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[July 16, 2008]

Gartner: Dell Number One in iSCSI SANs

(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Dell is the worldwide leader for iSCSI storage area networks (SANs),
with more than double the share of its nearest competitor in the first
quarter 2008, according to industry analyst firm Gartner.

In addition, Dell EqualLogic storage solutions received a "Strong
Positive" - the highest possible rating - in Gartner's "MarketScope for
iSCSI SAN Integrated Solutions".

Burgeoning new Internet-based businesses including application service
providers and hosted services, proliferating social networking sites
such as Facebook and LinkedIn and handheld mobile devices such as the
BlackBerry are generating large amounts of digital content.

- IDC reported in March that the digital universe is expected to grow
to nearly 1,800 exabytes3 by 2011, a ten-fold increase over the next
three years.

- According to McKinsey & Company, demand for storage capacity has
grown by more than 50 percent annually in recent years.

iSCSI, or Internet SCSI,6 is a simple communications protocol that
employs the Internet Protocol (IP) to connect servers with external
storage devices. iSCSI's advantages are that it runs over ubiquitous
Ethernet networks and switches, can communicate over wide area as well
as local area networks, and, because it runs on top of IP, it is an
extremely flexible routed protocol that facilitates virtualization.
Dell has invested in a broad range of iSCSI solutions ranging from
entry-level PowerVault products to powerful Dell Equallogic solutions
to massively scalable Dell/EMC products.

"We are seeing a tremendous opportunity for our storage systems across
the board including our Dell/EMC, PowerVault and Dell/EqualLogic lines
- especially with customers building virtual infrastructures and
Internet-based businesses," said Darren Thomas, vice president and
general manager of Dell Enterprise Storage. "These applications require
not only the inherent ease of use and accessibility of the iSCSI
protocol, but the intelligent automation and dynamic virtualization
such as those in the Dell EqualLogic architecture."

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