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To: hlpinout who wrote (89569)	2/7/2001 7:48:47 PM
From: hlpinout	Respond to of 97611

TITLE : Compaq, Fujitsu to Team Up on Storage Products, Standardization URL : nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com February 6, 2001 (TOKYO) -- Compaq Computer KK and Fujitsu Ltd. said they have reached an agreement to cooperate on storage system products with an aim to promote their system integration businesses. Both companies will provide storage system hardware, related software and support services mutually upon the request of their customers and depending on each case to promote to both sides' system integration business. Fujitsu disclosed that it will actively participate in efforts to the standardization activity for Storage Area Network (SAN) products. The major electronics maker also said it plans to use Compaq's next-generation virtual storage technology VersaStor, one of the candidates considered to be an industry standard, for its products related to its storage system, called Storplex. It will introduce Compaq's technology also to the GR series, a series of its storage system products, in the latter half of 2001. In addition, Fujitsu plans to make proposals more actively at the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), an industry standard group for storage and SAN products, to promote standardization of SAN products. It will also verify its mutual connection with products of other firms that had participated in the promotion activity earlier than Fujitsu. Fujitsu will install its GR series product at Storage Networking Technology Center, a dedicated laboratory for the SNIA standard group, which opened on Feb. 1 by the Enterprise Storage Customer Center of Compaq Computer Corp. of the United States. (BizTech News Dept.)