Exabyte
Magnum20 LTO Tape Library
Exabyte, a performance and value leader in tape backup systems, recently announced the availability of its newest LTO automation product, the Magnum20 LTO Tape Library.
The Magnum20 packs up to eight IBM LTO tape drives and 148 Exabyte LTO cartridges into a 20u rack mount space. Special features and options include 8-way partitioning, remote management, and direct Fibre Channel attachment avoiding the complications and saving the costs of intermediate routers and bridges.
Magnum20 and LTO tape technology meet the capacity, performance, and budget requirements of mid-range and enterprise-class users. A five-cartridge entry/exit port is available for secure loading/unloading of data cartridges. The standard remote management feature allows users to conveniently conduct any operation available through the library’s LCD panel from a PC at their desk, three buildings away or half way across the world. The library-partitioning features allow users to create as many as eight mini-libraries within a single Magnum20, maximising flexibility and efficiency.
Users can easily configure and expand storage capacity from 100 GB to 29.6 TB and performance from 54 GB per hour to 864 GB per hour without the cost and inconvenience of re-arranging rack space and components or installing additional library modules. Redundant power supplies, IBM LTO tape drives, and Magnum20 interface cards can be installed by the user to provide reliable, simultaneous support for multiple servers in a mixed SCSI and Fibre Channel environment.
The new Magnum20 LTO Tape Library joins an existing line of Exabyte LTO automation products. The Exabyte 110L LTO Tape Autoloader provides small offices and remote location sites with entry-level automated storage capability. For larger networks with higher capacity and performance needs, Exabyte offers the 221L LTO Tape Library, which is available with either SCSI or native Fibre Channel interfaces.

Contact:
Exabyte,
32, 1st left cross,
Sundarnagar, Gokula post,
Bangalore 400 054
Tel: 91 (80) 8386808
E-mail: raghu@exabyte.com

Mediaman
PCMCIA Dual Port
Mediaman has recently introduced a 2.1-compliant Type-II PCMCIA card, which offers a convenient way to add two independent serial ports to the system. It can be used in any laptop, notebook, or hand-held computer with a Type II PCMCIA drive or in a desktop computer equipped with a compatible PCMCIA drive.
The card automatically configures to become another COM port using the built-in OS drivers that are tried and tested and are optimised to work in the Windows environment.
This card is implemented with 16750 UARTs containing 64-byte FIFOs that in conjunction with Quatech’s special clock-multiplying feature can provide speeds of up to 921.6 KBPS.
Software is included to install and configure the card for use with Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Windows CE, Linux, and OS/2.
Features:

• Two Independent RS-232 serial ports.
• Speeds up to 921.6 KBPS.
• Plug and Play and Hot Swap capability.
• Low power requirements.
• Rugged case with removable cable.
• All ports share a single PCMCIA interrupt.

Contact:
Mediaman Infotech,
2nd Floor, Viyarthi Bhuvan
Near Dreamland Cinema
Mumbai 400004
Tel: 3828200/8100 Fax: 3877418

Macromedia
JRun 4
Macromedia has hit the market with its Macromedia JRun 4, the latest release of Macromedia’s Java application server focused on providing a fast, reliable J2EE 1.3 compatible platform. JRun 4 is designed to be an approachable, complete solution for developing and deploying robust Java applications on time and on budget.
JRun 4 brings Java 2 platform, enterprise edition (J2EE platform) compatibility to a new level of affordability by offering a complete solution including clustering and Web services integration in a single package priced at Rs 45,000 per processor. JRun 4 simplifies and speeds application development and deployment with hot modification, auto deployment, and services that provide automatic deployment descriptor and code generation. Additionally, it leverages a service-based architecture to simplify server customisation, optimisation, and extensibility.
By using Jini network technology, JRun 4 servers dynamically locate their peers in the cluster and eliminate the risk inherent to a single point of failure, which greatly facilitates clustered deployment and increases application reliability.
Developers can use the new Macromedia Flash Remoting built into JRun 4 to connect applications running in Macromedia Flash Player to server-side business logic and data, enabling the creation of rich Internet applications that combine the responsiveness and functionality of client/server applications with the reach and low deployment cost of the Internet.

