No analysis yet... don't know what to make of it yet. But here's the raw
bits for all to peruse and check out what's really going on... Best,
Rohit
===========================================================
DataPower delivers XML acceleration device
By Scott Tyler Shafer
August 27, 2002 5:46 am PT
DATAPOWER TECHNOLOGY ON Monday unveiled its network device designed
specifically to process XML data. Unlike competing solutions that
process XML data in software, DataPower's device processes the data in
hardware -- a technology achievement that provides greater performance,
according to company officials.
The new device, dubbed DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator, is the first in a
family of products expected from the Cambridge, Mass.-based startup. The
DataPower family is based on a proprietary processing core technology
called XG3 that does the analysis, parsing, and processing of the XML
data.
According to Steve Kelly, CEO of DataPower, the XA35 Accelerator was
conceived to meet the steady adoption of XML, the anticipated future
proliferation of Web services, and as a means to share data between two
businesses.
"Our vision is to build out an XML-aware infrastructure," Kelly said.
"The XA35 is the first of a family."
Kelly explained that converting data into XML increases the file size up
to 20 times. This, he said, makes processing the data very taxing on
application servers; DataPower believes an inline device is the best
alternative.
In addition to the large file sizes, security is also of paramount
importance in the world of XML.
"Today's firewalls are designed to inspect HTTP traffic only," Kelly
said. "A SOAP packet with XML will go straight through a firewall.
Firewalls are blind to XML today."
Future products in DataPowers family will focus more specifically on
security, especially as Web services proliferate, Kelly said.
According to DataPower, most existing solutions to offload XML
processing are homegrown and done in software -- an approach the company
itself tried initially and found to be inadequate with regards to speed
and security. After trying the software path, the company turned to
creating a solution that would process XML in hardware.
"Our XG3 execution core converts XML to machine code," said Kelly,
adding that to his knowledge no other company's solution does. Kelly
said in the next few months he expects the market to be flooded with
technologies that claim to do XML processing -- claims that he believes
will be mostly false.
Other content-aware switches, such as SSL (secure socket layer)
accelerators and load balancers, look at the first 64 bytes of a packet,
while the XA35 provides deeper packet inspection, looking at 1,400 bytes
and thus enabling greater processing of XML data, Kelly explained.
The 1U-high network device has been tested against a large collection of
XML and XSL data types and can learn new flavors of the markup language
as they pass through the device.
The XA35 can be deployed in proxy mode behind a firewall and a load
balancer, and it will inspect all traffic that passes and will identify
and process those packets that are XML, Kelly said.
In addition to proxy mode, the device can also be used as an application
co-processor. This deployment method gives administrators more granular
control over what data is inspected and the application server itself
controls the device.
DataPower is not the only company chasing this emerging market. Startup
Sarvega, based in Burr Ridge, Ill., introduced the Sarvega XPE switch in
May, and earlier this month Tarari, an Intel spin-off, launched with a
focus on content processing and acceleration.
The DataPower device is now available, priced starting at $54,995. The
company has announced one customer to date and says the product is in
field trails at a number of other enterprises.
=========================================================================
DataPower has been addressing enterprise networking needs since it was
founded in early 1999 by Eugene Kuznetsov, a technology visionary who
foresaw the adverse effects XML and other next generation protocols
would have on enterprise networks. Long before industry interest in XML
grew, Kuznetsov assembled a team of world-class M.I.T. engineers and
designed the industry's first solutions to address the unique
requirements for processing XML. The first such solution was a software
interpreter called DGXT. This software-based approach to XML processing
is still licensed by many companies for use in their own products today.
Leveraging the detailed knowledge and customer experience gained from
developing software-based accelerators, Kuznetsov's team raised the bar
and designed a system for processing XML in purpose-built hardware. In
2001, DataPower's effort produced XML Generation Three (XG3™), the
industry's fastest technology for XML processing, bar none.
Today, XG3™ technology powers the industry's first wire-speed XML
network devices, enabling secure, high-speed applications and XML Web
Services. While other companies are just now marketing first versions of
products, DataPower is delivering its third generation of technology,
providing an immediate return on technology investments to
industry-leading customers and partners.
DataPower's M.I.T. heritage is complemented by a management team that
brings decades of experience in the networking and computing industries,
drawing veteran leaders from several successful companies including
Akamai, Argon, Cascade, Castle Networks, Sycamore and Wellfleet.
=========================================================================
DataPower Technology Secures $9.5 Million in Funding
Venrock Associates, Mobius Venture Capital and Seed Capital Back Pioneer
in XML-Aware Networking for Web Services
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - July 8, 2002 - DataPower Technology, Inc., the
leading provider of XML-Aware network infrastructure, today announced
that it has secured $9.5 million in series B financing. Investors for
this round include Venrock Associates, Mobius Venture Capital and Seed
Capital Partners. Michael Tyrrell, of Venrock, Bill Burnham, of Mobius,
and Jeff Fagnan, of Seed Capital, have joined DataPower’s Board of
Directors.
DataPower will use this funding to accelerate development, marketing and
sales of the company’s breakthrough technology for XML-Aware networking.
Founded in 1999, DataPower invented the world’s first intelligent XML
networking devices, capable of transforming XML traffic and transactions
at the wire-speed enterprises need to effectively embrace Web services
and other XML-centric initiatives. DataPower’s solutions are based on
its patent-pending XML Generation Three (XG3™) technology.
"Enterprises are adopting XML at rapid rate to facilitate inter-and
intra-company communications but their network infrastructure is ill
prepared to support the requirements of this new traffic type.
DataPower’s XML-acceleration devices enable the wirespeed processing of
XML that is required to support next generation enterprise
applications," said Eugene Kuznetsov, CTO and founder of DataPower
Technology.
"DataPower gives companies the ability to use XML that’s critical to Web
services projects without sacrificing an ounce of performance." A single
DataPower acceleration engine delivers the processing power of 10
servers—breaking the performance bottleneck associated with XML
processing and delivering an extraordinary return on investment. In
addition, the DataPower platform provides enhanced XML security,
protection against XML-based denial-of-service attacks, connection of
e-business protocols for incompatible XML data streams, load balancing
between back-end servers and real-time statistics reports.
"In the post-bubble economy, technology investment decisions require
laser-focused scrutiny. DataPower’s patent-pending technology addresses
a very real and growing pain point for enterprises," said Michael
Tyrrell of Venrock Associates. "By turbo-charging their networks with
DataPower’s unique XML-Aware networking technology, companies will be
free to adopt next generation Web services without encountering
performance and security pitfalls."
"We looked long and hard for a company capable of addressing the rapidly
growing problems surrounding XML message processing performance and
security," said Bill Burnham of Mobius Venture Capital. "DataPower is on
their third generation of technology. Their patent pending XML
Generation Three (XG3) technology was quite simply the single most
compelling technology solution we have seen to date."
"XML is not a nice-to-have, it is a must have for enterprises serious
about optimizing application efficiency. Since 1999, DataPower has been
developing solutions to facilitate enterprise use of XML and Web
services," said Jeff Fagnan of Seed Capital Partners. "DataPower’s
XML-acceleration devices are a key requirement for enterprises that rely
on XML for mission critical applications."
About Venrock Associates
Venrock Associates was founded as the venture capital arm of the
Rockefeller Family and continues a tradition of funding entrepreneurs
that now spans over seven decades. Laurance S. Rockefeller pioneered
early stage venture financing in the 1930s. With over 300 investments
over a span of more than 70 years, the firm has an established a track
record of identifying and supporting promising early stage, technology-
based enterprises. As one of most experienced venture firms in the
United States, Venrock maintains a tradition of collaboration with
talented entrepreneurs to establish successful, enduring companies.
Venrock's continuing goal is to create long-term value by assisting
entrepreneurs in building companies from the formative stages. Their
consistent focus on Information Technology and Life Sciences-related
opportunities provides a reservoir of knowledge and a network of
contacts that have proven to be a catalyst for the growth of developing
organizations. Venrock's investments have included CheckPoint Software,
USinternetworking, Caliper Technologies, Illumina, Niku, DoubleClick,
Media Metrix, 3COM, Intel, and Apple Computer. With offices in New York
City, Cambridge, MA, and Menlo Park, CA, Venrock is well positioned to
respond to opportunities in any locale. For more information on Venrock
Associates, please visit www.venrock.com
About Mobius Venture Capital
Mobius Venture Capital, formerly SOFTBANK Venture Capital, is a $2.5
billion U.S.-based private equity venture capital firm managed by an
unparalleled team of former CEOs and entrepreneurs, technology pioneers,
senior executives from major technology corporations, and leaders from
the investment banking community. Mobius Venture Capital specializes
primarily in early-stage investments in the areas of: communications
systems software and services; infrastructure software and services;
professional services; enterprise applications; healthcare informatics;
consumer and small business applications; components; and emerging
technologies. Mobius Venture Capital combines its technology expertise
and broad financial assets with the industry's best entrepreneurs to
create a powerhouse portfolio of over 100 of the world's leading high
technology companies. Mobius Venture Capital can be contacted by
visiting their web site www.mobiusvc.com.
About Seed Capital Partners
Seed Capital Partners is an early-stage venture fund affiliated with
SoftBank Corporation, one of the world's leading Internet market forces.
Seed Capital manages funds focused primarily on companies addressing
Internet-enabled business-to-business digital information technology
opportunities, which are located in the Northeastern U.S., the
southeastern region of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and Israel. Seed
Capital’s portfolio includes Spearhead Technologies, Concentric Visions
and CompanyDNA. For more information on Seed Capital Partners, please
visit www.seedcp.com.
About DataPower Technology
DataPower Technology provides enterprises with intelligent XML-Aware
network infrastructure to ensure unparalleled performance, security and
manageability of next-generation protocols. DataPower’s patent-pending
XML Generation Three (XG3™) technology powers the industry’s first
wirespeed XML network devices, enabling secure, high-speed applications
and XML Web Services. Founded in 1999, DataPower is now delivering its
third generation of technology, providing immediate return on technology
investments to industry-leading customers and partners. DataPower is
privately held and based in Cambridge, MA. Investors include Mobius
Venture Capital, Seed Capital Partners, and Venrock Associates.
CONTACT:
DataPower Technology, Inc.
Kieran Taylor
617-864-0455
kieran@datapower.com
Schwartz Communications
John Moran/Heather Chichakly
781-684-0770
datapower@schwartz-pr.com
========================================================================
Steve Kelly, chairman and CEO
During over twenty years in the technology industry, Steve Kelly has
built and managed global enterprise networks, provided consulting
services to Fortune 50 businesses, and been involved in the launch of
several start-ups. Prior to DataPower, Kelly was an
entrepreneur-in-residence at Venrock Associates, and was co-founder of
Castle Networks, where he led the company's sales, service and marketing
functions. Castle was acquired by Siemens AG in 1999 to create Unisphere
Networks, which was subsequently purchased by Juniper Networks. Kelly
was an early contributor at Cascade Communications, where he built and
managed the company's core switching business; Cascade's annual revenues
grew from $2 million to $300 million annually during Kelly's tenure.
Kelly also worked at Digital Equipment Corporation where he managed and
grew their corporate network to 50,000+ nodes in 28 countries, the
largest in the world at the time. Kelly has a B.S. in Information
Systems from Bentley College.
Eugene Kuznetsov, founder, president and CTO
Eugene Kuznetsov is a technology visionary that has been working to
address enterprise XML issues since the late 90s. Kuznetsov founded
DataPower Technology, Inc. in 1999 to provide enterprises with an
intelligent, XML-aware network infrastructure to support next-generation
applications. Prior to starting DataPower, Kuznetsov led the Java JIT
Compiler effort for Microsoft Internet Explorer for Macintosh 4.0. He
was also part of the team which developed one of the first clean room
Java VM's. This high-speed runtime technology was licensed by some of
the industry's largest technology companies, including Apple Computer.
He has consulted to numerous companies and worked on a variety of
hardware and software engineering problems in the areas of memory
management, power electronics, optimized execution engines and
application integration. Kuznetsov holds a B.S. in electrical
engineering from MIT.
Steve Willis, vice president of advanced technology
Steve Willis is an accomplished entrepreneur and a pioneer in protocol
optimization. Prior to joining DataPower, Willis was co-founder and CTO
of Argon Networks, a provider of high-performance switching routers that
was acquired by Siemens AG in 1999 to create Unisphere Networks;
Unisphere was subsequently purchased by Juniper Networks. Before Argon,
Steve was vice president of advanced technology at Bay Networks (now
Nortel Networks) where he led both IP and ATM-related technology
development and managed a group that generated 24 patent applications,
developed a 1 Mbps forwarding engine and led the specification of the
ATM Forum's PNNI routing protocol. Most notably, Steve was co-founder,
original software director and architect for Wellfleet Communications, a
leading pioneer of multi-protocol routers. Wellfleet was rated as the
fastest growing company in the U.S. for two consecutive years by Fortune
magazine. Willis is currently a member of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF) Routing Research Group. Willis has a B.D.I.C. in Computer Science
from the University of Massachusetts.
Bill Tao, vice president of engineering
With a vast understanding of network optimization technologies and
extensive experience in LAN and WAN networking, Bill Tao brings over 25
years of critical knowledge to lead DataPower's engineering efforts.
Prior to DataPower, Tao was the vice president of engineering for
Sycamore Networks, developing a family of metro/regional optical network
switches. He is also well acquainted with network optimization
techniques as he was previously vice president of engineering at
InfoLibria, where he led development and software quality assurance
engineering for a family of network caching products. Tao has held
senior engineering positions at NetEdge, Proteon, Codex and Wang. Tao
received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Connecticut and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of
Illinois.
Kieran Taylor, director of product marketing
Kieran Taylor has an accomplished record as a marketing professional,
industry analyst and journalist. Prior to joining DataPower, Taylor was
the director of product management and marketing for Akamai Technologies
(NASDAQ: AKAM). As an early contributor at Akamai, he helped develop the
company's initial positioning and led the technical development and
go-to-market activities for Akamai's flagship EdgeSuite service.
Taylor's early contribution helped position the service provider to
secure a $12.6 billion IPO. He has also held senior marketing management
positions at Nortel Networks, Inc. and Bay Networks. Taylor was
previously an analyst at TeleChoice, Inc. and the Wide Area Networks
editor for Data Communications, a McGraw Hill publication. Taylor holds
a B.A. in Print Journalism from the Pennsylvania State University School
of Communications.
=================================================================
Board of Advisors
Mark Hoover
Mark Hoover is President and co-founder of Acuitive, Inc., a start-up
accelerator. With over 20 years experience in the networking industry,
Hoover's expertise spans product development, marketing, and business
development. Before launching Acuitive, Hoover worked at AT&T Bell
Laboratories, AT&T Computer Systems, SynOptics, and Bay Networks, where
he played a role in the development of key technologies, such as
10-BASET, routing, FDDI, ATM, Ethernet switching, firewall, Internet
traffic management, and edge WAN switch industries.
George Kassabgi
Currently Vice President of Engineering at BEA Systems, Mr. Kassabgi has
held executive-level positions in engineering, sales and marketing, and
has spearheaded leading-edge developments in the application server
marketplace since 1996. He is widely known for his regular speaking
engagements at JavaOne, as well as columns and contributions in JavaPro,
Java Developer's Journal and other publications. In addition to being a
venerated Java expert, George Kassabgi holds a patent on SmartObject
Technology, and authored the technical book Progress V8.
Marshall T. Rose
Marshall T. Rose runs his own firm, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc. He
formerly held the position of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Area Director for Network Management, one of a dozen individuals who
oversaw the Internet's standardization process. Rose is the author of
several professional texts on subjects such as Internet Management,
Electronic Mail, and Directory Services, which have been published in
four languages. He is well known for his implementations of core
Internet technologies (such as POP, SMTP, and SNMP) and OSI technologies
(such as X.500 and FTAM). Rose received a PhD in Information and
Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, in 1984.


