Wednesday, February 18, 2004iQstor Goes To SchoolNewbury Park-based iQstor Networks (www.iqstor.com) announced that La Sierra University has deployed the company's iQ1000 intelligent storage system. La Sierra will deploy 2.2TB of disk space to consolidate storage from the campus files servers and stream multimedia feeds.
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Troika Certifies Emulex HBAsWestlake Village-based Troika Networks (www.troikanetworks.com) has certified its Application Switches for use with host bus adapters from Irvine-based Emulex (www.emulex.com). The certification means that Troika's platform for storage applications will work with Emulex storage networking hardware.
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SMC Ships USB WiFi AdapterIrvine-based SMC Networks (www.smc.com) has shipped a new USB 2.0 Adapter which provides wireless connectivity to laptops and desktops. The new adapter makes it easy for consumers to connect to any 802.11g and 802.11b wireless networks through any USB port.
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NEC Opens Media DivisionNEC Solutions America reports that it has created a new Media Solutions Division focused on the creation and delivery of digital media for advertising, features films, and alternative content. According to the company, the new division will be headed by Kurt Schwenk, director of media solutions, and supported by Harry Mathias, director of technology. Mathias was most recently at BARCO, and Schwenk has a long career in the entertainment industry.
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RackSaver Bolsters Sales ForceSan Diego-based RackSaver (www.racksaver.com) has added Dane Smith as VP Global Sales. Smith joins from Sun Microsystems. Racksaver is developing high density blade servers.
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Avamar Lands Marketing ExecIrvine-based Avamar Technologies (www.avamar.com) has added Brian Anderson as chief marketing officer. Anderson was most recently CMO at Access360, which was acquired by IBM in October 2002, and where he continued to direct global marketing for IBM Tivoli Security and Linux solutions.
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Akonix Finds VPSan Diego-based Akonix Systems (www.akonix.com) has added Ron Hegli as VP of Engineering. Hegli joins from Websense, where he was VP Engineering and Chief Architect. Akonix is developing enterprise-class software to manage instant messaging and other real-time communications.
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IP3 Networks Signs DistributorCarlsbad-based IP3 Networks (www.ip3networks.com) has signed Connectronics as an authorized distributor of its broadband access control products. Connectronics will distribute IP3's line of billing gateways and broadband access control products.
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IMC Semiconductor Changes Name, Announces ProductAgoura Hills-based IMC Semiconductor (www.imcsemi.com) has launched a new family of PCI Express switch and bridge chips for high performance graphics and computing. In addition, the company announced it has renamed itself from Internet Machines to IMC Semiconductor, as well as appointed Frank Kneuttel as President and CEO. The company has also added Dennis Rehm as Director of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.
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Tanner Opens Taiwan SubsidiaryPasadena-based Tanner EDA (www.tannereda.com) has opened a wholly-owned subsidiary in Taiwan to help support demand for its Windows-based EDA tools. Tanner Research Taiwan will support sales and support for the Greater China region, including training, multi-language support, and native language menus for Tanner's software tools.
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