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To: Boplicity who wrote (4313)	10/24/2001 10:24:01 AM
From: Boplicity	Respond to of 13815

Wind River, Sun Join Forces to Deliver Complete Embedded Software Solution for Automotive Telematics Market ALAMEDA & PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2001-- Strategic Alliance to Deliver End to End Platform for Rapid Development of Java(TM) Technology-based Car Infotainment Systems Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW) today announced that the two companies are collaborating to jointly develop and market a complete end-to-end embedded development solution for Java(TM)technology-based automotive telematics applications. This strategic alliance targets in-car information, navigation, safety and entertainment systems, as well as the infrastructure required to deliver and administer these services. Through the agreement, Wind River's Tornado(R) for Car Infotainment development platform will be integrated with Sun's Java technology, giving automotive manufacturers a complete solution for delivering telematics content and services over a wireless network to mobile vehicles. Automotive telematic devices combine wireless voice and data communication systems in order to enhance driver safety and provide information including automatic airbag deployment notification, vehicle tracking, personalized information, real-time traffic data, roadside assistance, and entertainment from a central service center. Growth of telematics-enabled cars and light trucks in use in the United States is expected to increase from 1.1 million in 2000 to over 20.5 million by 2006 (Telematics Research Group). "Java technology is in a unique position to support dynamic delivery of applications, content, and services to multiple telematics platforms, something we view as fundamental to telematics application development," said Aisling MacRunnels, director of marketing, Consumer and Embedded, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Today's announcement with Wind River extends the cross-platform and cross-device benefits of the Java platform by bringing more choices to the embedded developer community." "Java technology has emerged as a key building block for leading-edge telematics applications, and we expect Sun's Java technology to further strengthen this position," said Marc Serughetti, director of marketing, Wind River Automotive and Industrial business unit. "Due to the complexity of deploying and maintaining in-car applications and services, auto manufacturers need complete, end-to-end solutions in order to get their products to market on time. Our alliance with Sun leverages these market trends, and will ultimately enable manufacturers to realize significant time-to-market advantages and focus on creating the intelligent networked vehicles of the future." Through the alliance, Sun's Java technology will be integrated with Wind River's Tornado for Car Infotainment platform. This integration will result in a complete telematics solution comprised of the following components: -- Integrated development environment (IDE), embedded development tools, real-time operating system (RTOS), in-vehicle connectivity and Java programming interface required to develop in-car telematic devices. -- A back-end infrastructure enabling vehicle service providers to deliver and administer the provided content. -- A Java technology-based software framework to implement the services in the vehicle and in the supporting infrastructure. -- A set of partner companies providing complementary technologies throughout the Wind River value-chain. Java Technology With the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME(TM)), Sun is developing a runtime environment and software platform for in-vehicle telematics applications. The scalable infrastructure and back-end enterprise platform is based on Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE(TM)) for hosting and delivering applications, content and services. Sun believes that next generation telematics platforms should be non-proprietary and based on certified Java platforms providing original equipment manufacturers, vehicle service providers and tier-1 suppliers with multiple vendors to source both product and technology. This open in-vehicle and back-end end-to-end solution would lead to faster time to market and lower costs in the delivery of safety/security, diagnostics, entertainment and location-based services to consumers. Sun is working closely with AMI-C and OSGi in the evolution and adoption of standards in this space. Tornado for Car Infotainment Tornado for Car Infotainment is a vertical solution for the development of car infotainment and telematic devices. It is comprised of Wind River's Tornado(R) IDE, market-leading VxWorks(R) RTOS, embedded development tools, WindML(TM) multimedia libraries, Personal JWorks(TM) Java solution and automotive-specific components including support for controller area network (CAN), IDB-C, media oriented system transport (MOST), Bluetooth, voice command-and-control, and synthesized voice information for the driver. Tornado for Car Infotainment shifts the focus of automotive device developers from the integration of enabling technologies to the development of the application itself -- reducing development cost and speeding time to market. In addition, Tornado for Car Infotainment users benefit from Wind River's worldwide support and services organizations, embedded expertise and more than 600 WindLink(TM) partners bringing complementary technologies such as speech recognition, browsers, open service gateway initiative (OSGI) and IDB-1394 networking protocol stack. About Sun Microsystems Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- The Network Is the Computer(TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to take their business to the nth. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com. About Wind River Wind River, www.windriver.com, is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. Note to Editors: Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado, and VxWorks, and WindML are registered trademarks or trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. Java technology, J2ME, and J2EE are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

To: Boplicity who wrote (4313)	10/24/2001 10:50:10 AM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13815

