1. 2014 BRAND LEADER SURVEY
Converged
Network
Adapters
Voted CNA Market Leader
for the 5th consecutive year.
Summary
Analysis
Emulex is one of a handful of companies that
pioneered the convergence of Fibre Channel SANs
and Ethernet LANs. The company introduced its
first Converged Network Adapter in 2008 and
established early incumbency in the minds of
Enterprise IT Pros. In 2009, the IT community
selected Emulex as the CNA market leader for the
first time, and have done so every year since.
The
Competition
Brocade
Cisco
Emulex
QLogic
Voted by
IT Pros
Participating
Organizations
3form, Aetna, Bank of America, Baylor University
College of Medicine, Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
CA Dept of Insurance, CalPERS, Chapman UniversityDodge College of Film & Media Arts, Chubb, City of Los
Angeles, City of San Jose, Colliers International,
ComEd, County of Sacramento, DAIWA, Delta Airlines,
Dept. of Defense, Duke University, e-Miles, FHLB
Atlanta, Gannett, GE, General Motors, Institute of
Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, Applied
Physics Lab, JP Morgan, LA County DPH, Lowe’s,
Morgan Stanley, NASA, National Severe Storms Lab,
Nationwide Children's Hospital, NEC, New York Life,
National Institute of Health, Pacific NW National Lab,
Raytheon, Stanford University, Target, The UPS Store,
T-Mobile, UBS, Universal Parks and Resorts, University
of Michigan Medical School, University of Notre Dame,
Verizon…and many more.
Survey
Methodology
IT Pros who participated in this
survey came from the IT Brand
Pulse database, and from over
100 data center Linkedin groups
with over 1 million members
IT Brand Pulse is a trusted source of product testing,
research and analysis covering data center infrastructure.
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