Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:28:42 -0600http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-enhances-the-48000-san-director-for-hp-customers-with-mainframe-environments.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-enhances-the-48000-san-director-for-hp-customers-with-mainframe-environments.aspxBROCADESolution Guidance<div><span><strong>FICON Qualification of the Brocade 48000 Brings New Levels of Performance Capabilities to Enterprise Customers</strong></span> <div>SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade®) (Nasdaq: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=brcd&amp;d=t">BRCD</a> - <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=brcd">News</a>), a leading provider of data center solutions, today announced that the Brocade 48000 Director is now qualified for FICON® on the HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director in XP storage array environments. Enterprises that rely on HP systems for their most critical data and applications can now benefit from the higher-performing enterprise SAN solutions for FICON and open system Fibre Channel for servers and storage. <p>"The outstanding reliability and performance of HP XP systems are critical for many enterprise applications," said Tom Buiocchi, Brocade vice president of worldwide marketing. "Organizations that are looking to create next-generation solutions to deliver applications and protect vital data now have a complete end-to-end solution to rely upon."</p> <p>To help protect the investment on the Brocade 48000, the 384-port director provides FICON/Fibre Channel intermix, FICON Control Unit Port (CUP), FICON cascading, for HP XP storage solutions in mainframe environments. The advanced custom-chip technology, at the heart of the Brocade 4 Gbit/sec family of SAN products, is optimized for lower power consumption per port than any other FICON/Fibre Channel director available today. As a result, Brocade estimates that the monthly cost of electrical power for the Brocade 48000 could be up to 66 percent lower than comparable port density directors that operate at just 2 Gbit/sec.(1)</p> <p>"By adding FICON support to the HP SAN Director in XP storage environments, enterprise customers can achieve a higher level of performance for their business-critical data and applications," said Kyle Fitze, director of marketing, StorageWorks SAN Division, HP. "With support for both mainframe and open systems, customers are able to protect and optimize their investments in servers and storage."</p> <p>Exceptional performance and reliability along with "five-nines" availability and enhanced security features provide stringent change controls and highly robust switch-to-switch authentication for cascaded FICON topologies. In addition, frame-level trunking now supports up to 32 Gbit/sec of bandwidth in cascaded configurations within the data center and between sites.</p> <p>As the leader in bringing the next generation of storage networking performance to market, Brocade designed the Brocade 48000 Director and 4 Gbit/sec FICON/Fibre Channel switches to be fully compatible with existing Brocade storage network offerings. The products share a common code base and ensure "pay-as-you-grow" scalability and support for multiple protocols and transports. Brocade also offers the FICON-qualified, Brocade 4100 4 Gbit/sec midrange switch, which is designed to provide customers a complete range of FICON SAN solutions ranging from 16 to 384 ports.</p> <p>For more information on the HP 4 Gbit/sec SAN product line visit: <a href="http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/b_switches/index.html"> http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/b_switches/index.html</a>.</p> <p>(1) Enterprise Strategy Group, "ESG Lab Validation Report," March 2007.</p> <p>The report is available at <a href="http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/whitepapers/ESG%20Lab_Validation_Report_Brocade"> http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/whitepapers/ESG%20Lab_Validation_Report_Brocade</a> _VirtualFabric_WP_00.lr.pdf.</p> <p><span>About Brocade</span></p> <p>Brocade is the leading provider of networked storage solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information in the most efficient manner. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at <a href="http://www.brocade.com/">http://www.brocade.com</a> or contact the company at <a href="mailto:info@brocade.com">info@brocade.com</a>.</p> <p>Brocade, the Brocade B-weave logo, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, SilkWorm, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B-wing symbol, DCX, SAN Health, and Tapestry are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. FICON is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.</p> </div> </div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-enhances-the-48000-san-director-for-hp-customers-with-mainframe-environments.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-enhances-the-48000-san-director-for-hp-customers-with-mainframe-environments.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:19:00 -06002009-10-29T20:35:02-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-data-center-solutions-enhance-microsoft-virtual-server-environments.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-data-center-solutions-enhance-microsoft-virtual-server-environments.aspxBROCADEStrategic Partnership<div><span><strong>Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Leverages Brocade Access Gateway Technology for Additional Functionality and Greater Reliability in Virtual Server Environments</strong></span> <div>SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade® (Nasdaq: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=brcd&amp;d=t">BRCD</a> - <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=brcd">News</a>), a leader in data center networking solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, today announced that it is working with Microsoft to bring greater application mobility and higher levels of reliability to data centers deploying Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007. When used together in a virtual server environment running Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Brocade Access Gateway technology and System Center Virtual Machine Manager optimize and simplify the often complex relationship between server and storage connectivity in the data center. <p>Key Brocade Storage Area Network (SAN) products support Access Gateway, an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)-based technology that enables multiple virtual servers to share and connect over a single physical interface. Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager uses these Brocade-enabled SAN connections for easier application mobility, increased availability, and greater system reliability.</p> <p>"Virtualization is fundamentally changing the data center," said Tom Buiocchi, Brocade Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. "Brocade has partnered with Microsoft to deliver optimized blade server and server virtualization solutions that improve asset utilization in evolving data centers."</p> <p>"System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 helps customers to assess and consolidate suitable server workloads onto virtual machines, freeing up physical resources for repurposing or hardware retirement," said David Greschler, director of System Center marketing at Microsoft Corp. "We're working with Brocade to simplify server and storage connectivity, and providing customers scalable storage infrastructure for virtualized IT environments. We look forward to partnering with Brocade on other solutions in support of System Center systems management products."</p> <p><span>About Brocade</span></p> <p>Brocade is a leading provider of data center networking solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information in the most efficient manner. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at <a href="http://www.brocade.com/">http://www.brocade.com</a> or contact the company at <a href="mailto:info@brocade.com">info@brocade.com</a>.</p> <p>Brocade, the Brocade B-weave logo, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, SilkWorm, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B-wing symbol, DCX, SAN Health, and Tapestry are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. FICON is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.</p> </div> </div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-data-center-solutions-enhance-microsoft-virtual-server-environments.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-data-center-solutions-enhance-microsoft-virtual-server-environments.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:18:00 -06002009-10-29T20:35:50-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-unveils-innovative-data-center-networking-architecture.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-unveils-innovative-data-center-networking-architecture.aspxBROCADESolution Guidance<div><span><strong>The new Brocade Data Center Fabric (DCF) enables greater efficiency and&nbsp;cost savings with minimal disruption and risk</strong></span> <p>SAN JOSE, Calif. and LAS VEGAS, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade(R) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the leading provider of data center networking solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, today announced the Brocade Data Center Fabric (DCF) architecture, which responds to the urgent needs of businesses to make their data centers more efficient, reliable, and adaptable.</p> <p>This announcement marks an important step in Brocade's drive to address customer needs in the evolving data center. As the long-time leader in Storage Area Networks (SANs), with a global installed base market share of greater than 80 percent, Brocade has unmatched expertise in helping the world's largest companies manage their most critical data. The company is now applying this expertise, with new technologies, to the broader data center architecture to maximize performance and increase adaptability, reliability, and efficiency -- all without forcing disruptive changes.