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To: Marshall001 who wrote (8669)	8/16/2000 9:44:46 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24256

MickeyDee......McDATA Delivers the First Enterprise-wide SAN that Manages, Accesses and Protects Data ES-1000 Fibre Channel Switch consolidates distributed storage while tying edge servers to the data center Broomfield, Colo., April 24, 2000—McDATA® Corporation, a leading storage area network (SAN) company, today announced the ES-1000 Fibre Channel Switch. With the ES-1000 Switch, corporate information technology (IT) managers can now create the first enterprise-wide SAN designed to consolidate mission-critical data into a central environment to improve access, asset utilization and availability. Connecting independent workgroup servers and storage to an enterprise SAN through the ES-1000 Switch allows isolated servers to share access to a centralized, consolidated storage pool and shared tape. By consolidating the data that is currently on the edge of the enterprise, and bringing that data back to the core, IT administrators now have a cost-effective way to manage and protect company data while utilizing a centralized, fabric-wide view of the entire storage network. Today, more than 60 percent of critical data is deployed on independent workgroup servers, and NT consolidation is one of the hottest trends in corporate data centers. According to research published by Find/SVP, 94 percent of North American data centers are now taking responsibility for servers and data consolidation. The potential benefits are enormous-improved information management, better use of staff and decreased costs. More importantly, NT consolidation can lead to better customer service, higher productivity, higher asset utilization throughout the enterprise and improved competitiveness. "The ES-1000 Switch goes to the heart of the enterprise IT open systems storage problem by making data highly available anywhere on the enterprise while cost-effectively consolidating NT servers," said Jeff Vogel, McDATA's vice president of marketing and systems integration. "The ES-1000 Switch will allow storage managers to get out of troubleshooting and time-consuming capacity planning activities and into providing data access when and where it is needed." McDATA's ES-1000 will decrease data management complexity and costs by providing a way to consolidate all servers and SANs within the enterprise. It will enable McDATA to build upon its industry-leading 98 percent share of the director-class switch market by extending fabric connectivity to the entire enterprise. Seamless enterprise SANs can extend from the data center to the workgroup, under the company's data center-class Enterprise Fabric Management system-fulfilling a major item on enterprise IT managers' requirements list. "With NT data growing at more than 70 percent CAGR, NT has clearly taken a place along with UNIX as a major platform for critical applications. IT managers need an effective way to consolidate and manage this data," said Robert Gray, senior storage analyst, IDC. "The McDATA ES-1000 Switch consolidates the data on the edge—bringing mission-critical data back to the core, thus providing improved access, asset utilization, management and protection." Centralized Management SAN infrastructure and management complexity increase substantially as SANs grow to thousands of discrete components. The ES-1000 Switch provides an ideal way to consolidate devices into a seamless, well-managed fabric backbone infrastructure. It is a major step in allowing IT managers to gain control of the runaway costs associated with protecting data while allowing for ease of management of the entire network. Pricing and Availability With an estimated end-user price of $4,999, the ES-1000 Switch will be available in the second half of the year from authorized resellers and Elite Solutions Partners as well as OEM partners. To learn more about the ES-1000 Switch or other McDATA solutions, contact 800-545-5773 or e-mail sales@mcdata.com. About McDATA McDATA specializes in providing highly available, scalable and centrally managed SAN solutions. Our goal is to deliver SAN solutions that truly address the storage problems of the enterprise. McDATA offers end-to-end SAN solutions designed to improve the reliability and availability of data, greatly simplify SAN management and reduce the total cost of ownership. These enterprise SAN solutions provide IT organizations with comprehensive tools, methodologies and support to implement robust SANs. McDATA distributes its products through its OEMs, network of resellers and Elite Solution Partners. For more information on McDATA, visit the web site at mcdata.com.

To: Marshall001 who wrote (8669)	8/16/2000 11:09:11 PM
From: Jack Hartmann	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24256

Marshall, I agree on the researching IPOs this weekend. I'm kinda surprised that our group missed the SONS and NUAN runups. This IPO group has probably got another one like it. CCMP was the last IPO I bought. Jack