Kenneth, Nice article on Lucent's incorporation of Fibre Channel technology into their Optical Area Networking initiatives. How is the OptiStar(TM) initiative viewed by people on this thread? I ask because it was announced today that Lucent will be using Vixel's FC technology in its OptiStar(TM) product line, and I'm long VIXL. Please see the article below for the announcement.
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Lucent Technologies to use Technology from Vixel to Drive New Storage Applications
Bothell, WA, May 2, 2000 - Vixel Corporation (Nasdaq: VIXL) today announced that Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) will integrate Vixel's Fibre Channel switching technology into its OptiStar? product line. Vixel's technology will help Lucent develop solutions that interconnect Storage Area Networks (SANs) over high performance, IP-based Wide Area Networks (WANs).
Enterprises and service providers (Internet, application and storage) require ultra high-speed interfaces to efficiently transport the information stored in today's server farms. Connecting islands of SANs over IP-based WANs increases the flexibility and capabilities of the storage infrastructure to meet the needs of today's e-commerce applications. With a high-speed SAN-to-SAN connection, enterprises will benefit from new types of SAN applications, such as disaster recovery, remote backup, dynamic data replication, as well as enterprise server and storage consolidation.
"By integrating Vixel's Fibre Channel switching technology directly into our WAN access solutions, Lucent can help eliminate the bandwidth bottleneck created by traditional routed architectures, and extend the SAN beyond the campus and into the high-speed optical WAN network," said Tim Sullivan, vice president & general manager of Lucent's Optical Area Networking group.
"As SANs increase in both size and complexity, connecting SANs over IP-based WANs is the next evolution of the storage infrastructure," said Jim McCluney, president and CEO, Vixel Corporation. "Our work with Lucent will enable enterprises to deploy SANs that are highly available and scalable and will accelerate the delivery of innovative storage solutions to meet the intense storage requirements of today's service providers."
Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference include risks affecting Vixel's ability to meet its quality and performance standards, development of the storage area network, or SAN market, the competitiveness and performance of Vixel's products in the rapidly changing SAN market and the ability of Vixel to meet evolving product standards required by customers and others involved in the distribution channel for SAN products. |