</p> <p>"CIOs and data center managers face the imperative to 'do more with less.' The Brocade DCF is designed to address this challenge," said Michael Klayko, Brocade Chief Executive Officer. "Customers have told us they need to cut costs and increase speed and flexibility, while also managing growing volumes of data. With Brocade DCF we are providing them with a framework to achieve these goals, while also leveraging their existing IT and operational resources and minimizing disruption."</p> <p>The Brocade DCF architecture simplifies data center connectivity and reduces costs by combining storage networking and server-to-server clustering into a single, converged data center infrastructure. In addition, it adapts to the dynamics of virtualized servers and storage, while accommodating expanding application workloads and the relentless growth of corporate data.</p> <p>At its annual end-user conference beginning in Las Vegas yesterday, Brocade also previewed a roadmap of new products and technologies that will help to deliver the benefits of this new architecture strategy. Over the next six months, Brocade plans to broaden its innovation and leadership by delivering a wide range of new solutions, technologies, and partnerships that support the Brocade DCF.</p> <p>Cerner Corporation is the leading U.S. supplier of healthcare information technology solutions that optimize clinical and financial outcomes for the company's 1500 clients. "With data and the expectations around how to better manage continued growth, we're pleased to see the approach Brocade is taking with its DCF architecture in support of our future data center expansion requirements," said Tony Linville, Director, Infrastructure Services, Cerner Corporation. "The ability to add on advanced capabilities as our needs require, without making forklift upgrades, allows us to leverage our current investments to further stretch the bottom line."</p> <p>"With DCF, Brocade aims to be adaptable to the changing needs of its data center customers," said John Webster, Principal IT Advisor, Illuminata, Inc. "Brocade's solution also encompasses its business partners, who already have significant positions in the data center."</p> <p><strong><span>Key Features and Advantages of the Brocade DCF</span></strong></p> <p>The new Brocade DCF architecture enables data center customers to optimize performance and better manage cost and risk. It provides several tangible and significant advantages compared to alternative approaches:</p> <ul> <li>The Brocade DCF is an application-driven architecture. It adapts and responds to the changing needs for managing applications and data. Moreover, it provides a secure, reliable, and high-performance infrastructure to help ensure that mission-critical applications receive the resources they need in order to access and protect critical data.</li> <li>The Brocade DCF utilizes the distributed intelligence of the data center. It leverages existing data center application, server, network, and storage elements to maximize functionality, flexibility, and choice for customers. Competing approaches typically advocate the migration or focus of intelligence to a single data center tier or element, often to the detriment of customer choice and flexibility.</li> <li>The Brocade DCF is a policy-based architecture. It helps ensure that important data center services -- such as data security, encryption, backup, and replication -- are automatically available based on company business policies, and that they do not encumber the infrastructure when not in use.</li> <li>The Brocade DCF simplifies and optimizes important new technologies such as server virtualization. Server virtualization can dramatically increase data center efficiency but also can create new complexities. The vast majority of virtual servers connect to networked storage, and Brocade is using its deep storage networking experience to optimize and automate these connections, helping customers to simplify their environments and operations.</li> <li>The Brocade DCF provides customers with investment protection. DCF enables customers to leverage their existing IT resources -- including servers, storage, and SANs -- seamlessly incorporating them into the evolving, larger data center fabric. Brocade's framework maximizes cost savings, while minimizing disruption, risk, and incompatibilities.</li> <li>The Brocade DCF gives the customer unparalleled choices. Brocade is working with industry-leading storage, server, and systems partners to ensure maximum compatibility and choice for customers within the Brocade DCF architectural framework. Customers can enjoy a best-in-class approach to servers, storage, protocols, virtualization techniques, and management tools. <p>&nbsp;</p> </li> </ul> <p><span><strong>New Products and Technologies to Deliver the Benefits of the Brocade DCF</strong></span></p> <p>Brocade also described a wide range of new products and technologies that it plans to introduce over the next six months to support and implement the Brocade DCF architecture:</p> <ul> <li>The Brocade 48000, the industry's highest-performance SAN director, announced on October 15, has been upgraded with significant performance and interoperability enhancements, including 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel speed, that offer greater investment protection. The Brocade 48000 is now interoperable with existing McDATA directors and can be added to existing McDATA SANs.</li> <li>Brocade also previewed a new category of data center switching solutions, called the Brocade DCX(TM) Backbone, to meet growing requirements for large-scale server virtualization, wider resource-intensive service delivery, adaptive networking, and multiple high-performance network protocols, including Fibre Channel, FCoE, DCE, and iSCSI. The Brocade DCX Backbone will form the core of the Brocade DCF architecture, helping to ensure seamless interoperability across servers, storage, and networking protocols.</li> <li>Brocade plans to make the Brocade DCX available to customers in the first half of fiscal 2008. Brocade DCX is complementary to and interoperable with existing Brocade directors -- including the Brocade M6140, Brocade MI10k, and the Brocade 48000 -- to extend the data center fabric.</li> <li>Brocade also revealed plans for server connectivity products to link servers to the Brocade DCF with simplified management in virtualized environments. These products reflect the evolution of Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) to provide higher performance and security in next-generation Intelligent Server Adapters (ISAs).</li> <li>Brocade said that it has formed industry partnerships to address the critical need for security and encryption in the Brocade DCF. Brocade plans to provide more details about these partnerships in the upcoming months.</li> <li>Brocade outlined plans to deliver future enhancements to its industry-leading File Area Network (FAN) solutions, with more automated, policy-based enterprise solutions for managing files in the first half of 2008.</li> <li>Finally, Brocade plans to introduce advanced management software to support more comprehensive, simplified management tools for the data center fabric. <p>&nbsp;</p> </li> </ul> <p>For more information on the Brocade DCF architecture, visit http://www.brocade.com/dcf.</p> <p><span><strong>About Brocade</strong></span></p> <p>Brocade is the leader in data center solutions that enable companies to connect, manage, and profit from their most vital data. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com.</p> <p>Brocade, the Brocade B-weave logo, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, SilkWorm, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B-wing symbol, DCX, SAN Health, and Tapestry are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. FICON is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.</p> <p>SOURCE Brocade - 10/23/2007</p> <p>CONTACT:<br /> media, Jil Backstrom of Brocade,<br /> +1-720-558-4774, jil.backstrom@brocade.com; or<br /> investors, Jeremy Bridgman,<br /> +1-212-880-5363, jeremy.bridgman@ogilvypr.com, or<br /> Ian Yellin,<br /> +1-415-677-2714, ian.yellin@ogilvypr.com, both of Ogilvy PR<br /> Web site: http://www.brocade.com</p> </div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-unveils-innovative-data-center-networking-architecture.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-unveils-innovative-data-center-networking-architecture.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:37:00 -06002009-10-29T20:36:49-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-joins-snia-green-storage-initiative.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-joins-snia-green-storage-initiative.aspxBROCADENews<p><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong>Leads Industry Awareness and Education for Energy-Efficient Data Center Solutions</strong></p> <p>SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade(R) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the leader in networked storage solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, today announced that it is one of the early members of the new Green Storage Initiative launched this week by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). As a member of the Initiative, Brocade will work within the SNIA to promote development and education around energy- efficient storage networking solutions that minimize the environmental impact of data center operations.</p> <p>"Brocade is dedicated to helping our customers realize greater energy efficiencies in their data centers," said Tom Clark, Brocade representative for the SNIA Green Storage Initiative. "We see the efforts of key industry organizations, such as the SNIA, as important vehicles for making that happen."</p> <p>Brocade is working to help promote data center efficiencies throughout its entire portfolio of energy-efficient data networking solutions. Compared to competitive offerings, the Brocade 48000 Director generates only a third of the heat, requires less cooling, and leaves more power for other devices in a rack configuration. Additionally, Brocade products support and simplify high- performance data migration across heterogeneous environments and enable cost- effective, centralized information management.