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To: Yani Strei who wrote (38993)	12/7/1998 11:24:00 AM
From: Kenya AA	Respond to of 97611

Hi Yani: I'm probably the person least likely to know the answer to that question. I defer to the eminently qualified rudedog. K

To: Yani Strei who wrote (38993)	12/7/1998 11:33:00 AM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

>Does CPQ compete with EMC (edited) Not really, though EMC's products are beginning to be "downscaled" to intersect with CPQ storage. EMC tends to be on the high-end with UNIX servers and mainframes. CPQ does compete with several PC-server type storage solutions. This announcement from CPQ seems to me to be defensive in nature, as no real products are announced. The alliance between DELL and NTAP may be somewhat responsible for this. "Compaq is delivering ENSA in a phased approach that incorporates current and future storage products such as UltraSCSI and Fibre Channel-based solutions that allow the distribution of storage resources over distance. The next phase is the creation of a storage network in which multiple hosts have access to common storage. The company also recently announced a Fibre Channel-based network backup solution - the Enterprise Backup Solution, which allows multiple hosts to share common tape libraries. The company will consistently announce solutions in the future enabling customers to create virtual pools of storage they can access from anywhere in their enterprise. " The DELL/NTAP solution is very much like what CPQ describes here.