. Design, states "It is great to be able to leverage on a new technology product and make it even better. And that is what we did with Universal SuperSTOR V2.0. From day one we had a vision of supporting all types of optical hardware on varied platforms with a single software solution. With the release of Universal SuperSTOR V2.0, that vision has come true." USS v2.0 allows for cross platform data exchange and eliminates proprietary data limitations. USS saves data in universal disk format (storage, standard) Universal Disk Format - (UDF) A CD-ROM file system standard that is required for DVD ROMs. UDF is the OSTA's replacement for the ISO 9660 file system used on CD-ROMs, but will be mostly used on DVD. (UDF), a standard created by the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA (Optical Storage Technology Association, Cupertino, CA, www.osta.org) A membership organization composed of major optical drive manufacturers. Established in 1992, its purpose is to endorse standards and promote the use of optical media in computing. ) in an effort to provide users with data that can be shared across many operating systems. This enables the user to access data with any file system that reads UDF--thereby preventing the limiting, proprietary nature of many data storage management software applications. USS v2.0 is supported on Windows NT/2000, Tru 64 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). , Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. , and Sun Solaris. USS is also certified with all major optical hardware vendors. USS is already being provided to such companies as: Northrop Grumman Alstom University of California Boeing Utah State University About U.S. Design Corporation U.S. Design Corporation, founded in 1978, is a highly specialized company offering industry-leading optical storage device management software. U.S. Design was acquired from Maxtor in January of 1992 by a venture capital group based in Maryland and is now a privately owned company. U.S. Design offers Universal SuperSTOR (USS), a JAVA-based, platform independent software that manages optical storage subsystems. U.S. Design holds patents and copyrights on proprietary "cache" and "binding" software that have unique applications to the optical market. U.S. Design, the U.S. Design logo, and Universal SuperSTOR are trademarks of U.S. Design Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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