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To: DownSouth who wrote (5819)	1/15/2001 11:11:25 PM
From: Tulvio Durand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10934

NTAP is ranked #3 on IBD's top 200 stocks [From IBD,Tuesday, Jan16 edition]. " ... These stocks are the best the S&P has to offer in terms of earnings. ... The list was was sorted by EPS score and secondarily by First Call earnings estimate for the current fiscal year. ..." The top five: AMCC #1, CPN #2, NTAP #3, JDSU #4, SEBL #5. Tulvio

To: DownSouth who wrote (5819)	1/15/2001 11:35:26 PM
From: pirate_200	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

> I don't think NTAP bought the certification. They earned it. I suspect NTAP said "Bill, here are > your specs. Here are our results. Certify us or else." Then Bill said, "but you're results on > section 1.2.3 were questionable." NTAP went back to the drawing board, tweeked the OS and > came backe with " Well, any more questions?" I agree, I don't think they bought it either, I was just trying to dissect the press release and have some fun. I think the ultimate proof of them not buying it was that EMC wasn't on the list. Apparently, EMC's Celerra and IP-4700 cannot pass the Microsoft hardware certification for NAS. This leads one to believe that EMC's CIFS (Common Internet File System) implementation is not quite there yet. It'll be interesting to see how long it takes EMC to get it certified. How embarrassing for them since Reuttgers likes to go around trumpeting how much money they spend on R&D. Apparently, it isn't money well spent.

To: DownSouth who wrote (5819)	1/16/2001 7:47:32 AM
From: riposte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

Sun white paper: Building Scalable Storage Networks Interesting reading....here's a small extract: 2. The Pressing Need for Scalable Storage Solutions The arrival of the dot-com age has made it a competitive necessity to architect storage solutions for dynamic scalability. The data explosion, the new breed of data-driven applications, and the limitations of traditional storage architectures present you with a choice: make your move to network-based, dynamically scalable storage systems, or risk falling far behind. The Data Explosion The total volume of data pumping through enterprise networks is doubling every nine months. There are 500 million Web pages on the Internet, with a million new pages being added every day. Application size is increasing. The average file size is swelling. Users are saving and storing everything: Web pages, voice messages, e-mail, MP3 music, and pictures. More and more users are accessing the corporate network, generating and transmitting more and more data. And dot-com applications continue to proliferate - from Web transactions to data warehousing to enterprise resource planning (ERP). The result: storage systems now need to offer dynamic, seamless, massive scalability. New Demands of the Net Economy The new breed of applications places tremendous pressure on the IT department to deploy storage solutions that are not only scalable but also continuously available and easily manageable. A quick look at the experiences of real-world companies underscores the urgency of meeting these new requirements: Massively scalable: In the dot-com world, a single television ad can result in a million visits to a Web site and thousands of online orders - in a matter of minutes. That means additional server and storage resources must be instantly accessible. Just ask Victoria's Secret, which sponsors online fashion shows that can draw up to two million simultaneous online viewers, or ask any service provider that made the "Starr Report" available for online download. Continuously available: Service outages - for any reason and for any duration - can create what has been called a "CNN moment" - instant news coverage featuring frustrated users, along with apologies from chagrined top-level executives. And news travels fast on the Internet. Service downtime can lead to an avalanche of emails among disgruntled customers. On the other hand, a reputation for highly available, reliable services can quickly establish a company as a major competitor. Easily manageable: Data-driven network services cannot achieve high scalability or availability if they can't be easily managed across a distributed network. Administrators need to be able to identify requirements, allocate resources, and monitor networks on the fly - regardless of where the devices are physically located. The full white paper's available at: sun.com