Right after Iband we get SNIA here is some of the prenews..
SNIA Members Come Together for World's Largest Storage Networking Interoperability Demo
More Than Forty Industry Leaders Prepare for Fall 2000 Storage Networking World®, October 30 -- November 1, in Orlando
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000-- In preparation for what the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) leaders called their most comprehensive interoperability demonstration yet, volunteers from more than forty storage networking vendors gathered in Dallas last week for three days of final testing.
The pre-staging event was the culmination of months worth of planning and was designed to give the participants one last chance to configure, test, and tweak the live hardware and software demos that will be one of the featured events at the Fall 2000 Storage Networking World®(SNW) Conference and Expo this October 30 -- November 1 at the Renaissance Orlando Resort. Storage Networking World®, an alliance between the SNIA and Computerworld, promotes access to the latest information on storage solutions for users, implementers and vendors.
SNIA Interoperability Committee co-chairs Tom Clark of Vixel Corporation and Sheila Childs of Storage Provider said the SNW Interoperability Demo will be the culmination of months worth of work by volunteers representing every segment of the storage networking industry.
``Though only one of several ongoing projects, the SNW demo is obviously the Interoperability Committee's most visible initiative,'' said Clark. ``It is an excellent opportunity to both advance the state of the art in storage networking and to showcase proven applications that solve real problems for IT users today.''
``We wanted this event to feature a good mix of previews of emerging SNIA standards in key technology areas, live demonstrations of market-ready storage networking applications, and opportunities for some hands-on access to state-of-the-art solutions,'' said Childs. ``Our focus from the beginning was on showing how storage networks can be used to solve today's most pressing data management problems.''
There are seven sub-themes in the SNW Interoperability Demo:
The New HBA API Standard: Emerging technology for enhanced usability and manageability in storage networks
Storage Management: Advanced techniques for managing multivendor storage and networks
Storage Networks for Everyone: Certified multivendor solutions from the small department to the global enterprise
Storage over the WAN: Extending the advantages of storage networks through the convergence of campus, metropolitan and wide area networks
The SSP/ASP Solution: The `data storage as utility' vision and some of the applications that are making it reality
Extended Copy: Foundation for serverless backup
Storage Network Playground: Hands-on learning opportunities.
``This will easily be the most impressive demonstration of storage systems interoperability ever,'' said Larry Krantz, chairman of the board of directors of the SNIA. ``It is a great example of how the SNIA member companies are striving together to encourage wider adoption and further the development of storage networking standards. These companies and the many volunteers are to be commended for their outstanding efforts.''
The Storage Networking World® Conference & Expo is co-owned and produced by Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). The latest conference program information is available online at www.computerworld.com/snw.
WIND is certainly not a one trick pony. We have read a ton about I/O importance over the next few yrs and switched fabrics of all types. Here are a few WIND links that are recent and interesting...
-2000
Wind River Rolls Out Complete Tornado for Internet Appliances Portfolio, Allows Platform Differentiation, More Flexibility
Sep-28-2000
Wind River, Intel Expand Relationship to Create New Center of Excellence for I/O and Network Processors Based on Intel XScale and StrongARM Microarchitectures
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Wind River, Intel Expand Relationship to Create New Center of Excellence for I/O and Network Processors Based on Intel XScale and StrongARM Microarchitectures
Agreement Reduces Developer Time-to-Market by Ensuring Optimized Software Available for Intel Hardware Faster
Alameda, Calif., September 28, 2000 – Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) today announced that it has created a new "Center of Excellence" with Intel Corporation to support data storage, networking and communications silicon components based on the Intel XScale and StrongARM* microarchitectures. The Center of Excellence helps ensure that the latest Wind River products are optimized to fully leverage the new Intel® IOP310 I/O Processor Chipset with the Intel XScale microarchitecture within weeks of hardware first becoming available. (See related Intel announcement, New Intel® I/O Chipset Triples Speed of Handling Data in Internet Infrastructure, Sept. 27, 2000)
The agreement, which includes the Tornado development platform and VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS), expands Wind River´s already successful collaboration with Intel through the Center of Excellence initiative for the Intel Architecture (see related Intel announcement, Wind River Systems, Intel Corporation Advance State-of-the-Art Embedded Application Development, Sep. 28, 1999). Through the new Intel XScale and StrongARM Center of Excellence, Intel and Wind River will target a variety of Internet-access device, Internet infrastructure and intelligent networking market segments. The initiative affirms Wind River´s commitment to help customers reduce time-to-market by providing optimized software for new processors as quickly as possible.
"By working intimately with software and tools vendors such as Wind River, we can deliver best-of-class solutions designed with hardware and software integration in mind," said Wendy Vittori, general manager of Intel´s I/O Products Division. "And because of the value chain Wind River offers developers, Intel customers will be able to utilize Tornado® development tools to incorporate the latest in innovative software into their products. The end result for customers is shorter development cycles while preserving their technology investments."
