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Technology Stocks : Son of SAN - Storage Networking Technologies -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: w2j2 who wrote (1213)	5/3/1999 7:46:00 AM
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Techwebs new info...... This piece mentions Compaq storage and Gates/...Who's solution will they sell? techweb.com Industrial distributors, such as Pioneer-Standard Electronics Inc., Avnet Inc. and Gates/Arrow Distributing Inc., continue to sell Compaq's more complex storage product set, but the vendor wants to penetrate the departmental customers, said Rick Nagengast, director of North American storage marketing at Compaq. "We wanted to engage new channel partners by having accreditation and certification for VARs to really go after the midrange space," Nagengast said.................................................. torage On Networks -- New Offerings From Dell, HP, IBM, HDS HDS has created Freedom Data Networks, an open framework that lets users connect storage components from multiple vendors with its servers, subsystems, and adapters across NT, Unix, and OS/390 environments. It has built an interoperability lab to test compatibility of its products with third-party devices and refocused its services division to help customers with SAN installations, risk analysis, and readiness. Farid Neema, an analyst with Peripheral Concepts, explains the surge in networked storage activity this way: "If vendors don't talk about network storage today, customers will turn to the competitors who have clear strategies."...... techweb.com