</p> <p>Through its participation in the SNIA Green Storage Initiative, Brocade will work with the SNIA to develop tutorials, white papers, and best-practices educational material for energy-efficient data center storage operations. The Green Storage Initiative will also act as the SNIA liaison to other allied organizations such as The Green Grid -- of which Brocade is also a member -- to develop and promote environmentally friendly data center solutions.</p> <p>For more information on the SNIA Green Storage Initiative, please visit www.snia.org/green. For more information on Brocade Green activities, please visit www.brocade.com/company_info/green_datacenter.jsp .</p> <p><strong><span>About Brocade</span></strong></p> <p>Brocade is the leading provider of networked storage solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com.</p> <p>Brocade, the Brocade B-weave logo, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, SilkWorm, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B- wing symbol, SAN Health, and Tapestry are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. FICON is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.</p> <p>SOURCE Brocade - 10/16/2007</p> <p>CONTACT:<br /> Media Relations, Michelle Lindeman of Brocade,<br /> +1-408-333-5319, michelle.lindeman@brocade.com, or<br /> Investor Relations, Jeremy Bridgman,<br /> +1-408- 333-5184, jeremy.bridgman@ogilvypr.com, or<br /> Ian Yellin,<br /> +1-415-677-2714, ian.yellin@ogilvypr.com, both of Ogilvy PR for Brocade<br /> Web site: http://www.brocade.com<br /> http://www.snia.org/green<br /> http://www.brocade.com/company_info/green_datacenter.jsp</p> <br /> <br /><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-joins-snia-green-storage-initiative.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-joins-snia-green-storage-initiative.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:32:00 -06002009-10-29T20:37:48-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-showcasing-at-teched-in-barcelona-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-showcasing-at-teched-in-barcelona-.aspxBROCADEPresentations, Podcasts, Webcasts<p>Brocade,&nbsp;the leader in networked storage solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, will offer demonstrations and presentations on data center networking at the Microsoft TechEd IT Forum 2007, which runs from&nbsp;November 12 to 16 in Barcelona&nbsp;(Spain).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Brocade demonstrations&nbsp;at Microsoft TechEd IT Forum will&nbsp;include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>In <span>Exhibit Hall Booth A11</span>&nbsp;Brocade will showcase its suite of File Area Network (FAN) products which uniquely utilizes Microsoft Windows-based technologies, such as Distributed File System (DFS), Active Directory (AD), and Common Internet File System (CIFS), to help customers better manage their Windows-based file data in heterogeneous, distributed computing environments.</li> <li>In the Microsoft System Center Partner Pavilion, Brocade will demonstrate the Brocade Access Gateway product, which complements Microsoft's virtualization strategy by optimizing blade server and server virtualization solutions with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.</li> </ul> <p><strong>A Brocade Senior Solutions Architect will also deliver a presentation during the conference:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Friday, November 16 at 1:30 p.m.- George Mobargha, Brocade Senior Solutions Architect, File Area Networking, will present a session entitled, "Virtualization of File Services and Transparent File Management Using Microsoft DFS and Brocade StorageX®."</li> </ul> <p>For more information on the conference, please visit</p> <p><a href="http://www.mseventseurope.com/teched/07/itforum/content/Pages/Default.aspx"> www.mseventseurope.com/teched/07/itforum/content/Pages/Default.aspx</a>.</p> <p>For more information on Brocade's participation at the conference, please visit</p> <p><a href="http://www.mseventseurope.com/teched/07/itforum/Content/Pages/Sponsors07.aspx#silver"> http://www.mseventseurope.com/teched/07/itforum/Content/Pages/Sponsors07.aspx#silver</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Microsoft TechEd is located in:<br /> <br /> <strong>Centre Convencions Internacional (CCIB)</strong><br /> Rambla Prim 1-17<br /> 08019 Barcelona&nbsp;(Spain)</p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-showcasing-at-teched-in-barcelona-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-showcasing-at-teched-in-barcelona-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:24:00 -06002009-10-29T20:38:38-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-family-of-san-infrastructure-solutions-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-family-of-san-infrastructure-solutions-.aspxBROCADESolution Guidance<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div>Brocade Family of SAN Infrastructure Solutions</div> <div>Brocade develops industry-leading Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure solutions that simplify the deployment and management of SANs while providing high Return On Investment (ROI).<br /> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div style="width: 99%;"> <div>SAN Directors and Switches</div> Brocade award-winning SAN <a href="http://www.brocade.com/products/directors.jsp">directors</a> and <a href="http://www.brocade.com/products/switches.jsp">switches</a> provide a flexible, intelligent platform for networking storage. With models ranging from entry-level 8-port fabric switches to 384-port directors with multiple blade options, the Brocade SAN family addresses the needs of small departments and global enterprises alike. 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel solutions are available to support high-performance requirements both for open systems and mainframe operations in mission-critical environments. <div>SAN Extension and Routing</div> Brocade SAN extension and routing products meet the full spectrum of requirements to create an optimized, connected infrastructure that enables business continuity and disaster recovery. With support for multiple protocols and both open systems and mainframe environments - as well as a large suite of tested solutions with industry partners -Brocade SAN extension solutions address the widest range of business requirements. In addition, Brocade SAN routing solutions enable consolidation and resource sharing in a highly secure and selective manner.<br /> <br /> <div>SAN Application Modules and Gateways</div> Brocade provides best-in-class platforms for applications and gateways, as well as integrated solutions that help IT organizations derive greater value from their SAN infrastructures. These solutions provide clear advantages whether organizations want to leverage shared storage across more servers using iSCSI, add intelligence to the SAN to boost performance, or perform any-to-any data migrations.<br /> <a href="http://www.brocade.com/products/appsandgateway/index.jsp"><img src="http://www.brocade.com/products/graphics/learn_more.gif" width="86" height="12" border="0" align="right"/></a><br /> <div>Intelligence in the SAN</div> The Fabric OS used in Brocade SAN products contains essential fabric services that improve manageability, availability, and scalability. These critical services enable organizations to create a fabric that ensures that information is available when servers and storage devices need it. <p>Brocade also provides Secure Fabric OS, the most comprehensive SAN security architecture available. Secure Fabric OS enables organizations to control authorization, access, encryption, and authentication for their SAN environments.<br /> <a href="http://www.brocade.com/products/software.jsp"><img src="http://www.brocade.com/products/graphics/learn_more.gif" width="86" height="12" border="0" align="right"/></a></p> <div>SAN Management Software</div> Brocade offers a broad suite of software products that enable organizations to manage SAN environments more efficiently. These solutions are designed to support the widest range of solutions - from very small SANs up to multiple-fabric SANs where centralized management and automated administration are the only economical solutions. <p>Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) is designed to help organizations optimize and secure their storage network resources, maximizing availability while driving efficiency and reducing cost. This comprehensive management software enables centralized management of multiprotocol, multivendor, and multisite SANs through a single pane of glass. As a result, organizations can enjoy improved asset tracking, capacity planning, and management effectiveness across both small and large SAN environments.<br /> <a href="http://www.brocade.com/products/managementsoftware/index.jsp"> <img src="http://www.brocade.com/products/graphics/learn_more.gif" width="86" height="12" border="0" align="right"/></a></p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>For further information, please visit <a href="http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm.jsp">http://www.brocade.com/products/silkworm.jsp</a></p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-family-of-san-infrastructure-solutions-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-family-of-san-infrastructure-solutions-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:30:00 -06002009-10-29T20:40:18-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-iscsi-gateway-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-iscsi-gateway-.aspxBROCADESolution Guidance<div style="padding-top: 0px;"> <div><strong>Significantly Higher SAN Efficiency</strong></div> <br /> <img src="http://www.brocade.com/products/graphics/iSCSI_Gateway_caption.gif" width="125" height="53" alt="Brocade iSCSI Gateway" align="right"/>The Brocade iSCSI Gateway enables cost-effective, easy-to-manage server connectivity to Fibre Channel storage devices-enabling remote user and interdepartmental access to these valuable resources. As a result, even the lowest-cost servers can connect to existing SANs. <p>The Brocade iSCSI Gateway features a compact 1U half-rack-width design (full-rack-width design for clustered configurations). Each device provides two iSCSI ports for connecting to IP networks supporting iSCSI servers, and two 2 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports for connecting to Fibre Channel SANs or storage. By enabling block-based access to business-critical information, the Brocade iSCSI Gateway helps organizations rapidly add new servers and clients to their existing Fibre Channel SANs as business needs dictate.