Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Storage startup purchases Brocade technology
- Smart Move, Inc. Creates Dynamic Warehouse Operation in Denver, CO.
- Samsung SpinPoint 160GB hard drive
- DataCorp Becomes Authorized Mimosa Systems Reseller

Storage startup purchases Brocade technology
ARNnet – Apr 12, 2007
IntelliPath, which is backed by $US6. 5 million in venture funding, bought physical layer multi-protocol switching technology from Brocade, which abandoned that line as it looks to assimilate products gained in the McData deal. Brocade’s UltraNet Connectivity System (UCS) 2900, which IntelliPath bought, is a physical layer switch that supports Fibre Channel, ESCON, ATM and SONET networks and can scale from 32 ports to more than 4,096 ports. IntelliPath has renamed it as the Universal Connectivity System 2900 (UCS 2900)…
“All your connections come into this panel, and instead of physically moving connectors around for adds, drops or moves, you can do it virtually through this switch. “The UCS2900 is suited for the largest of installations where a customer may be frequently moving connections from one Fibre Channel switch to another. Rather than physically disconnecting the cables and moving them, the switches and servers connect into the 2900 and are moved automatically using the switch. The 2900 also could be used by service providers and large disaster recovery sites to accommodate changes to the WAN infrastructure. Brocade acquired the UCS 2900 from McData, which had picked it up with its acquisition of CNT in 2005. CNT, meanwhile, had acquired the 2900 when it bought InRange Technologies. Analysts think that Brocade dispensed itself of the UCS 2900 because it is outside of Brocade’s core Fibre Channel switching business.

Smart Move, Inc. Creates Dynamic Warehouse Operation in Denver, CO.
Free with registration – PR Newswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Apr 12, 2007
has announced today that it has completed the final stages of a centralized warehousing program to better provide services to support its growing infrastructure nationwide. Since its inception in August 2004, Smart Move has revolutionized the moving industry, meeting the needs of an increasingly mobile US population by offering customized specialty containers (“Smart Vaults(TM)”) equipped with GPS tracking capability and backed by the strength of some of the industry’s finest implementation partners; resulting in a premium, unparalleled service solution and a refreshing “peace of mind” guarantee to anyone that is moving household goods. Beginning in April 2007 Smart Move will support its nationwide service terminals and participating Atlas Accel(SM) agents, and other national customers with Smart.

Samsung SpinPoint 160GB hard drive
LetsGoDigital – Apr 12, 2007
5â hard driveâThe 2. 5â hard drive market is registering double-digit annual growth, and we expect at least a twenty-percent growth increase in 2007,â said Hyung Keun Park, executive vice president and general manager of Samsung Electronicsâ Storage System Division. âWith hard disk drives rapidly moving beyond PCs to include consumer electronics, we will provide customers with a new lineup of products with the highest available capacity and the best performance to enable new powerfull applications. â The 250GB model to follow will greatly expand the storage capacity of mobile products, in step with the surging growth of multimedia content and the rapidly changing mobile environment. The weight of the 160GB hard drive has also been reduced by approximately 4% from 98. 83g, helping manufacturers to lighten their finished products.

DataCorp Becomes Authorized Mimosa Systems Reseller
HostReview.com – HostReview.com (press release) – Apr 12, 2007
“Microsoft Exchange has clearly become the most critical application for our customers,” said Hugo G. Perez, co-founder and managing director, DATACORP. “Companies are finding that to comply with new government regulations they must archive email, calendar items and contacts based on policies and be able to quickly discover information contained in email archives when called on for litigation or compliance reasons. Companies across the board recognize that they must be able to ensure reliability and protection of their email data. Mimosa NearPoint is the most innovative and comprehensive solution available to meet all of these growing Exchange management needs. We are pleased to become an authorized Mimosa reseller. ”“DATACORP is recognized for its superior consulting and services and Mimosa Systems is pleased to have them among its list of Partner Advantage Program members,” said Gerry Callanan, director of channel sales, Mimosa Systems…
About Mimosa NearPointMimosa NearPoint addresses critical customer requirements around email information archiving, eDiscovery, regulatory compliance, business continuity and storage optimization. Mimosa NearPoint provides immediate mailbox and message recovery, disaster recovery, email archiving, and self-service search and access in one solution. By leveraging cost-effective storage, NearPoint also optimizes e-mail storage and reduces overall infrastructure costs. About DATACORPDATACORP was recognized by Microsoft Corporation as their South Florida Partner of the Year in 2003-2006. The company engages in “I. Consulting and Systems Integration” which involves the practice of bringing smart people, best practices, and technology in the right combination, to solve the problems of systems high-availability and business continuity.