Agilent Technologies Forms New Division Focused On Storage Area Networks; Storage Networking Division to be Led by New VP Julian Elliott.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2000 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced that it has formed the Storage Networking Division to focus on the fast-growing storage area networking (SAN) market. The division will initially focus on Fibre Channel technology, where Agilent has established a strong position through its IC and board-level products. It will also focus on emerging technologies such as InfiniBand and IP SAN that promise to be important standards for the storage market. Industry veteran Julian Elliott has been named vice president and general manager of the new division after leading Agilent's SAN efforts for the past four years. Elliott reports to Bill Sullivan, senior vice president and general manager of Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group. Elliott has more than 15 years experience in the computer and storage market, including stints as marketing manager for Hewlett-Packard Company's Personal Computer Group and as vice president of Marketing at BusLogic Inc. He holds a bachelor's degree in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. and a master's of business administration from Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . "The formation of this division is an indication of the success Agilent has had in penetrating the storage networking market," said Elliott. "This move sends a strong message that we intend to continue to serve this market aggressively. We believe that we have the people and the technologies in place to continue our strong growth." Agilent SAN Solutions Agilent is a leading supplier of Fibre Channel solutions for the rapidly expanding SAN market, providing industry-leading Tachyon tachyon (tăk`ēŏn'), hypothetical elementary particle that travels only at speeds exceeding that of light. According to the theory of relativity, the speed of light is the limiting velocity for all ordinary material particles. Fibre Channel controllers and HBA (Host Bus Adapter) See host adapter. solutions that include software and driver support for all major operating environments. Agilent also provides a complete set of components for Fibre Channel, including fiber optic transceivers, serializer/deserializer (SerDes) ICs, and port bypass circuits. Agilent has also presented early demonstrations of both the InfiniBand I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output standard, and the emerging IP SAN technology. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a diversified technology company with approximately 46,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. In fiscal year 1999, Agilent had net revenue of more than $8.3 billion. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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