Hewlett-Packard (HP) has bought Transoft Networks - a specialist in Fibre Channel-compatible Storage Area Networking (SAN) equipment. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but HP said Transoft's technology will give its existing SAN...
Compaq's latest storage software, which will branded SANworks, is intended to help users manage storage and servers from a wide range of vendors within a single SAN; SANs provide high-speed access to distributed storage via fibre channel technology.
The FibreAlliance promotes open Fibre Channel management standards. SANs provide high-speed access to distributed storage via fibre channel (FC) technology. The burgeoning market for Storage Area Networks (SAN) is being in killed at birth because...
But through its acquisition of Andiamo, Cisco obtained high-end networking products that can use the Fibre Channel networking standard used in SANs. IBM has signed a deal to sell a new line of storage networking gear from Cisco Systems, the...
In a research note, Meta Group notes the take off of storage area networks (SANs) - servers accessing disk-based resources using the Fibre Channel protocol over dedicated networks - is driving some of this increase.
Today, most networked storage is connected over a Fibre Channel network, separate from the Ethernet networks that connect corporate computers and servers. Microsoft on Monday released an update to its Windows operating system to add support for the...
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