-- 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 todiverse and distributed resources, including file systems, databases, andarchival storage. At the center of a Nirvana federation is the MetadataCatalog (MCAT), the vehicle for abstraction, providing accredited end usersan enterprise-wide, "collection"-oriented view of all data, of any type,wherever it is located. Nirvana enables productive collaboration andefficient data exchange within a secure, scalable, easily administeredenvironment.

According to Constantin Scheder, Director and Chief Architect of Nirvana,"As our customers adopt new technologies, Nirvana anticipates and buildsenhancements for greater functionality along with increased performance,broader compatibility and new product integration. The mission of oursoftware development team is to continue to give end-users in data-richenvironments the easiest and most efficient way to manage their data."

Nirvana can accelerate demanding research and development projects,facilitate organizational integration and collaboration, and positivelyimpact 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 advancedtechnologies. Affiliated manufacturing and commercial service companiesinclude General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., which produces thePredator® family of unmanned aerial systems.

Nirvana is a division of General Atomics established in 2000. Itcommercializes data grid technology originally developed at the San DiegoSupercomputer Center (SDSC), which was founded and operated by GeneralAtomics. Nirvana is located in San Diego, California, and provides advanceddata solutions to government, research and industry customers in the UnitedStates, the United Kingdom, Germany, India and other countries around theworld.

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