Amherst, NY – ATTO Technology, Inc. today announced its Desklink™ category of products designed to allow all-in-ones, laptops and Ultrabooks to utilize high- performance storage and networks is now shipping. The first two offerings in ATTO’s extensive, next generation portfolio of connectivity products are the ThunderLink™ and ThunderStream™devices.

“We are excited to be shipping our first products in the Desklink category,” said Wayne Arvidson, vice president of marketing at ATTO Technology, Inc. “The tremendous response we received from our technology demonstrations and announcements of our ThunderLink and ThunderStream devices over the past months has translated into the highest level of interest in any new product ATTO has ever introduced.”

Desklink devices are ATTO’s latest breakthrough in high-performance storage and network connectivity technology. New small form factor platforms, such as laptops, all-in-ones and Ultrabooks, are as powerful as desktop or desk-side systems, but face the challenge of interfacing into high-performance storage and network infrastructures. Desklink devices allow these platforms unprecedented access to Fibre Channel SANs, SAS storage or 10GbE networks.

ThunderLink SAS Desklink Devices (Model No.TLSH-1068-D00, MSRP $795.00) SAS Desklink devices provide flexible connectivity to SAS/SATA storage arrays. They are the premier choice for high-performance direct-attached storage connectivity.
ThunderLink Fibre Channel Desklink Devices (Model No. TLFC-1082-D00, MSRP $1,195.00) Fibre Channel Desklink devices provide connectivity for Thunderbolt™ technology enabled computers to Fibre Channel SANs and direct access to enterprise class storage with support for high availability features such as load-balancing and failover.
ThunderLink 10Gb Ethernet Desklink Devices (10GBASE-T - Model: TLNT-1102-D00, MSRP $995; 10GbE SFP+ - Model: TLNS-1101-D00, MSRP $1,195.00) 10GbE Desklink devices provide the most flexible and scalable connectivity for network environments. ThunderLink devices also deliver high performance I/O connectivity and Lossless Ethernet support for improved iSCSI block storage access.
ThunderStream RAID Desklink Devices (Model: TSSC-3808-D00, MSRP $1,295.00) ThunderStream Storage Controllers add ATTO’s industry leading RAID technology to SAS/SATA based drive arrays. This allows users to add data protection with a high-performance inter-connect to a Thunderbolt technology enabled platform. They are also available in an embeddable form factor for RAID storage manufacturers and providers.

ATTO is showcasing Desklink™ devices at IBC 2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 7 through September 11, in Hall 7, Stand F41 of the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre. Desklink devices will also be demonstrated in a number of ATTO Access™ partner booths throughout the show as well as other events throughout the year.

“For 25 years, ATTO Technology has demonstrated the leadership that provides our customers breakthroughs in storage and network connectivity and performance,” added Arvidson. “ThunderLink and ThunderStream are two excellent examples of delivery on that vision.”

For more information on ATTO ThunderLink™ and ThunderStream™ Desklink™ devices contact Digistor.

ATTO Technology Delivers Connectivity Solutions for HP File-based Editing Platform

August 7, 2012

Amherst, NY – ATTO Technology, Inc. today introduced a new connectivity solution for HP's media and entertainment File-based Editing Platform for Mac® environments. This next-generation, end-to-end solution offered by ATTO consists of ATTO's Celerity 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), HP P2000 G3 MSA Storage, an HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch, an HP ProLiant DL360 server, the HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 SAS Tape Drive series and Quantum’s StorNext File System.

This solution has been designed to offer a single application suite for the entire post-production workflow, including editing, graphics, color grading, mastering and archiving activities. The HP File-based Editing Platform enables an end-to-end, high-performance, reliable and affordable solution for post-production companies, news organizations, sports editing, advertising and gaming companies, as well as digital media production and broadcast facilities.

“By leveraging ATTO’s technologies with HP technology, we are able to create a unique workflow solution that meets the needs of end users in a variety of environments,” said Wayne Arvidson, vice president of marketing at ATTO Technology, Inc. “We are pleased to work with HP as it provides end-to-end platforms for our core markets, including workstations, servers, storage and tape, all which benefit from enhanced performance when using ATTO storage and network connectivity products.”

