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To: Logain Ablar who wrote (5443)	6/10/1999 3:38:00 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 10309

>>IBM's time frame for NGIO is the 2nd half of next year. This might have something to do with WINDs price.<< Here's some related news... techweb.com Intel Invests In Storage Router Vendor (06/08/99, 9:58 a.m. ET) By Joseph F. Kovar, Computer Reseller News Servers featuring next-generation I/O (NGIO) technology may be able to connect to SANs early next year now that Intel has invested in a storage router vendor. SAN router manufacturer Crossroads Systems, inAustin, Texas, Monday said Intel, in Santa Clara, Calif., invested in the company. The investment will be used to accelerate Crossroads' development of NGIO routers, company executives said. Intel executives would not discuss the size of the investment. Crossroads' plan is to build a router that would connect NGIO servers to non-NGIO devices, such as Fibre Channel and SCSI storage devices on a SAN, said Dale Quisenberry, Crossroads vice president. The company expects to have a prototype of such a device early next year, Quisenberry said. However, the project is in the planning stage. "We have no concrete information on the unit except the NGIO protocols," he said. Privately held Crossroads could be a bridge between rival camps trying to influence the development of future I/O technology. In addition to Intel, other companies holding equity stakes in the company include Hewlett-Packard and Advanced Digital Information Corp. (ADIC). Intel is working to develop NGIO along with Dell, Hitachi, NEC, Siemens Information Communication Network, and Sun Microsystems. However, HP is part of a rival group, along with Adaptec, Compaq, IBM, and 3Com that is pushing for the adoption of a rival technology called Future I/O. On June 1, Crossroads said it had joined both the Future I/O Alliance and the Next Generation I/O Forum.