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The IPSF is composed of leading computer, data storage and data management vendors as well as resellers dedicated to providing the IT community with vendor-neutral information, education and exposure to IP-based SAN storage technologies.

With estimates by the Enterprise Strategy Group of more than 25,000 customer deployments of iSCSI-based SANs worldwide, many analysts now view IP Storage as an appropriate solution for business critical IT environments.

IDC views iSCSI as the fastest-growing area of the storage market - with an expected 73 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for 2006-2010, and the market reaching $5.1B in 2010 (source: IDC Storage Tracker, Fall 2006).  Many analysts now view IP Storage as an appropriate mainstream networked storage solution for business critical IT environments.

“It is our view that iSCSI has entered the early mainstream.  We recently completed research that surveyed 511 IT end user companies of all sizes and industries. 17 percent had adopted iSCSI, and another 20 percent planned to implement within the next 12 to 24 months.  Combined, this represents 37 percent of the total respondents. We see this as real validation that iSCSI is a viable alternative to Fibre Channel that early adopters claim is less expensive and much easier to manage.  We believe that the iSCSI momentum is unstoppable.”
                        Tony Asaro, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group