"By working closely with Intel to tailor Tornado and VxWorks for the Intel IOP310 I/O Processor Chipset, we are able to provide customers with software that is pre-integrated with hardware virtually out of the box," said John Fogelin, general manager of the Wind River Platforms business unit. "This falls directly in line with our strategy to work with leading embedded semiconductor vendors to deliver technology optimized for specific microprocessors. Center of Excellence engineers are already tailoring upcoming versions of Wind River Internet access device and networking infrastructure technologies for these new processors."
Intel and Wind River have also renewed the original Intel Architecture Center of Excellence agreement, which will continue to facilitate porting, optimization and distribution of Wind River´s Tornado development platform across the Intel Celeron™ and Pentium® processor families.
The Center of Excellence for the XScale and StrongARM architectures exemplifies Intel and Wind River´s commitment to the program and ensures that both companies have a unified, strategic approach for their customers. A joint Wind River / Intel steering committee helps ensure that product road maps will provide a long-term growth path, thereby allowing customers to preserve current and future investments in Intel processors and Tornado / VxWorks.
An additional benefit of the Center of Excellence model is the creation of a team of engineers within each organization dedicated to implementation and deployment of new products. This coordination will ensure that when new microprocessors based on the new Intel XScale microarchitecture are introduced, compatible application development software will be ready for use by developers early in the processor life cycle.
Building on Intel StrongARM technology, the Intel XScale microarchitecture is well equipped for Internet infrastructure products such as network and I/O processors, where performance is essential to processing large amounts of data quickly. Wind River has given the Intel StrongARM architecture strong support in the past, including Tornado availability for the Intel StrongARM SA1100 and SA1110 processors. ......
Sep-27-2000
Wind River Unveils Tornado for Intelligent I/O 2.0
Wind River Unveils Tornado for Intelligent I/O 2.0
Provides Storage and Networking Acceleration for Increased Bandwidth and Throughput
ALAMEDA, Calif., September 27, 2000 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), a leading provider of software and services for smart devices in the Internet age, today announced general availability of Tornado® for Intelligent I/O 2.0, an integrated software development environment for input/output (I/O) processors. This new version of the software includes TCP/IP support, which means developers can now build sophisticated networking into their I/O devices. A fully integrated software development platform, Tornado for Intelligent I/O is used by developers to create high performance I/O applications that are targeted towards emerging areas such as network attached storage (NAS), storage area networks (SANs), IP storage and web accelerators.
"Many server and networking vendors struggle to manufacture products that can keep up with the enormous data throughput (or I/O) demands of the Internet," said Dave Fraser, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit. "With the addition of networking capability, Tornado for Intelligent I/O becomes a true network and storage accelerator, giving developers the ability to build complex scalable I/O solutions that meet these new bandwidth demands."
"Wind River has been part of Intel's efforts to make intelligent I/O a reality from the start," said Wendy Vittori, general manager of Intel I/O products division. "As a result, Wind River's software is the perfect platform for intelligent I/O. The software, which is intimately tied to Intel I/O processors, greatly simplifies I/O application development and scales across a range of intelligent I/O configurations - from dedicated I/O devices to complex distributed I/O systems serving multiple CPUs."
Increased Scalability
According to Cahners In-Stat Group, US businesses are investing as much as 20% of their total IT spending on Internet-enabling services, personnel and solutions. With this level of Internet connectivity, the demand for I/O bandwidth has exploded. However, adding multiple servers to solve this problem can be a costly proposition. Tornado for Intelligent I/O 2.0 offers a more cost-effective alternative by providing a complete platform for development of scalable I/O systems. It also supports the full range of Intel I/O processors, including the Intel IOP303, i960Rx, Intel StrongARM* SA110, and future processors based on the Intel® XScale™ microarchitecture.
Sep-26-2000
Wind River Introduces Tornado for Managed Switches 2.0
Wind River To Acquire Rapid Logic
Device Management Products Improve Time to Market for Network Equipment OEMs
ALAMEDA, Calif., October 9, 2000 —Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for smart devices in the Internet age, and Rapid Logic, Inc., today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Wind River to acquire Rapid Logic, the pre-eminent provider of advanced device management technologies for networking equipment and other intelligent devices. The acquisition enables Wind River to offer a wider range of integrated, embedded networking technologies to developers of sophisticated data networking and telecommunications equipment, such as Ethernet switches, IP routers, access concentrators, optical switches, and xDSL systems.
Here are the conferences where they go....
ClubWeb
October 24, Richardson, TX & October 26, Ottawa, Canada
We'll examine the "The Device Management Life Cycle" which addresses the time to market and product life cycle considerations that device manufacturers must factor in when building and developing products.
Internet Device Builder and Conference Showcase
October 24-27 2000
New York, NY.
We will discuss the convergence of intelligent devices and the Internet at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY.
