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San Francisco, California--August 18, 2004- The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors today announced its newly elected Board of Directors for 2004/2005. Fibre Channel technology is a critical component in today's mission critical storage infrastructure. The Fibre Channel Industry Association provides leadership and guidance to the growing storage networking market.
Members of the 2004/2005 FCIA Board of Directors are:
Officers:
- Werner Glinka, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies FCIA Chairman
- Chairman, Marketing Working Group
- Bob Williamsen, McData Corp., FCIA Secretary
- Tom Hammond-Doel, Emulex Corp., FCIA Treasurer
Members at large:
- Harry Mason, LSI Logic
- Skip Jones, QLogic Corp.,
- Rich Ramos, Xyratex International
- Wen Li, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- Yuichi Arai, FCIA-Japan representative
"Given the new requirements for corporate reporting, many small- to medium-sized enterprises are investing in new technologies to automate business information processes," said Werner Glinka, Chairman of the Fibre Channel Industry Association. "Our role at FCIA is to help small and large enterprise customers alike understand that Fibre Channel is the best technology for providing access to data and ensuring the reliability of that data."
FCIA Recent Developments
The FCIA's technology roadmaps define and support innovative technologies developed by its member companies to further the industry as a whole. Recent developments by FCIA include
8Gb/s Fibre Channel (8GFC) for an intra-cabinet storage device interconnect and for switched SAN fabrics, making the use of 8GFC speed possible for both drive and network interfaces while maintaining compatibility with current 2 and 4 GFC technologies. The FCIA recently announced support for a new class of hybrid disk drives that combine a Fibre Channel interface with a low-cost-per-gigabyte, high-capacity disk drive mechanism. This creates a new class of storage device with significantly less cost-per-gigabyte than mission-critical Fibre Channel drives.
About the Fibre Channel Industry Association
The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is a nonprofit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators, developers, systems vendors, industry professionals and end users. With more than 80 member companies and FCIA affiliates in the United States and Japan, FCIA is committed to delivering a broad base of Fibre Channel infrastructure to support a wide array of industry applications within the mass storage and IT-based arenas. FCIA working groups focus on specific aspects of the technology, targeting both vertical and horizontal markets including storage, video, networking and SAN management. For more information on FCIA, please visit our web site: www.fibrechannel.org, or contact us via email: info@fibrechannel.org or call (415) 561-6270.
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