Included in that list was a stealth company set up by Cisco and destined to be acquired by its parent. The FCoE technology has been in development by leading networking and storage companies for about ...

FCoE allows Fibre Channel SANs and devices to connect to each other over Ethernet-based networks and share data without modifying the existing storage infrastructure. This allows the building of ...

SAN vendors promoted FCoE as a way to extend Fibre Channel's reach and longevity, skeptics described it as unnecessary -- and perhaps even a Cisco-powered Trojan horse intended to wipe out rival ...

I'm re-building my home lab storage machine at the moment and one thing I've never tinkered with before is Fibre Channel and FCoE so I thought it might be worth looking into to see if I can get some ...

A group of big-name data-center vendors is pushing ANSI to create a standard for Fibre Channel over Ethernet connections, saying it will simplify data management A group of data-center vendors has ...

“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 – ...

IBM today increased its support of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) by agreeing to sell FCoE switches and adapters from Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. IBM is re-branding ...

Just when it looks like Fibre Channel is the clear choice for high-bandwidth networked storage, trusty old Ethernet gets a performance boost that makes iSCSI a viable competitor when it comes to sheer ...

Ethernet continues to build on its role as the great unifying force in networking, with vendors pushing technologies with “over Ethernet” in the name. At last week’s Storage Networking World trade ...

This year’s Storage Networking World Europe show focused attention on Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). However, while SAN vendors promoted FCoE as a way to extend Fibre Channel’s reach and ...