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Mike Wall, GM of Intel's Storage Components Division: Page 10 of 11

Byte and Switch: So basically it's a brand-new market.

Wall: Yes.

Byte and Switch: And so you have all the challenges associated with creating a new market – educational issues and developing a channel, right?

Wall: Absolutely. What I said earlier was that iSCSI didn't achieve the expectations any of us thought a few years ago. But can you name a new technology or technology transition that did meet its timing expectations? I can't think of one. Ninety percent of the time, if not more, it always takes a year or two longer for these new technologies to be adopted by the marketplace. But this is one that I'm sure will happen.

Byte and Switch: Why are you so sure this is going to happen?