Today, we launched some new and updated technologies that I thought you might find useful.  Here's the news in language as plain as it gets in IT. 

Our Virtual Connect interconnect porfolio was updated in two ways. 

• First, the Fibre Channel module was updated to 8Gb performance.  That means you get more connections at higher speeds. The server side NPIV feature also increased support for up to 255 WWNs (world wide names) so you can support more VM's per module.  This also means lower network costs per virtual machine.   We also published a new Virtual Connect Fibre Channel cookbook that most folks find very useful. Get all the technical tips, tricks and best practices to help you set it up right and get the most out of Virtual Connect.
• Second, the the Virtual Connect Flex-10 module now supports multi-enclosure stacking which means you can connect up to 4 enclosures into one group and cut down the number of Ethernet cables to as few as two per rack.  The number of total domains that can be managed together was also increased to 200 (or 800 with stacking).  This makes it easier to manage more connections across a big environment in a single view.