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To: Lynn who wrote (3853)8/2/2000 11:59:15 AM
From: Normandi  Respond to of 10934
 
Hi Lynn

I would suggest some of the "new" entrance into the storage market has some effect on the current market of storage companies.

NTAP earning will be out soon and stock price should reflect a very strong quarter in the upcoming days.

Cheers
~Norm



To: Lynn who wrote (3853)8/2/2000 2:04:09 PM
From: pirate_200  Respond to of 10934
 
> Thread: Any comments as to whether the current weakness in
> NTAP is solely related to the stream of announcements the
> past few days from other companies getting in the NAS market?

Probably more to do with momentum traders and "technical
analysis" resistance/support price levels. NTAP had a good
run-up with the NASDAQ and has had an equally bad falling
with the NASDAQ, I think the price has more of a correlation
to volatility in the NASDAQ than volatility caused by
competition.

> Now IBM is even going to expand their storage offerings to
> include NAS according to a research report at ML that
> came up when I searched for new research on NTAP
> this morning.

Well, NTAP has a roadshow announced for mid-August with
the press, maybe he who announces new products last,
announces loudest?



To: Lynn who wrote (3853)8/2/2000 4:08:59 PM
From: DownSouth  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 10934
 
These NAS announcements may have something to do with NTAP's price weakness this weak. Other than the NAZ downdraft, the NAS updraft is all I can see.

Keep in mind folks, NTAP is the only NAS company with a discontinuous innovation. WAFL is the key to that fact. All others are using fat operating systems and native file systems.

Upcoming product announcements will certainly help NTAP's upward momentum and clear up some marketplace perceptions, imo.