Engenio Information Technologies Inc. says growth in sales of 4-Gbit/s arrays are up by more than 30 percent, indicating vigorous adoption of the new Fibre Channel data rate (see Engenio Boasts Big 4-Gbit/ Sales).
The company says sales of the Engenio 6998, a 4-Gbit/s FC array announced in January 2005, rose 33 percent from February, when they first shipped, through July (see Engenio Goes 4-Gig for HPC). In all, 360 systems were sold to customers to meet demand in verticals like healthcare, entertainment, and oil and gas research. Compare that with 270 systems sold in the first six months of 2001.
Engenio's claims are borne out by the financials of LSI Logic Corp. (NYSE: LSI), its public parent company. Last month, LSI reported that revenues from storage systems and components (a.k.a. Engenio) rose nearly 12 percent sequentially, from $106.4 million in the first quarter 2005 to $118.9 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2005. "Our Engenio storage systems subsidiary benefited from the successful introduction of its higher-end product line," said Abhi Talwalkar, LSI Logic's CEO, in a prepared statement (see LSI Logic Reports Q2).
Three main OEMs account for most of Engenio's 4-Gbit/s sales -- IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) (NYSE: SGI), and Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) (NYSE: STK). Each has made 4-Gbit/s announcements based on their purchase of Engenio controllers. (See SGI Targets First in 4-Gig, IBM Ships Engenio-Based 4G FC, IBM Drives 4-Gbit/s, and StorageTek Adds 4-Gbit/s Support.)
Engenio's announcement of 4-Gbit/s growth is aimed to counter claims made by EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) to the contrary. In announcing new systems last week, that vendor downplayed the role of the new FC speed: "When the market has quality, 4-Gig, end-to-end components that are tested, thats when youll see a 4-Gig system from EMC. Anybody announcing 4-Gig now is pre-announcing products, said Barry Ader, EMC director of Clariion marketing (see EMC Cultivates Clariion).
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