Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the development of the world’s fastest DDR3 SRAM. Generating 1.5 Gb per second, the 72Mb Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) SRAM will support the high-density, high-speed memory requirements for next generation servers and workstations.

Tandberg Data ASA has broadened it’s storage product portfolio with the new Tandberg M-Series tape libraries. The new Tandberg M1500 and M2500 automated tape libraries provide the highest density, scalability and flexibility in its class.

ASBIS achieved $540 million in revenue for the year 2002. This represented a 44% growth as compared to 2001 (375 million USD). ASBIS also expanded its operation to Western Europe - there are ASBIS offices in Sweden and United Kingdom now.

Vixel Corporation announced that its new 20-port InSpeed switch-on-a chip (SOC) will be generally available at the end of March 2003. Prototypes of the new InSpeed SOC 320 are shipping and being tested by key storage OEMs.

Seagate Technology announced the milestone shipment of its 30 millionth Cheetah disc drive, confirming its position as the most popular and widely-adopted Enterprise disc drive in the world. With the highest levels of reliability, the widest range of capacities, and the fastest I/O performance options, Seagate Cheetah disc drives are the de facto industry-standard for Enterprise applications, as well as the choice for IT managers focused on lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their storage systems.

QLogic Corp. announced the ISP2332, its second-generation, single-chip, dual-channel 2Gb Fibre Channel-PCI-X controller. Delivering 160,000 I/Os per second, and eliminating external memory, the ISP2332 provides the highest performance and integration in the industry. The new controller is 100 percent software- and pin-compatible with the ISP2312, already widely used in blade servers and other embedded applications from major OEMs.

VERITAS Software Corporation introduced the next generation of VERITAS Backup Exec™ for Windows Servers, its flagship backup and recovery software for the growing market of small-to-medium size businesses,

Environmental Auditing & Quality Assuranc (EAQA), an independent accreditation body for Environmental Health and Safety management systems, has awarded ISO14001 accreditation to Seagate Springtown for its world-class environmental management system.

QLogic Corp. announced support for VERITAS Software Corporation's newest version of VERITAS Backup Exec™ backup and recovery software designed to address the data protection challenges of today's small-to-medium sized enterprises. The company's family of Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure products has been certified with VERITAS Backup Exec™ 9.0 for Windows Servers backup and recovery software.

Tripp Lite announces the release of an upgraded PowerAlert UPS Management Software (Version 11.0X) that is compatible with all Microsoft operating systems (i.e. Windows® 2000 and XP) featuring hibernate functionality. This new PowerAlert feature works with the Microsoft operating system to automatically save all open programs and files exactly as they appear on-screen in the event of an automatic or manual system shutdown.

Adaptec, Inc. announced the availability of MyDVD Media Suite software that enables home computer users with a DVD or CD burner to create and play professional-quality DVDs and CDs containing movies, home videos, digital photo albums, music and backups of important documents.

Xiran, a division of SimpleTech, Inc., unveiled its DirectPath architecture - a universal solution for accelerating content delivery between network and storage of servers/storage appliances at Gbit/s wire speed. A first glimpse of this exciting new technology was provided to attendees of the Server I/O conference in Monterey, CA.

In appreciation of our continued support of its products, Seagate has named ASBIS as Fibre Channel Champion! Effective immediately ASBIS is the only Seagate distributor having Fibre Channel rights in Eastern Europe. We are ready to supply our customers with excellent high-end storage sub-systems featuring Seagate Fibre Channel drives!

Seagate Removable Storage Solutions (RSS) and HP announced plans to develop, manufacture, market and distribute the next generation of DDS (digital data storage) technology with 5th-generation DDS tape products in 2003. Features will include backwards read-and-write capability; higher capacity; and unique solutions with multiple configurations.

LSI Logic announced it has initiated co-development product planning with leading hard disk drive manufacturers Fujitsu, Maxtor, and Seagate. LSI Logic will use its Fusion-MPT (Message Passing Technology) architecture as the basis for the evolution of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) silicon. The architecture simplifies product design, being modular building block based, and therefore provides a proven pathway for product development to assure a first-to-market solution for LSI Logic and its hard disk drive partners.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the industry’s first 4 GigaByte (GByte) Double Data Rate (DDR) Dual In-line Memory Module (DIMM). The module encompasses thirty-six 1 Gigabit (Gb) DDR synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) components that achieve 4GByte density for high-performance applications such as servers, workstations and supercomputers.

Adaptec, Inc. has once again set the benchmark for Ultra320 SCSI performance leadership with a controller that produces peak performance up to 60 percent faster than comparable products from LSI Logic.

Intel Corporation announced new tools to help software developers analyze and optimize Linux-based applications, enabling them to take full advantage of the Intel® Pentium® 4 and Intel® Xeon™ processors. The Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer 1.0 for Linux is the first fully Linux-native performance analysis tool from Intel supporting Linux-based applications.

Snap Appliance, Inc. announced the Snap Server 4400 model that is now available with greater storage capacity and performance and new GuardianOS Operating System Version 2.2.

Intel Corporation delivered six new mobile processors, including its highest-performing mobile processor to date, the Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor - M at 2.4 GHz. Additionally, Intel announced an integrated graphics chipset for the mobile PC processor family: the Intel® 852GM.

IBM generated the most U.S. patents in 2002, the tenth consecutive year that it led the world, according to figures released by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. IBM was awarded 3,288 patents, nearly doubling the output of the second most productive company.

Canyon announced new international marketing program and invites all adventurers in Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine to play "Grand Canyon" game. The main prize of the program is a trip to Tara canyon (Montenegro) for two.

Intel Corporation said Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology is the new brand name for its upcoming wireless mobile computing technology. The new brand signifies Intel's best technology for notebook computers, based on a new mobile processor microarchitecture and wireless capability as well as features designed to enable extended battery life, thinner and lighter form factors, and outstanding mobile performance.

Maxtor Corporation introduced the newest addition to the Maxtor Personal Storage 5000 Family of hard drives - the Personal Storage 5000DV 200GB/7200PRM with 8MB cache for fast performance. The new offering expands the 5000 series, meeting the needs of ultimate speed and performance intensive applications such as video-editing and gaming.

LSI Logic Storage Systems, Inc., announced that it has integrated Seagate's 10K.6 Cheetah® 146 gigabyte (GB) disk drive with its storage controllers so customers can run business-critical applications faster without being forced to choose between price per megabyte and performance.

Intel Corporation announced that top makers of wireless Smart Displays - Abocom, Fujitsu, Lite-On, MSI, Philips, Tatung, TriGem and ViewSonic - have selected Intel® XScale™ technology based processors to power new products that help enable wireless PC access throughout the home. Retail availability for these Smart Displays running on Intel XScale technology is expected this month from ViewSonic and Philips, with products currently targeted to be released later this year from Fujitsu and TriGem.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies introduced a new 1.8-inch hard disk drive, ideally suited for a variety of mobile applications that require high performance, high capacity and energy efficiency in a small form factor.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced plans to squeeze four gigabytes of data onto the 1-inch Microdrive, the world's smallest hard disk drive. With considerable advances in miniaturization technology, Hitachi engineers have overcome numerous magnetic recording challenges associated with developing hard disk drives of this size. The 4GB Microdrive is expected to be available in the Fall of 2003.

Adaptec, Inc. has been selected to provide its leading Ultra320 SCSI chip - the industry's fastest - for NEC Corporation's new line of servers designed to deliver optimum performance for mainline storage, e-commerce and other data-intensive applications.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies introduced its third-generation, high-end enterprise hard disk drive - the 15,000 RPM Hitachi Ultrastar 15K73.