Taipei, Taiwan, February 23, 2006 -- Areca Technology Corporation, a leading provider of PCI-X, PCI-Express SATA II RAID controllers, today announced it has joined the Intel® Storage Community (ISC). Areca Technology has a strong commitment to providing leading-edge, standards-based solutions in the storage market segment with its investments in the next generation of platforms such as RAID 6.
Through its membership in the ISC, Areca Technology has early involvement with new Intel roadmaps for timely market delivery and participates in the community’s design of new storage solutions. For example, in May 2005, Areca Technology’s ARC-1170 became the industry’s first 24 port RAID 6 SATAII RAID card with an Intel® IOP331 I/O processor providing the performance for the high-speed market segment.
“Our participation in the Intel Storage Community will result in better and more timely storage solutions for our customers," said Billion Wu, CEO, Areca Technology Corporation. "With access to a broad range of Intel standards-based building blocks, we can further accelerate time-to-market of innovative modular storage solutions."
"The combination of Intel’s Storage Processor and RAID 6 engine with Areca’s stable PCI-X and PCI-E RAID 6 RAID card demonstrates how the ISC benefits storage developers through the development of cost-effective solutions that reduce time to market,” said Mike Wall, general manager, Intel Storage Group. “As a member of ISC, Areca Technology Corporation serves the storage market segment as a resource for solutions based on the latest Intel storage building blocks, complemented by leading third-party solutions."
The Intel® Storage Community is an organization of storage developers and solution providers committed to the development of innovative standards-based storage solutions that are based on the latest Intel technologies and building blocks. To learn more, please visit:
http://www.intel.com/design/network/Intel Storage Community/index.htm.
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