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To: Sam who wrote (6890)	12/30/1997 10:39:00 AM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 9124

Sam and all, IBM demos 11Gb/sqin... exchange2000.com GM

To: Sam who wrote (6890)	12/30/1997 10:54:00 AM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9124

Sam, Makes all the sense in the world. Bob Abraham is given to hyperbole and tech speak. What he is trying to say is that tape libraries with auto retrieve will have a major role in shared storage on networks. Its simply because no one wants to just keep storing files on disk. Tape is still much cheaper. So, less accessed files get rolled over to tape. That way they are still available but not consuming prime time space. That it is growing fast is no surprise at all. We are seeing netcentricity everywhere. Right? Best, Stitch

To: Sam who wrote (6890)	12/30/1997 12:45:00 PM
From: Gus	Respond to of 9124

Sam, "The lower rate of growth for revenue reflects a shifting mix to smaller, lower cost devices, as well as continuing price erosion," stated the authors of the report, in which 10 classes of libraries based on seven tape technologies -- and companion software products -- are analyzed and forecast in detail through 2002. I think it's best to take these tape industry projections on a year to year basis because of the changes -- Virtual Tape Servers, HWP/SEG/IBM collaboration, faster and cheaper tape drives with higher capacities, etc -- coming down the pike. Here's one look at the storage scene in 1998. Capacity to rise, prices to fall -- Upgrades of most storage technologies expected to continue techweb.com Gus