INCITS

September 18, 2013

MANUFACTURING

ISO/IEC JTC 1 Leads Global Innovation through ICT

3 min read

There is no sphere of life today that is not impacted by information and communication technology (ICT). ICT fuels innovation, efficiency, and economic growth, both in the ICT-producing and ICT-using sectors – in other words, the whole interconnected world. The ICT industry is complex and forward-thinking by its very nature. From a standardization perspective, this […]

March 27, 2013

DATA CENTER

Fibre Channel Standards, Speeds and Feeds, and Generation “X”

8 min read

Okay, I have a confession to make. I’ve been somewhat amused by Brocade’s recent “Gen 5” Fibre Channel campaign. After all, the idea that “we’re going to simply call 16G Fibre Channel something other than 16G Fibre Channel and pretend that people will not figure out that it’s really just 16G Fibre Channel” is, well, amusing!