Top Ten Private Storage Networking Companies
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byteandswitch.com
June 13, 2001
Simply put, analysts and pundits – including Gorgeous George Gilder – are going plumb loco over BlueArc’s Si7500 NAS device, which connects Fibre Channel storage arrays to servers over gig Ethernet networks. International Data Corp. (IDC)
analyst Robert Gray recently described BlueArc's system as "2 to 10 times as good as today's products."
BlueArc will compete head-to-head with storage behemoths like EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) and Network Appliance Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP). Right now those companies have yet to say how they’ll counter the threat from this feisty new competitor. In the meantime, BlueArc’s story has put it center stage in the NAS market – hence its position at No. 2 on the list.
Note: BlueArc recently published some test results of its product. View them here: http://www.etestinglabs.com/main/reports/baiomtr.pdf
Pirus Maniacs
Pirus Networks nabs the No. 3 spot on the list for a combination of reasons. All of them good.