ESC Europe
November 7-9, Maastricht, Netherlands
Booth # 410
This exciting sister show to the three in the states, will provide an opportunity for Europe based embedded engineers to find the latest information on embedded products and services.
Western Show
November 29-December 1
Los Angeles, CA
Booth#3119
The Western Show is a must for anyone working in the industries
making convergence happen: cable, Internet, telephone, computer, satellite, broadcast, motion pictures and new media. You'll gain access to the latest information on voice technologies, regulation, branding strategies, e-commerce and more!
Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
January 6-9 Las Vegas, NV
Booth # 4113
International CES is the showcase for the who, what, where and why of the consumer technology industry. International visionaries in content media, delivery and hardware at CES illustrate new business models and new consumer applications made possible by technology.
Next Generation Networks
October 31-November 1, Washington DC
Booth #700
Next Generation Neworks is considered one of the premiere annual events in broadband networking. This is a unique forum for industry leaders and pioneering end users to debate, discuss and learn about emerging technologies and business applications for high-speed networking.
Networld+Interop
Paris 2000
November 7-9, Paris, France
Booth #C51
NetWorld
+ Interop Paris is the leading European internet, telecommunications, and networks event which will provide a unique opportunity to network with the experts in these markets.
COTSCON West
December 12-13
San Deigo, CA
Booth #42
COTSCON West is the West Coast´s premiere conference on designing military and aerospace systems with commercial off-the-shelf(COTS) components, subsystems, and software.
TechOnLine Seminar Archive:
Managing Next Generation Intelligent Devices
Today's intelligent network devices need to communicate with, control and be controlled by different devices, business-level applications and end users for next generation service providers to be able to create service offerings.
I know I band is some time away, but I like their approach
to these new markets. Not to mention the toher opportunities they semm to be persuing.
Tehy have been mentioned a few times on the Yahoo FC thread.
Any comments out there? A good way to cover lots of emerging markets without undue risk?
Will track this stock for the thread and watch for news, Q results.
Here is an EE times article...
Rapid Logic acquisition brings net management software to Wind River
Charles J. Murray
Park Ridge, ILL. - Software heavyweight Wind River Systems Inc. has acquired Rapid Logic Inc., a maker of network management software for connected devices. One of the original investors in Rapid Logic, Wind River picked up the company for 1.43 million shares of common stock, totaling about $58.3 million. Wind River plans to roll Rapid Logic's software into its existing product line of embedded real-time operating systems and development tools.
"This [acquisition] allows Wind River to bring management capabilities to every product we create," said David Fraser, vice president and general manager of Wind River's business units (Alameda, Calif.).
Wind River already dominates much of the embedded-OS market. A survey done for EE Times revealed that engineers are more aware of the Wind River name than of any other RTOS maker. Wind River currently markets the top two commercial RTOSes-VxWorks and pSOSystem-the survey said.
The acquisition of Rapid Logic, however, could give Wind River an even stronger position in the embedded market. In Rapid Logic's management software for smart connected devices and Internet appliances, management code accounts for about 50 percent of the overall code in the system. Its products provide an off-the-shelf solution for remote management of those connected devices, which shaves as much as a year off development time for embedded-device makers.
'Shrink-wrapped solution'
Previously, Wind River offered Rapid Logic products as an option within its own product line. By integrating Rapid Logic's products into its integrated development environment (IDE) products, Wind River said it will reduce integration work for engineers and speed time-to-market. "This gives them a shrink-wrapped remote-management solution and takes a big chunk out of their development cycle," Fraser said.
Industry analysts said that the strategy represents a careful expansion of Wind River's position in the embedded marketplace. "Their strategy seems to be that they don't want to be everything to everyone," said Daya Nadamuni, senior analyst for Dataquest (San Jose, Calif.). "They're trying to be more specialized by picking vertical markets and picking solution sets for those specific markets."
Using that strategy, Wind River could select a particular market, such as Web-enabled phones, and then provide the OS and all the software components needed to create a complete programmable phone system, Nadamuni said.
Executives hope the acquisition will give them a leg up in getting Wind River RTOSes and IDEs into trillions of smart connected devices. "There's a universe of smart devices out there," Fraser said. "And they all have one thing in common: the need to be managed."
eetimes.com
Copyright ® 2000 CMP Media Inc.
OPEN Q) We have read a lot obout the need to manage these new large fabrics, whether FC or I band. Can WIND help with this?
DUmb Q number 2) QLGC seems to be in the early market for some embenned silicon like these...
QLogic Enclosure Management Solutions Selected by Compaq
GEM359 to Ship in Compaq Servers and Storage Systems
Press Release
QLogic Announces IPMI-Based Systems Management Controller for CompactPCI
Zircon Controller Enhances Telecommunications Applications
So are QLGC and WIND poetential partners, competitors, coopetition?
Any help from the folks in the biz on this? |