</p> <div><strong>Reduced Operational Costs</strong></div> <br /> By extending the benefits of networked storage to IP-connected servers, the Brocade iSCSI Gateway helps organizations grow and consolidate their current Fibre Channel SAN infrastructures in a simple and cost-effective manner, thereby reducing operational costs. <div><strong>Intelligent Management and Monitoring</strong></div> <br /> Organizations can easily manage one or more Brocade iSCSI Gateways through a browser-based GUI that can also monitor traffic statistics on each storage and network interface to help ensure high performance. <div><strong>High Availability</strong></div> <br /> The Brocade iSCSI Gateway provides two-way active/active clustering with failover and failback capabilities for business-critical environments. In addition, multiple iSCSI connections provide multipathing support from a single gateway to as many as 100 servers. <div><strong>Key Features and Benefits</strong></div> <ul> <li>Provides a cost-effective iSCSI gateway that combines two Gigabit Ethernet ports and two 2 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel ports in a single device</li> <li>Standardizes connectivity across environments, linking servers with a wider range of storage systems</li> <li>Improves data availability with dual gateway, active/active clustered failover, failback, and multipathing capabilities</li> <li>Provides high performance with 135 MB/sec of throughput, 9500 IOPS, and up to 100 simultaneous iSCSI connections</li> <li>Increases application deployment flexibility with compatibility for Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, NetWare, and Solaris iSCSI initiators</li> <li>Enables Web-based management for rapid deployment and simplified management</li> <li>Provides traffic statistics on each storage and network interface to help identify bandwidth usage by host and target pairs &nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> <div style="width: 99%; padding-top: 0px;"> <div><strong>SAN Standards Compliance - Software</strong></div> Brocade products conform to SAN standards in a manner consistent with accepted engineering practices and procedures.</div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-iscsi-gateway-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-iscsi-gateway-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 14 May 2007 16:59:00 -05002009-10-29T20:41:05-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-uncupdate.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-uncupdate.aspxBROCADESolution Guidance<div>Brocade UNCUpdate helps support non-disruptive storage migration by accurately reporting and updating UNC references in files.<br /> <br /> <div><strong>Simplified Migration and Consolidation</strong></div> <br /> Windows consolidations and migrations tend to be disruptive to business operations, because they are complicated by the fact that most users and applications are tied to specific share and file locations via hard-coded Universal Naming Convention (UNC) pathnames. As a result, administrators need to take extra precautions to ensure that such linkages are maintained as part of the migration process.<br /> <br /> <div><strong>A Tool for Fast, Non-Disruptive Migration</strong></div> <br /> Brocade UNCUpdate is a reliable tool for reporting on files that contain UNC references to storage resources under consideration for migration. A simplified interface helps administrators migrate data to a new location by scanning directories for files containing UNC paths that might need to be updated to reference items at their new location.<br /> <br /> Administrators save time and money through a more proactive approach that automates the link synchronization process. Likewise, Brocade UNCUpdate helps improve user productivity by eliminating potential downtime caused by broken links, shortcuts, and UNC references following a migration. &nbsp;<br /> <a href="http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/datasheets/UNCUpdate_DS_02.pdf"> </a><br /> <div><strong>Highlights</strong></div> <br /> <ul> <li>Simplifies operations by automatically discovering and modifying shortcuts, embedded links, and UNC references</li> <li>Streamlines management by minimizing the number of administrative tasks required during Windows migrations</li> <li>Helps eliminate potential user downtime from broken links, shortcuts, and UNC references</li> <li>Increases flexibility by providing the option to update UNC references to target the storage resource at its new location</li> <li>Increases administrator productivity with a simple, easy-to-use interface</li> </ul> <div><strong>What the Industry Is Saying about Brocade UNCUpdate</strong></div> <br /> "What clients hate is migrating users and data from one machine to a new machine. It's time-consuming manual labor and users hate it as well. UNCUpdate eliminates those problems."<br /> <br /> <em>Steve Duplessie, Principal and Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group</em></div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-uncupdate.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-uncupdate.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 14 May 2007 16:57:00 -05002009-10-29T20:41:58-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/mohawk-industries-flooring-manufacturer-links-hundreds-of-locations-using-branch-office-solution-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/mohawk-industries-flooring-manufacturer-links-hundreds-of-locations-using-branch-office-solution-.aspxBROCADECase Study<p><a href="http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/success_stories/Mohawk_WinServ_Case_Study_Final.pdf"> http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/success_stories/Mohawk_WinServ_Case_Study_Final.pdf</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000303"> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000303</a></p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/mohawk-industries-flooring-manufacturer-links-hundreds-of-locations-using-branch-office-solution-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/mohawk-industries-flooring-manufacturer-links-hundreds-of-locations-using-branch-office-solution-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:19:00 -05002009-10-29T20:42:59-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/dyer,-riddle,-mills--precourt-engineering-firm-improves-file-management-and-saves-money-with-branch-office-solution-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/dyer,-riddle,-mills--precourt-engineering-firm-improves-file-management-and-saves-money-with-branch-office-solution-.aspxBROCADECase Study<div> <p><a href="http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/success_stories/DRMP_WinServ_Case_Study_Final.pdf"> http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/success_stories/DRMP_WinServ_Case_Study_Final.pdf</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000436"> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000436</a></p> </div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/dyer,-riddle,-mills--precourt-engineering-firm-improves-file-management-and-saves-money-with-branch-office-solution-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/dyer,-riddle,-mills--precourt-engineering-firm-improves-file-management-and-saves-money-with-branch-office-solution-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:15:00 -05002009-10-29T20:43:39-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/ameriquest-transportation-services-company-unites-facilities-using-branch-office-it-solution-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/ameriquest-transportation-services-company-unites-facilities-using-branch-office-it-solution-.aspxBROCADECase Study<div> <p><a href="http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/success_stories/AmeriQuest_WinServ_Case_Study_Final.pdf"> http://www.brocade.com/san/pdf/success_stories/AmeriQuest_WinServ_Case_Study_Final.pdf</a></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000309" title="http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000309"> http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000000309</a></span></p> </div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/ameriquest-transportation-services-company-unites-facilities-using-branch-office-it-solution-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/ameriquest-transportation-services-company-unites-facilities-using-branch-office-it-solution-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:13:00 -05002009-10-29T20:46:21-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/university-of-iowa-updates-academic-and-administrative-services-with-brocade-san-solutions-and-services-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/university-of-iowa-updates-academic-and-administrative-services-with-brocade-san-solutions-and-services-.aspxBROCADECase Study<div><span><strong>Midwest Institute Uses Brocade Directors, Switches, and Fabric OS to Increase Application Performance, Simplify Management, and Reduce Expenses</strong></span> <p>SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade(R) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the leading provider of networked storage solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, today announced that the University of Iowa, a major U.S. research institution, implemented Brocade Storage Area Network (SAN) directors, switches, and the Brocade Fabric operating system to increase application performance, simplify management, and reduce expenses.</p> <p>"At the University of Iowa, we depend on scalable, high-performance storage systems to provide our user community with smooth, uninterrupted access to academic and administrative applications," said Peter Brokaw, Manager of UNIX Systems Administration for Information Technology Services (ITS), the university's central provider of IT services. "Brocade lets us meet current capacity requirements with room to grow as we add new servers and storage devices."