> From: fork-admin@xent.com  On Behalf Of
James
> Rogers
> Subject: Re: The Curse of India's Socialism
>
> On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 15:01, Ian Andrew Bell wrote:
> > They
> > finished their routine with the a quadruple lutz -- laying off
> > hundreds of thousands of workers when it all came crashing down.
>
> So what?  Nobody is guaranteed employment.  Laying people off is not a
> crime nor is it immoral.  Companies don't exist to provide employment,
> nor should they.  The closest we have to such a thing in the US is a
> Government Job, and look at the quality THAT breeds.
And further, why focus on the fact they were laid off and not on the
fact they were hired in the first place?
BTW: I saw someone claim that aside from the efficiency of the market
there were also gains to society from irrational behavior.
If a society has business people that systematically overestimate their
chances, that is bad for the businessmen but on net a big gain for
society.  On the social level, the law of averages works to societies
benefit in a manner it can't for an individual.
A key reason, in this view, that the US wound up outperforming England
was that the English investors were too rational for their societies own
good.
(Except, of course, when US investors were bilking them to build canals
and railroads over here.  Thanks, guys.)
=====================
Applied to telecom: a lot of dark wire (glass) and innovation will
eventually be used for pennies on the dollar, the benefits to society
and the costs to the investors.


On 27 Aug 2002 at 15:00, Rohit Khare wrote:
>
> DATAPOWER TECHNOLOGY ON Monday unveiled its network device
> designed specifically to process XML data. Unlike competing
> solutions that process XML data in software, DataPower's
> device processes the data in hardware -- a technology
> achievement that provides greater performance, according to
> company officials.
>
Sarvega seems to have a similar product.


