ADIC Scalar i500 Tape Library Wins International Awards; Recognized in China for Innovation, Advanced Technology, and Performan
April 11 2006 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), the leader
in Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions for the open systems market,
today announced that the company's new midrange tape library, the
Scalar i500, received two prestigious awards from leading IT
publications in China. ADIC's Scalar i500 has earned Product of the
Year honors from China Computerworld and the Editor's Choice Award
from the China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID)
and its affiliated publication, China Information World. China
Computerworld, China's largest IT publication with a circulation of
more than 200,000 readers, named ADIC's Scalar i500 midrange tape
library a recipient of its Product of the Year Award for 2005. This
annual product award is judged by a combination of senior product
and technical editors and independent IT analysts on the basis of
technical innovation, performance, quality, ease of use, and total
ownership costs. The China Center for Information Industry
Development (CCID) is widely recognized as one of China's largest
and most influential information service organizations, and its
publication, China Information World, is one of China's leading IT
publications. CCID storage experts and editors from China
Information World compared products from major vendors on the basis
of performance, functionality, market response, performance/price
ratio, service, and ease of use and awarded the Scalar i500 their
Editor's Choice Award in the Storage category. "We are pleased to
receive accolades from leading publications like China
Computerworld and China Information World, and organizations like
CCID," said Bill Britts, ADIC Executive Vice President for
Products, Sales, and Service. "These important industry awards
attest to the Scalar i500's global market acceptance and ADIC's
dedication to providing industry-leading storage solutions." The
Scalar i500 tape library platform is the first in the industry to
offer growing midrange environments the combination of flexible
scalability and integrated intelligence needed to improve the
effectiveness of backup. ADIC's Scalar i500 is also the first
midrange library to offer integrated support for the Storage
Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) standard. SMI-S support
allows the library to be discovered and managed directly by
third-party Storage Resource Management tools, including EMC(R)
ControlCenter(TM). About ADIC Advanced Digital Information
Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading provider of Intelligent
Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems marketplace. ADIC is the
world's largest supplier of automated tape systems using the drive
technologies most often employed for backing up open system,
client-server networks.(a) The Company's data management software,
storage networking appliances, and disk-based backup and restore
solutions provide IT managers innovative tools for storing,
managing, and protecting their most valuable digital assets in a
variety of disk and tape environments. ADIC storage products are
available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of
resellers, OEMs and partnerships, including Apple, Dell, EMC,
Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, IBM, and Sun. Further information about ADIC
is available at www.adic.com. (a) Market Share: Gartner Dataquest,
Tape Automation Systems Market Shares, 2004, F. Yale, August 2005.
ADIC and Scalar are registered trademarks and Intelligent Storage
is a trademark of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All
other trade or service marks mentioned in this document should be
considered the property of their respective owners.
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