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Emulex Gen 5 FC technology available For EMC VMAX Storage Arrays for end-to-end 16Gb Fibre Channel

Published in Management Storage + Servers Storage Technology

Emulex Corporation says that its Emulex Engine™ (XE)201 I/O Controller provides best-of-breed Gen 5 Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity on the target side for the EMC® VMAX® enterprise storage arrays, enabling true end-to-end 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) from server, to switch, to storage. EMC VMAX 10K and 40K storage arrays also provide data integrity protection with support for the T10 Protection Information standard (T10 PI). When combined with Emulex Gen 5 FC (8GFC and 16GFC) HBAs...

Published in Flash Management Storage + Servers

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Published in BC/DR Carriers + Service Providers Cloud + MS DC Facilities + Colo Device Security Flash Infrastructure Infrastructure + Hardware Management Networking Networks + Telecoms Security + Compliance Server Technology Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology Virtualisation Wireless

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Brocade® has appointed Joy Gardham, a recognised sales, operations and business development expert, as Regional Sales Director – Western Europe. She will hold primary responsibility for managing and driving the sales and services teams, delivering aggressive growth targets in Brocade’s Ethernet/IP business and further strengthening Brocade’s partner and channel strategies. Gardham will report directly into Marcus Jewell, Vice President EMEA at Brocade.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting Data Analytics DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure Platform Security Software Storage + Servers Storage Technology

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Published in Management Storage + Servers Virtualisation

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Emulex Gen 5 FC technology available For EMC VMAX Storage Arrays for end-to-end 16Gb Fibre Channel

Kaminario breaks SPC-1 Benchmark World Record for Performance

Quocirca research shows insurance industry failing to align IT with business processes

Brocade names Joy Gardham as Regional Sales Director – Western Europe

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