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Rich Napolitano, VP of Sun's Data Services Platform Group: Page 3 of 14

Byte and Switch: As VP of the Data Services Platform group in Sun's storage division, what do you do?

Napolitano: Really, the job hasn't changed much, to tell you the truth. The charter is to deliver data services – the data services platform, which is the rebranding of the Pirus products under the Sun umbrella. The focus of what we deliver, and when, is being ordered based on the channels at Sun, and how we see the quickest path to revenue, which is really around block virtualization first. So the first-to-market products are around block technology.

Byte and Switch: When is that going to be available?

Napolitano: So it's in customers' hands now. The initial feedback is really, really positive. It's easy to install, performs well, scaleability is good. We're trying to get early reference accounts to really build our base. The technology will come out in two forms of Sun products: the standalone product, which will be delivered through professional services, which is what we're doing now; and then an integrated product, where we embed the Pirus technology into large-scale RAID subsystems. And that's later this year.

Byte and Switch: So that will be embedded directly into the Sun arrays?