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RSS fibreVirtual Server-SAN Connectivity: Why Blade Server Virtualization and Fibre Channel SAN Connectivity Are Rapidly Being Adopted
White Paper Emulex is currently the only vendor offering NPIV support in its HBAs, both traditional and blade-sized, and drivers. NPIV has been implemented cooperatively by Emulex and IBM and is now successfully deployed on the IBM zSeries mainframe... [12 Nov 2009]
Fiber Channel Over Ethernet: Enabling Server I/O Consolidation
White Paper The development of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) opens the door to the real possibility of transporting more than one I/O traffic flow over a Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), also called a Data Center Bridging... [12 Nov 2009]
Whitepaper:Â EqualLogic TCO Analysis by ESG Lab
White Paper This ESG Lab report examines the economic excellence of highly scalable EqualLogic iSCSI storage solutions compared to traditional direct attached storage (DAS), Fibre Channel storage area network (FC SAN), and... [05 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News The trial is part of the telco's ongoing investment in fibre infrastructure in the UK. Back in 2008 BT announced it would be spending £1.5bn to bring fibre broadband to around 10 million homes and... [05 Nov 2009]
BT takes superfast fibre broadband to 2.5 million homes
News BT has announced it is rolling out superfast fibre broadband directly to 2.5 million UK homes and businesses. FTTP (fibre to the premises) will allow for for download speeds of 100Mbps by 2012, BT said... [12 Oct 2009]
Lord Stephen Carter
AS Profile As the driving force behind the report, Lord Carter has championed the cause of high speed broadband connectivity - setting out a commitment to broadband access for all and calling for a 50p levy on phone lines to pave the way for super... [08 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News Another high-speed connectivity of interest to silicon.com readers last month was fibre - superfast broadband which could deliver downlinks many times those available today - with the news that Digital Britain's... [06 Oct 2009]
BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes
News BT has revealed more details on its planned brownfield pilots of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband tech. Fibre broadband is the superfast successor to the current generation of broadband used in the UK,... [02 Oct 2009]
Innovation Network Lecture Series: The Journey Towards the Converged Data Center - Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and ISCSI
White Paper Both the FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) and iSCSI (SCSI over TCP/IP) protocols provide paths to reach this goal. For decades, the IT industry has tried out a number of technologies, looking for one that can provide a... [01 Oct 2009]
One in five of world's households now wired to the web
News Fibre takes off According to the research firm, fibre-based services will grow steadily over the next few years, with FTTH (fibre-to-the-home), FTTP... [28 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News The proposed fibre tax to pay for next-gen broadband in the UK could be law before the next general election. The fibre levy was included in the government's Digital Britain report, unveiled in June by... [23 Sep 2009]
BT fibre broadband pilot: charges for ISPs revealed
News BT Openreach has released details of the fees it plans to charge other ISPs for its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) pilot in London. Access to its Generic Ethernet Access Fibre to The Premises product will cost... [23 Sep 2009]
Photos: BT previews superfast fibre broadband... in Muswell Hill
Photo BT has opened a new high street shop to promote fibre broadband in London's Muswell Hill - the location for one of its two fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) pilots, along with Whitchurch in South Wales.... [17 Sep 2009]
Photos: Medical tech of the future, from robo-pills to cyber-surgeons
Photo It is hoped this kind of device will be more comfortable for a patient than the more traditional method of investigating their stomach - a fibre-optic endoscope - which has to be pushed into the body by a clinician. [15 Sep 2009]
Snow Leopard, Windows 7, Microsoft Word ban and BT broadband
News Meanwhile, BT's superfast broadband rollout received a boost when the company revealed that around 15,000 homes in Glasgow will be hooked up earlier than first planned, and are now expected to be fibre-enabled by the... [01 Sep 2009]
