Brocade Communications Systems and Digital Announce Technology Agreement.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1997--Brocade Communications Systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. Inc. and Digital Equipment Corp. Monday announced an agreement to integrate Brocade's Fibre Channel gigabit switch, the SilkWorm silkworm, name for the larva of various species of moths, indigenous to Asia and Africa but now domesticated and raised for silk production throughout most of the temperate zone. The culture of silkworms is called sericulture. , with Digital's StorageWorks storage solutions. Brocade's solution will provide Digital's customers with the high performance switching technology necessary to deploy distributed storage Storing data in multiple computers or in computers that are geographically dispersed. This was an early term for storage that evolved into SANs and storage virtualization. See SAN and storage virtualization. networks. "Brocade's solutions offer key performance benefits that will be critical for many applications," said Ellen Lary, vice president of Digital's Storage Business Unit. "Today's agreement will enable Digital's next-generation StorageWorks Fibre Channel solutions to access Brocade's high-bandwidth, non-blocking switching technologies for maximum performance." In conjunction, Digital will perform the testing necessary to include its StorageWorks products in the Brocade Partners Program, which has been designed to provide VARs, integrators and end users with a selection of tested components that can be used in building an interoperable switched fabric solution. "Through this joint technology partnership, we are pleased to join Digital's extensive heritage of providing customers with clustered processors and storage connecting hundreds of devices," said Bruce Bergman, president and chief executive officer of Brocade. "Brocade's SilkWorm is the only Fibre Channel switch In a computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is currently the core component of most storage area networks. that provides management and diagnostic services diagnostic services, n.pl the imaging and laboratory capabilities available for determining the cause of an illness. . These important tools will allow Digital's customers to maintain a highly available environment for databases and business critical information." Digital's StorageWorks and Brocade's SilkWorm will be demonstrated together at COMDEX/Fall, November 17-21 in the Fibre Channel Loop Community's (FCLC FCLC Florida Certified Landscape Contractor FCLC Fiber Channel Loop Community (promotional organization for FCAL) FCLC Fibre Channel Loop Community ) Room, No. N250 in the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . About Digital Equipment Digital Equipment, recognized for product and service excellence, is a leading supplier of high-performance, Web-based computing solutions, which help enterprises compete in the global marketplace. Digital gives its customers a winning Internet advantage through a comprehensive portfolio of Internet solutions based on award-winning systems, advanced networking infrastructure, innovative software, and industry applications -- including those from its business partners. The expertise and experience of Digital employees help customers plan, design, implement, manage and support Internet solutions in countries throughout the world. For the latest company information, visit Digital on the World Wide Web at http://www.digital.com . About Brocade Communications Systems Brocade, Inc. NASDAQ: BRCD, based in Silicon Valley, designs, manufactures, and sells storage networking solutions and management applications for storage area networks (SANs) and file area networks (FANs). Brocade's primary focus is to help customers build gigabit Fibre Channel fabrics A Fibre Channel fabric (or Fibre Channel switched fabric, FC-SW) is a switched fabric of Fibre Channel devices enabled by a Fibre Channel switch. Fabrics are normally subdivided by Fibre Channel zoning. Each fabric has a name server and provides other services. , enabling them to optimize connections between data storage and enterprise servers, and to design high-performance, scalable data center backbones. Brocade has headquarters at 1901 Guadalupe Parkway, San Jose, Calif. 95131. For more information about Brocade, check out the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.brocadecomm.com, or contact Brenda Christensen, vice president, marketing, at 408/ 487-8123 or via e-mail at info@brocadecomm.com . -0- Note: SilkWorm is a trademark of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. Digital, the Digital logo and StorageWorks are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corp. CONTACT: Miller/Shandwick Technologies (for Brocade) Sari Gallagher, 310/203-0550 e-mail: sgallagher@miller.shandwick.com or Digital Equipment Corp. Karen Quatromoni, 508/467-4120 e-mail: quatromoni@mail.dec.com |
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