"We have some major suppliers who see [the project] as an efficient way to provide standardized services for SAN and WAN," says Todd Bundy, director of business development for SANs at ADVA AG Optical Networking (Frankfurt: ADV).
ADVA wasn't at the last FC-BB-3 meeting, by the way. Neither was Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), for that matter, although a spokesman there says the omission was probably due to engineers' time limitations, rather than any intentional snub.
The FC-BB-3 participants say they expect ratification of a final draft by year's end.
Mary Jander, Site Editor, Byte and Switch
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