New Products

Crossroads Announces ServerAttach

Crossroads Systems, Inc. recently announced the Crossroads Systems ServerAttach family of products. According to the company, the product line is designed to connect SCSI servers into Fibre Channel (FC) architectures, including Storage Area Networks (SANs). The new Crossroads ServerAttach solutions utilize a simplified user interface so no HBA hardware or driver software is required. The products also support proprietary SCSI commands, such as linking commands in IBM iSeries environments, and distance extension for greater flexibility in the physical location of systems. For more information, visit: http://www.crossroads.com.

Cray to Use StorNext File System for CrayX1 Supercomputer

Advanced Digital Information Corporation announced that Cray Inc. will deliver ADIC’s StorNext File System as the primary SAN file system in its new Cray X1 supercomputer. According to ADIC, the file system, which is being made available through a long-term source license agreement, will be configured for Cray’s UNICOS operating system and will be delivered with every Cray X1 system.

The StorNext File System (StorNext FS) is the core file system technology in ADIC’s StorNext Management Suite (SNMS), a scalable, high-performance, data-management solution that ensures the long-term safety and recoverability of data in SAN environments, while optimizing the use of storage resources. StorNext FS provides high-performance, shared access to centralized disk storage for heterogeneous clients. Because it gives multiple clients simultaneous access to the same files sets, StorNext FS eliminates the need to move large files over the LAN and to store duplicate file copies. For more information, visit: http://www.cray.com.

Nexsan Releases InfiniSAN ATABeast

Nexsan Technologies announced its next-generation disk-to-disk backup technology platform, the InfiniSAN ATABeast. According to the company, the new platform is a compact multi-terabyte disk array that delivers enterprise-class capabilities in a low-profile, cost-correct package. Nexsan’s new ATABeast combines capacity, availability, and scalability at a cost that makes it a viable replacement for enterprise-class tape libraries. The ATABeast starts at around $40,000 for a 13.4 TB configuration. Utilizing Nexsan’s D2D backup software, ATABeast delivers access to data up to 100 times faster than tape libraries. Each individual ATABeast module supports internal capacity scalability. For more information, visit: http://www.nexsan.com.

S4Software Releases Secure4Privilege 2.0

S4Software Inc. announced the availability of Secure4Privilege Version 2.0, a new release of the company’s command and application management technology. According to the company, Secure4Privilege addresses security, command and application access, and layered management in UNIX enterprise environments. Secure4Privilege 2.0 can help systems administrators and network security officers manage user privileges to access commands and applications over multiple domains in a heterogeneous computing environment. These features, coupled with integration across the S4Software product line, deliver improved network security and allow faster, more efficient implementation of Secure4Privilege 2.0 software.

Secure4Privilege 2.0 includes full support for NIS and NIS+, as well as automatic command profile migration for OS upgrades and similar network events. For more information, visit: http://www.s4software.com.

Platform Expands HPC Solutions

Platform Computing announced an expansion of its High Performance Computing (HPC) software solutions. According to the company, the solutions were developed in partnership with system vendors (including HP, IBM and SGI) and are customized to each vendor’s HPC architecture.

Platform’s HPC software solutions offer scheduling policies to help organizations transparently arbitrate and prioritize mission-critical HPC workloads. Features include patent pending processor topology-aware scheduling, which schedules workload for faster processing and results, and support for advance reservation, policy-based preemption, resource reservation, and project-based fairshare. For more information, visit: http://www.platform.com/.

Wolfram Research Announces gridMathematica

Wolfram Research recently announced the release of gridMathematica, a parallel computing solution for dedicated grids or clusters. According to the company, gridMathematica offers a highly cost-effective way of deploying Mathematica for parallel computations. gridMathematica can run on any cluster of machines, including UNIX, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, and requires no more than TCP/IP connectivity. gridMathematica supports all common parallel programming paradigms, such as virtual shared or distributed memory, automatic or explicit scheduling, and concurrency, including synchronization, locking, and latency hiding. Other features include machine-independent implementation and parallel functional programming as well as failure recovery and automatic reassignment of stranded processes in the event of a system failure. For more information, visit: http://www.wolfram.com.

