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Technology Stocks : Network Appliance -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pirate_200 who wrote (4120)	8/23/2000 11:14:34 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

FastLane DM/Consolidator Upgrade Supports Network Appliance Storage Products Enables Enterprises to Seamlessly Migrate Data to Network Appliance™ Filers While Maintaining Security Permissions and Online User Access Ottawa, Canada - August 22, 2000 -- FastLane Technologies Inc., a leading developer of Directory Management software solutions, today announced that FastLane™ DM/Consolidator 2.5 supports Network Appliance (NASDAQ:NTAP) storage appliances, enabling enterprises to easily migrate their Windows NT data to NetApp® filers while maintaining security permissions and online user access. With the growing need to store and retrieve massive amounts of data and the realization that fewer servers lead to reduced cost and easier management, IT departments have been turning to large specialized storage systems, and in particular to Network Appliance solutions. However, until DM/Consolidator, migrating data from many sources to consolidated storage solutions was time-consuming and technically cumbersome. DM/Consolidator 2.5 makes it easy. "DM/Consolidator 2.0 was the industry's first data movement application that automated the arduous task of consolidating servers or just migrating data between servers without losing permissions or taking data off-line. Since its release last year, customers have been asking for a version that specifically allows them to move data to NetApp filers," said David Waugh, FastLane's vice president of marketing. "Today, we're pleased to announce DM/Consolidator 2.5 which addresses this need and is a result of cooperation between two industry leaders: FastLane and Network Appliance." "Network Appliance is delighted that FastLane is now supporting data migration to our storage appliances. Customers deploying our storage solutions will benefit greatly from the improved data availability and automated preservation of security settings that DM/Consolidator offers," said Paul Hansen, senior director of product marketing at Network Appliance. "By combining our efforts, Network Appliance and FastLane now provide a solution to our customers that makes data consolidation painless and decreases network costs." FastLane DM/Consolidator allows administrators to: Migrate data to NetApp filers; Grant users normal access to information throughout the process; Maintain data security permissions throughout the migration; Manage the project through a remote console, independent of server source and target location; Install the software remotely; Schedule a migration therefore preserve network bandwidth; and Ensure that the migration is transparent to Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 platforms. FastLane DM/Suite FastLane DM/Consolidator is a component of FastLane DM/Suite™. DM/Suite is a comprehensive set of Directory Management applications that give enterprises the power and flexibility required to address both strategic and tactical Directory Management challenges including deploying Windows 2000. In addition to DM/Consolidator, DM/Suite includes FastLane DM/Manager™, FastLane DM/Reporter™, FastLane DM/Administrator™ and FastLane DM/Developer™. Pricing and Availability FastLane DM/Consolidator will be available later this month from FastLane and FastLane partners. Pricing begins at $995 per server, with discounts available for volume purchases. About Network Appliance Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file serving and caching, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S+P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and ISPs, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions. NetApp Internet caching solutions (NetCache™ appliances) and file servers (filers) deliver fast, simple, reliable, and cost-effective access to network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared file services for UNIX®, Windows NT®, and the World Wide Web. The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance filers and NetCache appliances are based on the company's innovative data access software known as the Data ONTAP™ operating system and standards-compliant hardware. About FastLane Technologies FastLane Technologies Inc. is the leading provider of fast, scalable and cost-effective enterprise directory management solutions for Global 2000 organizations. FastLane is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider. The company can be contacted at (800) 947-6752 and at fastlane.com. Press Contacts: Lisa Courtney Lloyd FastLane Technologies Inc. (613) 271-2022 x2732 lcourtneylloyd@fastlane.com Larry Bouchie LNS Communications (617) 577-9777 LBouchie@LNScom.com Jaime Leigh Jinks Network Appliance, Inc. (408) 822-3761 jjinks@netapp.com

To: pirate_200 who wrote (4120)	8/23/2000 11:23:28 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

Pirate, I share your concern, but don't think its particularly significant that NTAP did not make the software announcement yet. For one thing, this is more than an announcement. It is also a commitment to deliver upgrade packages to all existing customers who have software subscription services, which is near 100% of the customer base. I suspect that the software is ready, or DW would not have said what he said. I suspect that the delay is being caused by glitches in the upgrade process. NTAP tests its upgrade process on many configurations and combinations of installed software. If they are not as close to 100% sure that the upgrade will go smoothly on all customer configurations, they will not release the software. NTAP's software upgrade process is fully automated and is designed to minimize downtime. The last thing they want to do is cause their customers an outage because of a faulty upgrade process. WRT the F840, I don't think that DW said that it would be announced this month. I think he said it was in early September. I have not reviewed the CC, so my recollection could be flawed.