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To: Nine_USA who wrote (21826)	5/17/1999 9:59:00 AM
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(BSNS WIRE) Siemens Joins Fiber Alliance to Standardize Storage Area Net Siemens Joins Fiber Alliance to Standardize Storage Area Networks; Major IT company partnership benefits from Siemens long term industry experience Business Editors SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999--Siemens AG has joined the "Fiber Alliance", a collaborative venture between leading IT companies. A primary goal is the standardization of Storage Area Networks (SANs). As part of the Alliance, Siemens will contribute its extensive experience in the field of customer-specific total solutions in a heterogeneous IT environment. Siemens is placing an emphasis on safeguarding its customers' investments by developing standards which will be recognized by all IT providers. The rationale to form the Fiber Alliance came from the EMC Corporation, the world's leading vendor of enterprise storage systems, software and services. Established in February 1999, the goal of the Alliance is to develop and implement universally recognized methods to simplify the management of heterogeneous fiber channel based networks of storage systems and servers, called Storage Area Networks. "The rising presence of Storage Area Networks necessitates standards by which SANs are developed and implemented," said Richard McCormack director of product marketing for Siemens Computer Systems. "The Fiber Alliance has taken the initiative to create those standards which will enable increased functionality and ease of integration - reducing costs and implementation time." The Alliance plans to introduce its own technical specification to customers and the public as early as this spring (1999) while also submitting them to independent standards bodies for acceptance as a worldwide industrial standard. This unique initiative will allow Alliance members simplified integration and expanded functionality for fiber channel networks, and easier network management, reduced costs and quicker market acceptance of SANs. SANs provide a flexible and efficient way of consolidating and managing the ever-increasing quantities of enterprise data. The growing SAN segment makes it necessary to use fiber channel technology as the basic infrastructure for combining the heterogeneous components of a storage network, such as host bus adapters, hubs, switches, routers, servers and storage systems. Today there is no universally recognized standard for the supervision and management of these elements in a heterogeneous SAN. Using a standardized management interface will provide customers with detailed information on their enterprise-wide SAN and the components grouped within it. In a recent statement (12/4/98), the Meta Group supported the Alliance's ability, in comparison with other associations, to create a set of industry-accepted SAN standards, by commenting that when users need to install SAN installations as quickly as possible they should focus on real standards, "such as EMC's Fiber Alliance". In addition to Siemens and EMC, the following companies also belong to the Alliance: Anchor Communications, Inc., Emulex Corporation, Gadzoox Networks, G2 Networks Inc., Hewlett-Packard, JNI, McData Corporation, QLogic Corporation, Veritas Software Corporation and Vixel Corporation. About Siemens AG Within the Siemens Information and Communication Products group the Computer Systems division is responsible for the computer business of Siemens AG, the global powerhouse in electrical engineering and electronics. Computer Systems maintains a comprehensive product portfolio to cater for the requirements of personal computing and enterprise computing. With its innovative Primergy server family, the RM line of highly scalable Unix servers, and its successful BS2000/OSD mainframes, this division is strategically positioned for the server markets of the future with best-in-class products. Together with its subsidiary Siemens Business Services, Siemens also offers strategic consulting, on-time implementation and secure operation of E-Commerce solutions for national and international E-Commerce projects. For additional information visit: www.siemenscomputers.com --30--eb/sf* tv CONTACT: Siemens John Davis, 408/428-8470 john.davis@lcp.siemens.com or A&R Partners Austen Briggs, 650/298-3909 abriggs@arpartners.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS