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Intel Extends Lead With Server Processors

IT Brand Pulse announced the results of the February 2011 IT Brand Leader Survey for Server Processors in the categories of market, price, performance, reliability, service and support, and innovation. Intel received almost 80% of the vote to win the Market Leader Award for Server Processors. Intel also captured nearly 60% of votes in the Performance, Reliability, Service and Support, and Innovation categories to win those Leader Awards. AMD was chosen as the Price Leader but surprsingly, placed third or fourth in the other five categories. IBM placed second to Intel in every category except Price.

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Broadcom Raises the Bar for CNA Technology

Broadcom Corporation recently unveiled the BCM578×0, its latest generation of 10GbE ASICs for LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) and NIC applications, and the first in a new class of Converged Network Adapters (CNAs), a.k.a. Converged NICs (C-NICs). The new family of ASICs includes several innovations which raise the bar for CNA technology and give us a glimpse at the capabilities of the next generation of high performance Ethernet adapters.

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IT Pros Vote Cisco in FCoE Switch Brand Leader Survey

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. The results demonstrate that the IT community recognizes the leadership role Cisco has played in converged networking and FCoE.

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Brocade and Dell Enhance iSCSI Storage

Since the introduction of iSCSI storage in 2004, the population of 1Gb iSCSI storage arrays has grown to comprise almost a third of all disk arrays shipped each year. Connecting servers to all those 1Gb iSCSI SANs requires only a generic port on a server LOM chip, or 1GbE NIC. No special Ethernet hardware or software is needed because IP networks don’t discriminate between NAS/SAN storage traffic and LAN traffic. That’s because the iSCSI protocol is transparently encapsulated into Ethernet packets and only basic iSCSI-related network services exist.

EMC Remains the Gorilla in Fibre Channel Storage

IT Brand Pulse announced the results of the February 2011 IT Brand Leader Survey for Fibre Channel Storage in the categories of market, price, performance, reliability, service and support, and innovation. EMC won five of six brand leader awards, including the Market Leader Award, for Fibre Channel Storage from among the 10 vendors included in the survey. HP was voted Price Leader, and placed second to EMC in the other five categories.

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Cisco and Riverbed Lead WAN Optimization Market

IT Brand Pulse announced the results of the February 2011 IT Brand Leader Survey for WAN Optimization in the categories of market, price, performance, reliability, service and support, and innovation. Cisco was selected as the WAN Optimization Market Leader. Cisco was also chosen as the Leader for Price, Performance, Reliability, and Service and Support. Riverbed was chosen as the Innovation Leader and tied for first as Price Leader.

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Emulex Named CNA Brand Leader for 2nd Year

IT professionals names Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) the market leader in Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) for the second year in a row based on a survey conducted by IT Brand Pulse.   In fact, the October 2010 CNA Brand Leader Report indicates more than 50% of users prefer Emulex over its main competitors in all six categories that includ price, performance, reliability, service and support, and innovation.

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