ORLANDO, Fla., April 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) today announced that it will exhibit demonstrations around 8GFC (Gigabit Fibre Channel) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Demonstrations will take place in booth 508 at Storage Networking World (SNW), April 6 - 10, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida.
"The FCIA is honored to work with leading organizations that continue to bring advanced Fibre Channel solutions to the market," said Skip Jones, chairman FCIA. "Now, more than ever, IT budgets demand the lowest cost of ownership possible, and they have little to no tolerance for unknown risks. Fibre Channel technologies allow CIO's the assurance that they have the most proven, most widely adopted, highest performance storage technology in the market today. Furthermore, with the rapid adoption of FCoE, IT managers can now also leverage their Fibre Channel investments for further cost, space, and power savings by consolidating their data center IO."
FCIA will showcase for the fourth consecutive time at SNW the synergy between 8GFC and FCoE technology in the data center. This demonstration brings together ten leading companies showing support for FCoE which is stated as "technically stable" by the T11 committee. Companies supporting this demonstration are: Amphenol, Brocade, Cisco, EMC, Infortrend, LSI, Mellanox Technologies, NetApp, PMC-Sierra and QLogic.
The FCIA will also be presenting in the following sessions at SNW:
* Fibre Channel Technologies -- Current and Future Monday, April 6 from 1:55 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. Presented by Steve Wilson, Director of Technology and Standards, Brocade; and M.K Jibbe, Manager and Test Architect, LSI. * Fibre Channel: King of the Jungle Monday, April 6 from 1:55 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. Presented by Brett Weber, Chief Architect and Fellow, LSI.
In addition to the aforementioned sessions, The FCIA will be distributing a new Fibre Channel Solutions Guide that includes up-to-date information on the benefits of Fibre Channel SANs, Energy Efficiency, the benefits of FCoE in the Data Center, Fibre Channel management, Fibre Channel Roadmap, the path to unification and server virtualization.
About FCIA
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is a non-profit international organization whose sole purpose is to act as the independent technology and marketing voice of the Fibre Channel industry. We are committed to helping member organizations promote and position Fibre Channel, and to providing a focal point for Fibre Channel information, standards advocacy, and education.
FCIA members include manufacturers, system integrators, developers, vendors, industry professionals, and end users. Our member-led working groups and committees focus on creating and championing the Fibre Channel technology roadmaps, targeting applications that include data storage, video, networking, and storage area network (SAN) management. For more info, go to http://www.fibrechannel.org
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