-- Performance: Multiple performance increases in database schema,
servers, protocols, clients, and gateways.
-- Security: Full support for Microsoft Active Directory (AD),
Kerberos on Windows, and other Microsoft authentication mechanisms
including delegation and web services.
-- Interfaces:
-- All new Java Admin with more intuitive tree-based navigation.
-- All new Web Client with improved session management and Web 2.0
technologies for fast response times and greater ease of use.
-- All new virtual disk interface providing high-performance
kernel-level integration of SRB into Windows.
-- Metadata: New XML templates for automated document parsing,
enabling automatic metadata extraction and search support for
complex file formats including MS Office files, JPEG, NITF, and
other imagery types.
-- Compatibility: New drivers for tape libraries on Windows and Sun
Microsystems Honeycomb (STK 5800) content addressed storage (CAS).
-- Integration: New API for Microsoft .NET support for web services
integration.
Nirvana presents applications and clients with a uniform interface to
diverse and distributed resources, including file systems, databases, and
archival storage. At the center of a Nirvana federation is the Metadata
Catalog (MCAT), the vehicle for abstraction, providing accredited end users
an enterprise-wide, "collection"-oriented view of all data, of any type,
wherever it is located. Nirvana enables productive collaboration and
efficient data exchange within a secure, scalable, easily administered
environment.
According to Constantin Scheder, Director and Chief Architect of Nirvana,
"As our customers adopt new technologies, Nirvana anticipates and builds
enhancements for greater functionality along with increased performance,
broader compatibility and new product integration. The mission of our
software development team is to continue to give end-users in data-rich
environments the easiest and most efficient way to manage their data."
Nirvana can accelerate demanding research and development projects,
facilitate organizational integration and collaboration, and positively
impact research and business outcome by optimizing data storage and use.
For more information, please visit www.ga.com/nirvana
About General Atomics and Nirvana
General Atomics, founded in 1955, specializes in diversified research,
development, and manufacturing in defense, energy, and other advanced
technologies. Affiliated manufacturing and commercial service companies
include General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., which produces the
Predator® family of unmanned aerial systems.
Nirvana is a division of General Atomics established in 2000. It
commercializes data grid technology originally developed at the San Diego
Supercomputer Center (SDSC), which was founded and operated by General
Atomics. Nirvana is located in San Diego, California, and provides advanced
data solutions to government, research and industry customers in the United
States, the United Kingdom, Germany, India and other countries around the
world.
Contact Information: For Further Information Contact: Joel Zhou, Ph.D. Nirvana General Atomics +1 858 455 2500 joelz@ga.com Doug Fouquet Public Relations General Atomics +1 858 455 2173 fouquet@ga.com