If it's not stateful, it wouldn't seem to be worth the effort, although I guess it might help with DDoS attacks.
Sounds snake-oilish to me, but I'm biased by lots of experience with firewalls and proxy servers, and the limitations thereof.
Ken
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rohit Khare
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:00 PM
> To: fork@example.com
> Subject: DataPower announces XML-in-silicon
>
>
> No analysis yet... don't know what to make of it yet. But
> here's the raw
> bits for all to peruse and check out what's really going on... Best,
> Rohit
>
> ===========================================================
>
> DataPower delivers XML acceleration device
> By Scott Tyler Shafer
> August 27, 2002 5:46 am PT
>
> DATAPOWER TECHNOLOGY ON Monday unveiled its network device designed
> specifically to process XML data. Unlike competing solutions that
> process XML data in software, DataPower's device processes
> the data in
> hardware -- a technology achievement that provides greater
> performance,
> according to company officials.
>
> The new device, dubbed DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator, is the
> first in a
> family of products expected from the Cambridge, Mass.-based
> startup. The
> DataPower family is based on a proprietary processing core technology
> called XG3 that does the analysis, parsing, and processing of the XML
> data.
>
> According to Steve Kelly, CEO of DataPower, the XA35 Accelerator was
> conceived to meet the steady adoption of XML, the anticipated future
> proliferation of Web services, and as a means to share data
> between two
> businesses.
>
> "Our vision is to build out an XML-aware infrastructure," Kelly said.
> "The XA35 is the first of a family."
>
> Kelly explained that converting data into XML increases the
> file size up
> to 20 times. This, he said, makes processing the data very taxing on
> application servers; DataPower believes an inline device is the best
> alternative.
>
> In addition to the large file sizes, security is also of paramount
> importance in the world of XML.
>
> "Today's firewalls are designed to inspect HTTP traffic only," Kelly
> said. "A SOAP packet with XML will go straight through a firewall.
> Firewalls are blind to XML today."
>
> Future products in DataPowers family will focus more specifically on
> security, especially as Web services proliferate, Kelly said.
>
> According to DataPower, most existing solutions to offload XML
> processing are homegrown and done in software -- an approach
> the company
> itself tried initially and found to be inadequate with
> regards to speed
> and security. After trying the software path, the company turned to
> creating a solution that would process XML in hardware.
>
> "Our XG3 execution core converts XML to machine code," said Kelly,
> adding that to his knowledge no other company's solution does. Kelly
> said in the next few months he expects the market to be flooded with
> technologies that claim to do XML processing -- claims that
> he believes
> will be mostly false.
> Other content-aware switches, such as SSL (secure socket layer)
> accelerators and load balancers, look at the first 64 bytes
> of a packet,
> while the XA35 provides deeper packet inspection, looking at
> 1,400 bytes
> and thus enabling greater processing of XML data, Kelly explained.
>
> The 1U-high network device has been tested against a large
> collection of
> XML and XSL data types and can learn new flavors of the
> markup language
> as they pass through the device.
>
> The XA35 can be deployed in proxy mode behind a firewall and a load
> balancer, and it will inspect all traffic that passes and
> will identify
> and process those packets that are XML, Kelly said.
>
> In addition to proxy mode, the device can also be used as an
> application
> co-processor. This deployment method gives administrators
> more granular
> control over what data is inspected and the application server itself
> controls the device.
>
> DataPower is not the only company chasing this emerging
> market. Startup
> Sarvega, based in Burr Ridge, Ill., introduced the Sarvega
> XPE switch in
> May, and earlier this month Tarari, an Intel spin-off,
> launched with a
> focus on content processing and acceleration.
> The DataPower device is now available, priced starting at
> $54,995. The
> company has announced one customer to date and says the product is in
> field trails at a number of other enterprises.
>
> ==============================================================
> ===========
>
> DataPower has been addressing enterprise networking needs
> since it was
> founded in early 1999 by Eugene Kuznetsov, a technology visionary who
> foresaw the adverse effects XML and other next generation protocols
> would have on enterprise networks. Long before industry
> interest in XML
> grew, Kuznetsov assembled a team of world-class M.I.T. engineers and
> designed the industry's first solutions to address the unique
> requirements for processing XML. The first such solution was
> a software
> interpreter called DGXT. This software-based approach to XML
> processing
> is still licensed by many companies for use in their own
> products today.
>
> Leveraging the detailed knowledge and customer experience gained from
> developing software-based accelerators, Kuznetsov's team
> raised the bar
> and designed a system for processing XML in purpose-built
> hardware. In
> 2001, DataPower's effort produced XML Generation Three (XG3™), the
> industry's fastest technology for XML processing, bar none.
>
> Today, XG3™ technology powers the industry's first wire-speed XML
> network devices, enabling secure, high-speed applications and XML Web
> Services. While other companies are just now marketing first
> versions of
> products, DataPower is delivering its third generation of technology,
> providing an immediate return on technology investments to
> industry-leading customers and partners.
>
> DataPower's M.I.T. heritage is complemented by a management team that
> brings decades of experience in the networking and computing
> industries,
> drawing veteran leaders from several successful companies including
> Akamai, Argon, Cascade, Castle Networks, Sycamore and Wellfleet.
>
> ==============================================================
> ===========
>
> DataPower Technology Secures $9.5 Million in Funding
>
> Venrock Associates, Mobius Venture Capital and Seed Capital
> Back Pioneer
> in XML-Aware Networking for Web Services
>
> CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - July 8, 2002 - DataPower Technology, Inc., the
> leading provider of XML-Aware network infrastructure, today announced
> that it has secured $9.5 million in series B financing. Investors for
> this round include Venrock Associates, Mobius Venture Capital
> and Seed
> Capital Partners. Michael Tyrrell, of Venrock, Bill Burnham,
> of Mobius,
> and Jeff Fagnan, of Seed Capital, have joined DataPower’s Board of
> Directors.
>
> DataPower will use this funding to accelerate development,
> marketing and
> sales of the company’s breakthrough technology for XML-Aware
> networking.
> Founded in 1999, DataPower invented the world’s first intelligent XML
> networking devices, capable of transforming XML traffic and
> transactions
> at the wire-speed enterprises need to effectively embrace Web
> services
> and other XML-centric initiatives. DataPower’s solutions are based on
> its patent-pending XML Generation Three (XG3™) technology.
>
> "Enterprises are adopting XML at rapid rate to facilitate inter-and
> intra-company communications but their network infrastructure is ill
> prepared to support the requirements of this new traffic type.
> DataPower’s XML-acceleration devices enable the wirespeed
> processing of
> XML that is required to support next generation enterprise
> applications," said Eugene Kuznetsov, CTO and founder of DataPower
> Technology.
>
> "DataPower gives companies the ability to use XML that’s
> critical to Web
> services projects without sacrificing an ounce of
> performance." A single
> DataPower acceleration engine delivers the processing power of 10
> servers—breaking the performance bottleneck associated with XML
> processing and delivering an extraordinary return on investment. In
> addition, the DataPower platform provides enhanced XML security,
> protection against XML-based denial-of-service attacks, connection of
> e-business protocols for incompatible XML data streams, load
> balancing
> between back-end servers and real-time statistics reports.
>
> "In the post-bubble economy, technology investment decisions require
> laser-focused scrutiny. DataPower’s patent-pending technology
> addresses
> a very real and growing pain point for enterprises," said Michael
> Tyrrell of Venrock Associates. "By turbo-charging their networks with
> DataPower’s unique XML-Aware networking technology, companies will be
> free to adopt next generation Web services without encountering
> performance and security pitfalls."
>
> "We looked long and hard for a company capable of addressing
> the rapidly
> growing problems surrounding XML message processing performance and
> security," said Bill Burnham of Mobius Venture Capital.
> "DataPower is on
> their third generation of technology. Their patent pending XML
> Generation Three (XG3) technology was quite simply the single most
> compelling technology solution we have seen to date."
>
> "XML is not a nice-to-have, it is a must have for enterprises serious
> about optimizing application efficiency. Since 1999,
> DataPower has been
> developing solutions to facilitate enterprise use of XML and Web
> services," said Jeff Fagnan of Seed Capital Partners. "DataPower’s
> XML-acceleration devices are a key requirement for
> enterprises that rely
> on XML for mission critical applications."
>
> About Venrock Associates
> Venrock Associates was founded as the venture capital arm of the
> Rockefeller Family and continues a tradition of funding entrepreneurs
> that now spans over seven decades. Laurance S. Rockefeller pioneered
> early stage venture financing in the 1930s. With over 300 investments
> over a span of more than 70 years, the firm has an
> established a track
> record of identifying and supporting promising early stage,
> technology-
> based enterprises. As one of most experienced venture firms in the
> United States, Venrock maintains a tradition of collaboration with
> talented entrepreneurs to establish successful, enduring companies.
> Venrock's continuing goal is to create long-term value by assisting
