DoSTOR analysis of the store on November 1: While in Orlando last week, survived Hurricane Wilma's strong attack, but this is not the General Assembly SNW calm.
question Invista: May this year when EMC introduced Invista virtualization solutions, many industry had forecast Invista will soon be widely used, but on the current situation, Invista popularity faster than expected to be much slower.
EMCInvista run on a smart SAN switch on the high-performance network storage virtualization solutions, Brocade and Cisco intelligent switches are ripe, but in the EMC software as if it was not ready. Insiders said Invista is still Beta testing phase, it will take some time to large areas of the market.
However, EMC chief development officer of Invista denied MarkLewis progress slower than planned. He said: Invista's progress as we expected and planned the same. Invista as a result of the target market is large enterprises, so the testing process is very strict caution. We expect next year in order to deploy Invista, until 2007 Invista to become a major product. Brbrbr we can, and so on. You can it?
QLogic intelligent switches: that, and so on, QLogic acquired through the acquisition of TroikaNetworks virtualization switch will be ready to ship, but not yet shipped. QLogic vice president of market FrankBerry said QLogic will continue to channel sales through the Troika hardware and StoreAge's virtualization software. But he hopes that with the large storage OEM manufacturers signed agreement to sell these products. These companies in the sales of these products will take time before these products for testing.
We certainly will not be a software reseller. Berry said.
Georgens joined the NetApp: NetApp CEO TomGeorgens the appointment of former Engenio storage systems for corporate senior vice president and general manager, according to informed sources, he will be responsible for matters related to the acquisition.
year in August, LSILogic decided to allow the system to become a separate sector of listed companies, Georgens immediately left the Engenio. He is actually NetApp's second this month hired a high profile figure. Brocade also JayKidd former chief technology officer this month to join a new department in charge NetApp.
McData rename intelligent switch module: According to McData, senior vice president of market WayneMorris said, McData smart switch module is expected to be initially available in early 2006, but may have to be adopted in the third quarter of next year's EMC certification. McData also plans to rename this product. Prior to this product called VirtualizationServicesModule (VSM), known as the McData now IntelligentFabricModule (IFM), the company will continue to consider whether there is a better name.
Aarohi chips: Aarohi chip start-up companies may be more concerned than McData the virtualization module of the date of shipment. McData because Aarohi, an application of the chip, which will also Aarohi's first significant revenue.
But Aarohi is not just a company which hopes McData. AmeeshDivatia chief executive officer, said he was still negotiating with other switch vendors such as Brocade and is to discuss the next generation of smart chips for Brocade switches them.
In addition, Aarohi also has a module for blade servers to exchange the chips, the chips and InfiniBand, 10G Ethernet products, as well as PCIExpress have connectivity. Divatia referred to the new chip, said: We will soon win designwins. Brbrbr loop switch: When in August this year, EMC upgraded its Clariion midrange SAN systems, many suspect that the industry EMC introduced new UltraPointTechnology include Emulex Embedded switches. EMC, but denied that UltraPoint was based on EMC's own technology.
however, EMC is only half right. The embedded intelligent switches are not from Emulex, is not EMC's own products, but from PMC-Sierra. In the last week of the profitability of PMC meeting, the CEO of EMC's new disclosure BobBailey products Clariions application of the PMC loop switches and controllers. A PMC in-house staff, said: This is right, if you open a new Clariions, you'll see PMC-Sierra products. Brbrbr again to buy Snap: Adaptec has not yet decided who will take over the system, but there are The source said many companies already have expressed their willingness to purchase Adaptec's systems division. SnapAppliance former chief executive officer EricKelly is busy with other joint venture investors to raise cash. Adaptec in July 2004 to 100,000,000 U.S. dollars acquisition of Snap, composed of Adaptec's systems division.
this is not the first time Kelly from a large company to buy a Snap. In 2002, when Kelly and several other investors to spend 113 million acquisition of Quantum's NAS business, followed by the formation of the company SnapAppliance. Microsoft
disadvantaged: Although Microsoft is stepping up into the pace of store management, but IBM has not invited Microsoft to join Aperi open source storage applications. IBM is Microsoft intentionally left out here?
a staff of IBM, said: We usually think of Microsoft and open source has nothing to do.
more information on the Aperi: While the storage industry has been quite a number of large companies joined the Aperi, but the EMC and Dingdingtaiming HP said that did not receive the invitation. Although IBM insists that they received the invitation, but sources said they were later invited and the invitation is received indirectly. According to the rumor of personnel involved in the formation of Aperi is not only well-known people, there are no staff behind the scenes at the SNW conference appearance, but it is certain that they are a member of the SNIA.
IBM and has deliberately distanced itself from the whole thing. A spokesman for IBM in today's Mail wrote: Aperi is not an IBM organization but an open organization. Any company can join. They would be able to join the last week, this week or next week, adding, Can at any time after accession. Brbrbr manufacturers introduced CDP: Do you think that almost every proper storage companies have a continuous data protection products in time, SNW has been swept by a new release whirlwind. EMC issued a long-awaited continuous data protection products In addition, Availl, FalconSor, FilesX, Kashva and StorServer released this week have their own CDP product. This means that in SWN published CDP products than the actual use of CDP customers than. Brbrbr alternative storage Product: BlueArc founder GeoffBarrall said the company has raised 6,000,000 U.S. dollars of investment funds for small and medium enterprises for storage products. Barrall did not disclose more product information, but said their products with different RAID, storage can become Simpler. Brbrbr