Skip Jones Re-Elected Chairman of FCIA

The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors announced its newly-elected Board of Directors for 2011/2012.

Fibre Channel technology is the data center standard for storage area networks and enterprise storage, with more than 80 percent market share and will continue to be the data center for the foreseeable future. The FCIA organization consists of 60 companies globally, all of which are leaders in the FC 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."