Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Storage Mobility, Largest Franchisee of PODS, Releases Performance…
- Green storage debate dominates UK show
- Ishida to debut at Sea Food Expo 2007 with latest line of food…
- CyberPower Infinity Pro

Storage Mobility, Largest Franchisee of PODS, Releases Performance…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 19, 2007
– Storage Mobility, LLC, the largest franchisee of PODS Enterprises, Inc. , announced that it has completed two years of operations across the 21 cities it owns and operates. The company services approximately 25 million people across 9 states including California, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Washington, New Mexico and Idaho. Operational highlights include the following: * On-track to generate approximately 40% in revenue growth from.

Green storage debate dominates UK show
Search Storage – Oct 19, 2007
One of the challenges is measuring what the exact power consumption is across the different data centers before they can reduce it. Perry takes measurements every 12 weeks and is starting to monitor consumption levels. Storage is unfortunately increasing its share of the pie. “If we go from 240 volts to 230 volts, the utility company will give us a big discount, but this raises problems on the equipment side,” he added. The biggest challenge, Perry said, is lowering power consumption, while also dealing with data storage growth. The council is in the process of digitizing thousands of documents and periodicals in its library, creating the need for more storage and driving up power utilization. It has 30 terabytes (TB) on IBM DS6000 storage, as well islands of stranded direct attached storage (DAS).

Ishida to debut at Sea Food Expo 2007 with latest line of food…
Al-Bawaba – Oct 19, 2007
The exhibition is part of the companys intensified initiatives aimed at growing its business in the UAE, which recorded imports of consumer-ready food products to the tune of AED 4. 89 billion in 2004. Moreover, since AED 1. 28 billion worth of prepared foodstuff were re-exported out of Dubai in 2004, the company also aims to target the wider GCC region through its participation at Sea Food Expo. Dubai’s multi-billion Dirham consumer-ready food market continues to expand in view of several factors such as an increasingly affluent population, liberal trade policies, low tariffs, and growth in transshipments to nearby regions…
Our X-ray system uses specially developed software that enables advanced masking features to enhance foreign body detection. Additionally, the IX-GA range uses a unique self-learning Genetic Algorithm or GA technology to offer maximum detection sensitivity and reliability,” added Griffin. The three-day Sea Food Expo will showcase seafood products, technology and services as well as furnishings, fittings, cold storage systems, packaging and equipment designed for the industry. “Sea Food Expo 2007 will offer the best opportunity to discover the latest technology and optimize networking potential. As the first exhibition in the region catering to sea food trade, the main thrust of the exhibition will be on hatcheries, fish farming and transportation, farming equipment and also on processing methods such as fish skinning and scaling machines, consultancy and diagnostic services, fish feed, insulated tubs and all fish-related activities,” concluded Ahmed. About Orange Fairs & EventsOrange Fairs is a leading Dubai-based organization providing events related services especially in the Middle East market.

CyberPower Infinity Pro
PC World – Oct 19, 2007
For example, its score of 222 average frames per second (fps) while running Far Cry at 1024 by 768 bested the HP Blackbird 002′s 217 fps on the same test, but it wasn’t quite as fast as the 227-fps result of the Xi MTower IGE-Stacker, which uses the same EVGA 8800 GTX graphics board as the Infinity Pro does. It’s worth noting that for dual-graphics card use, the Gigabyte motherboard in our test system requires two ATI CrossFire-compatible graphics cards, and that, unfortunately, precludes using an nVidia card such as the GeForce 8800 that came in our test PC. However, CyberPower is flexible about the motherboard it uses for this model: The company can configure the Infinity Pro with an nVidia SLI-ready motherboard upon request. The Infinity Pro’s stylish silver case (Cooler Master Cosmos) has handles on both the top and bottom that are helpful for transportation and that improve the airflow by lifting the ventilated bottom off the floor. Behind the hinged, front panel are five external drive bays, three of which in our test system were filled with a LiteOn Blu-ray writer drive (which can store up to 25GB of content per disk), a multiformat DVD burner, and a multiformat card reader. The top panel holds an easily accessible connection dock with USB, FireWire, and audio ports, plus an eSATA connector. Additional USB, FireWire, and other ports are located on the back; they include serial and parallel ports for older peripherals…
The keyboard is chock-full of useful extra programmable keys, and the ergonomically designed mouse is delightfully comfortable to use. As a final bonus, CyberPower also throws in a versatile Creative Lab Inspire P7800 surround-sound system as part of the package. Featuring the newest CPU, graphics, and storage technologies, the CyberPower Infinity Pro is an excellent all-purpose system for serious power users. –Richard Jantz 1998-2008, PC World Communications, Inc.