MTI Announces 147-GB Disk Drives

MTI Technology Corp. recently announced that its Vivant 400 Series enterprise storage solution is now available with 146.8-GB disk drives. According to the company, the new 146.8-GB drives allow users to expand storage to 25.8 terabytes of data. The Vivant 400 can accommodate 16 disk drives per 3U enclosure and 11 enclosures per cabinet or rack for a total of 176 drives. The 146.8-GB drives have a rotational speed of 10,000 revolutions per minute and yield an average seek time of only 4.7 milliseconds.

The Vivant 400 is also available with 36.7- and 73.4-GB Seagate drives. Available in both SAN (storage area network) and direct-attached models, MTI’s Vivant 400 Series supports multiple heterogeneous open systems host servers running on operating systems that include Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Windows NT and 2000, NetWare, Linux, and AIX. For more information, visit: http://www.mti.com.

AdminForce Ships Powerwall 3

AdminForce Remote LLC announced the availability of its next generation Powerwall 3 Network Security System (NSS). According to the company, the new Powerwall 3 includes: one year of 24x7x365 monitoring, automated upgrades, weekly activity reports, and a full range of proxy services. It also features an advanced Intrusion Detection System with alarm and early warning elements, plus criminal protection measures. For more information, contact: http://www.AdminForce.net.

ActiveState Unveils PureMessage

ActiveState Corp. recently released PureMessage 3.0 (formerly PerlMx). According to the company, PureMessage 3.0 provides new features including a Web-based administration console, enhanced spam identification and management flexibility, optional end-user quarantine management, next generation anti-spam heuristics, and the McAfee anti-virus engine.

PureMessage analyzes email traffic at the network perimeter to identify spam and viruses. The gateway mode feature enables PureMessage to interoperate with any corporate email system, for deployment with any existing mail infrastructure. For more information, visit: http://www.activestate.com.

SCO Unveils SCO Linux 4

The SCO Group, in coordination with the UnitedLinux 1.0, announced the release of SCO Linux 4.0, powered by UnitedLinux. According to the company, SCO Linux 4.0 is a Linux operating system designed for mission-critical business applications, with guaranteed stability, security, and worldwide support from SCO. SCO Linux 4.0 is based on UnitedLinux 1.0, the core standards-based Linux operating system co-developed in an industry initiative to streamline Linux development and certification around a global, uniform distribution of Linux. SCO Linux 4.0 provides customers with the base UnitedLinux operating system as well as the additional software, support, and services from SCO. For more information, visit: http://www.sco.com/.

Snap Gear Launches VPN Firewall Appliances

Snap Gear, Inc. recently announced new enterprise class of VPN firewall appliances. According to the company, the new products cater for the needs of small to medium enterprises for security and remote access. With expansion capabilities, the products can provide enterprise-class content filtering, scalable remote management, and enhancements. For more information, visit: http://www.snapgear.com/

Spinnaker Joins Oracle Network

Spinnaker Networks, Inc. announced that it has joined the Oracle PartnerNetwork to provide network attached storage for Oracle users. The Spinnaker SpinServer 3300 is a network attached storage (NAS) solution. For more information, visit: http://www.spinnakernet.com.

ISM Enhances Perfman

The Information Systems Manager, Inc. (ISM) announced that they have enhanced its PerfMan for UNIX performance management and capacity planning solution to support Linux. The expanded version, according to the company, helps organizations by identifying hidden resources, reducing administrative overhead, and identifying performance bottlenecks.

The expanded version of PerfMan for UNIX works by automatically analyzing historical usage of Linux system resources, including CPU, memory, and I/O capacity. This information can be utilized to help organizations easily plan and manage workloads among servers and identify areas of overcapacity, as well as those that require additional capacity. For more information, visit: http://www.perfman.com/.

CodeWeavers Announces CrossOver Office Server Edition 1.3.1

CodeWeavers, Inc. recently announced CrossOver Office Server Edition. According to the company, CrossOver Office Server Edition allows enterprise users to operate Windows software (including Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Lotus Notes, and Visio) in a distributed thin client environment for both Linux and Solaris.

CrossOver Office Server Edition 1.3.1 supports the same applications as CrossOver Office 1.3.1, including core office-automation packages such as Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Internet Explorer. Support for additional client environments, like Windows, HP-UX, Apple, and SGI, is planned for future releases. For more information, visit: http://www.codeweavers.com.