A new system for storing mountains of data
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E-Systems Inc, which made electronics systems for secret government projects in cold war times, has developed a commercial mass-storage system of a type that analysts believe will be needed by many companies in the late 1990s. The new product is called Emass, which refers to E-Systems Modular Automated Storage System. The system was created by combining magnetic technology with high-speed robotics. E-Systems developed a tape drive that is ten times faster than conventional drives for mass-storage systems. E-Systems worked with Odetics Corp to develop a four-armed robot that retrieves data cartridges and places them in the tape drives as needed. Emass, which works with supercomputers made by Convex Computer Corp and Cray Research Inc, stores up to a trillion bytes of data on six tape cassettes. An E-Systems storage library, in its basic configuration, will cost $685,000. The storage system will face competition from Storage Technology Corp in 1994.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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Doing business screen to screen: video conference calls shorten the distance between two points
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Video conferencing is experiencing an enormous increase in use. The popular technology, is becoming much more so as a result of the the war in the Persian Gulf. The crisis in the Gulf region is one of several reasons that combine to benefit video conferencing. First, there is an overall tendency to curtail corporate travel, for safety, economics and time-saving. Second, advances in computer chips translate into advances in conferencing technology and falling prices, with new systems costing about one-half of the $90,000 price tag in 1987. Video conferences are now possible in major metropolitan areas where long-distance telephone companies have completed fiber-optic networks that can transmit volumes of digital code. According to one industry executive, while video conference calling has limitations, depending on the purpose of a meeting, it can be 90-100 percent as effective as 'being there.'
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1991
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New tools aid oil hunt in U.S
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Technological advances in locating and extracting oil reserves may help stretch US oil production well into the 21st century. Chief among these developments is computer simulation programs running on high-speed computers that predict how sound waves might reflect off rock layers where oil pockets are thought to exist. The rock formations simulated by the computer are based on information acquired from drilling and exploration over many years. From simulation results, engineers can decide where to set up seismic tests before buying land lease rights. The biggest problem with simulation programs is gaining a clear picture of what lies beneath sound-absorbing salt layers. Advances in seismic recording technique, probably two or three years away, will greatly improve programs' accuracy. Even so, many companies have already reported improved drilling results after employing simulation.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1989
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