Emulex Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Available From Dell As Result of EMC/Dell Storage Agreement COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct 23, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Market-Leading HBAs Provide Connectivity for CLARiiON Storage Systems Co-Branded by Dell Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq: EMLX chart, msgs), the world's leading supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), today announced that its Fibre Channel HBAs are now available from Dell to enable storage area networking (SAN) connectivity for CLARiiON systems co-branded by Dell and EMC. As a result of the multi-billion dollar enterprise storage agreement announced yesterday by Dell and EMC, Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs are available to Dell customers immediately for a number of operating system environments, including Windows. Further, Dell customers may now leverage testing and qualification work previously completed by EMC. "We are excited about the new relationship between Dell and EMC, and look forward to providing Dell customers with the high-performance, scalable Fibre Channel connectivity solutions that EMC customers have come to rely on," said Kirk Roller, Emulex's chief operating officer. "As the number one provider of Fibre Channel HBAs, Emulex is well positioned to provide Dell customers with world class storage networking technology." According to Dell and EMC, the alliance will make Dell the leading reseller of the CLARiiON product line, which will become Dell's standard offering for storage area networks and high-end network-attached storage (NAS) installations. Among the CLARiiON storage systems included in this agreement are the FC5300, 4500 and 4700, which support up to 64 servers, utilizing up to four host bus adapters per server. For more information about Emulex HBAs pertaining to this agreement, visit dell.com _5300.htm. (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) The Emulex Family of Host Bus Adapters The Emulex family of HBAs offers high-performance, standards-based connectivity solutions for both Fibre Channel and Internet protocol (IP) storage networking environments. Emulex host bus adapters provide a unique combination of features required for mission-critical enterprise environments that deliver reliability, high bandwidth, server CPU offload, low latency and scalable connectivity. The Emulex LightPulse family of Fibre Channel HBAs offers full fabric support, high data integrity, full-duplex operation, data buffering for up to 100km of cabling, and support for all Fibre Channel topologies. The Emulex LightPulse family of Fibre Channel products includes the 2Gb/s LP9002L and LP952L low profile HBAs, the 2Gb/s LP9002C CompactPCI HBA, the 2Gb/s LP9002S SBus-based HBA, and the market-leading LP8000. The Emulex family of IP-based storage networking host bus adapters includes the recently announced GN9000/SI iSCSI host bus adapter, the GN9000/VI VI/IP host bus adapter, the CL1000 host bus adapter and CL5000/5300 cluster switches. The Emulex GN9000/SI is designed to provide the high performance iSCSI connectivity over gigabit Ethernet for PCI-based systems. The Emulex GN9000/VI VI/IP HBA enables network attached storage (NAS) appliances and hosts to exchange file system data over IP networks, while gaining the high throughput, low latency and reduced CPU overhead benefits of the virtual interface (VI) architecture. For more information on the Emulex product families, visit www.emulex.com. About Emulex Emulex is a leading supplier and developer of storage and server networking host bus adapters based on both Fibre Channel and IP networking technologies. Storage networks provide data centers with high-speed, scalable, and highly available storage access. Server networks enable the creation of high-performance server clusters for database and transaction processing. The Emulex product families are based on internally developed ASIC, firmware and software technologies, and offer customers high performance, scalability, flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership. The company's products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Compaq, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu-Siemens, Groupe Bull, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, INRANGE, Intel, Legato, McDATA, Microsoft, and Veritas among its strategic partners. Emulex markets to OEMs and end-users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as its two-tier distribution partners, including ACAL, Avnet, Bell Microproducts, Consan, CTC, Info-X, Tech Data, TidalWire and Tokyo Electron. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa. News releases and other information about Emulex are available at www.emulex.com. EMULEX -- We network storage "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the rapidly changing nature of technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements by competitors; fluctuation in the growth of the Fibre Channel and IP markets; changes in economic conditions or changes in end-user demand for technology solutions; fluctuations or delays in customer orders; the highly competitive nature of the markets for Emulex's products; Emulex's ability to gain market acceptance for its products; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on third-party suppliers. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.

To: Boplicity who wrote (4313)	10/24/2001 11:44:50 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 13815

ET Sector Watch: Storage : Storage sector contributing to Nasdaq strength following a well received earnings report from QLogic (QLGC +8.1%). Other names of note making moves include Brocade Communications (BRCD +9.8%), McDATA (MCDT +5.4%), Emulex (EMLX +9.7%) and EMC Corp. (EMC +3.0%). QLogic (QLGC): A good quarter for this maker of Fibre Channel HBAs (host bus adapters) and switches for networked storage devices. SepQ sales and EPS were in line, although the company edged expectations lower for DecQ. Revenue is expected to be flat to grow in the low single digits for DecQ, or $81.7-$85.0 mln vs Multex consensus of $85.9 mln. The range for EPS was widened to $0.17-$0.20 vs Multex consensus of $0.19. Just to back up a second, it's important to understand the difference between legacy SCSI and the next generation Fibre Channel. Most expect FC to phase SCSI out over the coming years, so it's not surprise QLGC is focusing more on its FC business. SCSI was 30% of sales in SepQ, down from 39% in JunQ. Demand for FC looks strong as it grew sequentially in a difficult SepQ, partially offsetting weakness in the SCSI business. QLGC's main competitor in the FC market is Emulex (EMLX). Emulex issued a press release after the close announcing that its HBAs are now available from Dell for its CLARiiON system co-branded by Dell and EMC. This is seen by many as a threat to QLogic as evidenced by the peppering of questions during the Q&A session tonight. EMLX is the leading HBA provider and could leverage that position into a greater share of the switch market. But QLGC downplays those concerns citing its long-standing relationship with Dell. "What's good for Dell is good for QLogic." There has been a lot of Street talk about a QLGC/Dell switch OEM agreement. The agreement seems likely given the history between Dell and QLogic, but could take a while to materialize. -- Robert J. Reid, Briefing.com