</p> <p><span><strong>A Solution for High Performance and Scalable Growth</strong></span></p> <p>ITS maintains two data centers that provide academic and administrative applications for nearly 45,000 students, faculty, and staff throughout the University's 19,000-acre campus. The university's 11 colleges are devoted to the study of liberal arts, business, medicine, education, engineering, law, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and public health. ITS uses the SAN to provide many essential services for campus, including e-mail and file services for most faculty, staff, and students, database support for many departments, software development, and library automation.</p> <p>In 2000, ITS deployed a then state-of-the-art dual-fabric SAN to support rapidly increasing computing, data, application, and storage demands. However, these requirements grew exponentially over time with the introduction of new generation imaging and multimedia applications. To manage this growth, ITS added new servers and SAN devices. However, this strategy in the long term required new levels of SAN performance and scalability.</p> <p>To address the issues, ITS replaced multiple older switches with two Brocade 48000 Directors in its main data center and added Brocade Switches at a second on-campus facility used primarily for data mirroring. The Brocade 48000 Directors provide the foundation for a centralized, high-capacity SAN fabric as well as the scalability and throughput necessary for current and future data needs. The directors scale non-disruptively from 32 to as many as 384 concurrently active 4 Gbit/sec full-duplex ports in a single domain. The Brocade Switches also provide industry-leading 4 Gbit/sec performance for ITS's mirroring center and scale up to 32 ports with a simple license activation. ITS also implemented Brocade Fabric OS, which provides enterprise-class high availability, reliability, and security for the SAN.</p> <p>The SAN was upgraded, and a team from the Brocade Services organization verified the installation. "We were very satisfied with the work performed by Brocade Services representatives," said Dave Shafer, University of Iowa ITS department's storage leader. "They were knowledgeable and efficient, and gave us confidence that the upgraded SAN was ready for production."</p> <p>With the upgrades, applications used by students, faculty, and staff run faster and more efficiently. Examples of this improvement include the art department's new media cataloguing and archival system, which enables students to access large image files for study and art projects from anywhere on campus. The Brocade SAN streamlines the staff's use of scanning technology for archival purposes, reducing the school's dependency on paper files. It also supports a new library catalogue system facilitating research, as well as key administrative services. With the SAN directors helping to lower its overall hardware population, ITS also reduced its need for fiber cabling to support new storage devices, thereby lowering its cabling costs.</p> <p>"The performance and scalability of our new Brocade directors and switches have given the entire university a boost in productivity," said Brokaw. "Moreover, Fabric OS has streamlined SAN administration for our IT staff, allowing us to manage and update our storage network much more easily and efficiently."</p> <p><span><strong>About Brocade</strong></span></p> <p>Brocade is the leading provider of networked storage solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information in the most efficient manner. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com.</p> <p>Brocade, the Brocade B-weave logo, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, SilkWorm, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B-wing symbol, DCX, SAN Health, and Tapestry are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. FICON is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.</p> <p>SOURCE Brocade - 10/29/2007</p> <p>CONTACT:<br /> media, Kathryn Craig of Brocade, +1-832-230-2249, kcraig@brocade.com; or<br /> investors, Jeremy Bridgman, +1-212-880-5363, jeremy.bridgman@ogilvypr.com, or<br /> Ian Yellin, +1-415-677-2714, ian.yellin@ogilvypr.com,<br /> both of Ogilvy PR, for Brocade<br /> <br /> Web site: http://www.brocade.com</p> </div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/university-of-iowa-updates-academic-and-administrative-services-with-brocade-san-solutions-and-services-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/university-of-iowa-updates-academic-and-administrative-services-with-brocade-san-solutions-and-services-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:39:00 -06002009-10-29T20:47:15-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/frankfurter-sparkasse-1822-improves-file-data-manageability,-availability,-and-security-with-brocade-storagex-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/frankfurter-sparkasse-1822-improves-file-data-manageability,-availability,-and-security-with-brocade-storagex-.aspxBROCADECase Study<div> <p><strong>One of the Largest Banking Groups in Germany Simplifies Enterprise-Wide File<br /> Data Management Utilizing Brocade FAN Solution for File Virtualization and Disaster Recovery</strong></p> <p>SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade(R) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the leader in networked storage solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, today announced that Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822, a member of Sparkasse Finanzgruppe, one of the largest banking groups in Germany, is utilizing Brocade StorageX(R) to dramatically improve the manageability, availability, and security of file data across its enterprise.</p> <p>Since 2005, Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822 has relied on two mirrored data centers to manage the growth of its file-based data as well as to provide a reliable disaster recovery strategy. Following this approach, the bank was able to achieve the security levels required by German compliance regulations. However, the bank still faced the challenge of managing its growing amounts of file data more efficiently and cost-effectively. After evaluating various options, Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822 realized that it would need an enterprise-wide file virtualization and management solution to improve the administration of its file data. As a result, Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822 decided to implement Brocade StorageX, a File Area Network (FAN) solution.</p> <p>"Brocade StorageX has solved all major challenges in both the design and mirroring of our two data centers," said Joachim Tjaden, System Administrator at Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822. "By virtualizing the data paths, Brocade StorageX has enabled access security in connection with our Windows NT4 clients. In 2005, we installed our second data center and Brocade StorageX now mirrors access rights to that data center."</p> <p>Brocade StorageX is an open software-based management solution for file data. The solution leverages and extends Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) as a native service. With the combination of Brocade StorageX and Microsoft DFS, Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822 has been able to create an open global namespace. This flexible layer separates the physical and the logical view on the file paths. Brocade StorageX virtualization capabilities, in combination with the product's automated migration and consolidation policies, enable the bank's IT administrators to transparently move files to different storage devices without impacting user or application access. In addition, the bank utilizes the product's disaster recovery policies to seamlessly fail over users in the event of a server failure or outage.</p> <p>"Brocade StorageX has enabled Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822 to manage its file data more efficiently and cost-effectively while decreasing downtime in the event of an outage or a disaster," concluded Tjaden. "In addition, we have reduced the time and effort required to manage our file data while dramatically increasing the overall security and availability of that data."</p> <p><span><strong>About Brocade</strong></span></p> <p>Brocade is the leading provider of networked storage solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com.</p> <p>Brocade, the Brocade B-wing logo, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, SilkWorm, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B-weave symbol, SAN Health, and Tapestry are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. FICON is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.</p> <p>SOURCE Brocade - 09/24/2007</p> <p>CONTACT:<br /> media relations, Kathryn Craig,<br /> +1-832-230-2249, kcraig@brocade.com, or<br /> investor relations, Yin Cantor,<br /> +1-408-333-5184, ycantor@brocade.com,<br /> both of Brocade; or<br /> Ian Yellin of Ogilvy PR,<br /> +1-415-677-2714, ian.yellin@ogilvypr.com, for Brocade<br /> Web site: http://www.brocade.com</p> </div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/frankfurter-sparkasse-1822-improves-file-data-manageability,-availability,-and-security-with-brocade-storagex-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/frankfurter-sparkasse-1822-improves-file-data-manageability,-availability,-and-security-with-brocade-storagex-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:17:00 -06002009-10-29T20:48:09-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-myview-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-myview-.aspxBROCADEDatasheet<p>Brocade MyView is a resource access management solution that provides personalized, secure access to Windows file resources across the enterprise, improving data security and compliance practices.