Xiotech Corporation

PHOENIX, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Xiotech Corporation, an innovator in data storage solutions, today announced that Robert Peglar, the company's vice president of technology, has been re-elected Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). He was seated for his second-straight two-year term on Saturday, Oct. 10, at the SNIA board meeting at Storage Networking World (SNW) Fall in Phoenix. Peglar is a 32-year storage industry veteran, published author and sought-after speaker and panelist at leading storage and networking-related seminars and conferences worldwide. At Xiotech he helps shape strategic vision and emerging technologies, defines future offering portfolios, plays a key role in product planning and serves as an industry/customer liaison. He has served as chair of the SNIA Tutorials, on the boards of the Gree... (more)

Storage Performance Council's SPC-1/E(TM) Benchmark Extension Includes Larger, More Complex Storage Configurations

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/13/09 -- The Storage Performance Council (SPC) today announced the public availability of SPC Benchmark 1/Energy(TM) (SPC-1/E), its second industry-standard storage benchmark that includes measurement and reporting of energy use in addition to storage performance. SPC-1/E expands energy use measurement and reporting into larger, more complex storage configurations, complementing the popular SPC-1C/E, which focuses on storage components. This extension to the SPC Benchmark 1(TM) (SPC-1) utilizes the SPC-1 workload and includes the complete ... (more)

Specialty Materials Manufacturer Improves Plant Efficiency With ISE Technology From Xiotech

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Xiotech Corporation today announced that Spartech Corporation, a leading producer of specialty materials, selected Xiotech's Emprise(TM) 7000 storage system, powered by Intelligent Storage Element (ISE(TM)) technology, to be the cornerstone of its new IT infrastructure. The manufacturer chose the Emprise 7000 system to help it improve plant efficiency and operations, citing the system's high performance, reliability and overall value in its decision. Headquartered in Clayton, Mo., Spartech is a leading producer of engineered therm... (more)

C-4 Summit Cyberspace Edition Launches

DUNEDIN, Fla., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- If you are like most business IT planners today, you are probably struggling to find ways to contain costs, ensure compliance with regulatory and legal mandates, provide continuity for business critical services, and manage energy demand in your data center. Tactical measures won't do the job, and neither will stove-piping applications and data in a single-vendor technology stack - you need a C-4 Strategy. Help has arrived in the form of an online summit and open community called the C-4 Project. The project kicks off Friday with a C-4 S... (more)

Xiotech's ISE Technology Reduces Energy, Disk and Administrative Costs for Florida College

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Xiotech Corporation today announced that Edison State College in southwest Florida purchased an Emprise(TM) 7000 storage system, powered by Intelligent Storage Element (ISE(TM)) technology, to be the foundation of its data center. Among other qualities, Edison State selected the Emprise 7000 system for its superior scalability, low total cost of ownership and remarkable ease of use. With four campuses and a robust online "Virtual Campus," Edison State serves nearly 20,000 students and 400 employees. Edison State's data was growi... (more)