Adic Scalar 24 selected as product of the year
Announcement posted by XSI Data Solutions 15 Nov 2002
New Entry Level Tape Library Offers Enterprise Performance and Features, Significant Cost Savings, Guaranteed Upgrade Path
Advanced Digital Information Corporation (NASDAQ: ADIC), the leader in Intelligent Storage(tm) systems, announced today that the company's Scalar 24 entry-level tape library was selected as the Product of the Year in the backup hardware category at the sixth annual Forum Stockage 2002, held last month in Paris. This international conference, which focuses on all aspects of storage and data protection, is the largest European exhibition and conference dedicated to storage and storage management topics.
"The Scalar 24 is the first product in the industry designed to combine enterprise-class performance and features with a price point that can save IT departments 30% or more on their backup hardware costs and a guaranteed growth path that preserves 100% of their investment," said Bill Britts, ADIC Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
"We are pleased that the distinguished panel of judges at this prestigious conference recognized the innovation and value that the Scalar 24 represents."
The ADIC Scalar 24 "incorporates the latest LTO or Super DLT technology with advanced management features usually found in high-end solutions," noted Richard Trilling, president of the award jury, which included leading technical journalists, IT consultants and end-users. It was, he explained, "the logical choice for the award."
At this year's Forum Stockage, 33 products were nominated for awards in six categories. Other award winners included Adaptec, Network Appliance, and Hewlett-Packard. Introduced in September 2002, the Scalar 24 offers the industry's best value for enterprise-class performance, with a price point low enough to reduce the cost of high performance backup by 30% or more. The library combines easy-to-use, scalable management, a trouble-free upgrade path, the latest SDLT/LTO technology and a complete storage networking architecture to deliver an ideal solution for any business that has outgrown the capabilities of autoloaders or stand-alone drives.
The Scalar 24 helps protect user investments with a trouble-free upgrade path that includes easy-to-add drives and storage networking components, a next-generation drive-ready architecture, and a no-risk trade-up program that preserves 100% of a customer's investment. The Scalar 24 is backed by the industry's most complete 3-year warranty and 24-hour FastExchange service coverage.
The Scalar 24 is part of ADIC's award-winning Scalar family of intelligent tape libraries. Scalar libraries provide high performance tape storage for a wide range of environments, supporting from 15 to more than 15,000 data cartridges and from one to hundreds of drives. Scalar libraries pioneered barrier-free growth, capacity-on-demand scalability, and advanced, integrated storage networking support that enhances the performance and reliability of SAN backup.
The Scalar 24 is available now at a suggested list price starting at less than $12,500 (USD).
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.* The Company's storage management software and storage networking appliances provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing and protecting their most valuable digital assets. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. For more information, visit www.adic.com.
*IDC 2001 worldwide revenue and unit market share data for all automated systems using DLT, SDLT, LTO, 8mm or AIT drive, and Gartner Dataquest, 2002 Market Shares and Forecasts for Tape Automation Systems, F. Yale, August 2002. 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.
"The Scalar 24 is the first product in the industry designed to combine enterprise-class performance and features with a price point that can save IT departments 30% or more on their backup hardware costs and a guaranteed growth path that preserves 100% of their investment," said Bill Britts, ADIC Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
"We are pleased that the distinguished panel of judges at this prestigious conference recognized the innovation and value that the Scalar 24 represents."
The ADIC Scalar 24 "incorporates the latest LTO or Super DLT technology with advanced management features usually found in high-end solutions," noted Richard Trilling, president of the award jury, which included leading technical journalists, IT consultants and end-users. It was, he explained, "the logical choice for the award."
At this year's Forum Stockage, 33 products were nominated for awards in six categories. Other award winners included Adaptec, Network Appliance, and Hewlett-Packard. Introduced in September 2002, the Scalar 24 offers the industry's best value for enterprise-class performance, with a price point low enough to reduce the cost of high performance backup by 30% or more. The library combines easy-to-use, scalable management, a trouble-free upgrade path, the latest SDLT/LTO technology and a complete storage networking architecture to deliver an ideal solution for any business that has outgrown the capabilities of autoloaders or stand-alone drives.
The Scalar 24 helps protect user investments with a trouble-free upgrade path that includes easy-to-add drives and storage networking components, a next-generation drive-ready architecture, and a no-risk trade-up program that preserves 100% of a customer's investment. The Scalar 24 is backed by the industry's most complete 3-year warranty and 24-hour FastExchange service coverage.
The Scalar 24 is part of ADIC's award-winning Scalar family of intelligent tape libraries. Scalar libraries provide high performance tape storage for a wide range of environments, supporting from 15 to more than 15,000 data cartridges and from one to hundreds of drives. Scalar libraries pioneered barrier-free growth, capacity-on-demand scalability, and advanced, integrated storage networking support that enhances the performance and reliability of SAN backup.
The Scalar 24 is available now at a suggested list price starting at less than $12,500 (USD).
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.* The Company's storage management software and storage networking appliances provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing and protecting their most valuable digital assets. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers and OEMs, including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. For more information, visit www.adic.com.
*IDC 2001 worldwide revenue and unit market share data for all automated systems using DLT, SDLT, LTO, 8mm or AIT drive, and Gartner Dataquest, 2002 Market Shares and Forecasts for Tape Automation Systems, F. Yale, August 2002. 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.