On the surface, Fibre Channel over Ethernet seems a slam dunk. Reality, however, says otherwise. What will it take for the less-expensive and easy-to-use technology to win over CTOs?
Dataram this week began shipping high availability (HA) versions of its XcelaSAN accelerators for Fibre Channel SANs.
The company claims the first scale-out virtual NAS appliances for VMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Converged network adapters support 10GbE, iSCSI, FCoE.
Intel is ramping up its effort to expand Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
About half of the respondents said that SAN storage and server refreshes are a top priority this year.
Alacritech's SSD-based ANX 1500 appliances accelerate NFS in NAS environments without requiring modifications to existing NAS systems.
The $218 million acquisition will merge complementary 10 Gigabit Ethernet and InfiniBand product sets.
Silver Peak’s software-only WAN optimization appliance runs as a virtual machine on VMware ESX.
Data Center Manager maintains application services as virtual machines move around the data center fabric.
16GFC is designed for high bandwidth applications and devices, including ISLs, data migration, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and SSD drives or memory arrays.
The new VDX 6720 Data Center Switches are the first to run Brocade’s Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS) technology and provide a foundation for converged SAN and LAN traffic.
The networking giant’s first quarter fiscal 2011 results and outlook have CEO John Chambers “disappointed.”
Broadcom is rolling out silicon technology built for 100GbE networks and beyond.
Emulex OneCommand Guardian can encrypt data at the server using Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) host bus adapters (HBAs) from any vendor.
Brocade has designed an embedded switch and converged network adapter that bring unified SAN and LAN connectivity to IBM’s BladeCenter servers.
The new HP ExpertONE program offers certifications and training for converged infrastructures and a “fast track” incentive for Cisco Certified networking pros.
The Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard has been ratified as IEEE 802.3az, and along with it has already come vendor support from silicon vendor Broadcom.
The company’s march toward network convergence continues with 10Gbps CNAs and NICs.
Brocade and Dell are tightening ties to bring 10GbE and 8Gbps FC adapters to virtualized data centers.
IBM announced plans to acquire privately-held networking vendor BLADE Network Technologies for an undisclosed sum as it continues to build out its cloud computing portfolio.
Brocade’s new MLXe routing platform takes packet processing from what used to be a 40Gbps full duplex pipeline to 100Gbps.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) dangles the promise of converged IP and storage networks, but the technology is still in its infancy, according to industry experts.
The new Brocade Network Advisor unifies the management of "all things Brocade."
Move over Data Center 3.0. The networking giant’s vision for unified fabrics and unified computing has evolved into the Cisco Data Center Business Advantage framework.
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