<br /> <br /> </p> <div class="subHead2A"><strong>Enterprise Data Security Management Challenges</strong></div> <p><br /> Today's IT organizations face a variety of challenges in managing the security of their distributed data, which continues to grow at a rate of 50 to 75 percent a year. In fact, current data security solutions do not adequately provide security, compliance, or data administrators with a comprehensive view into internal enterprise file data access rights. In addition, users often have difficulty knowing which resources they can access and where those resources are located.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> <br /> </p> <div sizset="0" sizcache="1" style="text-align: center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bordered"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div class="motext" id="MO">Before Brocade MyView<br /> <div style="text-align: right"><em>Mouseover to see After Brocade MyView</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.brocade.com/products/fan/myview.jsp#"><img src="http://www.brocade.com/products/fan/graphics/myview_figure1.gif" width="293" height="260" border="0"/></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="subHead2A"><strong>An Innovative Solution</strong></div> <p><br /> To address these challenges, Brocade MyView provides a central view of access and authorization rights to distributed file data throughout the enterprise. It enables:</p> <ul> <li>Administrators to view enterprise-wide user access and authorization to resources from a single, unified console</li> <li>Users to view and access resources throughout an enterprise via personalized and virtualized namespaces</li> <li>Security auditors to easily monitor and report which users have access to which resources</li> </ul> <p>A key component of Brocade MyView is the Global Resource Access Matrix (GRAM), which gives administrators and auditors detailed reporting capabilities and a central view of user access rights to distributed data. Brocade MyView also utilizes the industry-leading Global Namespace technology to provide users with a single, customized view (or personalized namespace) of their resources.<br /> <br /> <br /> </p> <div class="subHead2A"><strong>Brocade MyView Benefits the Entire Enterprise</strong></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tbody> <tr id="head"> <td class="tblHead"><strong>Role</strong> </td> <td class="tblHead"><strong>Benefits</strong></td> </tr> <tr id="odd"> <td>Security Auditors</td> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr id="odd"> <td> <p>•</p> </td> <td>Enables accurate, streamlined auditing and reporting of users and their accessible file resources</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr id="even"> <td>Administrators</td> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr id="even"> <td>•</td> <td>Generates reports indicating enterprise-wide user access and authorization to resources</td> </tr> <tr id="even"> <td>•</td> <td>Protects and preserves enterprise security rules and policies</td> </tr> <tr id="even"> <td>•</td> <td>Documents the file resource security model over time</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr id="odd"> <td>Users</td> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr id="odd"> <td>•</td> <td>Provides personalized, customized views of accessible file resources</td> </tr> <tr id="odd"> <td>•</td> <td>Simplifies access to data and enables data sharing</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="subHead2A"><strong>Highlights</strong></div> <ul> <li>Simplifies auditing and reporting of data security permissions for compliance purposes</li> <li>Utilizes the Microsoft Active Directory security model and user credentials, restricting users to only the resources they are permitted to access</li> <li>Reduces administrative workload through automated provisioning and management of personalized namespaces based on users, groups, and share permissions</li> <li>Improves productivity by enabling users to view resources in a logical, intuitive manner</li> <li>Organizes namespaces categorically by criteria such as owner, department, location, and permission</li> </ul> <div class="subHead2A"><strong>What the Industry Is Saying about Brocade MyView</strong></div> <p><br /> "Storage, data management, and security are merging into a new discipline. It's no longer just about managing storage, it is about protecting vital corporate information from external, as well as internal threats. MyView is a perfect example of the kind of user-friendly innovation we need to see in order to create information security controls across the infrastructure. The timing for this offering is excellent."<br /> <br /> </p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-myview-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-myview-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 14 May 2007 16:54:00 -05002009-10-29T20:49:15-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-file-lifecycle-manager-(flm)-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-file-lifecycle-manager-(flm)-.aspxBROCADEDatasheet<div sizset="0" sizcache="1">Brocade FLM provides a powerful way to create tiers of storage and simplify compliance requirements resulting in lower overall storage costs.<br /> <br /> <div><strong>Comprehensive File Lifecycle Management</strong></div> In most IT environments, the business value of data varies widely-especially as data growth occurs unevenly across the enterprise. This imbalanced growth often results in higher hardware expenditures due to the proliferation of storage devices, increased data management challenges, and more difficult regulatory compliance.<img src="http://www.brocade.com/products/tapestry/graphics/SNW_bestpracticAward_FLM.jpg" width="101" height="87" border="0" align="right"/><br /> <br /> To help overcome these challenges, organizations can proactively manage their data throughout its lifecycle (from creation to disposal) by aligning storage policies with business priorities and regulatory requirements.<br /> <br /> <div><strong>A Policy-Based Solution</strong></div> Brocade FLM is a policy-based data solution that manages the lifecycle of file data in heterogeneous storage systems where the primary device is NetApp. Administrators can reduce the total cost of storage by analyzing, classifying, blocking, moving, organizing, and deleting file data using policies that reflect the business value of the data.<br /> <br /> The solution optimizes data management based on attributes and access patterns. Organizations can implement tiers of disk-based storage, making more efficient use of lower-cost secondary storage. In fact, Brocade FLM can result in: <ul> <li>More than twice the volume capacity as inactive data is automatically moved to secondary storage</li> <li>Up to a 50 percent reduction in storage hardware acquisition costs</li> <li>Reduced data backup costs as less important data gets transferred to lower-cost storage devices&nbsp;<br /> <br /> </li> </ul> <div sizset="0" sizcache="1" style="text-align: center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div id="MO">Brocade File Lifecycle Manager</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://www.brocade.com/products/tapestry/graphics/FLM_figure1.gif" width="295" height="305" border="0"/></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br /> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tbody> <tr id="head"> <td><strong>Key Attributes</strong></td> <td><strong>Benefits</strong></td> </tr> <tr id="odd"> <td>Intelligent and powerful</td> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr id="odd"> <td>•</td> <td> <p>Enables simulation runs for detailed capacity planning and better understanding of data composition and distribution</p> </td> </tr> <tr id="odd"> <td>•</td> <td>Enables many-to-one and one-to-many migration configurations</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr id="even"> <td>Policy-based and automated</td> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr id="even"> <td>•</td> <td>Eliminates manual classification, migration, and deletion tasks</td> </tr> <tr id="even"> <td>•</td> <td>Provides standalone and integrated policies for a variety of lifecycle management tasks</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr id="odd"> <td>Non-disruptive and transparent</td> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr id="odd"> <td>•</td> <td>Enables users to see and access files through the primary filer</td> </tr> <tr id="odd"> <td>•</td> <td>Masks data creation and protection applications from file migration</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr id="even"> <td>Reliable and scalable</td> <td> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr id="even"> <td>•</td> <td>Scales linearly to efficiently handle millions of inactive files</td> </tr> <tr id="even"> <td>•</td> <td>Provides a highly redundant architecture with multiple availability mechanisms</td> </tr> <tr id="even"> <td>•</td> <td>Supports compliance requirements with strict information retention and maintenance regulations such as SEC Rule 17a-4, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, 21CFR Part 11, and DoD Directive 5015.2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <br /> <div><strong>Highlights</strong></div> <ul> <li>Enables tiered storage architectures by placing data on different types of disk storage devices based on the relative value of that data</li> <li>Facilitates the alignment of data storage policies with business objectives for proactive management of data growth</li> <li>Minimizes administration tasks with a variety of automated, reusable data management policies</li> <li>Balances capacity utilization to offset increasing demands placed on higher-cost storage and to better utilize lower-cost storage</li> <li>Eliminates backup redundancy through appropriate data classification and placement</li> <li>Creates an audit trail through sophisticated monitoring and reporting</li> <li>Supports compliance requirements through integration with NetApp SnapLock to help ensure data permanence, accuracy, integrity, and security</li> </ul> </div><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-file-lifecycle-manager-(flm)-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/brocade-file-lifecycle-manager-(flm)-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Mon, 14 May 2007 16:47:00 -05002009-10-29T20:50:00-05:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-newsletters-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-newsletters-.aspxBROCADENews<p>Foundry Networks currently offers various newsletters. Please use the following link to view current and archived editions. You can also sign up to receive these newsletters by accessing the "Sign Up" function after following the link below.