Top Of The News - Hardware:

Dot Hill Announces Interoperability With INRANGE's FC/9000

Dot Hill and INRANGE, announced the completion of interoperability testing between Dot Hill's SANnet 7000 series Fibre Channel storage systems with the INRANGE FC/9000 family of Fibre Channel Directors. SANnet was tested and verified on Linux, Windows NT, Windows 2000, AIX and Solaris operating systems.

"SANnet is designed using open standards, as are all products developed under our OpenAxis Intelligence strategic initiative," said Dana Kammersgard, chief technology officer for Dot Hill. "This verification is another proof point that we are achieving the high interoperability standards we have set. Dot Hill's support of director-class hardware confirms our commitment and SANnet's viability in the enterprise market. Our initiative and INRANGE's vision are very similar -- to provide an infrastructure that scales, supports diverse environments, and makes data accessible from anywhere."

"INRANGE is committed to helping customers simplify storage management and reduce overhead costs," said Dale Lafferty, vice president of marketing and alliances at INRANGE. "One way we help to reduce costs is to assure that our products work with other Storage Area Network (SAN) components, as this is a major concern for enterprise customers. INRANGE's I3 laboratory and certification processes provides a multi-layer program for ensuring interoperability between our IN-VSN family of virtual storage networking solutions and those of major industry vendors. We welcome Dot Hill as the newest addition to our list of I3 partners."

About Dot Hill

Dot Hill is a leading independent provider of storage networking solutions. Its SANnet product line includes storage area networks, MIL-STD-810F and NEBS Level 3 certified systems. The Axis Storage Manager family of products enables companies to enhance their existing IT infrastructures without replacing them regardless of what storage is used. Axis also provides mirroring, remote replication and disaster recovery options for mission-critical applications. Dot Hill's customers include many of the world's leading Internet service providers, telecommunications companies, and government agencies. Dot Hill is an ISO 9002 certified company, and its Web site is www.dothill.com.

About INRANGE

INRANGE Technologies Corporation is the world leader in high-end scalable storage networking solutions and provides users with the building blocks to manage and expand large, complex storage networks simply, without geographic limitations. INRANGE's core-to-edge-to-anywhere solutions solve the growing storage challenges facing today's IT organizations, while providing investment protection and a proven foundation for future growth. INRANGE has a 33-year history of providing mission-critical networking technologies, servicing over 2,200 customers in 90 countries. Its Web site is www.inrange.com.