Zetta releases SnapWrite OS feature

Seattle-based Zetta Systems released its SnapWrite technology for Zetta Server, an operating system that creates SAN solutions with features such as thin provisioning, unlimited instantaneous snapshots, and remote replication all using non-proprietary Intel hardware. SnapWrite restores large terabyte databases instantly, as well as non-disruptive write access to any snapshot.

Multiple SnapWrite copies can be created transparently with zero downtime. SnapWrite is suitable for production environments such as Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, and data warehouses.

NetMusic.com buys Audio Lunchbox

Seattle-based NetMusic Entertainment Corp., a network of digital media, acquired independent music giant Audio Lunchbox.

The combination creates the largest online collection of independent music in the world, a licensed catalog of over one million tracks, incorporating more than 4,000 labels.

Physician Micro Systems updates Total Practice Partner

Seattle-based Physician Micro Systems Inc. released Total Practice Partner Version 8.1. Total Practice Partner is an EHR and practice management package that includes Practice Partner Patient Records, Order Entry, Medical Billing, and Appointment Scheduler.

Physician Micro Systems develops electronic health records, practice management, and computerized physician order entry software.

Version 8.1 provides an increased level of integration between the applications. Total Practice Partner runs on a single database, enabling integration features such as common registration, shared internal messaging, electronic encounter form generation, and other information sharing between the applications. New versions of the Practice Partner applications are now released together, as Total Practice Partner.

Boeing to try in-flight Internet

Connexion by Boeing this month will begin a trial on high-speed, in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity for airline passengers.

The trial will be conducted by Vodafone and the Boeing Co. through its Puget Sound-based Connexion by Boeing division. It will test the Vodafone product with the Connexion by Boeing real-time, in-flight Internet service.

eSkye teams with Conetto Winery

Walla Walla-based Conetto Winery Services Northwest signed an agreement with eSkye Software, a provider of wine and spirits software and Web-based solutions for the beverage industry.

The agreement enables CWS to bring the software to the wineries of the Pacific Northwest. eSkye Software helps with vineyard management, winery production and bottling, finished goods and inventory management, and sales and distribution.

Onyx gains Australian government contract

Seattle-based Onyx Software Corp. was awarded a contract to improve information management for the Australian government's Department of Child Safety and Department of Communities.

Onyx expects to realize $1.2 million in revenue during the second quarter of 2005 as a result of the contract.

The new Onyx system is designed to allow caseworkers to store and access information about each child or young person in the child protection or youth justice system, as well as their care givers. When the system is introduced in mid-2005, it will replace a number of enterprise systems and local systems that have evolved over time.

Media Distributors opens in Seattle

Studio City, Calif.-based Media Distributors, a distributor of professional media products for the entertainment industry and for corporate/enterprise markets, has expanded into the Seattle marketplace.

Media Distributors' portfolio includes motion picture film stock, professional videotape, data media, storage drives, computer peripherals, including duplication systems, and archive library labeling services.

Heading Media Distributors' new Seattle operations are Patrick Thometz and Shawn Bunnell.

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