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NextGig Gets Going: Page 3 of 3

The plan sounds similar to that of several next-generation storage processor startups, Trebia Networks Inc.

and Silverback Systems Inc.
among them. These companies are building systems-on-a-chip designed to off-load certain processing functions from the server. (see, Trebia Breaks Silence).

It also has echoes of Sun Microsystems Inc.’s (Nasdaq: SUNW) MegaCache storage accelerators designed to speed up the performance of existing storage subsystems. MegaCache accelerators sit between the server and the existing storage subsystem and are transparent to both "front end" servers and "back end" storage. They are specifically designed to speed database applications.

Coincidentally, NextGig’s VP of engineering, John VanZandz, worked at Sun developing enterprise software tools to manage large, distributed Java applications. Perhaps another clue.

All will be revealed in time. At least for now, NextGig has some funding under its belt and can move ahead developing its product. If it’s wise, it will conserve as much of this cash as it can, as many of the other startups in this market are running out of it (see Entrada's Last Gasp?).

— Jo Maitland, Senior Editor, Byte and Switch
http://www.byteandswitch.com