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To: Nine_USA who wrote (27361)	6/20/2000 11:32:00 AM
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Ancor Advances InfiniBand Initiative at Developers' Conference MINNEAPOLIS, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancor Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: ANCR) executives and engineers will be advancing the company's leadership as the early InfiniBand switch developer at the InfiniBand Trade Association's (IBTA) Developers' Conference in Newport Beach, Calif., this week. The focus will be on educating IBTA members about InfiniBand developments impacting switching. InfiniBand switch technology allows customers to connect multiple computers, networks and other devices, increasing scalability and performance without having to compete for bandwidth. In 1999, Ancor announced an agreement with Intel Corporate to develop and market switches based on the InfiniBand architecture. Ancor Vice President of Advanced Planning Rob Davis will present a session at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20, focusing on how to implement storage solutions with InfiniBand technology. In addition, Ancor's Nancy Golio, principal software engineer, will participate in a tutorial on the path resolution sections of the InfiniBand specifications on Thursday, June 22. "The Developers' Conference gives people a glimpse of where the next generation of Intel-based server systems is headed," Davis said. "Ancor's Fibre Channel switch expertise has really enabled us to assume a leadership position in the development of an InfiniBand switch. This gathering is an important way to continue pushing the entire InfiniBand initiative forward." Ancor joined the IBTA in 1999. About Ancor Communications Ancor Communications Inc. provides high-performance SANbox(TM) Fibre Channel switches for storage area networks (SANs). The company's customers include EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, INRANGE Corporation, MTI Technology Corp., Sun Microsystems, and premier systems integrators, including Bell Microproducts and Datalink. The company was the first to deliver a Fibre Channel switch, and the first to top the one-gigabit performance level. Ancor, an ISO 9001 quality certified company, is a member of the Fibre Channel Industry Association, the Storage Networking Industry Alliance, the InfiniBand Trade Association, the ANSI Standards Committee, and the University of New Hampshire Fibre Channel Consortium to promote the advancement of Fibre Channel standards and interoperability. Information on Ancor is available on the Web at ancor.com . For more information about Fibre Channel technology and Ancor Fibre Channel solutions, call 800-342-7379 or access World Wide Web site ancor.com . Forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 are qualified by the risk factors outlined in the documents Ancor Communications, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE Ancor Communications, Inc. CO: Ancor Communications, Inc.; InfiniBand Trade Association; Developers' Conference ST: Minnesota, California IN: CPR SU: TDS 06/20/2000 11:28 EDT prnewswire.com