Contact:
Macromedia India,
517, Midas,
Sahar Plaza Complex,
Andheri East,
Mumbai 400059
Tel: 91 (22) 8201705/06
E-mail: nchawla@macromedia.com

Canon
S820
Canon has launched the S820 bubble jet printer in the Indian market. Priced at Rs 22,995, S820 is the first of its kind to facilitate A4 size borderless printing in less than three minutes. This printer is targeted at professional users like photographers and digital printers who look at reproducing the ‘original picture look’ with the ‘best in class’ for their printing quality.
The borderless printing on the S820 is due to the high 2400 dpi resolution, brilliant colour ink and the ultra fine 4 picol litre ink droplet feature incorporated in the Canon S820.
Additionally, Canon’s exclusive Canon Photo Paper Pro ensures that the colour shades last for up to 25 years. The Canon unique Think Tank Technology enables replacement of colour ink tanks separately, thus saving phenomenally on running costs.
The printer features six individual ink tanks that yield cost efficient printing thus ensuring that the cost of delivering real value comes at an affordable price too.
One of the best features of the Canon S820 printer is that it can read image data relevant to shooting conditions like white balance and exposure. Therefore, the printing of each image is tailored to match the user’s original settings when the image was taken.
The printer is ideal for photo printing, booklet, banner and poster printing for indoor usage. Now, you can even create a complete digital lab, with a 35mm film scanner that can be added to the Canon S820. This scanner can convert 35mm negatives into positives and store them on your computer for printing photographs on A4 paper.
S820 comes with a printer driver, which has built-in facilities like vivid photo and a photo and image optimiser to produce exceptionally brilliant printouts. The printer’s monochrome effects convert standard photograph to sepia hue for special effects. Additionally, the page set-up tool allows booklet, banner and poster printing.
For user convenience, the zoom browser EX/ photo record software helps organise pictures into select individual folders. The photo stitch software can bundle different images into a single picture and the 3-D photo software makes it possible to create 3D effects for pictures.
The S820 is compatible with Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.5 to OS X USB.

Contact:
Canon India Ltd,
Neela Gagan Mandi Road,
Mahrauli,
New Delhi 110030
Tel: 6806572/74
Fax: 6807180

Quantum
Guardian 4400 IU NAS
Quantum has announced the Guardian 4400 Network Attached Storage (NAS) server, the latest addition to Quantum’s Guardian NAS family of products. Guardian 4400 features maximum RAID 5 transfer rates of 160 megabits/second, hot swappable drives, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and two capacity points, 480 GB and 640 GB, in a high-density 1U (rack unit) design. With enterprise-ready features and attractive price points, the Guardian 4400 maximises workgroup storage budgets, while delivering value in functionality and performance.
Quantum also introduced Version 2.1 of the Guardian Operating System (OS). This newly enhanced OS features Backup Express, an embedded software application that allows users to complete a variety of backups within the backup window while reducing network traffic by backing up Guardian servers directly to a SCSI-attached tape drive, or tape library. With this feature the backup process can be easily managed via a client-based graphical user interface—by passing the traditional network-based backup server for more rapid and cost-effective protection. Customers seeking maximum scalability can interconnect up to five Guardian servers via Gigabit Ethernet, and then backup all units to a single tape drive or library. The Backup Express for Guardian software allows data to be backed up directly to the appropriate Quantum tape library or autoloader. All backups, including full, incremental and scheduled backups, can be managed from a centralised, client-based interface. The new Guardian 4400 is powered by the Guardian OS featuring the same Linux-based software technology that enabled the Guardian 14000 to outperform the competition in recent benchmark tests performed by eTesting Labs.

