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 2011/2012.

The FCIA organization consists of 60 companies globally, all of which are leaders in the
Fibre Channel industry and continue to provide thought leadership, education
and guidance to the growing storage networking market.

The newly
elected members of the 2011/2012 FCIA Board of Directors are as follows:

FCIA
Officers:

• Chairman:
  Skip Jones QLogic
• Vice
  Chairman: Mark Jones Emulex
• Treasurer:
  Greg McSorley – Amphenol
• Secretary:
  Jay Neer – Molex
• 
  

Members at
Large:

• Rupin
  Mohan Hewlett-Packard
• Denise
  Ridolfo NetApp
• Kevin
  Ehringer DCS
• Steven
  Wilson Brocade
• Eisaku
  Saiki Netmarks (FCIA Japan)
• 
  

“With 16GFC
available in the market place now and FCoE continuing to be adopted Fibre
Channel continues to provide the robust flexible solutions that are needed in
today’s storage environments,” said Skip Jones, chairman FCIA.

“These
advancements continue to provide assurance to technology providers and
end-users that their Fibre Channel investment continues to be the most superior
technology today and will continue to provide value in the future,” Jones
added.

By
Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com