Aliso Viejo-based QLogic said earlier this week that it has certified the firm's InfiniBand adapters and switches with Chatsworth-based DataDirect 's S2A InfiniBand storage arrays. The two said the certification would give their respective customers better access to native InfiniBand product The firms said the certification is aimed at customer in the high performance computing (HPC) market. DataDirect Networks provides data storage specifically optimized to provide high performance to supercomptuers and other high performance computing environments; QLogic is a maker of storage related

Chatsworth-based MRV Communications said yesterday that it has been selected by Calabasas-based Spirent Communications as part of a testing product. MRV said that its power control products are being used as part of Spirent's xDSL Automated Regression Test offering, which is used by equipment manufacturers to test their networking equipment. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. ...Tags: Tags: equipment testing spirent communication

Chatsworth-based Logicube, a developer of hard drive duplication products, announced this morning that the firm has appointed Gabi Abraham as Chief Technologist at the firm. According to Logicube, Abraham has also previously served at Lucent Technologies, and has over 10 years of engineering and product development experience. Logicube develops products used for disk drive duplication and Abraham joins the firm from Strix Systems, where he was System Architect.

Chatsworth-based Aleratec , a manufacturer of hard drive, DVD and CD duplication and other hardware, said Monday that it has hired on Howard Wing as the firm's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Aleratec's hardware includes hard disk duplicators, and DVD and CD publishing products. Aleratec's products are sold through online and other retailers. ...Tags: Wing joins the company from Plextor, where he was VP of Sales and Marketing. Tags: aleratec hard drive duplication optical executive sale

Chatsworth-based data storage provider DataDirect Networks is reporting this morning that the firm's products have been selected by Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL) for a supercomputer storage installation. DataDirect said that sixteen of the firm's S2A9900 products are being used in LLNL's next generation computational simulation environments. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. DataDirect Networks manufactures high speed data storage devices, specifically geared toward the high performance computing (HPC) market.

Chatsworth-based Capstone Turbine, a developer of microturbine systems for producing energy, said Monday that the firm has signed KLIMA, Distribuidora y Comercial Termica Ltda., a distributor of products in the country of Chile. According to Capstone, Santiago, Chile-based KLIMA will sell Capstone's products to HVAC contractors and others in Chile. Capstone said that KLIMA is the largest energy consulting firm and provider of Heating Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems in Chil

Chatsworth-based Logicube , a developer of hard drive duplication and electronic forensics products, announced this morning that it has acquired the intellectual property behind its CellDEK technology. The firm said the acquisition will give it full control over content, features, and functions of the technology, as well as world-wide sales and distribution of current and future products using the technology. ...Tags: The firm had originally co-developed the technology--used to capture data from cell phones, PDAs, and GPS devices--along with Forensic Science Service.

Chatsworth-based MRV Communications , a developer of optical transport products, said Monday that it has named Joan E. Herman as Chair of its board of directors. Herman replaces Shlomo Margalit, who continues as a board member and as MRV's Chief Technology Officer. The company also said that Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Guenter Jaensch and Dan Tsui have all retired from its board.

Chatsworth-based MRV Communications, a developer of optical networking equipment, said Wednesday that the firm's products have been chosen by a school district in Texas. According to MRV, the firm's OptiSwitch equipment has been chosen by the Mesquite Independent School District, as part of an effort to migrate away from expensive leased fiber-optic network services. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed.

Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks , a manufacturer of storage systems focused on the high performance market, said Monday that the firm has created a storage system specifically targeted at cloud storage. DataDirect said its new Web Object Scaler (WOS) product is specifically focused on solving performance, scalability, and management problems associated with content creation, storage, and distribution. The firm is focusing its new product on use for storing Internet content, including photo, video, music, social networking, and other sites, as well as use in data intensive applications like bank check processing and medical and document imaging.