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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I see that Arla is a project that studies Andrew File system and it appears that you have implemented in your university? Is this a project that still active at your university? I am trying to find out if there are any vendors (or open source) that have taken AFS and make it a product. My understanding is that a while back IBM had purchased Transarc but there is no support for that anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I am looking for file systems products that can provide access to global data (flat files) efficiently in an optimized way, in real time; the clients can be sitting in multiple geographic locations. I thought to write to you since seem very familiar with AFS and perhaps can you provide me with names or refer me to someone else that can help me pursue this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks for your help in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Ana Morales<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'>IT Market Research Analyst | IT Strategy, Architecture & Innovation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F'>Intel Corp., Hudson, MA | office 978-553-5617 </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>