IBM System Storage DS8000 Turbo: First storage system to deliver 4Gb/sec FICON support. It features Power5 processors that can deliver as much as a 15% improvement in transaction processing workload performance.

NetXen 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Intelligent NICs: First dual-port 10GbE products with native PCI Express functionality. The NICs are software- and firmware- upgradeable, unlike existing hardwired alternatives. This enables server systems equipped with Intelligent NIC technology to adapt to different data center workloads.

Nimbus Data Systems MySAN: First free iSCSI target software for Microsoft Windows. Users can create an IP SAN using existing hardware. It turns any Windows partition (hard drive, internal RAID array, external storage system or Fibre Channel storage) into an iSCSI target. MySAN Release Candidate 1 for Windows Server 2003 can be downloaded at www.mysan.com.