Brocade and Dot Hill Announce OEM Partnership to Deliver Complete Fabric-based Solutions for Storage Area Networks.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. & CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 - Dot Hill to Offer Integrated SANnet Data Storage Solutions Based on Brocade SAN Infrastructure - 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). , Inc. (Brocade(R)) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the leading provider of Storage Area Networking infrastructure, and Dot Hill Systems Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HIL), an innovative designer, manufacturer and provider of carrier-class data storage and Storage Area Network solutions, announced today an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partnership between the two companies. Dot Hill will use the Brocade 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. (R) 2800 Fibre Channel fabric 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. switches as the networking foundation for the Dot Hill SANnet(TM) storage area network (SAN) solution to provide e-business and carrier-class customers with a superior fabric-based data storage environment that is reliable, scalable, and flexible. Dot Hill has already begun shipment of the first of its SANnet solutions incorporating the Brocade branded products. Brocade Fibre Channel fabric switches provide the world's leading networking foundation for storage area networks. Using Brocade SilkWorm switches, customers can connect servers with storage devices through a SAN, creating a highly reliable and scalable environment for storage applications. SANnet--Dot Hill's family of high-performance storage systems--contains the flexibility and scalability of a modular, open-systems architecture. SANnet is further enhanced with the use of Brocade SilkWorm switches, allowing for the connection of hundreds of networked storage devices and removing the boundaries imposed by FC-AL (Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop) See Fibre Channel. FC-AL - Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop. (arbitrated loop) to provide customers with a feature-rich, highly scalable, fabric-ready solution. The flexibility offered by SilkWorm-enhanced SANnet solutions allows customers to add applications, servers and storage while scaling capacity and performance. SANnet customers can also seamlessly transition from SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. connections to Fibre Channel fabric technology, resulting in unlimited future growth potential. Telecommunications companies, ISPs and other Internet-related service providers can easily introduce advanced SAN technologies that allow scalability without interruption to ensure business continuity. "We are extremely pleased to partner with Brocade, the acknowledged industry leader in Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure, to offer the most sophisticated fabric-based solutions available today," said Richard Search, senior vice president of marketing and product management, Dot Hill. "One of our top priorities in designing the SANnet architecture is flexibility and compatibility for the customer. In addition, Dot Hill is committed to delivering real business value through storage networking solutions that provide unparalleled reliability, high-availability, scalability and performance for today's Internet generation." "Businesses who rely on data intensive applications have recognized the value of implementing open, heterogeneous SANs to ensure business continuity," said Jack Cuthbert, Brocade vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "Brocade is excited to be an integral part of Dot Hill's continued effort to provide users with industry leading technology and highly scalable networked storage solutions that reduce total cost of ownership, and improve SAN application efficiency and performance." About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) is the leading provider of Storage Area Networking infrastructure. The Brocade SilkWorm(R) family of Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
Brocade is committed to maintaining open, standards-based solutions. Leading systems, applications, and storage vendors have selected Brocade to provide a networking foundation for their SAN solutions, including Amdahl, CNT (Carbon NanoTube) See nanotube. , Compaq Computer, Data General, Dell Computer, EMC Corporation, Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). , Groupe Bull, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intergraph Computer Systems, MTI Technology, NCR, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Network Appliance, SGI, StorageTek and Unisys. In addition, Brocade counts industry leaders ADVA ADVA American Deaf Volleyball Association ADVA Advanced Soviet Optical Networking, Cisco Systems, Computer Associates, Emulex, Highground Systems, Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. Inc., JNI Corporation, Legato, LSI Logic, ONI Systems, StorageNetworks, Tivoli Systems and VERITAS among its strategic partners. For more information, visit the Brocade website at www.Brocade.com or contact the company at info@Brocade.com. About Dot Hill Systems Corp. Dot Hill (NYSE:HIL) is a leading independent provider of carrier-class data storage solutions and services for Internet-generation applications. With solutions that include storage area networks, NEBS-certified systems for Telco and Internet operations, and world-class service capabilities, Dot Hill is uniquely positioned to address the storage requirements of mission-critical continuous computing environments. Dot Hill's customers include many of the world's leading Internet service providers, financial institutions, advanced technology and telecommunications companies, and government agencies. Dot Hill is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 certified company. For more information, visit the Dot Hill website at www.dothill.com. Dot Hill, the Dot Hill logo, and SANnet are all trademarks of Dot Hill Systems Corp. BROCADE, SilkWorm, SilkWorm Express, Extended Fabrics, Fabric Aware, Fabric Integrator, Fabric OS, Fabric Watch, Fabric Weaver, and QuickLoop are trademarks or registered trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., in the United States and/or in 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. |
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