> entrepreneurs in building companies from the formative stages. Their
> consistent focus on Information Technology and Life Sciences-related
> opportunities provides a reservoir of knowledge and a network of
> contacts that have proven to be a catalyst for the growth of
> developing
> organizations. Venrock's investments have included CheckPoint
> Software,
> USinternetworking, Caliper Technologies, Illumina, Niku, DoubleClick,
> Media Metrix, 3COM, Intel, and Apple Computer. With offices
> in New York
> City, Cambridge, MA, and Menlo Park, CA, Venrock is well
> positioned to
> respond to opportunities in any locale. For more information
> on Venrock
> Associates, please visit www.venrock.com
>
> About Mobius Venture Capital
> Mobius Venture Capital, formerly SOFTBANK Venture Capital, is a $2.5
> billion U.S.-based private equity venture capital firm managed by an
> unparalleled team of former CEOs and entrepreneurs,
> technology pioneers,
> senior executives from major technology corporations, and
> leaders from
> the investment banking community. Mobius Venture Capital specializes
> primarily in early-stage investments in the areas of: communications
> systems software and services; infrastructure software and services;
> professional services; enterprise applications; healthcare
> informatics;
> consumer and small business applications; components; and emerging
> technologies. Mobius Venture Capital combines its technology
> expertise
> and broad financial assets with the industry's best entrepreneurs to
> create a powerhouse portfolio of over 100 of the world's leading high
> technology companies. Mobius Venture Capital can be contacted by
> visiting their web site www.mobiusvc.com.
>
> About Seed Capital Partners
> Seed Capital Partners is an early-stage venture fund affiliated with
> SoftBank Corporation, one of the world's leading Internet
> market forces.
> Seed Capital manages funds focused primarily on companies addressing
> Internet-enabled business-to-business digital information technology
> opportunities, which are located in the Northeastern U.S., the
> southeastern region of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and
> Israel. Seed
> Capital’s portfolio includes Spearhead Technologies,
> Concentric Visions
> and CompanyDNA. For more information on Seed Capital Partners, please
> visit www.seedcp.com.
>
> About DataPower Technology
> DataPower Technology provides enterprises with intelligent XML-Aware
> network infrastructure to ensure unparalleled performance,
> security and
> manageability of next-generation protocols. DataPower’s
> patent-pending
> XML Generation Three (XG3™) technology powers the industry’s first
> wirespeed XML network devices, enabling secure, high-speed
> applications
> and XML Web Services. Founded in 1999, DataPower is now
> delivering its
> third generation of technology, providing immediate return on
> technology
> investments to industry-leading customers and partners. DataPower is
> privately held and based in Cambridge, MA. Investors include Mobius
> Venture Capital, Seed Capital Partners, and Venrock Associates.
>
> CONTACT:
>
> DataPower Technology, Inc.
> Kieran Taylor
> 617-864-0455
> kieran@datapower.com
>
> Schwartz Communications
> John Moran/Heather Chichakly
> 781-684-0770
> datapower@schwartz-pr.com
>
> ==============================================================
> ==========
>
> Steve Kelly, chairman and CEO
>
> During over twenty years in the technology industry, Steve Kelly has
> built and managed global enterprise networks, provided consulting
> services to Fortune 50 businesses, and been involved in the launch of
> several start-ups. Prior to DataPower, Kelly was an
> entrepreneur-in-residence at Venrock Associates, and was
> co-founder of
> Castle Networks, where he led the company's sales, service
> and marketing
> functions. Castle was acquired by Siemens AG in 1999 to
> create Unisphere
> Networks, which was subsequently purchased by Juniper Networks. Kelly
> was an early contributor at Cascade Communications, where he
> built and
> managed the company's core switching business; Cascade's
> annual revenues
> grew from $2 million to $300 million annually during Kelly's tenure.
> Kelly also worked at Digital Equipment Corporation where he
> managed and
> grew their corporate network to 50,000+ nodes in 28 countries, the
> largest in the world at the time. Kelly has a B.S. in Information
> Systems from Bentley College.
>
> Eugene Kuznetsov, founder, president and CTO
>
> Eugene Kuznetsov is a technology visionary that has been working to
> address enterprise XML issues since the late 90s. Kuznetsov founded
> DataPower Technology, Inc. in 1999 to provide enterprises with an
> intelligent, XML-aware network infrastructure to support
> next-generation
> applications. Prior to starting DataPower, Kuznetsov led the Java JIT
> Compiler effort for Microsoft Internet Explorer for Macintosh 4.0. He
> was also part of the team which developed one of the first clean room
> Java VM's. This high-speed runtime technology was licensed by some of
> the industry's largest technology companies, including Apple
> Computer.
> He has consulted to numerous companies and worked on a variety of
> hardware and software engineering problems in the areas of memory
> management, power electronics, optimized execution engines and
> application integration. Kuznetsov holds a B.S. in electrical
> engineering from MIT.
>
> Steve Willis, vice president of advanced technology
>
> Steve Willis is an accomplished entrepreneur and a pioneer in
> protocol
> optimization. Prior to joining DataPower, Willis was
> co-founder and CTO
> of Argon Networks, a provider of high-performance switching
> routers that
> was acquired by Siemens AG in 1999 to create Unisphere Networks;
> Unisphere was subsequently purchased by Juniper Networks.
> Before Argon,
> Steve was vice president of advanced technology at Bay Networks (now
> Nortel Networks) where he led both IP and ATM-related technology
> development and managed a group that generated 24 patent
> applications,
> developed a 1 Mbps forwarding engine and led the specification of the
> ATM Forum's PNNI routing protocol. Most notably, Steve was
> co-founder,
> original software director and architect for Wellfleet
> Communications, a
> leading pioneer of multi-protocol routers. Wellfleet was rated as the
> fastest growing company in the U.S. for two consecutive years
> by Fortune
> magazine. Willis is currently a member of the Institute of Electrical
> and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Internet Research Task Force
> (IRTF) Routing Research Group. Willis has a B.D.I.C. in
> Computer Science
> from the University of Massachusetts.
>
> Bill Tao, vice president of engineering
>
> With a vast understanding of network optimization technologies and
> extensive experience in LAN and WAN networking, Bill Tao
> brings over 25
> years of critical knowledge to lead DataPower's engineering efforts.
> Prior to DataPower, Tao was the vice president of engineering for
> Sycamore Networks, developing a family of metro/regional
> optical network
> switches. He is also well acquainted with network optimization
> techniques as he was previously vice president of engineering at
> InfoLibria, where he led development and software quality assurance
> engineering for a family of network caching products. Tao has held
> senior engineering positions at NetEdge, Proteon, Codex and Wang. Tao
> received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of
> Connecticut and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of
> Illinois.
>
> Kieran Taylor, director of product marketing
>
> Kieran Taylor has an accomplished record as a marketing professional,
> industry analyst and journalist. Prior to joining DataPower,
> Taylor was
> the director of product management and marketing for Akamai
> Technologies
> (NASDAQ: AKAM). As an early contributor at Akamai, he helped
> develop the
> company's initial positioning and led the technical development and
> go-to-market activities for Akamai's flagship EdgeSuite service.
> Taylor's early contribution helped position the service provider to
> secure a $12.6 billion IPO. He has also held senior marketing
> management
> positions at Nortel Networks, Inc. and Bay Networks. Taylor was
> previously an analyst at TeleChoice, Inc. and the Wide Area Networks
> editor for Data Communications, a McGraw Hill publication.
> Taylor holds
> a B.A. in Print Journalism from the Pennsylvania State
> University School
> of Communications.
>
> =================================================================
> Board of Advisors
>
> Mark Hoover
> Mark Hoover is President and co-founder of Acuitive, Inc., a start-up
> accelerator. With over 20 years experience in the networking
> industry,
> Hoover's expertise spans product development, marketing, and business
> development. Before launching Acuitive, Hoover worked at AT&T Bell
> Laboratories, AT&T Computer Systems, SynOptics, and Bay
> Networks, where
> he played a role in the development of key technologies, such as
> 10-BASET, routing, FDDI, ATM, Ethernet switching, firewall, Internet
> traffic management, and edge WAN switch industries.
>
> George Kassabgi
> Currently Vice President of Engineering at BEA Systems, Mr.
> Kassabgi has
> held executive-level positions in engineering, sales and
> marketing, and
> has spearheaded leading-edge developments in the application server
> marketplace since 1996. He is widely known for his regular speaking
> engagements at JavaOne, as well as columns and contributions
> in JavaPro,
> Java Developer's Journal and other publications. In addition
> to being a
> venerated Java expert, George Kassabgi holds a patent on SmartObject
> Technology, and authored the technical book Progress V8.
>
> Marshall T. Rose
> Marshall T. Rose runs his own firm, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc. He
> formerly held the position of the Internet Engineering Task
> Force (IETF)
> Area Director for Network Management, one of a dozen individuals who
> oversaw the Internet's standardization process. Rose is the author of
> several professional texts on subjects such as Internet Management,
> Electronic Mail, and Directory Services, which have been published in
> four languages. He is well known for his implementations of core
> Internet technologies (such as POP, SMTP, and SNMP) and OSI
> technologies
> (such as X.500 and FTAM). Rose received a PhD in Information and
> Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, in 1984.
>
>


