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MaXXan Systems Inc. is thiiiiiiiiiiis close to officially shipping their high-scale SAN switch. One of the last checklist items is Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval of the system to ensure its electromagnetic emissions don't interfere with communications equipment or sterilize the neighbors.
"Basically, we're looking at this as being GA [generally available] today," says Jeff Silva, MaXXan's VP of marketing. No customers to announce yet, though he says the MXV320 has been in FT [field trials] at four sites since January.
Other MaXXan developments: It soon plans to release a standalone appliance that runs FalconStor Software Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC) applications, using the same form factor as the NAS gateway it developed using Veritas Software Corp. (Nasdaq: VRTS) ServPoint NAS (see Veritas Scraps ServPoint Strategy). Also, its switch has been certified for Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) storage systems, according to Silva.
The main thing MaXXan needs to do is start knocking down sales. "We're definitely in customer-acquisition mode," says Silva. [Ed. note: Yeah, you and two dozen of your closest friends...] He tells us that the startup is set with funding through the first quarter 2004 even if it doesn't generate a single dime of revenue, but that MaXXan expects to raise additional funds later this year (see MaXXan Axxes Staff).
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