Contact:
Quantum Corporation,
C-210, Sapphire,
Amrutha Halli,
Bangalore 560092
Tel: 3635689/3532610
E-mail: sunny.john@
quantum.com

Iomega
CD-RW Drive
Iomega, pioneer in the field data storage products, has recently announced the availability of its new internal CD-RW. The 48x24x48 internal CD-RW drive boasts higher performance with major speed breakthrough for recording and rewriting, according to the company.
With a 48x record and 24x rewrite speed, this internal CD-RW drive offers commendable Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) speed with buffer protection, eliminating the risk of wasted CD media. The product comes bundled with the requisite software for burning CDs.
Features:
n Overburn technology, which enables liberating of as much as 870 MB from a standard CD-R for up to 99 minutes of recording.
n Support for VCD data extraction
A software suite that includes leading titles needed to burn CDs with ease, such as Nero Burning ROM 5.5, which allows VCD creation and supports advanced CD copy options, and easy to use in CD packet writing software that allows the use of the CD-RW drive as a floppy disk.

Contact:
Techpacific Technologies,
Gate No 1A, Godrej Soaps Premises, Vikhroli (E),
Mumbai
Tel: 5960216/0106
E-mail: Varsha.Lapsia@techpacificindia.com

Zenith Global
train2success
Zenith Global has launched a set of 62 interactive CD-ROMs, each representing a course, focused on IT and other business related subjects, under the brand name train2success.
System Requirements for the CD-ROMs include Pentium PC or higher, 16 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, Speed 4X (recommended 8X), sound card, mouse, and 10 MB HD for optimum performance.
Priced at Rs 360 each, these CDs are available at various book and music stores, and with computer resellers throughout the country. These include chains such as Crossword, Music World, HigginBothams and Oxford.

Features:

• Multimedia rich: Includes a virtual instructor video, audio, and text.
• Learning by doing: Courses simulate the software application and allows the user to actually perform the exercises required to learn the course.
• Use of examples: Allows users to create something during the course and does not merely memorise the features of the software.
• Software not necessary: The user doesn’t require any software like Oracle, PhotoShop, etc loaded on the machine while learning it.
• Testing: There are tests at the end of each lesson with immediate feedback and the option to link directly to the portion of the course that needs to be reviewed.
• Menu system: Expandable menu that shows topics and sub-topics at a glance, highlights completed areas of the course, and allows the user with specific queries to search for topics using the find feature.
• Step-by-step methodology: The course starts with simple concepts and moves on to more complex concepts.
• Language: Uses simple, easy to understand English.
• Flexibility: The user can disable audio or text if desired.

Contact:
Zenith Global Consultants
102/C, Mittal Court, 224,
Nariman Point,
Mumbai-400021
Tel: 2046094/6095 Fax: 2041844

Network Associates
Anti-virus solutions
The McAfee Security division of Network Associates has introduced the small business edition of its popular Active Virus Defence and Active Virus Scan product bundles for customers in India. These editions are fine-tuned for small and medium businesses with up to 100 employees or end-nodes.
McAfee active virus scan small business edition provides comprehensive and effective corporate desktop security available for protection against viruses, Web attacks and e-mail intrusions. It essentially comprises Virus Scan software for desktop protection, NetShield software for file server protection and McAfee’s leading ePolicy Orchestrator management console for advanced, airtight anti-virus policy enforcement. By employing the use of advanced heuristic technologies called ViruLogic that has the intelligence to know what characteristics viruses exhibit and Virtran, a virus specific scripting language that detects and cleans new viruses, VirusScan offers unparalleled protection from the newest threats.
VirusScan fits seamlessly into any networked environment with a wide array of proactive manageability and visibility features. The platforms supported include Windows XP, 200, NT4.0 and 9x, Linux, HP-UX, SCO, AIX and Solaris. Its flexible on-demand and scheduled scanning capabilities deliver high-speed scans of all files in real-time, supporting all major file compression formats. With a simple point-and-click, administrators can configure any number of selective scan tasks to run at different intervals.

Contact:
Network Associates, Emgeen Chambers,
4th Floor, 10 Vidyanagari Marg, Kalina, Santacruz (E)
Mumbai 400 098
Tel: 693 5278 Fax: 614 7078
E-mail: Custserv_APAC@nai.com