Frank Berry

Analyst

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QLogic Enters The Ethernet Switch Market

June 26, 2017

On June 23, 2010, QLogic announced that its new FCoE ASIC, code-named Bullet, is now incorporated into the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port modules used inside of HP blade servers...

Data Centers

Is Intel's Romley for You? Getting the Most Out of the Xeon E5-2600

Frank Berry

July 30, 2012

Intel's Xeon E5-2600 supports PCIe 3.0. The increase in performance can substantial, but it can also be lost if I/O peripherals aren't up to the task. Here are the details on the new Romley...

Data Centers

From Apple to VMware: The Lab Schools' Virtualized Environment

Frank Berry

July 19, 2012

The University of Chicago Lab Schools had to abandon its Apple server infrastructure; here's how it launched a virtualized environment and cut its server count in half.

Networking

vMotions a Killer App for 10GbE at Vonage

Frank Berry

April 13, 2012

Every year since the first Global 2000 company installed VMware, server virtualization has been at the core of more and more data center architectures. Vonage is one major corporation that...

Data Centers

Dell Compellent: Third-Quarter Report Card

Frank Berry

December 12, 2011

In February, Dell acquired Compellent Technologies, a pioneer in virtualized storage. Are Dell customers better off? And are Dell shareholders getting their money's worth? Here are my third...

Data Centers

QLogic Adds 5 Years To Fibre Channel

Frank Berry

October 06, 2011

On Sept. 28, QLogic extended its Adaptive Convergence Strategy by announcing a new portfolio of products, including FlexSuite adapters, Universal Access Point switches and iSR Intelligent...

Cloud Infrastructure

Calling It: Dell Acquires Brocade

Frank Berry

June 02, 2011

A Canaccord Adams report, "Dell Looks Poised for a Networking Move," seems to have merit, and industry insiders are claiming to have heard about the deal. The company is dramatically...

Networking

Brocade Flexes Fabric Muscle At Technology Day Summit

Frank Berry

May 05, 2011

Last June, the industry embraced the introduction of the Brocade One architecture, VCS technology and VDX switches--which for the first time brought to life a new fabric network design for...

Networking

Brocade Unveils 1st Fabric Adapter Technology

Frank Berry

May 02, 2011

Analyst reports, press articles and the blogosphere are full of commentary about new fabric architectures from Brocade, Cisco and Juniper, that are designed for flatter scale-out in...

Data Centers

Emulex Gains Fibre Channel HBA Market Share Over QLogic In 2010

Frank Berry

February 01, 2011

In 2001, Emulex commanded 80 percent of the $25 million Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) market. QLogic unveiled the industry's first single-chip HBA in 2002, and leveraged its two-year...

Networking

IT Pros Vote Cisco in FCoE Switch Brand Leader Survey

Frank Berry

January 28, 2011

Cisco recently swept the FCoE Switch Brand Leader Awards for the second year in a row, based on responses from IT professionals who participated in an IT Brand Pulse Brand Leader Survey...

Networking

Broadcom Raises the Bar for CNA Technology

Frank Berry

January 26, 2011

Broadcom recently unveiled the BCM578x0, its latest generation of 10Gbit Ethernet ASICs for LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) and NIC applications, and the first in a new class of converged network...

Data Centers

Brocade and Dell Enhance iSCSI Storage

Frank Berry

January 25, 2011

Since the introduction of iSCSI storage in 2004, the population of 1Gbit iSCSI storage arrays has grown to comprise almost a third of all disk arrays shipped each year. Connecting servers...

Networking

Mellanox and QLogic Play Duopoly

Frank Berry

November 30, 2010

On Monday, Mellanox said it will buy Voltaire for $8.75 per share, or about $218 million. Excluding Voltaire's cash, Mellanox is getting the company for about $176 million. The $200 million...

Data Centers

Extreme Makeover: FalconStor Edition

Frank Berry

November 12, 2010

Founded in 2000, FalconStor is one of the companies that pioneered the current generation of advanced data protection software such as Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Continuous Data Protection...

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