The FCIA recently took on the topic of Fibre Channel performance in our live webcast “Fibre Channel Performance: Congestion, Slow Drain, and Over-Utilization, Oh My!” If you missed the live event, it’s […]
Fibre Channel Performance Q&A
Fibre Channel Industry Association Elects 2017/18 Board of Directors
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) announced its 2017-18 Board of Directors. FCIA Officers include: Mark Jones (Broadcom Limited) as Chairman & President; Craig Carlson (QLogic) as Treasurer; and J Metz (Cisco) as […]
Equinix CEO Resigns, Citing ‘Poor Judgment’ With Employee Matter
Equinix CEO Steve Smith has resigned suddenly after “exercising poor judgment with respect to an employee matter,” the company said today. The Equinix board said it accepted Smith’s resignation “in the best […]
Ethernet Alliance | Introducing 200 GbE & 400 GbE
At the the IEEE-SA December 2017 Standards Board Meeting, IEEE Std 802.3bs™-2017, which specifies 200 Gigabit and 400 Gigabit Ethernet operation, was ratified. In moving Ethernet past 100 Gigabits per second, a […]
UNH-IOL test initiative results in certification of 37 new PoE offerings
The Ethernet Alliance today announced the certification of the first 37 Power over Ethernet (PoE) products through its new PoE certification program. Products from multiple Ethernet industry vendors were tested at the […]
Fibre Channel Resilience for Enterprise Storage
Fibre Channel is the choice for resilient storage networks due to its reliability and robust set of management capabilities. Mainframe computers that run the world’s financial systems, high speed transactions processing, fraud […]
Ethernet Alliance Hails the Arrival of 200G and 400G Ethernet with Approval of IEEE 802.3bs™
The Ethernet Alliance, commended the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group on the approval of IEEE 802.3bs™, Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers, and Management Parameters for 200 gigabit […]
Ethernet Alliance Explores 400G Test and Measurement at ECOC 2017
The Ethernet Alliance today announced it will explore the state of 400G test and measurement at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2017). Read the source article at businesswire.com
Webinar: Understanding Long-Distance Fibre Channel
As people learn more about Fibre Channel and are curious about NVMe over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe), questions arise around how storage solutions are going to be affected by the new technology. Perhaps […]
Migration to higher speeds takes 4-5 years
It took 4-5 years for the industry to transition from 40G to 100G . This article looks at the reasons why it takes this long. Read the source article at ofcconference.org
