ZOOX up 25% today on 2 press releases. The second one is interesting because of how it shows a company where SEG has a passive stake, ZOOX, working with a wholly owned SEG subsidiary, Xiotech, to achieve time-to-market advantages.
As you know, SEG was the only supplier of 7200 rpm, fibre channel and 10000 rpm disk drives for extended periods of time. The 15000 rpm drives figure to be single-sourced for at least two quarters too unless somebody takes a chance at
air-bearing motors to compete with SEG's Minebea fluid-bearing motors.<g>
Gadzoox Networks Capellix Switch Becomes Industry's First SAN Switch to be Certified for Novell Directory Services
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Monday March 27, 7:35 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Gadzoox Networks and XIOtech Join Forces To Deliver Integrated SAN Solutions
SAN JOSE, Calif. and EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000--
Advanced SAN Switch and Storage Consolidation Solution To Be Showcased at Novell's BrainShare Conference This Week
Gadzoox© Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZOOX - news), the leading global provider of SAN (storage area network) solutions, and XIOtech Corporation, a pioneer in the design of virtualized, software-based storage solutions, today announced that the Gadzoox Capellix© family of SAN switches has been selected to integrate with XIOtech's award winning MAGNITUDE(TM) Centralized Storage System line of architected SAN storage systems. Selected versions of the MAGNITUDE ``storage in a box' system will use the Capellix 2000 Stackable SAN switch or the Capellix 3000 Modular SAN switch, providing users with flexible, scalable, high performance SAN storage solutions. The solution will be featured at the Novell BrainShare conference taking place this week in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Offering the highest switching bandwidth along with an easy-to-integrate, yet highly extensible modular design, the state-of-the-art Capellix SAN switch has revolutionized the SAN switching industry by defining and dominating the fastest growing segment of the SAN switch market, according to IDC's latest report published March 2000. With record setting performance and advanced features such as Gadzoox exclusive Reflex II(TM) name server with intelligent state change notification, the Capellix family of SAN switches provides enterprise class reliability and performance that enables XIOtech's MAGNITUDE RAID storage system to be shared by multiple servers throughout a network. By providing virtually unlimited storage capacity and performance expansion, the solution is ideal for eliminating unnecessary servers and for streamlining backup operations in storage and server consolidation applications.
``Fibre channel creates a powerful network storage solution, enabling a variety of SAN options,' said Richard Blaschke, Xiotech executive vice president of marketing. ``The combination of Gadzoox' modular SAN switch technology and XIOtech's architected SAN storage expertise are delivering powerful enterprise class storage solutions to businesses and organizations of all sizes.'
``XIOtech is one of the industry's most innovative SAN storage systems providers in terms of its advanced storage virtualization software and the integration of complete SAN solutions,' said Dave Tang, Gadzoox Networks vice president of marketing. ``That XIOtech is incorporating our Capellix technology into the MAGNITUDE system reflects their commitment to innovation and solutions leadership.'
Capellix, MAGNITUDE: Performance, Flexibility, Manageability
Featuring the latest advancements in SAN switching technology, the Capellix switch offers a unique combination of record-setting performance, high scalability and ease of integration. With a choice of 28-gigabit per second or 12-gigabit per second switching engine and port scalability from 6 to 34 ports, the Capellix family provides the performance and scalability needed for data center and telecommunications applications.
The XIOtech MAGNITUDE solution is designed from the ground-up to incorporate all components of a SAN in one centralized, easily managed, always-available configuration, thus avoiding incompatibility problems with elements from disparate vendors.
The MAGNITUDE simplifies data management by combining the capacity and performance of individual disk drives into a pool of shared storage. XIOtech's exclusive REal-time Data Intelligence (REDI) Storage Architecture provides processing speeds of over 85,000 I/Os per second, sustained data transfer rates of over 70 Megabytes per second, and up to 3.2 terabytes of data storage capacity.
Availability
The MAGNITUDE with the Capellix SAN switch is available from XIOtech Corporation (612.828.5980; www.xiotech.com).
About Gadzoox Networks, Inc.
Gadzoox Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZOOX - news) is a leader in SAN (storage area network) products. The Company provides networking solutions for enterprise storage with scalable, managed SAN solutions based on Gadzoox' Fibre Channel hubs, switches and management products. Serving as modular building blocks, Gadzoox's products are designed to address the growth in enterprise data through the evolving capabilities of SANs. According to the most recent report from market research firm IDC dated February 2000, Gadzoox holds the largest installed base of combined managed switch and hub port shipments from 1997 through 1999. Gadzoox is an ISO 9001 certified Company. Gadzoox corporate headquarters is located at: 5850 Hellyer Avenue, San Jose, CA 95138. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.gadzoox.com or call 888.423.3222.
About XIOtech
XIOtech Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, Incorporated, designs, manufactures and markets integrated Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions that are tailored to the unique information storage needs of business. The XIOtech MAGNITUDE SAN is based on XIOtech's exclusive Real-Time Data Intelligence (REDI) Storage Architecture, which is the first in the industry to implement storage virtualization. Storage virtualization removes complexity and interoperability issues, increases data availability and manageability, and allows the MAGNITUDE to scale to accommodate storage needs today and well into the future. The MAGNITUDE, along with a comprehensive suite of application specific storage software, the REDI Software Family, makes storing, managing, safeguarding, and retrieving data on heterogeneous computing platforms easy and cost effective. Founded in 1995, the company's customers include many industry leaders in the fields of Finance, Internet Service, Healthcare, Education, Government, and Imaging. For more information, visit XIOtech's website at www.xiotech.com (http://www.xiotech.com), call (612)828-5980, or email info@xiotech.com.
Note to editor: Record Setting results based on configurations tested by TPC-C through December 1999, for more information see: www.tpc.org. IDC market research information please reference report 21806. Gadzoox and the Gadzoox logo are registered trademarks of Gadzoox Networks, Inc. Capellix, Gibraltar, Ventana, Reflex and SANtools are trademarks of Gadzoox Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