On 27 Aug 2002 at 15:00, Rohit Khare wrote:
> DataPower delivers XML acceleration device
> By Scott Tyler Shafer
> August 27, 2002 5:46 am PT
>
Intel also had a similar device a couple of years ago (Netstructure).  They have, afaik, abandoned it.
Intel is still in the XML hardware game though.  On 8/19 they spun off a company named Tarari.   Tarari develops hardware to check the headers of IP packets. Tarari calls
this Layer 7 processing (atop the OSI model).    From what I can tell, Tarari plans to combine virus scanning and XML acceleration into a single hardware device.


Can someone explain what type of operating system Solaris is... as ive never
seen or used it i dont know wheather to get a server from Sun or from DELL i
would prefer a linux based server and Sun seems to be the one for that but
im not sure if Solaris is a distro of linux or a completely different
operating system? can someone explain...
Kiall Mac Innes
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Hardware acceleration for SSL makes sense since PKI can slow down a
transaction by as much as 1,000-fold. Per this article, XML formatting only
increases doc size by about 20-fold.. I'm not sure there are enough "powers
of ten" in there to justify hardware acceleration.
Expect the next major release from DataPower to be the revolutionary new
"email chip" - allows you to offload the sending and receiving of email
messages onto dedicated hardware while you get on w/ more important things
.. like listening to MP3s..
Best,
Paul Sholtz
-----Original Message-----
From: Rohit Khare
To: fork@example.com
Sent: 8/27/02 3:00 PM
Subject: DataPower announces XML-in-silicon
No analysis yet... don't know what to make of it yet. But here's the raw
bits for all to peruse and check out what's really going on... Best,
Rohit
===========================================================
DataPower delivers XML acceleration device
By Scott Tyler Shafer
August 27, 2002 5:46 am PT
DATAPOWER TECHNOLOGY ON Monday unveiled its network device designed
specifically to process XML data. Unlike competing solutions that
process XML data in software, DataPower's device processes the data in
hardware -- a technology achievement that provides greater performance,
according to company officials.
The new device, dubbed DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator, is the first in a
family of products expected from the Cambridge, Mass.-based startup. The
DataPower family is based on a proprietary processing core technology
called XG3 that does the analysis, parsing, and processing of the XML
data.
According to Steve Kelly, CEO of DataPower, the XA35 Accelerator was
conceived to meet the steady adoption of XML, the anticipated future
proliferation of Web services, and as a means to share data between two
businesses.
"Our vision is to build out an XML-aware infrastructure," Kelly said.
"The XA35 is the first of a family."
Kelly explained that converting data into XML increases the file size up
to 20 times. This, he said, makes processing the data very taxing on
application servers; DataPower believes an inline device is the best
alternative.
In addition to the large file sizes, security is also of paramount
importance in the world of XML.
"Today's firewalls are designed to inspect HTTP traffic only," Kelly
said. "A SOAP packet with XML will go straight through a firewall.
Firewalls are blind to XML today."
Future products in DataPowers family will focus more specifically on
security, especially as Web services proliferate, Kelly said.
According to DataPower, most existing solutions to offload XML
processing are homegrown and done in software -- an approach the company
itself tried initially and found to be inadequate with regards to speed
and security. After trying the software path, the company turned to
creating a solution that would process XML in hardware.
"Our XG3 execution core converts XML to machine code," said Kelly,
adding that to his knowledge no other company's solution does. Kelly
said in the next few months he expects the market to be flooded with
technologies that claim to do XML processing -- claims that he believes
will be mostly false.
Other content-aware switches, such as SSL (secure socket layer)
accelerators and load balancers, look at the first 64 bytes of a packet,
while the XA35 provides deeper packet inspection, looking at 1,400 bytes
and thus enabling greater processing of XML data, Kelly explained.
The 1U-high network device has been tested against a large collection of
XML and XSL data types and can learn new flavors of the markup language
as they pass through the device.
The XA35 can be deployed in proxy mode behind a firewall and a load
balancer, and it will inspect all traffic that passes and will identify
and process those packets that are XML, Kelly said.
In addition to proxy mode, the device can also be used as an application
co-processor. This deployment method gives administrators more granular
control over what data is inspected and the application server itself
controls the device.
DataPower is not the only company chasing this emerging market. Startup
Sarvega, based in Burr Ridge, Ill., introduced the Sarvega XPE switch in
May, and earlier this month Tarari, an Intel spin-off, launched with a
focus on content processing and acceleration.
The DataPower device is now available, priced starting at $54,995. The
company has announced one customer to date and says the product is in
field trails at a number of other enterprises.
========================================================================
=
DataPower has been addressing enterprise networking needs since it was
founded in early 1999 by Eugene Kuznetsov, a technology visionary who
foresaw the adverse effects XML and other next generation protocols
would have on enterprise networks. Long before industry interest in XML
grew, Kuznetsov assembled a team of world-class M.I.T. engineers and
designed the industry's first solutions to address the unique
requirements for processing XML. The first such solution was a software
interpreter called DGXT. This software-based approach to XML processing
is still licensed by many companies for use in their own products today.
Leveraging the detailed knowledge and customer experience gained from
developing software-based accelerators, Kuznetsov's team raised the bar
and designed a system for processing XML in purpose-built hardware. In
2001, DataPower's effort produced XML Generation Three (XG3™), the
industry's fastest technology for XML processing, bar none.
Today, XG3™ technology powers the industry's first wire-speed XML
network devices, enabling secure, high-speed applications and XML Web
Services. While other companies are just now marketing first versions of
products, DataPower is delivering its third generation of technology,
providing an immediate return on technology investments to
industry-leading customers and partners.
DataPower's M.I.T. heritage is complemented by a management team that
brings decades of experience in the networking and computing industries,
drawing veteran leaders from several successful companies including
Akamai, Argon, Cascade, Castle Networks, Sycamore and Wellfleet.
========================================================================
=
DataPower Technology Secures $9.5 Million in Funding
Venrock Associates, Mobius Venture Capital and Seed Capital Back Pioneer
in XML-Aware Networking for Web Services
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - July 8, 2002 - DataPower Technology, Inc., the
leading provider of XML-Aware network infrastructure, today announced
that it has secured $9.5 million in series B financing. Investors for
this round include Venrock Associates, Mobius Venture Capital and Seed
Capital Partners. Michael Tyrrell, of Venrock, Bill Burnham, of Mobius,
and Jeff Fagnan, of Seed Capital, have joined DataPower’s Board of
Directors.
DataPower will use this funding to accelerate development, marketing and
sales of the company’s breakthrough technology for XML-Aware networking.
Founded in 1999, DataPower invented the world’s first intelligent XML
networking devices, capable of transforming XML traffic and transactions
at the wire-speed enterprises need to effectively embrace Web services
and other XML-centric initiatives. DataPower’s solutions are based on
its patent-pending XML Generation Three (XG3™) technology.
"Enterprises are adopting XML at rapid rate to facilitate inter-and
intra-company communications but their network infrastructure is ill
prepared to support the requirements of this new traffic type.
DataPower’s XML-acceleration devices enable the wirespeed processing of
XML that is required to support next generation enterprise
applications," said Eugene Kuznetsov, CTO and founder of DataPower
Technology.
"DataPower gives companies the ability to use XML that’s critical to Web
services projects without sacrificing an ounce of performance." A single
DataPower acceleration engine delivers the processing power of 10
servers—breaking the performance bottleneck associated with XML
processing and delivering an extraordinary return on investment. In
addition, the DataPower platform provides enhanced XML security,
protection against XML-based denial-of-service attacks, connection of
e-business protocols for incompatible XML data streams, load balancing
between back-end servers and real-time statistics reports.
"In the post-bubble economy, technology investment decisions require
laser-focused scrutiny. DataPower’s patent-pending technology addresses
a very real and growing pain point for enterprises," said Michael
Tyrrell of Venrock Associates. "By turbo-charging their networks with
DataPower’s unique XML-Aware networking technology, companies will be
free to adopt next generation Web services without encountering
performance and security pitfalls."
"We looked long and hard for a company capable of addressing the rapidly
growing problems surrounding XML message processing performance and
security," said Bill Burnham of Mobius Venture Capital. "DataPower is on
their third generation of technology. Their patent pending XML
Generation Three (XG3) technology was quite simply the single most
compelling technology solution we have seen to date."
"XML is not a nice-to-have, it is a must have for enterprises serious
about optimizing application efficiency. Since 1999, DataPower has been
developing solutions to facilitate enterprise use of XML and Web
services," said Jeff Fagnan of Seed Capital Partners. "DataPower’s
XML-acceleration devices are a key requirement for enterprises that rely
on XML for mission critical applications."
About Venrock Associates
Venrock Associates was founded as the venture capital arm of the
Rockefeller Family and continues a tradition of funding entrepreneurs
that now spans over seven decades. Laurance S. Rockefeller pioneered
early stage venture financing in the 1930s. With over 300 investments
over a span of more than 70 years, the firm has an established a track
record of identifying and supporting promising early stage, technology-
based enterprises. As one of most experienced venture firms in the
United States, Venrock maintains a tradition of collaboration with
talented entrepreneurs to establish successful, enduring companies.
Venrock's continuing goal is to create long-term value by assisting
entrepreneurs in building companies from the formative stages. Their
consistent focus on Information Technology and Life Sciences-related
opportunities provides a reservoir of knowledge and a network of
contacts that have proven to be a catalyst for the growth of developing
organizations. Venrock's investments have included CheckPoint Software,
USinternetworking, Caliper Technologies, Illumina, Niku, DoubleClick,
Media Metrix, 3COM, Intel, and Apple Computer. With offices in New York
City, Cambridge, MA, and Menlo Park, CA, Venrock is well positioned to
respond to opportunities in any locale. For more information on Venrock
Associates, please visit www.venrock.com
About Mobius Venture Capital
Mobius Venture Capital, formerly SOFTBANK Venture Capital, is a $2.5
billion U.S.-based private equity venture capital firm managed by an
unparalleled team of former CEOs and entrepreneurs, technology pioneers,
senior executives from major technology corporations, and leaders from
the investment banking community. Mobius Venture Capital specializes
primarily in early-stage investments in the areas of: communications
systems software and services; infrastructure software and services;
professional services; enterprise applications; healthcare informatics;
consumer and small business applications; components; and emerging
technologies. Mobius Venture Capital combines its technology expertise
and broad financial assets with the industry's best entrepreneurs to
create a powerhouse portfolio of over 100 of the world's leading high
technology companies. Mobius Venture Capital can be contacted by
visiting their web site www.mobiusvc.com.
About Seed Capital Partners
Seed Capital Partners is an early-stage venture fund affiliated with
SoftBank Corporation, one of the world's leading Internet market forces.
Seed Capital manages funds focused primarily on companies addressing
Internet-enabled business-to-business digital information technology
opportunities, which are located in the Northeastern U.S., the
southeastern region of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and Israel. Seed
Capital’s portfolio includes Spearhead Technologies, Concentric Visions
and CompanyDNA. For more information on Seed Capital Partners, please
visit www.seedcp.com.
About DataPower Technology
DataPower Technology provides enterprises with intelligent XML-Aware
network infrastructure to ensure unparalleled performance, security and
manageability of next-generation protocols. DataPower’s patent-pending
XML Generation Three (XG3™) technology powers the industry’s first
wirespeed XML network devices, enabling secure, high-speed applications
and XML Web Services. Founded in 1999, DataPower is now delivering its
third generation of technology, providing immediate return on technology
investments to industry-leading customers and partners. DataPower is
privately held and based in Cambridge, MA. Investors include Mobius
Venture Capital, Seed Capital Partners, and Venrock Associates.
CONTACT:
DataPower Technology, Inc.
Kieran Taylor
617-864-0455
kieran@datapower.com
Schwartz Communications
John Moran/Heather Chichakly
781-684-0770
datapower@schwartz-pr.com
========================================================================
Steve Kelly, chairman and CEO
During over twenty years in the technology industry, Steve Kelly has
built and managed global enterprise networks, provided consulting
services to Fortune 50 businesses, and been involved in the launch of
several start-ups. Prior to DataPower, Kelly was an
entrepreneur-in-residence at Venrock Associates, and was co-founder of
Castle Networks, where he led the company's sales, service and marketing
functions. Castle was acquired by Siemens AG in 1999 to create Unisphere
Networks, which was subsequently purchased by Juniper Networks. Kelly
was an early contributor at Cascade Communications, where he built and
managed the company's core switching business; Cascade's annual revenues
grew from $2 million to $300 million annually during Kelly's tenure.
Kelly also worked at Digital Equipment Corporation where he managed and
grew their corporate network to 50,000+ nodes in 28 countries, the
largest in the world at the time. Kelly has a B.S. in Information
Systems from Bentley College.
Eugene Kuznetsov, founder, president and CTO
Eugene Kuznetsov is a technology visionary that has been working to
address enterprise XML issues since the late 90s. Kuznetsov founded
DataPower Technology, Inc. in 1999 to provide enterprises with an
intelligent, XML-aware network infrastructure to support next-generation
applications. Prior to starting DataPower, Kuznetsov led the Java JIT
Compiler effort for Microsoft Internet Explorer for Macintosh 4.0. He
was also part of the team which developed one of the first clean room
Java VM's. This high-speed runtime technology was licensed by some of
the industry's largest technology companies, including Apple Computer.
He has consulted to numerous companies and worked on a variety of
hardware and software engineering problems in the areas of memory
management, power electronics, optimized execution engines and
application integration. Kuznetsov holds a B.S. in electrical
engineering from MIT.
Steve Willis, vice president of advanced technology
Steve Willis is an accomplished entrepreneur and a pioneer in protocol
optimization. Prior to joining DataPower, Willis was co-founder and CTO
of Argon Networks, a provider of high-performance switching routers that
was acquired by Siemens AG in 1999 to create Unisphere Networks;
Unisphere was subsequently purchased by Juniper Networks. Before Argon,
Steve was vice president of advanced technology at Bay Networks (now
Nortel Networks) where he led both IP and ATM-related technology
development and managed a group that generated 24 patent applications,
developed a 1 Mbps forwarding engine and led the specification of the
ATM Forum's PNNI routing protocol. Most notably, Steve was co-founder,
original software director and architect for Wellfleet Communications, a
leading pioneer of multi-protocol routers. Wellfleet was rated as the
fastest growing company in the U.S. for two consecutive years by Fortune
magazine. Willis is currently a member of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF) Routing Research Group. Willis has a B.D.I.C. in Computer Science
from the University of Massachusetts.
Bill Tao, vice president of engineering
With a vast understanding of network optimization technologies and
extensive experience in LAN and WAN networking, Bill Tao brings over 25
years of critical knowledge to lead DataPower's engineering efforts.
Prior to DataPower, Tao was the vice president of engineering for
Sycamore Networks, developing a family of metro/regional optical network
switches. He is also well acquainted with network optimization
techniques as he was previously vice president of engineering at
InfoLibria, where he led development and software quality assurance
engineering for a family of network caching products. Tao has held
senior engineering positions at NetEdge, Proteon, Codex and Wang. Tao
received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Connecticut and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of
Illinois.
Kieran Taylor, director of product marketing
Kieran Taylor has an accomplished record as a marketing professional,
industry analyst and journalist. Prior to joining DataPower, Taylor was
the director of product management and marketing for Akamai Technologies
(NASDAQ: AKAM). As an early contributor at Akamai, he helped develop the
company's initial positioning and led the technical development and
go-to-market activities for Akamai's flagship EdgeSuite service.
Taylor's early contribution helped position the service provider to
secure a $12.6 billion IPO. He has also held senior marketing management
positions at Nortel Networks, Inc. and Bay Networks. Taylor was
previously an analyst at TeleChoice, Inc. and the Wide Area Networks
editor for Data Communications, a McGraw Hill publication. Taylor holds
a B.A. in Print Journalism from the Pennsylvania State University School
of Communications.
=================================================================
Board of Advisors
Mark Hoover
Mark Hoover is President and co-founder of Acuitive, Inc., a start-up
accelerator. With over 20 years experience in the networking industry,
Hoover's expertise spans product development, marketing, and business
development. Before launching Acuitive, Hoover worked at AT&T Bell
Laboratories, AT&T Computer Systems, SynOptics, and Bay Networks, where
he played a role in the development of key technologies, such as
10-BASET, routing, FDDI, ATM, Ethernet switching, firewall, Internet
traffic management, and edge WAN switch industries.
George Kassabgi
Currently Vice President of Engineering at BEA Systems, Mr. Kassabgi has
held executive-level positions in engineering, sales and marketing, and
has spearheaded leading-edge developments in the application server
marketplace since 1996. He is widely known for his regular speaking
engagements at JavaOne, as well as columns and contributions in JavaPro,
Java Developer's Journal and other publications. In addition to being a
venerated Java expert, George Kassabgi holds a patent on SmartObject
Technology, and authored the technical book Progress V8.
Marshall T. Rose
Marshall T. Rose runs his own firm, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc. He
formerly held the position of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Area Director for Network Management, one of a dozen individuals who
oversaw the Internet's standardization process. Rose is the author of
several professional texts on subjects such as Internet Management,
Electronic Mail, and Directory Services, which have been published in
four languages. He is well known for his implementations of core
Internet technologies (such as POP, SMTP, and SNMP) and OSI technologies
(such as X.500 and FTAM). Rose received a PhD in Information and
Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, in 1984.