</p> <p><br /> For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/company/newsletters/" target="_blank" title="http://www.foundrynet.com/company/newsletters/">http://www.foundrynet.com/company/newsletters/</a>&nbsp;</p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-newsletters-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-newsletters-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:29:00 -05002009-12-15T18:29:00-06:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-newsroom.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-newsroom.aspxBROCADENews<p>As a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security, and Web traffic management solutions, Foundry Networks is regularly making headlines. Within this section, customers, media professionals and industry analysts can find Foundry media contacts, product information, and current and archived press releases.</p> <p>Please visit: <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/company/newsroom/" target="_blank" title="http://www.foundrynet.com/company/newsroom/">http://www.foundrynet.com/company/newsroom/</a></p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-newsroom.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-newsroom.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:14:00 -05002009-12-15T18:30:22-06:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-networks-announces-nap-interoperability-for-microsoft-windows-server-2008-and-windows-vista-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-networks-announces-nap-interoperability-for-microsoft-windows-server-2008-and-windows-vista-.aspxBROCADENews<h3>Microsoft Network Access Protection and Standards-Based 802.1x Security Solution for Joint Customers Eases and Improves Network Security Management</h3> <div> <h3></h3> </div> <p><strong>SANTA CLARA, Calif. and LOS ANGELES - (Feb. 27, 2008)</strong> - Foundry Networks®, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced that its Layer 2/3 10 gigabit Ethernet-ready switches deliver Network Access Protection (NAP) interoperability with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista . Foundry™ will be promoting Windows Server 2008 interoperability and standards-based 802.1x security, as well as support of other key Microsoft products and initiatives at Microsoft's "Heroes Happen Here" launch event at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Foundry will be joining the worldwide launch and rollout of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008 at the kickoff in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 2008, as well as a following event in Washington, D.C. on March 25, 2008.</p> <p>Foundry's FastIron® family of switches are now validated to operate in conjunction with Microsoft Windows-based clients and the Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS) to manage policies that restrict unauthorized client access to network resources based on the health of the system, providing network administrators with an easy-to-manage security solution.&nbsp; By marrying 802.1x, a standardized security authentication method for IEEE 802-based network technologies, and sFlow®, an industry standard technology for monitoring networks, as part of Foundry's IronShield™ 360 Security solution, customers of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista can significantly reduce deployment and operational costs when securing endpoint resources using NAP interoperability with Foundry switches. Network administrators have complete real-time visibility and accounting into the network enabling them to monitor individual user history, behavior patterns and network resource usage in order to thwart potential attacks. Joint customers of Microsoft and Foundry now have a standards-based tool for validating client health and securing network access without resorting to costly and potentially less effective proprietary networking technologies.</p> <p>"Today's IT customers are looking for increased dependability, scalability and security features," said Ward Ralston, group technical product manager for Windows Server Marketing at Microsoft Corp. "With FastIron built on Windows Server 2008, customers can achieve a highly reliable infrastructure for their business-critical applications."</p> <p>The integral component collectively interlocking this security solution is the Foundry IronShield 360 Security solution, which brings together open, interoperable and best-of-breed security solutions to complement a comprehensive suite of award-winning Foundry networking platforms. The IronShield 360 Security solution provides multiple levels of network security, both at the perimeter, inside the LAN, and in the data center. The foundation of IronShield 360 Security is a reliable, robust and high-performance architecture, with wire-speed switching, security, and advanced sFlow sensor support. The IronShield 360 Network Security model provides secure device, network and service protection to verify that all network resources are healthy and operating at maximum effectiveness.</p> <p>"Together with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Foundry's IronShield 360 Security solution is focused on providing our joint customers with the highest level of security for their networking environments," said Ezra Yosef, director of business development for Foundry Networks. "By delivering interoperability between Foundry switches, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, customers have a complete NAP solution to protect their network users and resources from potential threats. This important milestone reaffirms Foundry's efforts to deliver on its network security and interoperability commitments."</p> <p>For more information on the "Heroes Happen Here" launch, please visit <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/" target="_blank">www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere</a>.</p> Safe Harbor Statement <p>The foregoing may contain "forward-looking statements" which are based on management's current information and beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by management. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements by executives or spokespeople regarding Foundry's positioning and potential plans. The forward-looking statements in this press release are only predictions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially. Foundry assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Furthermore, no statements made by Foundry Networks, Inc. ("Foundry") in this press release, or information contained herein, may be deemed to constitute either an amendment of an existing agreement or an implied new commitment, promise or legal obligation by Foundry to develop or deliver any specific product, feature or functionality.</p> <p>All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.</p> <!-- START About Foundry --> <h4>About Foundry Networks</h4> <div> <h4></h4> </div> <p>Foundry Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security and Web traffic management solutions, including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4-7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, metro routers and core routers. Foundry's customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises, including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/">www.foundrynet.com</a>.</p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-networks-announces-nap-interoperability-for-microsoft-windows-server-2008-and-windows-vista-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-networks-announces-nap-interoperability-for-microsoft-windows-server-2008-and-windows-vista-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 27 May 2008 19:00:00 -05002009-12-15T18:30:52-06:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-networks-joins-the-interop-vendor-alliance-to-enhance-its-best-of-breed-networking-solutions-with-microsoft-systems.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-networks-joins-the-interop-vendor-alliance-to-enhance-its-best-of-breed-networking-solutions-with-microsoft-systems.aspxBROCADENews<h3>Collaboration Promotes Stronger Relationship with Microsoft and Alliance Members to Simplify Interoperability and Enhance ROI with Customers Implementing Microsoft and Foundry</h3> <div> <h3></h3> </div> <p>SANTA CLARA, Calif. and REDMOND, Wash. - (April 22, 2008) - Foundry Networks®, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced it has joined Microsoft and other technology leaders in the Interop Vendor Alliance (IVA). Foundry™ will take the opportunity to join a leading cross-industry consortium dedicated to interoperability in order to enhance return on investment (ROI) and simplify the integration and management of diverse environments for customers using Microsoft systems and Foundry's networking solutions. The alliance will allow Foundry to enhance the interoperability of its industry-leading networking products with fellow technology leaders dedicated to high-performance multi-vendor IT infrastructures.</p> <p>"We look forward to working closely with Foundry Networks as part of the cross-industry Interop Vendor Alliance," said Bruce Burns, senior director, Strategic Relations, Microsoft. "As a leading edge-to-core networking solutions vendor, Foundry will be a welcome addition to the alliance going forward. The IVA provides a framework and a collaborative forum for Foundry to work with Microsoft and other members to test and communicate best practices for seamless interoperability of mixed IT infrastructures in customer environments."</p> <p>Established in 2006, the goal of the IVA is to foster interoperability across IT systems through communications and identification of opportunities for enhanced collaboration. The alliance encourages vendor cooperation to solve customer interoperability challenges through scenario-based testing.