SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors, today announced its newly elected Board of Directors for 2005/2006. The Fibre Channel Industry Association provides leadership and guidance to the growing storage networking market, in which Fibre Channel technology is a critical component of today's mission critical storage infrastructures.
Members of the 2005/2006 FCIA Board of Directors are:
Officers:
-- Tom Hammond-Doel, Emulex Corp., FCIA Chairman of the Board
-- Chairman, Marketing Working Group
-- Bob Williamsen, McData Corp., FCIA Secretary
-- Rich Ramos, Xyratex, FCIA Treasurer
Board Members at large:
-- Harry Mason, LSI Logic
-- Skip Jones, QLogic Corp., Chairman, Roadmap Committee
-- Wen Li, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
-- Yuichi Arai, FCIA-Japan representative
With more than 80 members and affiliates in the United States and Japan, the FCIA is committed to delivering a broad base of Fibre Channel infrastructure to support a wide array of industry applications within the mass storage and IT-based arenas. FCIA Working Groups focus on specific aspects of the technology that target both vertical and horizontal markets, including guidance on various storage trends and solutions such as implementing tiered-storage, transition to 4Gb storage and FC-AL solutions for small to medium enterprises.
"Given the new requirements for corporate reporting, many small- to medium-sized enterprises are investing in new technologies to automate business information processes," said Tom Hammond-Doel, Chairman of the Fibre Channel Industry Association. "Our role at FCIA is to help small and large enterprise customers alike understand that Fibre Channel is the best technology for providing access to data and ensuring the reliability and integrity of that data."
FCIA Recent Developments
The FCIA's technology road maps define and support innovative technologies developed by its member companies to further the industry as a whole. Recent developments by FCIA include defining 8Gb/s Fibre Channel (8GFC) for an intra-cabinet storage device interconnect and for switched SAN fabrics, making the use of 8GFC speed possible for both drive and network interfaces while maintaining compatibility with current 2 and 4 GFC technologies. The FCIA, as the marketing arm of the ANSI T11 standards organization, is also working with the T11 to help define new standards for natively attaching SATA hard drives to Fibre Channel infrastructures. This new effort is called FC-SATA. Additionally, the FCIA is exploring the market case and use of low cost cabling in the Fibre Channel infrastructure. All these initiatives help Fibre Channel bring its enterprise-class capabilities to businesses of all sizes.
About the Fibre Channel Industry Association
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is a nonprofit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators, developers, systems vendors, industry professionals and end users. With more than 80 member companies and FCIA affiliates in the United States and Japan, FCIA is committed to delivering a broad base of Fibre Channel infrastructure to support a wide array of industry applications within the mass storage and IT-based arenas. FCIA working groups focus on specific aspects of the technology, targeting both vertical and horizontal markets including storage, video, networking and SAN management. For more information on FCIA, please visit our web site: www.fibrechannel.org, or contact us via email: info@fibrechannel.org or call (415) 561-6270.