 Luminex continues to be recognized throughout the industry media organizations for our unique products and technology. This section provides recent media and a history of Luminex press announcements.
2008 Press Releases
July 28, 2008 - Luminex First to Deliver 8GB/S FICON Mainframe Virtual Tape. Channel Gateway now shipping with industry leading performance. Luminex announced today that their Channel Gateway mainframe virtual tape products are now available with 8GB/s FICON speeds. Read the entire release.
Copan Systems and Luminex Partner to Offer Mainframe Customers New Choices for Virtual Tape. Offer significant reduction in cost and complexity
for managing massive volumes of write once, read occasionally "Persistent Data" on the mainframe. Read the entire release.
Luminex and Platform Solutions Partner to Offer Mainframe Virtual Tape solution. Luminex Software, Inc., a leading developer of mainframe connectivity and virtual tape products, and Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI), developer of System64TM Open Mainframe servers, announced today at the SHARE Technology. Read the entire release.
Luminex Partners With Terasystem as its Channel Gateway Distributor for Italy, Spain and Portugal. Luminex Software, Inc., a leading developer of mainframe connectivity and virtual tape products, announced today at the SHARE Technology Exchange Expo that it has partnered with Terasystem S.p.A., the largest data storage system integrator in Italy, as its full service channel partner for its ground breaking Channel Gateway products in Italy, Spain and Portugal. Read the entire release.
2007 Press Releases
Luminex Announces Comprehensive Base of Mainframe Virutal Tape Installations. Channel Gateway product family, these installations demonstrate the rapidly
growing industry acceptance and unparalleled versatility of the Channel Gateway in bringing new technologies to the mainframe base of customers. Read the entire release.
ETI-NET and Luminex Partner to Simplify Mainframe Data Sharing. ETI-NET's EZX/BlackBox and Luminex's Channel Gateway Provide Seamless Data Sharing Between HP NonStop Servers and IBM Mainframes. Read the entire release.
Data Domain and Luminex Partner to Address Mainframe Users' Data Protection Needs. Vendors enable de-duplication of mainframe data for tape-free disk backup and network-based disaster recovery. Read the entire release.
Luminex Works With Sun to Bring Innovative Virtual Tape Storage Solution to Mainframe Customers. The Sun Fire X4500 Server and Luminex Channel Gateway Software deliver the power of ZFS and Solaris 10 into the mainframe storage arena. Read the entire release.
Luminex's Channel Gateway Mainframe Virtual Tape Installed and Operational at Chungwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (Taiwan). Luminex's Channel Gateway Virtual Tape System fully operational at Chungwa Telecom, Taiwan's leading telecommunications service provider, resulting in faster performance and reduced 3490 tape management. Read the entire release.
Luminex Announces First 4-Port PCI-X Based Mainframe ESCON Channel HBA. Platform Solutions, Inc. Open Mainframe™ Servers to offer Luminex ESCON channel technology. Read the entire release.
Luminex Announces Expansion of the Mainframe Channel Gateway FICON and ESCON Family of Products. Luminex announces new additions to its Channel Gateway FICON and ESCON family of products. Read the entire release.
Luminex Announces Mainframe Data De-Duplication Solution in Production at Shoden Data Systems. Luminex Channel Gateway simplifies customer implementation of tape-less backup, cost effective remote replication and rapid recovery process. Read the entire release.
2006 Press Releases
Luminex Announces That Its Channel Gateway 3200 for Encrypted Mainframe Data Distribution is in Full Production at Fidelity Information Systems. Solution protects Fidelity's confidential customer information while in transit. Read the entire release.
Luminex and Sepaton partner to bring disk-based back-up and recovery to mainframe environments. Sepaton S2100-ES2 VTL certified for Luminex Channel Gateway 3400. Read the entire release.
Luminex named one of Los Angeles Area's Fastest Growing Technology Companies in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Program for 5th consecutive year. Luminex attributes its sustained growth over the past five years
to its innovative "Universal Storage Networking" technologies. Read the entire release.
Luminex establishes European sales office. Luminex announced today that it has established a European sales presence with Eric Case as Luminex's European sales manager. Read the entire release.
Luminex's Channel Gateway 3400 Mainframe Tape Encryption solution is in full production at leading worldwide financial institutions. The Luminex Channel Gateway solution is a fabric-based mainframe tape encryption solution with no MIPS impact to the mainframe, no increase in the backup window, and no new tape media Read the entire press release.
 Luminex Announces RoHS-compliant FICON & ESCON HBA's.
Luminex announced today that as of July 1, 2006 RoHS-compliant versions of its ESCON and FICON host bus adaptors are now available. Read the entire press release...
Luminex Announces New Mainframe Developer Platform for FICON.
Luminex announced today the first of its kind mainframe developer platform for FICON. The developer platform is available through Luminex and incorporates Luminex’s FICON driver and mainframe control unit software development kit leveraging industry standard Emulex® LightPulse® Fibre Channel HBA products. The Emulex HBAs are available in many formats including single- and dual-channel, along with RoHS compliant PCI-X and PCI Express form factors. Read the entire press release...
Luminex Announces Channel Gateway 3000 Family of FICON-Based Mainframe Storage Gateway Products
Luminex announced today the Channel Gateway 3000 Family of products and specifically the Channel Gateway 3200 and Channel Gateway 3400 product lines. The Channel Gateway product family is a new family of products from Luminex that will open the mainframe storage market to the competitive market forces that are at work in the open systems storage market by providing FICON capabilities with industry standard server platforms. Read the entire press release...
Luminex Announces that its Channel Gateway 3200 For Encrypted Mainframe Data Distribution is in Full Production at Leading Financial Services Company
Luminex announced today the completion of installation and release for production of its Channel Gateway 3200 mainframe encryption and distribution solution at a leading global financial services company with some multi-million customer accounts. Read the entire press release...
Assemblyman John J. Benoit Recognizes Luminex as Small Business of the Year
Assemblyman Benoit (R-Riverside) recognized Luminex at a special event in Sacramento, California, Small Business Association’s Small Business Day, honoring the contributions of small business to the State of California. Read the entire press release. Read the entire press release...
Luminex Announces Major Mainframe OEM Win
Luminex announced today that Unisys® Corporation is now shipping Luminex's SBCON controller in the ClearPath® Plus Dorado Mainframes. With SBCON connectivity provided by Luminex's Model 6999 64-bit PCI SBCON HBA, Unisys is providing its ClearPath Plus Dorado Mainframe users a new level of high performance for OS 2200 systems, with seamless access to their legacy ESCON disk and tape devices, providing full upward compatibility.
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Leading U.S. Bank Now Encrypting Mainframe Tape Backups Using Luminex Solutions
Luminex Software, Inc. announced today the successful implementation of its Data|WARE™ Channel Gateway mainframe tape encryption solution at a leading U.S. bank. The bank selected the Luminex solution after an extensive evaluation process which included mainframe encryption solutions from major industry vendors. The Luminex win was attributed to superior performance, ease-of-use, zero impact to mainframe operations, and compatibility with the bank’s current configuration.
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