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2006: The B&S Report Card: Page 4 of 8

Maybe QLogic CEO H.K. Desai and his advisors believe this -- they bought up InfiniBand startups PathScale and SilverStorm this year. But while those deals and Mellanox’s pending IPO prove InfiniBand is alive and well, it only took baby steps toward becoming a mainstream data center play in 2006. InfiniBand’s long-term chances of making it in the data center may rest on how well it plays with Ethernet.

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    Prediction: Encryption Embraced

    Reality: Security Blanket Spreads Out

    Grade: B