PRESS RELEASE:Network Appliance Forms Initiative (Take 2)
Dow Jones Newswires
May 10, 2000
"Amdahl is excited to be a supporter of the Open Storage Networking initiative. Amdahl's focus is working with customers to address real issues. Data management is a key challenge and our products and services are providing immediate value to customers in this regard. Amdahl believes that by focusing on the solution rather than the components of the solution, we will significantly advance their business interests. Amdahl is prepared to support customers moving forward with evaluating how the solutions made possible by the Open Storage Networking Initiative can be applied to solve critical business issues today," said Peter Robinson, director, Amdahl Storage Marketing. Cisco Systems Press Contact Marketing Contact Terry Anderson Duncan Potter 408/525-7188 djpotter@cisco.com terrande@cisco.com
"The OSN initiative mirrors a core Cisco value -- delivery of open, standards-based systems, like Gigabit Ethernet and IP, that provide customers with the flexibility to create the network architecture best suited to their changing needs," said Soni Jiandani, vice president of marketing for Cisco's Enterprise Workgroup Business Unit. "The emerging demand for storage networking solutions is an excellent example of our ability to provide customers with both investment protection and agility as new network requirements arise." Foundry Networks Press Contact Marketing Contact Jenni Brumfield Bob Erwin 408/586-1751 408/586-1920 jenni@foundrynet.com berwin@foundrynet.com "Foundry Networks is excited to support the storage industry's move to embrace a true open network solution utilizing Gigabit Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet provides excellent performance and network simplicity at a great price. As the first Gigabit Ethernet switch provider and long time performance leader, Foundry brings to the OSN initiative proven expertise in wire-speed, high port density and reliable switch design," said Bobby Johnson, president and CEO of Foundry Networks. Legato Systems Press Contact Marketing Contact Jerry Gowen Kati Nelson 801/437-8148 650/842-9504 jgowen@legato.com knelson@legato.com *T
"By leveraging the existing networking infrastructure, the OSN initiative complements other, emerging architectures and extends the promise of storage networking by providing new options for customers based on proven, standard technologies," said Scott McIntyre, Business Line manager for Storage Networking at Legato Systems. "Legato is committed to open, interoperable storage networks, as evidenced by our role as co-developers of NDMP, and by the Legato SAN Ready and Celestra Consortium programs, both of which are designed to provide interoperable storage networking solutions. Our participation in the OSN initiative is a natural fit with this commitment." VERITAS Software Press Contact Kathleen Phelps-Schroeder 805/783-4542 kathleen.phelps@veritas.com
"VERITAS Software is committed to providing our customers with industry-leading storage management applications," said Jan Jentz, director of SAN strategies, VERITAS Software. "By participating in the OSN initiative, we continue to support the development of SAN standards to increase interoperability and availability across the infrastructure of their choice."
Harris Bergman, co-founder and chief technology officer for Medizeus stated, "Medizeus utilizes an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) database to provide an electronic second opinion for mammogram readings. We improve the accuracy and timely reporting of mammogram results. As mammograms are added to the database, the accuracy increases, ultimately allowing women to become part of the solution to detecting and treating breast cancer in the earliest stages of the disease." According to Bergman, "the real power behind Medizeus' technology is our mammography database. An application of this kind just wasn't possible in the past -- the storage and bandwidth requirements are just too great. Open Storage Networking will be essential to us as we move forward into storing petabytes of medical images in multiple data centers accessed by several different computing platforms."
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