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To: Ken Richard who wrote (18599)	10/14/1998 5:28:00 PM
From: Neil S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29386

Ken: HP readies enterprise storage area network blitz By Carmen Nobel, PC Week Online October 13, 1998 11:45 AM ET zdnet.com Hewlett-Packard Co. will unveil a slew of storage products next week in a bid to become a formidable contender in the enterprise storage area network market. New products will include the Intelligent Storage Server, which connects a LAN to a backup server via fibre channel and enables DLT libraries to back up multiple servers. HP has tested the hardware with software from Oracle Corp. and SAP AG as well as with backup management software such as HP's OpenView OmniBack and Veritas Software Corp.'s Netbackup, officials said. While the Intelligent Storage Server currently works on the LAN, future versions will be able to run independently on a storage area network, officials said. Intelligent Storage Servers for SANs will be available in the next 12 to 18 months, officials said. Also slated to debut is the HP Fibre Channel Model 1010D High Availability Storage System, which can hold up to ten 18GB disks, supports RAID levels 0 and 1, and includes integrated software monitoring tools. Customers can replace the system's fans and back up data while it stays online. HP officials in Palo Alto, Calif., said that from now on, all HP storage products will come with a 90-day, 100 percent customer satisfaction, money back guarantee. HP is also expected to provide a standard set of Unix backup scripts for storage management software to support HP hardware. Previously, administrators had to write their own scripts, which was burdensome, officials said. Pricing will be announced on Monday. HP is at www.hp.com. ************************************************* HP adapters support FCAL, SCSI October 11, 1998 9:00 AM ET zdnet.com Hewlett-Packard Co. will roll out this week a new family of Fibre Channel host adapters. The Tachyon TL Fibre Channel family consists of the HHBA-5100A with DB9, a copper-wire card, and the HHBA-5101A with a gigabit interface connector. The cards, which support Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop and SCSI protocols and are compatible with Windows NT 4.0, NetWare 4.11 and 5.0, and UnixWare 7.0, will ship later this month. Support for Solaris is planned for later this year. Priced at $750 each, the adapters include a 64-bit PCI host interface and are certifiable for Microsoft Corp.'s Wolfpack cluster server. HP, of Palo Alto, Calif., can be reached at (800) 537-3753 or www.hp.com.

To: Ken Richard who wrote (18599)	10/14/1998 6:45:00 PM
From: w2j2	Respond to of 29386

(OT)Ken, I believe Intel will be out with their Merced 64 bit chip, along with several new 32 bit chips by then,and Msft may be out with a new version of NT. Platt may be correct, but by then any good company will have Y2K in the bag. Look for a boom in growth in 2000. IMHO wj

To: Ken Richard who wrote (18599)	10/14/1998 6:55:00 PM
From: George Dawson	Respond to of 29386

Ken, In my opinion, people may have all the computers they want - but there is a whole new paradigm out there - storage. When I think of how much easier and how much more productive I could be if our LAN was attached to a functional SAN - it is mind boggling. In fact, when I think of how much easier my life would be if our LAN was hooked up to any kind of functional (for my purposes) storage system - it is mind boggling. George D.

To: Ken Richard who wrote (18599)	10/14/1998 11:19:00 PM
From: KJ. Moy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

<<<Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Lewis Platt said on Wednesday that he sees a significant slowdown in the computer hardware industry is likely during the second half of 1999. Speaking to an audience of computer information technology managers at a conference here, Platt said the focus on upgrading computers to be ready for the Year 2000 date change would hurt the hardware industry.>>> I agree the focus for Yr2000 readiness will demand more resources in 1999. Mr. Platt forgot a very important point, customer demand. Web browsers continue to grow leaps and bounces. More and more schools are getting online. ISPs are offering personal webs. Bandwidths are getting cheaper and cheaper. Business are designed and built arround new functions of IP. IP junkies like us<g> want faster access and more functionalities, voice over IP, digital video, yada, yada. Smart service providers will not get caught with not enough irons to do their business. Mr. Platt've better re-think his statements. It sounds stupid to me. Do you think customers will let up usage of the 'net' becuase his/her service provider can't keep up due to Yr2000 readiness which takes away resources? Hardware upgrades are driven by new business, competition and customer demands. May be HWP will sit still and let others take away their business. Mr. Platt will not last long if this is his thinking.