On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Rohit Khare wrote:
> DATAPOWER TECHNOLOGY ON Monday unveiled its network device designed
> specifically to process XML data. Unlike competing solutions that
> process XML data in software, DataPower's device processes the data in
> hardware -- a technology achievement that provides greater performance,
> according to company officials.
Now, to do this, we all know they have to be cracking the strong crypto used
on all transaction in order to process them... So this has some preaty heavy
implications, unless it's just BS.
> Kelly explained that converting data into XML increases the file size up
> to 20 times. This, he said, makes processing the data very taxing on
> application servers; DataPower believes an inline device is the best
> alternative.
Or.... you could just not bloat it 20x to begin with. Nah! (that was the
whole point of XML afterall, to sell more CPUs - much like Oracle's use of
Java allows them to sell 3x more CPU licenses due to the performance hit)
> In addition to the large file sizes, security is also of paramount
> importance in the world of XML.
>
> "Today's firewalls are designed to inspect HTTP traffic only," Kelly
> said. "A SOAP packet with XML will go straight through a firewall.
> Firewalls are blind to XML today."
Again, see above... they _are_ claiming to decode the crypto...
> "Our XG3 execution core converts XML to machine code," said Kelly,
Mmmmmmmmmmm, machine code, never a good idea ;)
- Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
~beberg/
beberg@mithral.com


From the local paper this morning.
"Canadians eat about seven times as many doughnuts per capita"... (as
Americans) . D'oh!
Owen


> > Barbara Blithered;
> > Others indicators this was a late invention are the use of the f rune
> > not only for "f", but inverted to mean "ff" (the welsh "v" phoneme) -
> Stew Stired;
> Isn't it the other way round, f(welsh)=v(english) ff(welsh)=f(english).
Barbara Babbles;
Mea culpa. That's what I get for reading my welsh dictionary upside
down; "F"n trouble ;-).
Barbara
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> Martin Mentioned:
> >I've used this a few times and can thoroughly recommend it. It really
> >doeswork. Frankly, the only drawback is finding too much stuff.
>Rachel Rote;
> I'll be amazed if there's anyone on here who isn't already a heavy user!
Barbara Babbles;
Be amazed - I've never bought anything online since an almighty cock up
with amazon dot con (that's not a typo) a few years back where I lost
all the dosh I'd paid them and had no books to show for it either. Had
it been the UK branch I'd have had them in the small claims court
quicker than you could drop LOTR on your foot and say "ouch", but as it
was the US branch I'd just no comeback.
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CAM'RON  associate  JUELZ SANTANA  has vehemently defended a lyric on the
forthcoming album by the pair's  DIPLOMATS  crew that pays tribute to
September 11 hijacker  OMAR ATTA
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> CAM'RON associate JUELZ SANTANA has vehemently defended a lyric on the
> forthcoming album by the pair's DIPLOMATS crew that pays tribute to
> September 11 hijacker OMAR ATTA
No, Steve Earle at least USED to make great records.
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Hey,
I has just been given an old Toshiba CS100 with earliest pentium and 400mb
of HD but only a floppy drive on it, its got Win3.1 which is funny to see
again but gonna be cleared as soon as i stop messing with it. What I was
wondering was could anyone advise what O/S would be good for this, I want a
small usable *nix distro for it that i can transfer to it fom floppy.
Connecting this to Winblows>i know that winblows allows pier-to-pier
connections over serial and parellel ports to other winblows but is this
easy do for connecting winblows to *nix???
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Hi,all:
Does anyone know how to list the biggest file in my
root directory?or the second biggest ..etc...
Because I want to find out what is the reason cause my
root all most full.
The system is Solaris 8 Sparc.
Thanks !!!
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Jon wrote:
> I has just been given an old Toshiba CS100 with earliest pentium and 400mb
> of HD but only a floppy drive on it, its got Win3.1 which is funny to see
> again but gonna be cleared as soon as i stop messing with it. What I was
> wondering was could anyone advise what O/S would be good for this, I want a
> small usable *nix distro for it that i can transfer to it fom floppy.
> Connecting this to Winblows>i know that winblows allows pier-to-pier
> connections over serial and parellel ports to other winblows but is this
> easy do for connecting winblows to *nix???
Have done exactly this with debian, only I used a PCMCIA network card and
did it off ftp.esat.net (ucd bandwidth is rather good).
However, if you've another machine, look into this null modem cable jobby:
~edd/t100cs.html
whether you can connect that to direct cable connectionI've no idea.  You
could however, put the files onto windows, boot onto a ILUG BBC[tm] and
mount the fat32 partition.
Easier/Quicker way is to get your hands on a PCMCIA nic.  Also makes the
maptop far more useful in the long run.
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> Apols if this has been posted before:
>
>
>
So, anyone who isn't Beaker?
TimC
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If you're not in Doolin, beg, borrow, or steal your way there before
the LBW folk depart. It's far too much fun.
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Inn Share's [shareinnn@yahoo.com] 22 lines of wisdom included:
>
> Hi,all:
>
> Does anyone know how to list the biggest file in my
> root directory?or the second biggest ..etc...
>
> Because I want to find out what is the reason cause my
> root all most full.
$ find /dir -name \*  | xargs du -s | sort -n
Smallest files are listed first with the largest at the end. So if
you want to get the 5 largest files, pipe through tail.
e.g.
$ find /dir -name \*  | xargs du -s | sort -n | tail -5
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Philip Reynolds wrote:
>>Does anyone know how to list the biggest file in my
>>root directory?or the second biggest ..etc...
> $ find /dir -name \*  | xargs du -s | sort -n
You might want to put a '-type f' on that find.
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, David Neary wrote:
> > Actually the following would be in some way sensible:
> > echo -e "`echo "$enc" | sed 's/%\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2,2\}\)/\\\x\1/g'`"
>
> Why {2,2}? Why not {2}?
no idea.
the above was something along the lines i was attempting, once i
realised it was a straight swap. but i couldnt get awk's gensub to
insert the \x for %'s and ='s.
anyway, in the end i found something on the internet and adapted it:
function decode_url (str,    hextab,i,c,c1,c2,len,code) {
# hex to dec lookup table
hextab ["0"] = 0;       hextab ["8"] = 8;
hextab ["1"] = 1;       hextab ["9"] = 9;
hextab ["2"] = 2;       hextab ["A"] = 10;
hextab ["3"] = 3;       hextab ["B"] = 11;
hextab ["4"] = 4;       hextab ["C"] = 12;
hextab ["5"] = 5;       hextab ["D"] = 13;
hextab ["6"] = 6;       hextab ["E"] = 14;
hextab ["7"] = 7;       hextab ["F"] = 15;
decoded = "";
i   = 1;
len = length (str);
while ( i
Cheers,
> Dave.
> PS the late reply is because the footer on the original mail (If
> you received this mail in error yadda yadda) got caught in my
> spam filter, and ended up in my junkmail directory.
he he...
might not have been the footer - check my headers. :)
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Might just take a trip over there later tomorrow, it is after all only
on my backdoor-step...
E.
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Hi,
I've got an normal 3.5" CD-RW IDE drive that I'd like to be able to use with a
Dell Latitude CPx laptop that I've got. Does anyone know any way to enable this,
for example through the use of a special cable for the Modular Bay (where CD-ROM
or floppy drive is normally).
There is also the possibility of using a docking station, but Dell's docking
solution for the Latitude series doesn't seem to allow for the use of an IDE
drive, only SCSI... Unless someone knows of a "non-Dell" solution that's
compatible.
Anyone any ideas?
Thanks,
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Darren Kenny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got an normal 3.5" CD-RW IDE drive that I'd like to be able to use
> with a Dell Latitude CPx laptop that I've got. Does anyone know any way
> enable this, for example through the use of a special cable for the
> Modular Bay (where CD-ROM or floppy drive is normally).
There is absolutely no way to use a conventional 3.5" drive with a
laptop directly. However, you can get an external firewire or USB
cradle and attach it to the laptop like that, and any 3.5" drive
will work in that case.
Example :

