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Ethernet

• The 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance

Fibre

• Efiber.net - fiber optics buyers guide
• The POF Trade Org

Fibre Channel & SAN Organzations

• The ANSI Technical Committee T11 is responsible for Device Level Interfaces, including Fibre Channel and HPPI
• The FibreAlliance - an industry special interest group headed by EMC
• Fibre Channel Association
• The Fibre Channel Loop Community
• The Jiro Technology page
• SANservices is an information center developed by ITIS Services
• SNIA - The Storage Networking Industry Association
• The WEBM Initiative page

Fibre Channel Vendors

see SAN Vendors below…

FireWire Organizations

• The 1394 Trade Association
• ...from the horse's mouth, Apple's general FireWire page
• FireWireWorld provides news, information, and resources site for IEEE1394
• FireWire Watch tracks IEEE1394 products
• Intel's 1394 technology page
• Microsoft's 1394 hardware development page

FireWire Vendors - Computers & General

• 1394 Store
• Addonics - optical storage
• ADS - Orb drives & storage kits
• Archos - disk & optical storage
• BUSlink - disk storage
• California Drives - 1394/USB storage, kits & HBAs
• Century Global - enclosures, disk & optical storage
• CMS Peripherals - disk storage & backup
• CompuCable - 1394/USB storage kits
• Dynamic Network Factory - storage & HBAs
• Ecrix, a division of Exabyte Corp. - tape storage
• Escient - optical disc jukebox
• Fantom - disk, tape & optical storage
• FirewireDirect
• Granite Digital - storage kits, hubs,HBAs, adapters & cables
• GoCables - 1394 cables along with network & peripheral cables
• Indigita - bridges, HBAs & tape storage
• Initio - HBAs & 1394 to UltraSCSI converters
• IOGEAR - hubs, HBAs & storage
• LaCie - disk & optical storage
• Madlogix - enclosures & drivers
• Maxtor - disk storage
• MCE - disk & optical storage
• Micronet - The single & dual ported SANcube
• Minds@work - Digital Wallet stand-alone storage peripherals
• NEC
  • 400Mbps Wireless IEEE1394 Home Networking
  • Termboy long haul 1394 for copper, POF and UTP
• Micro Accessories Inc. - enclosures & cables
• QPS - optical storage
• RAID Inc. (formerly JEMS Data) - disk storage
• Rorke - disk & optical storage
• SmartDisk - disk & optical storage, 1394 RAID software
• Unibrain offers FireNet, a software–only product for Win and Mac that provide full Ethernet emulation over 1394 with sustained throughput twice that of 100BaseT
• Western Digital - disk storage
• WiebeTech - Compact Flash solid state storage kit & 1394/USB storage

FireWire Vendors - Audio/Video

• Archos - MP3 player/disk storage
• Omneon - disk storage
• Les Technologies SoftAcoustik - loudspeaker prioneers also have a consumer 1394 gateway on the way
• Metric Halo - audio I/O peripherals
• Orange Micro - HBA, camera & SCSI bridge prodcuts

InfiniBand

• The InfiniBand Trade Association

NAS Vendors

• Addonics Technologies has the NetStor range of NAS products
• Connex NAS for Unix, Mac & NT
• Linksys Network-Attached Storage
• Snap Appliances' Snap Server range of NAS appliances

SAN Vendors & Integrators

• ATTO Technology, Inc. - integrator supporting Mac & UNIX
• Ciprico - supporting NT, Mac & UNIX
• CyberStorage - integrator supporting Win, Mac & UNIX
• Data Direct Inc. - supporting Win, Mac & IRIX
• Emulex - FC interconnect products
• Glyph Technologies - integrator supporting Mac & NT
• Hitachi Data Systems - storage for big iron
• MicroNet - integrator supporting Win, Mac & UNIX
• RAID Inc. - integrator supporting Win, Mac & IRIX
• Rorke division of Bell Micro - integrator supporting Win, Mac & UNIX...Bell has also acquired Hammer Storage (the former FWB storage division)
• Transoft - supporting NT, Mac & UNIX
• trueSAN - formerly Synapsys, an integrator supporting NT, Mac, IRIX & UNIX
• XIOtech division of Seagate - supporting NT, Mac & UNIX

SCSI Organizations

• SCSI Advantage, all SCSI, all the time
• The SCSI Trade Association

SCSI & iSCSI Vendors

• Acard Technology - bargain HBAs
• Adaptec -HBAs w/TOE supporting Win & UNIX
• Alacritec - HBAs w/TOE supporting Win & UNIX
• Atto Technology, Inc. - HBAs
• Granite Digital - SCSI interconnect solutions
• HUGE Systems - iSCSI and Ultra320 RAIDs & JBODs
• Initio - HBAs & 1394 to UltraSCSI converters
• Medea Corp. - RAID solutions for audio & video production
• Methode Electronic’s dataMate products address several common SCSI needs
• Nishan Systems, Inc. - HBAs, switches & management
• Paralan Corp. - SCSI converters and extenders
• QLogic - HBAs w/TOE supporting Win & UNIX
• Rancho Technology, Inc. - SCSI converters and extenders

Serial ATA Organizations

• The Serial ATA Working Group

Serial ATA Vendors

• APT Technologies, Inc. - product development, contract engineering, product planning and strategic marketing for the storage market

USB Organizations

• The USB Implementers Forum

USB Vendors - Computers & General

• 3Com - Bluetooth adapters
• Adaptec -hubs, HBAs & 1394/USB combo HBAs
• Air Technologies - PS/2 adapters
• BUSlink - disk & solid state storage
• California Drives - 1394/USB storage, kits & HBAs
• CMS Peripherals - disk storage & backup
• CompuCable - 1394/USB storage kits & HUI peripherals
• Contour Design - outstanding HUI products
• Eskape Labs - video I/O
• GoCables - USB hubs & cables along with network & peripheral cables
• Griffin Technology - unique HUI peripherals
• Indigita - bridges & HBAs
• IOGEAR - hubs, HBAs & storage
• Keyspan - hubs, serial & parallel adapters, HBAs & power management products
• Maxtor - disk storage
• MCE - disk & optical storage
• M-Systems - solid state storage
• New Motion Technology - 1394/USB storage kits
• Orange Micro - HBAs
• QPS - optical storage
• Seagate - disk & tape storage
• SmartDisk - 1394/USB combo storage
• Sophisticated Circuits - HUI & power management products
• Trekstor - solid state storage, some with biometric security
• WiebeTech - 1394/USB storage

USB Vendors - Audio/Video

• Edirol - audio/MIDI I/O peripherals
• Ego Systems - ADAT adapters & audio I/O peripherals
• Emagic - audio I/O peripherals
• Griffin Technology - audio I/O peripherals
• Korg - SmartMedia-based recorder/mixer
• Midiman/M-Audio - HUI MIDI peripherals
• Onkyo - audio I/O peripherals
• ORBAN Europe - distributes the SOUNDTAINER, a USB–equipped MP3 field recorder
• Radikal Technologies - HUI peripherals
• Sound Devices - analog audio input peripherals
• Tascam - HUI/audio I/O peripherals