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`Sun to OEM Alteon's Gigabit Ethernet
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`May 1997
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`Sun hints it may want to "own" its own Gigabit Ethernet technology
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`By Robert McMillan
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`San Francisco (May 1, 1997) -- Steven Moustakas says that next week's Networld+Interop show
`in Las Vegas, NV, will separate the reality from the vaporware in the Gigabit Ethernet space. And
`Moustakas, the director of marketing for network products at Sun Microsystems Computer
`Company, says that Sun is not selling vaporware. The company will be showing real working (if
`not shipping) product at its N+I booth next week in the form of a Gigabit Ethernet network
`interface card and server switch from Alteon Networks (San Jose, CA). Sun is working with
`Alteon to optimize the products for S-Bus and Solaris and expects to have shipping product by the
`third quarter this year.
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`Moustakas says that Sun is selling both the card and the switch -- a Sun first -- because the Gigabit Ethernet
`standard isn't expected to be in place until early 1998, and Sun wanted to ensure the Gigabit Ethernet cards it
`was selling would interoperate with its switches.
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`The switch supports up to eight 10- to 100-megabit-per-second connections and has two one-gigabit-per-second
`ports.
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`Sun clearly sees Gigabit Ethernet as playing a major role in the network-centric future it wants to dominate. It
`has taken an active role in the standard-setting Gigabit Ethernet alliance and has penned a white paper on the
`technology -- months before it intends to deliver product. Both are signs that Sun is treating this as more than
`just OEM technology. Moustakas wouldn't comment directly on whether Sun planned to develop or acquire its
`own Gigabit Ethernet technology, but he did hint: "We are looking at all different options as far as our Gigabit
`Ethernet strategy is concerned. If Sun believes that a core technology is required to be in place to enter a
`marketplace, Sun needs to own that technology, and I think Gigabit Ethernet is very core to our future."
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`Sun's Gigabit Ethernet S-Bus card and switch will ship in Q3 1997. The S-Bus card will list for $2,300, and the
`switch will cost $10,000. Alteon's AceSwitch Gigabit Ethernet switch and network interface card list for $9,000
`and $1,500, respectively.
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`Resources
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`Gigabit Ethernet Alliance
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`http://www.gigabit-ethernet.org/
`Sun's Gigabit Ethernet products
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`http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/index.html
`Sun's Gigabit Ethernet white paper
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`http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/whitepapers/gigabitwp.html
`Alteon Networks
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`http://www.alteon.com/
`"Is ATM ready for prime time?"
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`/sunworldonline/swol-04-1997/swol-04-atm.html
`"Your faster bet in LANs,"
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`/sunworldonline/swol-10-1996/swol-10-networking.html
`"Unraveling asynchronous transfer mode,"
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`/sunworldonline/swol-04-1997/swol-04-connectivity.html
`"Unraveling ATM,"
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`/sunworldonline/swol-05-1997/swol-05-connectivity.html
`"Barely managing ATM,"
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`/sunworldonline/swol-08-1996/swol-08-atm.html
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