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Philip Reynolds wrote:
> Inn Share's [shareinnn@yahoo.com] 22 lines of wisdom included:
> >
> > Hi,all:
> >
> > Does anyone know how to list the biggest file in my
> > root directory?or the second biggest ..etc...
> >
> > Because I want to find out what is the reason cause my
> > root all most full.
>
> $ find /dir -name \*  | xargs du -s | sort -n
>
> Smallest files are listed first with the largest at the end. So if
> you want to get the 5 largest files, pipe through tail.
Adding -r to the sort options, and piping through head instead,
might be a better idea. tail needs to read teh whole buffer, head
only reads the first n lines.
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On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 11:38:00PM +0100, Vincent Cunniffe mentioned:
> There is absolutely no way to use a conventional 3.5" drive with a
> laptop directly. However, you can get an external firewire or USB
> cradle and attach it to the laptop like that, and any 3.5" drive
> will work in that case.
Ah, they told me that about my A1200. Just got a video box, cut air holes
and a hole for the cables, then got an extra-long 2.5" to 3.5" IDE cable,
and connected it up. Had to make a few holes in the A1200 case for the
IDE cable too.
Worked a charm. Until I dropped the disk one day onto concrete.
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Ok, Iknow this is blatantly OT but I'm beginning to go insane.
Had an old Dell Dimension XPS sitting in the corner and decided to
put it to use, I know it was working pre being stuck in the
corner, but when I plugged it in, hit the power nothing happened.
I opened her up and had a look and say nothing much. A little orange
LED comes on when I plug her in but that's it, after some googling
I found some reference to re-seating all the parts, but no change.
The problem I'm having is that since the power supply is some Dell
specific one, ATX block with what looks like one of the old AT
power connectors, I cant figure out weather this is a Mobo prob
or a PSU prob. Just to futily try and drag this back OT, I want
to install Linux on it when I get it working. If anyone knows
what the problem might be give me a shout.
Cheers,
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 05:13:01PM +0100, Fergal Moran mentioned:
> In a nutshell - Solaris is Suns own flavour of UNIX.
Though I'm sure that this nice person would like a bit more detail.
Solaris is quite different to Linux, though these days you can make
solaris act a lot like linux with an extra CD of GNU tools Sun ship with
solaris. It is based on the SysV unix family, so it's quite similar to
other unixen like HPUX and SCO.
Sun's hardware in general is more reliable, and a lot more expensive. One
of the main bonuses you get by buying Sun is that you are getting your
hardware and software from one company, so if you have a support contract,
they have to fix it. They can't fob you off with 'that's a software
problem, talk to the software vendor.' etc.
If you are set on Linux, you most likely can do your own support. There
is then a world of different hardware options. You can run Linux on Sparc,
though some companies like RedHat don't maintain a sparc port anymore.
You can also buy your machine from linux-oriented companies like DNUK,
who do machines designed to run linux, and their own version of linux,
that has a few extras for their machines. Or, you can get a machine from a
cheaper company like Dell, and it'll most likely work, most of the time.
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John P. Looney wrote:
>>There is absolutely no way to use a conventional 3.5" drive with a
>>laptop directly.
>  Ah, they told me that about my A1200.
>
>  Worked a charm. Until I dropped the disk one day onto concrete.
Go on. Tell them how long the /first/ one lasted.
I vote external firewire if the laptop has the ports for it.
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I vote usb 1.1 as the chances are the cdr drive is not over 8x write and
thus fireware is of no real use...
but i cant see how you are going to get it working without a cradle. I cant
even get my dell laptop dvd drive to work
as the connectors are not the same as my cd drive ones.. seems dell cant
keep any standards going :-(
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laptop
John P. Looney wrote:
>>There is absolutely no way to use a conventional 3.5" drive with a
>>laptop directly.
>  Ah, they told me that about my A1200.
>
>  Worked a charm. Until I dropped the disk one day onto concrete.
Go on. Tell them how long the /first/ one lasted.
I vote external firewire if the laptop has the ports for it.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aherne Peter-pahern02
> Sent: 28 August 2002 09:29
> To: 'ilug@linux.ie'
> Subject: [ILUG] [OT] Dell machine giving me hassle.
>
> Ok, Iknow this is blatantly OT but I'm beginning to go insane.
> Had an old Dell Dimension XPS sitting in the corner and decided to
> put it to use, I know it was working pre being stuck in the
> corner, but when I plugged it in, hit the power nothing happened.
> I opened her up and had a look and say nothing much. A little orange
> LED comes on when I plug her in but that's it, after some googling
> I found some reference to re-seating all the parts, but no change.
> The problem I'm having is that since the power supply is some Dell
> specific one, ATX block with what looks like one of the old AT
> power connectors, I cant figure out weather this is a Mobo prob
> or a PSU prob. Just to futily try and drag this back OT, I want
> to install Linux on it when I get it working. If anyone knows
> what the problem might be give me a shout.
Here is what you do.
Remove all the PCI & ISA/EISA cards.
Remove the floppy disk cable from the mobo, the ide cables from the mobo...
essentially leaving only a video card... ram and a keyboard plugged in.
Turn on the system.
If it doesn't POST then, switch it off and remove the video card.
Switch it back on ... if your mobo doesn't emit some beeps complaining about
lack of video card then.
Switch it off.
Remove it's ram.
Same procedure as above.
If you still don't have any kind of mobo beep codes then you can try as a
last ditch effort to reseat the cpu... (remembering to never ever ever power
up your system without a heatsink & fan).
If after reseating the cpu into the mobo... you still get no beep codes,
from it with just the cpu inserted into the mobo ie(no pci,*isa cards or and
no actual ide or floppy cables connected to the system)... even though you
have power... you either have a faulty motherboard or a faulty cpu.
Once you get beep codes various permutations of the above should eventually
disjunct which device it is, is causing the lack of POST.
Power On Self Test.
Bod
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> > Ok, Iknow this is blatantly OT but I'm beginning to go insane.
> > Had an old Dell Dimension XPS sitting in the corner and decided to
> > put it to use, I know it was working pre being stuck in the
> > corner, but when I plugged it in, hit the power nothing happened.
> > I opened her up and had a look and say nothing much. A little orange
> > LED comes on when I plug her in but that's it, after some googling
> > I found some reference to re-seating all the parts, but no change.
> > The problem I'm having is that since the power supply is some Dell
> > specific one, ATX block with what looks like one of the old AT
> > power connectors, I cant figure out weather this is a Mobo prob
> > or a PSU prob. Just to futily try and drag this back OT, I want
> > to install Linux on it when I get it working. If anyone knows
> > what the problem might be give me a shout.
Ie if you are getting a little orange LED when you plug it in then your PSU
is probably working.
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John P. Looney wrote:
>  I've two directories, that once upon a time contained the same files.
>
>  Now, they don't.
>
>  Is there a tool to merge the two - create a new directory where if the
> files are the same, they aren't changed, if they are different, the one
> with the most recent datestamp is used...
Just for the record mc has a nice directory
comparison function. This is really nice
when using the ftp VFS for e.g. Of course
if you use something like ftpfs you can use
the previously mentioned tools.
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Hello folks!
I'm new to Linux, so here goes...
I've been trying to get connected to the outside world through my modem.
I've got Debian with kernel 2.4.18.
I've got this Win-Modem(yes, I know) and managed to locate a proper driver
for it.
Minicom is very much able to dial out.
But there seems to be a problem with my PPPD installation.
When I type 'ppp' in the minicom terminal, all I get (after the initial info
of my dynamic IP, etc) is a ~ and then the NO CARRIER signal.
Then I looked into calling pppd directly using chat.
I used this command:  pppd call Provider (where Provider is some script
somewhere).
It dials, it connects, it sends my username & password, and when connection
is established, it gives the SIGHUP signal and exits.
This is confirmed when me friend and I tried to connect through a serial
port using pppd to connect ttyS0.  I ran pppd waiting for a connection, me
friend tried connecting and as soon as he did, pppd exited.
Some expert help would be greatly appreciated as I'm sick and tired of
having to reboot, get into Windoze to hook up to the net and then back to
Linux, mounting this drive to get that file, etc.  It'd be nice never have
to go back to Windoze(except for games, that is).
Thanks a million.
Carlos
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Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, David Neary wrote:
>
> > > Actually the following would be in some way sensible:
> > > echo -e "`echo "$enc" | sed 's/%\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2,2\}\)/\\\x\1/g'`"
> >
> > Why {2,2}? Why not {2}?
>
> the above was something along the lines i was attempting, once i
> realised it was a straight swap. but i couldnt get awk's gensub to
> insert the \x for %'s and ='s.
Perl's pack() would do the job...
> > PS the late reply is because the footer on the original mail (If
> > you received this mail in error yadda yadda) got caught in my
> > spam filter, and ended up in my junkmail directory.
>
> might not have been the footer - check my headers. :)
Actually, it was worse - a bodycheck showed up a "remove" URL. I
need a new spam filter (but I want to be able to process false
positives, rather than dump them).
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Inn Share wrote:
> Hi,all:
>
> Does anyone know how to list the biggest file in my
> root directory?or the second biggest ..etc...
>
> Because I want to find out what is the reason cause my
> root all most full.
>
> The system is Solaris 8 Sparc.
>
> Thanks !!!
I think everybody has their own version of this,
but in case it's useful.. (only tested on Linux):
find $* \( -type f -o -type l \) -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -print0 |
xargs -r0 du -b --max-depth 0 |
sort -k1n |
grep -v "^0"
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Inn Share
writes:
> Hi,all:
>
> Does anyone know how to list the biggest file in my
> root directory?or the second biggest ..etc...
>
> Because I want to find out what is the reason cause my
> root all most full.
find / -xdev -type f -exec du -sk {} \; | sort -rn | head -5
-xdev will stop find recursing into other filesystems.
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David Neary wrote:
> Padraig Brady wrote:
>
>>>Paul Jakma wrote:
>>>
>>>>chars in hex to plain ASCII?
>>>>
>>>>eg given
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>is there an easy way to turn it into
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>eg, whether by piping through some already available tool, or
>>>>programmatically (printf? - but i dont see how.).
>>>
>>Actually the following would be in some way sensible:
>>echo -e "`echo "$enc" | sed 's/%\([0-9a-fA-F]\{2,2\}\)/\\\x\1/g'`"
>
>
> Why {2,2}? Why not {2}?
Me being silly, that's all.
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John P. Looney wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 05:13:01PM +0100, Fergal Moran mentioned:
>
>>In a nutshell - Solaris is Suns own flavour of UNIX.
>
>
>  Though I'm sure that this nice person would like a bit more detail.
>
>  Solaris is quite different to Linux, though these days you can make
> solaris act a lot like linux with an extra CD of GNU tools Sun ship with
> solaris. It is based on the SysV unix family, so it's quite similar to
> other unixen like HPUX and SCO.
>
>  Sun's hardware in general is more reliable, and a lot more expensive. One
> of the main bonuses you get by buying Sun is that you are getting your
> hardware and software from one company, so if you have a support contract,
> they have to fix it. They can't fob you off with 'that's a software
> problem, talk to the software vendor.' etc.
>
>  If you are set on Linux, you most likely can do your own support. There
> is then a world of different hardware options. You can run Linux on Sparc,
> though some companies like RedHat don't maintain a sparc port anymore.
>
>  You can also buy your machine from linux-oriented companies like DNUK,
> who do machines designed to run linux, and their own version of linux,
> that has a few extras for their machines. Or, you can get a machine from a
> cheaper company like Dell, and it'll most likely work, most of the time.
Why do you say Dell is cheaper than DNUK?
It gets a bit complicated though!

