Our Emulex labs team works closely with an ecosystem of technology leaders to leverage new standards that drive fabric-based computing with 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) at the core. To help data center management further define a technology roadmap to 10GbE, we have been diligent in updating Convergenomics: The Guide to Network Convergence, (now in its 4th edition), creating a cohesive guide that spotlights this ecosystem of storage and network solution providers and the technologies they bring to the table of network convergence.
The Guide to Network Convergence was first published by Emulex in early 2009 as an overview of network convergence based on Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). It provided use cases and applications addressed by FCoE deployments, technology evolution, standards activities, and the business case and building blocks for deploying a converged network solution. Later releases of The Guide to Network Convergence were expanded to address the IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standard which enables multiple traffic types over a single link.
The tone of our newly released 4th edition of Convergenomics : The Guide to Network Convergence has clearly changed from whether 10GbE and network convergence will happen in your data center to when and how. And the hidden nugget inside Convergence: The Guide to Network Convergence is the Partner Section—a chapter of many “when’s” and “how’s”—with contributions from key infrastructure ecosystem partners, such as BLADE Network Technologies, Brocade, Cisco, Force10 Networks, Fulcrum Microsystems, Juniper Networks, Panduit and Scalent Systems; software partners such as Novell, Inc., Oracle Corporation and VMware; and 10GbE OEM partners such as Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM and NetApp.
As always, we’re here at Emulex Labs to help you craft your next-generation network strategy. We encourage you to take the next step towards this goal and carve out a little summer-reading time by downloading a free copy of Convergenomics: The Guide to Network Convergence.
Click here to download Convergenomics: The Guide to Network Convergence, 4th Edition.
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