&nbsp; Interoperability lab results are published on the IVA Web site, helping customers and vendors reduce cost and complexity in heterogeneous environments.</p> <p>"With our active participation and membership in the Interop Vendor Alliance, Foundry Networks underscores its long-standing commitment to interoperability and open standards," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager for Foundry's Enterprise Business Unit. "As enterprises extend the capabilities and performance of their networks and IT infrastructure, it is crucial that customers using Microsoft systems and Foundry networking solutions be assured of interoperability in order to maximize the performance, reliability and manageability of their best-of-breed IT environments. We look forward to working with Microsoft and the Interop Vendor Alliance to clearly verify and demonstrate to our customers the technical and business advantages of multi-vendor solutions."</p> <p>For more information about the Interop Vendor Alliance, please visit <a href="http://www.interopvendoralliance.org/" target="_blank">www.interopvendoralliance.org</a>.</p> About the Interop Vendor Alliance <p>Formed in 2006, the Interop Vendor Alliance is an industry-wide group working to identify and share opportunities to better connect people, data and diverse systems through better interoperability with Microsoft systems. Additional information about the Interop Vendor Alliance can be found on its Web site at <a href="http://www.interopvendoralliance.org/" target="_blank">http://www.interopvendoralliance.org</a>.</p> <!-- START About Foundry --> <h4>About Foundry Networks</h4> <div> <h4></h4> </div> <p>Foundry Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security and Web traffic management solutions, including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4-7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, metro routers and core routers. Foundry's customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises, including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/">www.foundrynet.com</a>.</p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-networks-joins-the-interop-vendor-alliance-to-enhance-its-best-of-breed-networking-solutions-with-microsoft-systems.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-networks-joins-the-interop-vendor-alliance-to-enhance-its-best-of-breed-networking-solutions-with-microsoft-systems.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 27 May 2008 19:05:00 -05002009-12-15T18:31:31-06:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/solution-brief-microsoft-nap-and-foundry-networks-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/solution-brief-microsoft-nap-and-foundry-networks-.aspxBROCADESolution Guidance<p style="text-align: left"><strong>The Challenge:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left">The proliferation of viruses and the threats they pose to enterprise networks makes the</p> <p style="text-align: left">presence of antivirus software a network mandate. But even antivirus software is only</p> <p style="text-align: left">as good as the timely installation of operating system updates, which can be a time and</p> <p style="text-align: left">resource consuming challenge. Networks can be compromised when a computer requesting</p> <p style="text-align: left">access to a network, or a device operating on the network, fails to meet the necessary health</p> <p>policy to prevent threats from propagating, such as operating system or antivirus updates.</p> <p style="text-align: left">To view the full PDF go to: <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/pdf/pb-microsoft-nap.pdf">http://www.foundrynet.com/pdf/pb-microsoft-nap.pdf</a></p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/solution-brief-microsoft-nap-and-foundry-networks-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/solution-brief-microsoft-nap-and-foundry-networks-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:31:00 -05002009-12-15T18:31:44-06:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-partners-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-partners-.aspxBROCADEStrategic Partnership<p>Foundry's reputation for innovating high-performance networking solutions that address the needs and requirements of today and tomorrow's network infrastructures presents a unique opportunity for Foundry partners. Our comprehensive suite of products and support services can help you build a robust, scalable and highly-available network infrastructure for the expanding and evolving needs of your clients. Our products incorporate the latest in switch design, advanced network processor technology, rich feature sets, network-wide security, scalable architectures, and award winning customer support to deliver network solutions that are cost effective, secure, and convergence ready.</p> <p>As customer needs continue to become increasingly demanding and complex, partnering with an industry leader like Foundry Networks can significantly add to customer value through joint solutions and team selling. Partnering with Foundry can expand your market coverage, increase incremental sales, strengthen competitive strategy, as well as leverage one another's technical and marketing expertise.</p> <p>&nbsp;For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/partners/" target="_blank" title="http://www.foundrynet.com/partners/">http://www.foundrynet.com/partners/</a></p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-partners-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-partners-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:26:00 -05002009-12-15T18:32:02-06:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/solution-brief-deliver-the-benefits-of-unified-communications.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/solution-brief-deliver-the-benefits-of-unified-communications.aspxBROCADESolution Guidance<p>Foundry Networks, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and Mitel, come together to deliver the benefits of unified communications</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The integrated solution improves application delivery and interoperability across wide enterprises, converging rich voice and data applications on a single network and offering the ability to leverage Office Communication Server across heterogeneous systems and devices.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Challenge</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Leveraging an IP infrastructure and enterprise communications system simplifies communications</p> <p>by bringing them all into a single network, creating common interfaces, shared tools,</p> <p>and single points of contact for customers, employees and others. Often barriers to large scale</p> <p>unified communications deployments don't allow enterprises to take advantage of the bottom</p> <p>line and productivity enhancing benefits a single communications infrastructure and unified</p> <p>solution delivers. Ensuring application security, performance and manageability while increasing</p> <p>mobility and delivering a cost effective and consistent desktop and voice experience wherever</p> <p>users need access to the network can challenge even the most ambitious enterprises.</p> <p>Download the full PDF version: <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/pdf/pb-msft-mitel-sun.pdf">http://www.foundrynet.com/pdf/pb-msft-mitel-sun.pdf</a></p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/solution-brief-deliver-the-benefits-of-unified-communications.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/solution-brief-deliver-the-benefits-of-unified-communications.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Tue, 27 May 2008 18:44:00 -05002009-12-15T18:33:08-06:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-product-family-information-.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-product-family-information-.aspxBROCADEDatasheet<p>Foundry offers a complete line of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, and application traffic management, and network wide security solutions. Foundry's comprehensive portfolio of products enable network convergence and deployment of feature-rich and secure network infrastructures to support advanced data, voice, and video applications. Our products are designed to provide industry-leading features, performance, reliability, and scalability for a wide range of infrastructure deployments including Enterprise, wiring closet, LAN backbone, data center, server farm, and metropolitan area networks.</p> <p>For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/products/family/" target="_blank" title="http://www.foundrynet.com/products/family/">http://www.foundrynet.com/products/family/</a></p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-product-family-information-.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-product-family-information-.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:23:00 -05002009-12-15T18:33:20-06:00http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-case-studies.aspxhttp://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-case-studies.aspxBROCADECase Study<p>Customers worldwide rely on Foundry Networks to provide high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security, and application traffic management products and solutions. 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Foundry's solutions help you to gain competitive advantage in your business, and ensure a network that scales with your business. Foundry's solutions include the following: Enterprise &amp; Mobility, Service Provider, Application Switching, and Security.</p> <p>For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.foundrynet.com/solutions/" target="_blank" title="http://www.foundrynet.com/solutions/">http://www.foundrynet.com/solutions/</a></p><br/><a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-literature--solutions.aspx'><img src='/images/feedcomments.png' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Go To Comments' border='0'/></a>&nbsp;<a href='http://www.interopvendoralliance.com//blogs/brocade/foundry-literature--solutions.aspx'>Comments(0)</a>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:24:00 -05002009-12-15T18:35:12-06:00