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I'm not familiar with Dell Dimension XPS, and, to be honest, not familiar
with any brand-name computers. Most of my experience is China
motherboards, but I've seen same behavior once. Changing the battery helps
that time. It was big round battery with 'Panasonic' on it.
Computer starts beeping then we removed battery from MB. It even booted up
(well, loosing time and some other things).
Just my 2 cents.
Misha
On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Aherne Peter-pahern02 wrote:
> Ok, Iknow this is blatantly OT but I'm beginning to go insane.
> Had an old Dell Dimension XPS sitting in the corner and decided to
> put it to use,
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On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 09:26:47AM +0100, Padraig Brady wrote:
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> probably a bit old, 7.3 and 8.0 are out.
And I've been told by a SuSE rep that 8.1 will be out in October,
for those who are interested.
David
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Hi all,
I've decided at last to test the ALSA sound drivers. As usual the result is
that I've spent much more time repackaging the darn thing than actually
testing the functionalities or trying to hear the great sound quality
people seem to think it outputs... but hey, some of you will benefit from
that, right? ;-)
I've got the whole thing working on a Valhalla system, but the packages
should easily install or at least recompile on Enigma, Limbo/(null) and
maybe others, who knows ;-)
Here are quick instructions for those of you that wish to try it out :
- Recompile the "alsa-driver" source rpm for your running kernel
(you can install the binary package if you're using the i686 2.4.18-10)
- Install this "alsa-driver" package
- Install the "alsa-libs" package
- Install the "alsa-utils" package
Now go to this URL and find out what you need to change in your
/etc/modules.conf file to replace the default OSS driver loading :

(very complete and very good documentation!)
Hopefully you'll see that your card *is* supported ;-)
Reboot, or remove by hand your current sound modules (you'll probably need
to stop many applications to free the sound resource...) "by hand" and
insert the new ones. If all is well you've got ALSA working! ("dmesg" to
check is a good idea), you now just need to adjust the volume levels with
e.g. aumix and alsamixer because everything is muted by default.
With "aplay" you can already test files to see if you hear anything. You
can also install the XMMS plugin (seems to make my XMMS segfault on exit...
hmmm, but maybe it's another plugin) to listen to your good ol' mp3
files... that's it!
It really isn't complicated, and has never been from what I see. The only
thing I disliked was to have to install from source... but as I can't
imagine myself doing that ;-) I've repackaged everything cleanly. Even the
/dev entries are included in the rpm package (and *not* created by an ugly
%post script, I insist!) and seamlessly integrate into the /etc/makedev.d
structure. There are also a few other noticeable differences with the
default provided ALSA spec files, for example I've split alsa-lib's
development files into an alsa-lib-devel package and included static
libraries... there are others of course (oh yes, the kernel version against
which the "alsa-driver" package is compiled gets neatly integrated in the
rpm release, so does the architecture!).
I'm open to any comments or suggestions about these packages!
Download :

Current spec files :

(All others, patches etc. :  )
Matthias
PS: As an extra bonus, I've also recompiled xine with alsa support! Simply
run "xine -A alsa09" and off you go! It may even support 5.1 and S/PDIF ;-)
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Matthias Saou (matthias@rpmforge.net) wrote*:
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>You can also install the XMMS plugin
>(seems to make my XMMS segfault on exit...
>hmmm, but maybe it's another plugin) to listen to your good ol' mp3
>files... that's it!
I've an XMMS Alsa module I've been using for a while now at:

Also there is alsaplayer rpms there too:

Good luck. Both were build on an RH 7.3 box with errata current as of the date of
the build. I'm running (null) RH beta now and I recall that alsa-xmms still works, I
can not remember if alsaplayer needs a --rebuild.
As an aside, alsaplayer is really maturing into a versitile app, I've been packaging
for many releases now.
I've scripted the alsa-xmms cvs build, so it's easy to spin another one if these
rpms do not work on (null).
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"Steve Thomas" said:
> I created a user (honeypot) and set up an alias to it. Then I added a
> 'hidden' (font color same as background color) link to that address at the
> bottom of my html pages. The .procmailrc file for that user is: .....
> which will submit the msg to razor then save it locally. I set this up about
> a month ago, and haven't received anything other than some viruses (Sircam)
> on it yet. The viruses are rejected at the MTA level, so they're not being
> saved/reported to razor.
FWIW, I would now recommend doing this (using a user with a procmailrc)
instead of a system alias; more secure, and easier to filter out crud
like bounces, virii etc. that render a corpus dirty.
--j.
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Bob Sully said:
> Spamassassin (2.30) has been tossing my daily LogWatch (3.3) reports into
> the spam bucket.  A recent one generated the folowing hits: ....
fixed in CVS I think, or at least my logwatches get through fine.  If it
is not fixed in CVS, then report it, using the correct bug-reporting
procedure:
1. open a Bugzilla bug.
2. attach a sample mail message *as an attachment* with all
headers intact
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