Brocade and LuxN Verify Solutions for Business Continuance by Internetworking SANs Over Metro-Optical Infrastructure.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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. and SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001 Pre-Tested Configurations Detail Centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. Remote Backup, Remote Mirroring, and Centralized Storage Consolidation Across Metro Area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. Networks 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 world's leading provider of infrastructure for Storage Area Networks (SANs), and LuxN, Inc., a developer of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. (DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing ) solutions for Metro Area Networks (MAN), today announced three new SOLUTIONware(TM) configurations that enable business continuance solutions by internetworking SANs over distance across MANs using DWDM solutions. Brocade SOLUTIONware speeds SAN implementation by providing proven, pre-tested "recipes for success" that Brocade partners and customers can use to deploy various SAN applications and configurations. Using 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) fabric switches, companies can connect servers with storage devices through a SAN, creating a highly reliable, scalable, and secure environment for storage applications. By internetworking Brocade SANs over distance across MANs using DWDM solutions, companies can implement a highly reliable environment, allowing companies to replicate business-critical data to remote locations, supporting business continuance applications such as data mirroring, data replication, electronic tape vaulting vaulting Gymnastics exercise in which the athlete leaps over a form that was originally intended to mimic a horse. At one time, the pommel horse was used in the vaulting exercise, with the pommels (handles) removed. , and remote server clustering See clustering. . "In today's global competitive environment, enabling 7 by 24 by 365 continuous access to information is critical to business competitiveness," said Jay Kidd, Brocade Vice President of Product Marketing. "Brocade is pleased to work with LuxN to provide our customers with proven and validated configurations that simplify the internetworking of SANs across all-optical infrastructure to support business continuance solutions." "SAN internetworking provides an infrastructure that enables new disaster tolerance solutions such as data mirroring over long distances," said Agnes Imregh, LuxN Vice President of Marketing. "Using the LuxN WavSystem DWDM technology to transport and protect business critical data from Brocade SAN fabrics demonstrates the efficiency and scalability of optical networks in a SAN environment." SAN Internetworking Solutions for Business Continuance The three new SOLUTIONware configurations add to the roster of Brocade-verified SAN solutions for business continuance. Centralized, remote backup over a SAN/MAN infrastructure enables an enterprise to implement highly secure data backup and restore through electronic tape vaulting, eliminating the need for manual management of offsite tape storage. Remote mirroring allows data to be synchronously mirrored to a remote site, resulting in the highest level of data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. in the event of failure of a primary site or storage device. Centralized, remote storage consolidation helps companies take full advantage of server and storage resources, even while server and storage resources are in physically different locations, such as campus or multi-data center environments. About Brocade SOLUTIONware Brocade SOLUTIONware simplifies SAN implementation by providing a proven and pre-tested "recipe for success" for addressing today's most challenging data management requirements. Each of the more than fifty SOLUTIONware guides provides step-by-step instructions on how to integrate and configure a wide range of devices with Brocade SilkWorm fabric switches in discrete SAN solutions for applications such as LAN-free and server-free backup, server and storage consolidation, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , and business continuance. Brocade works closely with application, storage, and systems partners to ensure seamless interoperability of solutions in these environments. For more information on Brocade SOLUTIONware, visit www.brocade.com/san/sansolutions.html. About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Brocade (Nasdaq:BRCD) offers the industry's leading intelligent platform for networking storage. The world's leading systems, applications, and storage vendors have selected Brocade to provide a networking foundation for their SAN solutions. The Brocade SilkWorm(R) family of fabric switches and software is designed to optimize data availability and storage and server resources in the enterprise. Using Brocade solutions, companies can simplify the implementation of storage area networks, reduce the total cost of ownership of data storage environments, and improve network and application efficiency. For more information, visit the Brocade website at www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com. About LuxN, Inc. LuxN, Inc. is a leading provider of multi-service, intelligent, metropolitan optical access network platforms. LuxN's products allow fiber-based service providers to easily extend their enterprise customers' LANs up to 125 Km between nodes. By utilizing the WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. capabilities, up to 16 channels of traffic can be aggregated on a single fiber pair, providing improved fiber lease economics. OC - 3/12/48, Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. , Fibre Channel, 10/100 Base-T and T-1 can all easily be accommodated. LuxN solutions are also a cost-effective way for local service providers to extend their managed optical networks from metropolitan points of presence to enterprise customer premises. The company was founded in 1998 and funded by prominent IT venture partners including New Enterprise Associates, US Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Azure azure /az·ure/ (azh´er) one of three metachromatic basic dyes (A, B, and C). az·ure n. Any of various dyes used in biological stains, especially for blood and nuclear staining. Capital Partners and Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. Private Equity. Additional funding was received through corporate partnerships with Mitsui, Mitsubishi and Siemens. LuxN is proud to be a certified 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. 9001 manufacturer. For more information, visit the LuxN website at www.luxn.com. Brocade, Extended Fabrics, Fabric Aware, Fabric Integrator, Fabric OS, Fabric Threads, Fabric Watch, Fabric Weaver, QuickLoop, SilkWorm, SilkWorm Express, and SOLUTIONware are trademarks or registered trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. 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. --30--jb/sf(*
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