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To: E_K_S who wrote (1431)	5/8/2003 7:49:25 PM
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V-Switch Alliances Take Shape May 8, 2003 (http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=33488) Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD) and Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) have emerged as the two clear frontrunners in the SAN virtualization switch derby, but it's still far from certain how this space will ultimately play out. From the article: "...This week, Cisco and Veritas -- after more than a year of toil and trouble -- finally managed to turn out a working prototype of the Veritas SAN Volume Manager (SAN VM) running on the Cisco MDS 9500's virtualization module. Apparently, getting the Veritas code to run in the network was significantly more complicated than either party had anticipated. The two companies say they will both sell and market SAN VM to their respective customers. After a beta program this summer, they expect to ship the software sometime in the second half of the year..." <clip> "...Veritas this week also showed a preview version of its volume management software running on the Brocade SilkWorm Fabric Application Platform switch (from its acquisition of Rhapsody Networks), but the companies didn't say when it would be available..." <It looks like Brocade has their beta version working but with some bugs....so does Cisco.> From the Byte and Switch message board system: (http://www.byteandswitch.com/boards/message.asp?msg_id=74958) "...The Rhapsody box is way behind Cisco's. The Rhapsody guys got bought up for cheap by Brocade and are being asked to work weekends without much incentive, employees are not happy. I interviewed an architect from Rhapsody for a job after the acquisition, not excited about product, lots of bugs, etc..." ========================================================== Brocade Teams Up With Veritas May 6, 2003 (http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=33346) Brocade announced a joint development agreement in which VERITAS will develop volume management and storage resource management software technology for the Brocade SilkWorm® Fabric Application Platform (SilkWorm Fabric AP). VERITAS will use the Brocade XPath API, the application-programming interface to the SilkWorm Fabric AP development environment, to port storage management software intelligence to the switch. Both companies are assigning engineering resources to the project and are demonstrating a prototype joint Brocade-VERITAS solution at VERITAS VISION, the annual VERITAS users conference, in Las Vegas this week.

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