Network App Caches In On Intranets
Network Appliance Inc. is targeting smaller ISPs and the
emerging enterprise market with a series of caching
appliances that promise higher performance and lower costs.
The NetCache C700 series, which began shipping this week,
will be powered by a 600-MHz Alpha chip, providing
performance levels up to twice as much as NetApp's current
600 series, according to Amit Pandey, director of the
NetCache product line.
Caching, according to Collaborative Research Inc., is
projected to grow into a $4 billion market by 2002, with
enterprise purchases of caching products eclipsing the ISP
market in 1999.
To that end, NetApp is introducing NetCache model C720S,
aimed specifically at enterprise deployments, Pandey said.
The device, priced at below $20,000, features LDAP support,
intranet integration and beefed up security and management
through version 3.3 of the NetCache software. By Chuck
Moozakis
internetwk.com
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