Alacritech Announces OEM Partnership with Avid Technology, Inc.
Alacritech's Gigabit Server and Storage Accelerators to Significantly Increase
the Performance of Avid Unity Shared Storage Systems for Digital Media Production
Las Vegas, Nev., — April 8, 2002 — (Avid NAB Booth L13200) — Alacritech®, Inc., the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems today announced an OEM arrangement with Avid Technology, Inc. to integrate Alacritech 1000x1 Single-port Server and Storage Accelerator in the Avid Unity¹ LANshare storage system. This Avid Ethernet-based shared storage system using Alacritech's SLIC Technology® will provide the ideal storage solution for digital media production workgroups that require the simultaneous, efficient sharing capabilities of this cost-effective solution.
"Using Alacritech's accelerator cards in our LANshare system will enable us to supply our customers with the maximum performance possible," said Pete Balkus, vice president of engineering for Avid Workgroups & Storage. "Our arrangement with Alacritech underscores our dedication to offering server and storage solutions that address our customers' video production needs and provides them with an exceptional return on investment."
Alacritech 1000x1 Single-port Server and Storage Accelerator uses the company's patented, standards-compliant SLIC Technology to offload network processing from software on the host system to silicon on the adapter. This technology optimizes the performance in servers, network-attached storage and iSCSI (Internet SCSI) storage devices. Alacritech's Gigabit Ethernet Server and Storage Accelerator is the industry's only Integrated Storage Network Interface Card (IS-NIC), which can simultaneously accelerate both IP storage and standard Ethernet traffic.
"Digital media editing environments provide some of the most intense network demands," said Larry Boucher, founder, chairman and CEO, Alacritech, Inc. "SLIC technology is an ideal architecture for this environment as it enables the most efficient, highest-performance data movement in an environment where time is money."
About Avid Unity LANshare
Avid Unity LANshare is an all-in-one storage and server unit that includes Avid Unity MediaNet software to support simultaneous sharing of media and enable easier administration. The next generation Avid Unity LANshare supports up to 15 single-stream clients or 10 dual-stream clients using non-finishing compressed resolutions.
Availability
The Avid Unity LANshare shared storage system using Alacritech's SLIC Technology is expected to be available in Q2 2002. For more information, please contact a regional Avid sales office or authorized reseller by visiting Avid's Web site at www.avid.com. Alacritech's complete line of server and storage accelerators are currently available for both OEM integration and channel distribution.
About Avid Technology, Inc.
Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) delivers the solutions that Make, Manage and Move Media¹. As a recognized digital standard for professionals who Make the world's media - from video, audio and film to animation, special effects and streaming media - Avid's products are used to make more television and news shows, commercials, music videos and CDs, corporate/industrial productions and major motion pictures combined than any other nonlinear editing manufacturer in the world. Building on its award-winning heritage, which includes a Grammy® and several Emmy® awards as well as an Oscar® statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer® system for motion picture editing, Avid is extending its reach by redefining how digital media is shared, stored and distributed. To Manage today's increasingly rich collection of dynamic media, Avid provides powerful servers, networks and media tools to help customers search files, share media and collaborate on new productions, both locally and globally. Avid's solutions also empower users to easily Move media, whether on air, over cable or satellite or through the Internet. Like no other media company today, Avid's end-to-end solutions span the continuum of media creation, management and distribution. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Tewksbury, MA. More information about the company is available at www.avid.com.
About Alacritech, Inc.
Alacritech, Inc. was founded by Larry Boucher, creator of the SCSI interface, to deliver upon his vision of eliminating the server bottleneck. Today, Alacritech is the innovator of network accelerator solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems. Alacritech's complete line of high-performance server and storage accelerators is based on the company's patented SLIC (session-layer interface card) Technology to optimize the performance of servers, network-attached storage and iSCSI storage devices. SLIC Technology is the first fully compatible and scalable technology to offload network protocol processing, primarily TCP/IP, from software on the host system to silicon on the adapter. Based in San Jose, California, Alacritech is privately held. Alacritech is a member of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and the Storage Networking Association (SNIA) and a founding member of the SNIA IP Storage Forum. For more information about Alacritech and its products, please visit the company's Web site at www.alacritech.com.
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Product specifications and availability are subject to change without notice. Alacritech, the Alacritech logo, SLIC Technology, and the SLIC Technology logo are registered trademarks of Alacritech, Inc. in the United States. Avid, Avid Unity, Film Composer and Make, Manage and Move Media are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Emmy is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS. Grammy is a trademark of The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. Oscar is a trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Other marks belong to their respective owners.
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