The Cornice 2 Gigabyte Storage Element won the Best Mobile Storage Award.
2004 Storage Visions Conference and Home Gateway Summit Announce Storage Visions Award Winners; Record Attendance at 2004 Event
2004 International CES
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2004--
Storage Tours of 2004 CES and Digital Content Techzone to Start January 8
The Third Annual Storage Visions(SM) Conference and Home Gateway Summit (SV/HG, a partner program to the 2004 CES) awards were presented to record attending crowds last night at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The awards were presented to companies advancing the state of the art in storage technologies utilized in consumer electronics, the media and entertainment industries, and to service firms that support those businesses.
David Takata, president and CEO of Engage Capital, said, "We are proud to have sponsored the conference awards. Given the host of convergence themes, Storage Visions has proven to be the one event that innovators in consumer electronics cannot afford to miss. The 2004 awards demonstrate the breadth and depth the conference has achieved in searching for best-in-breed products and services, while remaining true to its storage technology roots."
The Archos AV300 was the winner of the Best Mobile Consumer Electronics Award. The Cornice 2 Gigabyte Storage Element won the Best Mobile Storage Award. The Best Mobile Mass Storage Award was presented to Honda for its auto navigation system. The Best Enterprise Class Media Award went to Seagate Technology for the Cheetah 15K.3 146 Gigabyte disk drive. The Best Integrated Home Entertainment Award went to Sony for the PSX. Isilon Systems won the Best Enterprise Class Systems Award for its Isilon IQ.
Rio's parent company, Digital Networks North America, was the winner of the Visionary Consumer Electronics Company Award for its pioneering use of digital storage in consumer electronics products. Kasenna won the Visionary Media and Entertainment Company Award for innovation in video delivery and storage. The Visionary Services and Support Company Award went to Solectron for its history of exceptional quality and service in support of the consumer electronics industry.
In addition, the conference organizer presented three Founders Awards. The honors went to Maxtor in recognition of its advancement of ATA-based network storage and for its category-defining OneTouch personal back-up product; to Seagate for its long history of market-leading technologies and volume leadership in data storage, and in recognition of its early support of the Storage Visions conferences; and to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for developing the Microdrive Digital Media product and for its pioneering role in the hard disk drive industry.
The 2004 SV/HG Conference addressed critical technology and market issues for the implementation of a completely digital entertainment industry. Speakers at the conference came from key companies participating in the creation of digital multimedia content -- its distribution, archiving and reception.
Conference information for the 2005 Storage Visions Conference and Home Gateway Summit as well as further information on the 2004 conference is now available on the Storage Visions website, www.storagevisions.com.
Storage Visions will be giving four storage tours of the 2004 CES exhibit floor to press and analysts between January 8-10, 2004. The storage tours will take place on January 8 at 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM, and on January 9 and 10 at 11:00 AM. Press and analysts may register for these tours by sending an email indicating their interest and contact information to info@storagevisions.com.