ATTO is showcasing their full portfolio of high-performance connectivity products, including its Celerity 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs and Thunderbolt™-enabled Desklink™ devices, at IBC 2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 7 through September 11. Located in Booth 7-F41 of the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre, ATTO is also showing additional HP-qualified products for a wide spectrum of Fibre Channel, SAS, and Ethernet infrastructure products in Mac OS® X, Windows® and Linux environments.

ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel HBAs feature Multipath Director™, a proprietary technology that provides high performance connectivity for Mac® and Windows® workstations, a solution especially useful in media, entertainment, healthcare, oil & gas, government, education, scientific, advertising, and rich digital asset content creation markets.

ATTO’s Desklink™ family of devices consists of ThunderLink™ and ThunderStream™ products. They allow portable devices that, in the past, incorporated interfaces such as FireWire and USB connections, high-bandwidth access to external 6Gb SAS/SATA storage, 8Gb Fibre Channel and 10Gb Ethernet networks via Thunderbolt. These devices enable all-in-ones and laptops connectivity with existing high-performance HP Converged Storage and HP Networking environments.

For more information on ATTO's HP File-based Editing Platform solutions contact Digistor.

ATTO Technology Announces Support for Mac OS X Mountain Lion

July 27, 2012

Amherst, NY – ATTO Technology, Inc. today announced it has readied Mac OS® X Mountain Lion driver support for its Celerity Fibre Channel Host Bust Adapters (HBAs), ExpressSAS/SATA HBAs and RAID Adapters, FastFrameTM Network Interface Cards (NICs) and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) as well as ExpressPCI SCSI HBAs. ATTO is the only high-performance connectivity provider with a full portfolio of adapters available on the market that support the latest Apple® operating system. Customers can download the latest drivers at www.attotech.com.

ATTO also offers several software-based productivity and performance-enhancing solutions for the Apple market supporting OS X Mountain Lion. Xtend SAN iSCSi Initiator software allows Mac® users to easily access block storage over Ethernet, while ATTO’s Power Center software is a disk storage RAID application that allows users to maximize attached storage when using ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel HBAs, ExpressSAS/SATA and RAID Adapters and ExpressPCI SCSI Adapters.

“For more than 20 years, ATTO has worked closely with Appleto provide users accessibility to the latest Mac operating system,” said Wayne Arvidson, vice president of marketing at ATTO. “End users have consistently relied on ATTO Technology to power the most demanding applications in media and entertainment, government and education, and large data block environments. These drivers demonstrate ATTO’s commitment to providing support of Mac OS X Mountain Lion.”

Mac OS® X has long been the platform choice for creative professionals, and advancements in file sizes and project complexity have pushed users to grow their storage footprint exponentially. ATTO has continually provided the industry’s most reliable products powering high-performance audio and video workflows, including 2 and 4K digital production, high-definition video editing and rich-content creation. ATTO allows Mac® users to choose from a full spectrum of high-performance adapters for SCSI, Fibre Channel, SAS and Ethernet environments.

“ATTO is committed to delivering industry-leading solutions that meet our customers' performance expectations and aggressive time-to-market requirements," added Arvidson. “We encourage all of our customers to download our latest drivers by visiting www.attotech.com.”

For more information on ATTO contact Digistor

About ATTO Technology, Inc.

ATTO Technology, Inc. is a global leader of storage and network connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO provides a wide range of end-to-end solutions to help customers better store, manage and deliver their data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance, ATTO manufactures host adapters, RAID adapters, network adapters, RAID storage controllers, ThunderboltTM technology-enabled DesklinkTM devices, bridges, switches and software. ATTO solutions are based on providing a high level of connectivity to all storage interfaces including Fibre Channel, SAS, SATA, iSCSI, 10GbE, FCoE and Thunderbolt. ATTO distributes its products worldwide through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators, VARs and authorized distributors.