April. 6, 1998

The San Juan Island Library District (SJILD) accepts donation of high-performance computer networking hardware from Adaptec, Inc.

The San Juan Island Library District today accepted the donation of three high-performance network switches and one high-performance network router from Adaptec, Inc. of Bellevue, Washington. The library will use these devices, valued at $2,000, to provide faster data connections between its networked computers. Wade Guidry, formerly of Adaptec, Inc. and now a part-time employee of the library says of the donation, "This donation fits very well with our recently expanded computer network. The switches will replace older repeater hub technology and help maintain our network performance as the load from Internet activities and CD-ROM applications increases. The router will help direct traffic between the library and the Internet."

Adaptec, Inc., headquartered in Milpitas, California, purchased locally owned Cogent Data Technologies, Inc. in 1996. Several current and former San Juan county residents work for Adaptec, Inc.