Rain on Storage Networking World?

Despite low attendance there were some interesting announcements of products at SNW Storage Alert NetworkWorld.com | Data Center Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by NetApp Masters of Enterprise Storage Visit this site to learn of newest storage advancements, issues and product announcements - issues such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet and whether vendors' plans for the technology make sense. The site includes a weekly blog, briefs on storage technologies and products, and links to stories on IDG's sites about storage. Spotlight Story Rain on Storage Networking World? By Deni Connor Storage Networking World (SNW) happened last week in Orlando, or did it? Attendance, which was flagging and blamed on the economy, seemed to be about half of previous years. Despite a lack of users - most of those attending looked to be from Florida and a close drive from Mickey - there were some interesting announcements of products. 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