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To: MileHigh who wrote (1100)	6/19/1999 8:35:00 PM
From: riposte	Respond to of 10934

Compaq TaskSmart Internet Caching Server Here's an article which appeared in the June 7th issue of PC Week magazine: Compaq: Single-minded focus on appliances By Carmen Nobel, PC Week Online June 7, 1999 9:00 AM ET In an age where new technology products strive to be all things to all people, Compaq Computer Corp. is readying a high-end server appliance that aims to do only one thing but do it really well. The Houston company next month will start shipping the TaskSmart C-Series Internet caching server, the first in a new family of high-end, single-purpose server appliances. The caching server will be followed by several other server appliances this year, including boxes specifically for file storage, e-mail, security and virtual private networking, officials said. [REMAINING TEXT DELETED] FULL ARTICLE @ zdnet.com

To: MileHigh who wrote (1100)	6/19/1999 8:39:00 PM
From: riposte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

Compaq Details Appliance Server Strategy Here's another article on Compaq. Steve (long NTAP) Compaq Details Appliance Server Strategy By Todd Spangler May 28, 1999 2:52 PM ET Compaq Computer today provided early details about a new line of single-purpose, low-maintenance appliance servers - to be branded TaskSmart - the first of which will be a caching appliance built using Novell's Internet Caching System software. [TEXT DELETED] Future members of the Compaq TaskSmart appliance line might include file servers, e-mail servers, directory servers, database servers and firewalls, Young said. He added that Compaq hasn't determined which application partners might be chosen for each of those appliance [REMAINING TEXT DELETED] FULL TEXT @ zdnet.com

To: MileHigh who wrote (1100)	6/19/1999 8:44:00 PM
From: riposte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

Computerworld article: Network-attached storage to skyrocket This is a nice one.... Steve Network-attached storage to skyrocket By Nancy Dillon While today's storage industry buzz is centered almost exclusively on storage-area networks (SAN), users shouldn't over look the value of network-attached storage (NAS), some analysts say. [TEXT DELETED] IDC released a report today that stated the NAS market "will skyrocket'' from $540 million in 1998 to $5.1 billion by 2003, representing an annual growth rate of 54%. Gray said that compares with an overall storage market growth rate of 11% per year. [REMAINING TEXT DELETED] FULL TEXT @: computerworld.com