LSI Life Storage Inc

Research center to help advance state-of-the-art in storage system architecture and provide WSU engineering students with hands-on experience WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) and Wichita State University (WSU) today announced the opening of the Center for Storage Networking Research (CSNR) at the WSU campus. The CSNR represents a collaboration between industry and academia to facilitate state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental research in storage networking. The research will focus on storage system advancements in areas such as performance, scalability, energy efficiency and security, and will potentially influence the design and evolution of future data storage systems. The CSNR will operate under the university's Advanced Networking Research Center. "Data storage has a tremendous impact on our everyday lives, ranging from the videos we post on the Internet to emergency scenarios where first responders require immediate access to information," said Ravi Pendse, associate provost and chief information officer, Wichita State University. "WSU is pleased to be collaborating with our longtime industry partner and market leader LSI to form the CSNR, where together we will strive to deliver next-generation storage breakthroughs and enhance the learning and career opportunities of WSU students." It is estimated that the amount of digital information produced worldwide will increase tenfold from 2006 to 2011. Driving this data explosion are devices and applications such as digital cameras, medical imaging and record archiving, digital surveillance, multimedia and customer information systems.(1) Helping enterprises, educational institutions and government agencies keep pace with storing, securing, managing and governing this content will be a critical requirement for next-generation storage systems and networks. "LSI is excited to be working with WSU and its students to enable research that will drive the development of leading-edge storage and networking technologies that will meet next-generation customer requirements," said Bret Weber, chief architect and fellow, Engenio® Storage Group, LSI. "The CSNR will also provide an opportunity to further develop and hone the skills of the university's engineering students through hands-on experience and education that will enable them to hit the ground running after graduation." The CSNR provides WSU students and staff with access to state-of-the-art equipment from LSI and Cisco Systems, such as storage controllers, drive arrays and Fibre Channel and Ethernet switches. The CSNR will be formally unveiled at a ceremony today at 1:30 p.m. CST at the National Institute for Aviation Research building on the WSU campus. About LSI LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. The company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. More information is available at http://www.lsi.com/. (1) IDC, "The Diverse and Exploding Digital Universe; An Updated Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2011," March 2008. Editor's Notes: 1. All LSI news releases (financial, acquisitions, manufacturing, products, technology, etc.) are issued exclusively by PR Newswire and are immediately thereafter posted on the company's external website, http://www.lsi.com/. 2. LSI, the LSI & Design logo and Engenio are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation. 3. All other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. DATASOURCE: LSI Corporation CONTACT: Ravi Pendse of Wichita State University, +1-316-978-3010, ; or Brian Garabedian of LSI Corporation, +1-408-433-8253, Web Site: http://www.lsi.com/

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