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LOS ANGELES, CA -- The Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) will be showcasing the data acceleration, management and scalability of DataDirect Networks' Silicon Storage Appliance technology in their booth at Supercomputing 2001. DataDirect Networks is a leading provider of the world's highest performance storage networking appliances. The demonstration will focus on improving utilization of available bandwidth for interactive scientific visualization and virtualized management of data storage. ASCI provides modeling and simulation capability for the Department of Energy's Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship activities at the three Defense Programs laboratories (Los Alamos, Sandia, and Lawrence Livermore). Advanced computations and three-dimensional modeling and simulation are developed to ensure safe and reliable maintenance of the nation's nuclear arsenal in the absence of nuclear testing. Joining DataDirect Networks with technology in the ASCI environment are AT&T, Avici, Brocade, Nishan, Riverstone, SGI, Spirent, SUN and VERITAS. DataDirect Networks' Silicon Storage Appliances will also be demonstrated in the DataDirect Networks' booth (#418) at the conference. "Easy-to-deploy Silicon Storage Appliances are proving themselves in laboratories, data centers and workgroups every day around the world," Brad Winett, vice president product marketing, DataDirect Networks, said. "The ability to deploy enabling technology that offers seamless interoperability in existing environments is key to meeting customer needs and substantially exceeding expectations in critical scientific and commercial supercomputing centers today." DataDirect Networks has created highly scalable, simple-to-deploy and easy-to-manage Silicon Storage Appliances to accelerate application performance, simplify information management, and establish an intelligent platform for deploying application-specific storage solutions. Winett will also be discussing implementing intelligent infrastructures at Supercomputing 2001 on Nov. 13 from 5 - 5:30 p.m. (Room A-107). With each appliance's ability to supply an aggregate bandwidth of 800 megabytes per second and support up to 512 servers and 180 Terabytes of storage, the Silicon Storage Appliance brings performance and scalability benefits to scientific and commercial supercomputing centers. DataDirect Networks' Silicon Storage Appliance technology allows businesses to accelerate their applications, providing data at least three times faster than existing Storage Area Networking (SAN) solutions and ten times faster than Network Attached Storage (NAS) technology. The acceleration of data to applications and users -- simply and easily -- allows DataDirect Networks' customers to consolidate their storage; the Silicon Storage Appliance technology allows management of up to 100 Terabytes by a single system administrator, providing 10x lower Total Cost of Ownership. Customers using DataDirect's Silicon Storage Appliances include Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, NASA, Sandia National Laboratories, National Center for Atmospheric Research, NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, U.S. Army Research Lab, White Sands Missile Range, National Century Financial Enterprises, Loudeye, Star TV, Sonic Foundry, among others. DataDirect SAN partnerships include industry leaders VERITAS, Seagate, Emulex, QLogic and Brocade, among others. For more information visit www.datadirectnet.com