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To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (900)	4/28/1999 10:17:00 AM
From: Beltropolis Boy	Respond to of 10934

Network Appliance Helps Its Customers Get Tuned-up for Windows 2000 April 28, 1999 09:33 AM SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1999-- Windows 2000 Testing Alliance Program Demonstrates NetApp's Commitment to Microsoft Windows NT and CIFS Network Appliance, Inc. (NTAP), the leading provider of enterprise data management solutions, today announced a strategic alliance program that assists Network Appliance(tm) (NetApp(R)) corporate customers in the integration of NetApp filers in networks running the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 server operating system. The testing alliance expands the efforts of Network Appliance and Microsoft Corp. MSFT to promote storage networking solutions for the Windows NT environment and CIFS (Common Internet File System) file sharing protocol. The Windows 2000 testing alliance assists NetApp customers integrating their NetApp filers into Windows 2000 beta environments. By soliciting customer input on their interoperability experiences between a filer and beta versions of Windows 2000, the goal of the program is to deliver a seamless migration strategy for customers upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000. With Network Appliance's Data ONTAP(tm) 5.3, customers can now leverage its increased functionality and compatibility for Microsoft Windows 2000 beta and the CIFS protocol. "Microsoft is deeply committed to interoperability," said Edmund Muth, group product manager at Microsoft. "Our mutual customers will benefit from Network Appliance's technology, which will help them to aggressively deploy Windows 2000 Server while (interoperating) with CIFS-based NetApp filers." "As a member of Microsoft's Rapid Deployment Program for Windows 2000, we are pleased Network Appliance is working with Microsoft to prepare ONTAP for interoperability with the release of Windows 2000," said David Smull, district manager, enterprise architecture at Lucent Technologies. "As one of the suppliers of today's storage appliances, Network Appliance understands our Windows NT and file services requirements." "We are focused on delivering Windows 2000 functionality across our entire filer product line, and this program will help us implement new Windows NT-based solutions for our customers," said Bridget Allison, director of Windows marketing at NetApp. "Today's announcement is designed to strengthen our collaboration with Microsoft, and to further integrate our Windows-based and multiprotocol network attached storage products (NAS) with Microsoft's CIFS file sharing protocol." In addition to providing interoperability with Windows 2000, NetApp's Data ONTAP 5.3 offers customers increased CIFS functionality in the areas of security, manageability and performance. With Data ONTAP 5.3, Network Appliance has implemented file and directory auditing, multi-language support via Unicode, and expanded SNMP MIB support for CIFS specific functionality.

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (900)	4/28/1999 10:45:00 AM
From: kas1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

> Is your tongue in your cheek? Of course not. How could anyone in their right mind criticize a Canary Islands hotel management company that turned into a dot-com? They are truly riding the wave of the future. In fact, ever since I read that very insightful pointer for NTAP to "watch out," my two investment strategies have become: 1) Buy more SCF! and 2) SCF is the next SCF! I have mortgaged my car, my boat, my house, my kidneys, and three quarters of my spleen to load up on all the SCF I can afford. If there's one thing I know, it's that the Internet (tm) is BIG, and any company that uses it is going to make BIG BUCKS (tm). Heck, before the Internet (tm) was invented last year, who would've predicted that one day we'd be able to order products from distant states, view moving-pictures in our own homes, and buy books?! But I digress. >Big cheek! You know what Don DeLillo says: "the future belongs to crowds."