“Fibre Channel is dead.” That was the controversial conclusion of one participant in a heated debate at an industry conference back in 2000. Industry vendors were investigating a new protocol – ...

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of “Storage Area Network Fundamentals” (ISBN 158705065X ) published courtesy of Cisco Press. With the growing popularity of storage area networks (SANs), ...

IBM last week followed HP with the introduction of Fibre Channel storage-area network blades for its eServer BladeCenter servers. The company, however, trumped HP by introducing two versions of Fibre ...

James Nardi oversees hundreds of terabytes of data. Sometimes, the disks that it all resides on get hammered more than 10,000 times a second. Sometimes, they get requests only once in a blue moon. “We ...

HP this week is unveiling new hybrid hard drives that combine Fibre Channel and ATA technologies. Dubbed Fibre Attached Technology Adapted, or FATA, the new drives are aimed at dropping the cost of ...

Aimed at the optical links existing in host bus adapters (HBAs), switches, and RAID modules, the TXN31015 and TXN31115 optical transceivers support the 4-Gbit/s Fibre Channel specification. The ...

VeEX Inc., a global leader in innovative test and measurement solutions for next-generation networks, has introduced what is says is the industry’s first remote Optical Test Tool (OTT) designed to ...

Designed for use in storage area networks (SANs), the VCSC7192 is a 12-channel Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) switch IC that boasts of advanced diagnostic and low latency capabilities. The chip ...

Dycom Industries' historical financial results have demonstrated strong financial performance, with robust top-line growth and expanding profit margins. Looking ahead, the number of US homes with ...

As the broadband industry aims to meet rising demand for high-speed connectivity, leading to the necessity of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks operating sustainably with a commensurate surge in power ...

The trial will assess whether 50Gbps XGS-PON can support data-intensive, AI-driven use across homes and businesses.

By Chinenye [email protected] telecom industry is in the middle of a major shift. After years of growth driven mainly by subscriber numbers and promotional pricing, the sector is now ...