Agilent Technologies and Adaptec Partner to Boost Use of Fibre Channel Technology With PC Servers.Business Editors/High-tech Writers 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. and MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000 Market Leaders to Enhance Fibre Channel Product Offerings for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) Server Market 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), and Adaptec, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPT ADPT Automated Data Processing/Telecommunications ADPT Adaptec Corporation (stock symbol) ADPT Adaptive Prediction ADPT Auger Depth Profiling Technique ADPT Automated Data Processing Telecommunications ADPT Adapter ) today announced that the companies will co-develop, market, and sell Fibre Channel host bus adapters for Windows NT-based servers. This alliance is targeted at providing interoperability and support to drive customer confidence and accelerate the adoption of Fibre Channel in Windows NT markets. Under the terms of the agreement, Adaptec will license Agilent's Fibre Channel host adapter Also called a "controller" or "host bus adapter," it is a device that connects one or more peripheral units to a computer. It is typically an expansion card that plugs into the bus. IDE and SCSI are examples of peripheral interfaces that call their controllers host adapters. See host. and software driver technology. Both companies will jointly develop and market software solutions based on 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. architecture, and will focus on interoperability and ease of use to facilitate customer adoption of Fibre Channel. Adaptec will focus its sales and distribution channel to market Fibre Channel solutions to PC OEMs and distributors worldwide. Products sold through Adaptec will be co-branded. "The goal of the alliance is to enhance Fibre Channel solutions for the fast-growing Windows NT server market," said Julian Elliott, general manager of Agilent's High-Speed 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 business unit. "We believe the combination of Agilent's high-performance Fibre Channel architecture and Adaptec's success at providing interoperable, easy-to-use I/O solutions for the Windows NT server market will spark Fibre Channel adoption in this dynamic area." "The combination of Adaptec's leadership in providing I/O solutions with Agilent's successful Tachyon architecture creates what we believe is the world's best Fibre Channel I/O In computer science, channel I/O is a generic term that refers to an advanced, high-performance input/output architecture that is implemented in various forms on a number of computer architectures, especially on mainframe computers. and moves the industry one step closer to a SAN future," said Bob Schultz, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Adaptec. "This alliance makes it possible to offer mainstream customers and our channel partners superior Fibre Channel functionality, interoperability, value-added software, support and reliability." Alliance is a Synergistic Match As a leading supplier of Fibre Channel products, Agilent's Tachyon Fibre Channel protocol controller ICs are used by industry-leading storage subsystem The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. and system OEMs. Agilent host adapter boards based on the Tachyon architecture have demonstrated industry-leading performance in 2 gigabit per second performance for enterprise-class storage area networks. Agilent is also demonstrating Fibre Channel interoperability with its "Tachyon Tested" program, helping systems OEMs and system integrators quickly create interoperable solutions. Adaptec has a leading presence in the Windows NT/Intel market with strong customer relationships with most branded system OEMs. The company offers host bus I/O solutions -- combining adapters and software -- for a variety of popular storage I/O environments such as SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. and RAID. In addition to a strong product offering, Adaptec brings to the alliance a strong sales, distribution, service and support infrastructure to help customers implement Fibre Channel in demanding computing environments. Fibre Channel Protocol is Ideal for SANs Co-branded Adaptec and Agilent products based on Agilent's Tachyon architecture allow servers to utilize Fibre Channel -- an industry standard, serial-interconnect technology that operates at gigabit transmission rates -- to communicate with storage devices such as tape drives, RAID arrays, and storage clusters. Fibre Channel provides the connectivity and bandwidth needed to move large data files between storage, server, and client nodes. It is ideal for SANs, which off-load mass storage from individual servers and move it to a separate high-speed network connection accessible to many servers, computer clusters, and other computing resources. About Adaptec Adaptec makes storage work with products and solutions that move, transfer, manage, and protect valuable data that is the heart of Internet and e-business computing. Adaptec's hardware and software products are found in high-performance servers and workstations from the world's leading manufacturers, and are sold through distribution channels to enterprises, medium and small businesses, and consumers. With a range of host I/O, RAID, and CD recording software products, Adaptec is a market leader in storage solutions, and a powerful enabler of today's information age. Adaptec is an S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 member. More information is available at http://www.adaptec.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) is a diversified technology company, resulting from Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. With 42,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent Technologies is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. The businesses comprising Agilent, a subsidiary of HP, had net revenues of more than $8.3 billion in fiscal year 1999. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Adaptec's Fibre Channel, SCSI, SAN, RAID, and general storage I/O market share, global position, and opportunities for product sales, as well as statements regarding Agilent's Fibre Channel, SAN, and silicon market share, global position, and opportunities for product sales. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from these projections due to various factors including, but not limited to, the risks associated with alliances, new product introductions by competitors, rapidly changing product preferences by customers, and general economic conditions. For a more detailed discussion of the factors that affect the companies' operating results, interested parties should review Adaptec's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999 and Agilent's registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 1999. Windows NT is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . |
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