ADVISORY/Sandial to Demonstrate New Shadow 14000 Storage Backbone Switch at Storage Networking World.

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ADVISORY...for Monday-Thursday (April 5-8)

Storage Networking World Spring 2004

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

SAN congestion management case study to be presented by director of U.K. government project

WHO:     Sandial Systems, a pioneer in the development of
         backbone-class SAN switching

         Ray Ford, director, ICT and E-Learning, Rural Achievement
         Zone, United Kingdom

WHAT:    Sandial will demonstrate for the first time the Shadow
         14000, its new backbone-class storage area networking switch
         introduced February 17.

         Sandial customer Ray Ford of the Rural Achievement Zone, a
         British government online project to improve standards in
         schools and provide new opportunities for community learning,
         will also present a case study titled "The Transparent SAN:
         Identifying and Managing Congestion with Policy-based
         Management Tools."

WHEN:    SNW to take place from April 5-8, 2004

         Sandial to demonstrate Shadow 14000 during exhibition hours:
            Tuesday, April 6, 5:30-8:30 pm
            Wednesday, April 7, 5:15-7:15 pm

         Ray Ford presentation: Wednesday, April 7, 4:15-4:45 pm

WHERE:   Storage Networking World, Spring 2004
         JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort, Phoenix, Arizona

         Sandial booth number G13
         Ray Ford to present in the Wildflower Ballroom, Salon A

DETAILS: Sandial Shadow 14000

         The Shadow 14000 is the first SAN switch based on a
         connection-oriented architecture, delivering for the first
         time visibility and control of network traffic to
         guarantee network performance in support of specific
         business-critical applications.

         The Transparent SAN: Identifying and Managing Congestion with
         Policy-based Management Tools

         The traditional rationale for SANs is to consolidate storage
         resources and increase functionality. This allows
         increased flexibility, management and reduction in total
         cost of ownership. But this exercise raises some other
         issues that are often overlooked, such "over subscription"
         and "congestion" within the fabric. These issues need to
         be identified, controlled and then customized to suit the
         network demands and service level agreements (SLA) of the
         organization. This session will discuss how the Rural
         Achievement Zone is using a virtualized heterogeneous SAN
         to solve these problems.

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