Year: 2009

Sonnet Technologies has released the Allegro FireWire 800 PCIe (PCI
Express) adapter card. This adapter
(http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegrofirewire800pcie.html)–
which has a suggested retail price of US$99.95 — delivers faster
FireWire 800 performance to Mac Pro, and Power Mac G5, Xserve, and
Windows PCs with PCI Express slots.

It’s backward compatible with FireWire 400 drives and other devices.
According to the folks at Sonnet, the Allegro FireWire 800 PCIe
features the fastest FireWire 800 controller: the Texas Instruments
XIO2213A.

ATTO Technology (http://www.attotech.com), a provider of storage
connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive
computing environment, has announced that their FastStream Storage
Controller has been certified with the Fibrenetix E4 storage system.

The FastStream is engineered for real-time applications which require
managed latency and feature ADS and DriveAssure technology to ensure
best-in-industry data transfers for high-bandwidth applications while
preventing premature drive failures and drive slow downs providing
uninterrupted access to data, according to Ja

ProStor (http://www.prostorsystems.com) — which specializes in
enterprise-class removable disk storage systems for business backup,
archiving and retention management — has announced the availability
of a new 640GB (1.28TB compressed) RDX removable disk cartridge.

As with all industry standard RDX removable disk, the latest RDX
cartridge is fully read and write compatible with all RDX, RD1000 and
ProStor InfinVault products.

Group Logic (http://www.grouplogic.com), a provider of
enterprise-class connectivity solutions, has announced y the general
availability of MassTransit 6.1. This new release includes a new web
portal for occasional users, a completely redesigned user interface
for power users and a number of new enterprise infrastructure
features.

MassTransit provides a file transfer solution for infrequent file
transfers, a powerful tool for high volume, high frequency transfers
and automated tools for system-to-system file transfers.

Vestax (http://www.vestax.com), which specializes in professional DJ
equipment, and algoriddim (http://www.algoriddim.net), which makes
next-generation music software for the Mac, have released Spin, an
all-in-one bundle of digital DJ hardware and algoriddim’s djay 3
software.

The Spin DJ controller was jointly developed for integration with the
djay software, and lets you mix, scratch and play your music like a
turntable DJ.