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To: DownSouth who wrote (3904)	8/8/2000 9:23:34 AM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

Some more old news: Giganet and Network Appliance Form Joint Development Relationship Companies to Address Ethernet Performance for Network-Attached Storage Concord, MA - July 31, 2000 -- Giganet®, Inc. a leader in VI-based data center networks, and Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content management systems, today announced a joint development relationship to enhance Giganet's new VI/IP technology for Network Appliance™ systems. Giganet's VI/IP products will enable new levels of performance over existing networking infrastructures, allowing network storage environments to take full advantage of the effectiveness of the Virtual Interface (VI) Architecture standard. Giganet's VI/IP products are the industry's first products to implement VI-based networking over standard Gigabit Ethernet (see related announcement today "Giganet announces the Industry's first VI over Ethernet Products"). "Network Appliance's relationship with Giganet will result in an optimization of the performance and benefits of VI networking," said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing, Network Appliance. "With industry leaders like Network Appliance and Giganet working jointly to deliver a standards-based and simplified approach to storage management and deployment, customers will benefit from solutions that provide increased scalability and high performance." NAS environments support demanding applications such as Web-based e-commerce, data warehousing, and decision support, and have communication requirements that hinge on the constant, rapid transfer of high volumes of data and files among servers and/or appliances. This creates a level of administrative, intersystem communication that drains significant CPU resources, slowing response time and access to critical data. By implementing high-performance VI-based networking through VI/IP, NAS environments will be able to break the network resource bottleneck and unlock the full performance potential of Network Appliance filers over existing Ethernet networks. "We are very excited to be teaming with Network Appliance on such an important technology initiative," said Gareth Taube, Giganet's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "Our VI experience and Network Appliances' network-attached storage expertise will provide the kind of performance required for today's demanding e-commerce environments." Giganet has also recently joined with Network Appliance in the Direct Access File System (DAFS) Collaborative. DAFS is an effort to promote a standard for VI-based file system access across a network. (See previous announcement "Giganet Joins Network Appliance Initiative to Enable High-Performance Network-Attached Storage," June 22, 2000). VI Networking Leadership Giganet has extensive experience in VI-based networks, having developed many of the original VI concepts that form the basis for today's standard. The VI Architecture is widely supported in the industry as a powerful solution to high-performance server networking. Giganet was the first company to implement the standard into a single ASIC chip design, allowing servers to communicate at unprecedented speeds, with greatly reduced systems overhead and low latency (delay). By implementing VI, applications can communicate with each other directly, bypassing the operating system and protocol stacks. Giganet has extended VI's inherent capabilities with a patent pending architecture called RapidFlow™. RapidFlow further improves network performance by reducing network congestion. The VI/IP products extend VI by implementing the unique capabilities of Giganet's VI over a standard Ethernet network. About Giganet, Inc. Giganet is a leading provider of high-performance system and storage networks. Giganet networking products are based on the Virtual Interface (VI) standard. Internet applications and data running over Giganet VI-enabled networks experience greater performance and scalability, delivering more data to more users, faster. Giganet is a privately held corporation, headquartered in Concord, Mass. The company can be reached at (978) 461-0402 or giganet.com.

To: DownSouth who wrote (3904)	8/8/2000 10:15:04 AM
From: Allegoria	Respond to of 10934

Here is something a little more up to date on the Distributed Management Task Force... Good luck, Eric www2.marketwatch.com{15D728CA-7F8B-4B29-9C62-780A0B59C5F6} Eurologic Systems Joins Distributed Management Task Force --DMTF-- TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2000 8:18:00 AM EST BOXBOROUGH, Mass., Aug 8, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Eurologic(TM) Systems, a leading worldwide provider of network storage solutions for storage area networking (SAN), OEM solutions, and vertical market applications, today announced that it has furthered its technology leadership and commitment to the adoption of industry standards in its storage management software products by becoming a member of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). As information technologies proliferate within the enterprise, the challenge of managing the diversity of information technology resources in a clear, consistent manner becomes greater. The DMTF is committed to furthering standards that allow users to "unify" their information technology resources by being able to view and manage geographically dispersed systems as if they are a single, localized entity. This unification of information technology resources enables users to enjoy greater control over their resources, while reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Eurologic is focusing particularly on standards, such as the DMTF Common Information Model (CIM), that will enable more efficient management of network storage resources. Alan Johnson, Manager of Emerging Technologies for Eurologic Systems, said, "As networked storage solutions become ever more predominant, the challenges around managing these networks move to the forefront. Eurologic has a long history of supporting industry standards and promoting the interoperability of its innovative network storage solutions with storage-enabling technologies. Our membership in The DMTF furthers our commitment to ensuring that our software management products are utilizing open standards, such as the DMTF Common Information Model (CIM), to bring the benefits of improved storage management to end-users." "As new storage configurations, like storage area networks, are deployed in increasing numbers, the adoption and interoperability of management standards that offer a more cost-effective, less crisis-driven approach will be crucial to their success," said Winston Bumpus, president of the DMTF. "We welcome Eurologic to our roster of members to help drive supporting management standards and interoperability." About The Distributed Management Task Force The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) is the industry organization that is leading the development, adoption and interoperability of management standards and initiatives for desktop, enterprise and Internet environments. The DMTF is chartered to adopt, create and maintain the specifications and technologies that provide management tools with the ability to discover, deploy and control management data in a standard way. Working with key technology vendors and affiliated standards groups, the DMTF is enabling a more integrated, cost effective, and less crisis-driven approach to management. Companies interested in joining the DMTF or obtaining more information about the DMTF standards and the activities of the DMTF Working Committees may call (503) 225-0725 or view the DMTF Web site at www.dmtf.org. About Eurologic Systems Eurologic Systems is a leading worldwide provider of network storage technology marketed through OEM and indirect channels. A focus on being first-to-market with leading-edge network storage solutions has enabled the company to achieve leadership in emerging storage markets, such as Fibre Channel, SAN, and NAS. Eurologic is the network storage provider of choice for many of the world's leading file server manufacturers, including Dell Computer DELL and Network Appliance NTAP. Eurologic's products are also distributed through leading communications infrastructure providers and vertical market applications providers, such as Avid Technology AVID and Siemens Health Services. Through an exclusive focus on network storage and partnership with the leading industry suppliers, such as Seagate and IBM IBM, Eurologic is able to bring to market quickly innovative network storage infrastructure solutions for a wide range of applications, such as electronic commerce, film and video, Internet applications, medical imaging, publishing, and telecommunications. An ISO 9002 certified company, Eurologic has offices in Europe and North America and offers on-site support around the globe. For more information, please visit Eurologic's web site at www.eurologic.com. CONTACT:Kay Brewer Eurologic Systems 978-266-9224 kbrewer@eurologic.com URL:http://www.businesswire.com Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. Copyright (C) 2000 Business Wire. All rights reserved.