Brocade and Transoft Announce Agreement for Brocade's Silkworm Fibre Channel Network Switch.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998-- With 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. , Transoft delivers to users, such as Fox Digital, a higher bandwidth, more scalable, flexible Server-Storage Area Network (SAN) solution for visual computing The use of computers for 3D modeling and animation. See visualization. and enterprise networking markets Fibre Channel industry leaders 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. and Transoft(R) Technology Corporation today announced a strategic relationship in which Transoft will integrate Brocade's SilkWorm switch into its Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN). Transoft will implement SilkWorm with its next generation Fibre Channel-based networking and storage management software, FibreNet(TM), which allows standard Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and Macintosh computers (or any combination thereof) to become an integrated, intelligent SAN. FibreNet is a powerful enabling technology that puts ordinary storage devices, rather than servers, at the center of the network resulting in enormous performance gains and cost savings. Transoft customer Fox Digital, a division of Fox Television, operates a production-intensive editing workgroup, creating roughly 600 hours a week of on-air promos for several Fox broadcast and cable channels. Through Transoft, Fox has implemented a complete SAN, including its FibreNet software, two 180-gigabyte ProRAID Towers and a 16-port SilkWorm switch from Brocade, for networking 10 Avid Media Composer 8000s. "With this switched network instead of an arbitrated loop A ring topology used in Fibre Channel. Up to 127 devices may be attached in the loop, but only two can communicate at the same time, reflecting the channel nature of Fibre Channel technology. , we can share these data-intensive files within a large workgroup, with the kind of scalability and reliability that we want and need," said Chris Homer, Vice President of Post-Production for Fox Digital. "Also, if a disk crashes, this configuration insures that editors can continue to keep producing without a hitch. We can rebuild the system and restore data quickly." "By integrating Brocade's SilkWorm switch with our new FibreNet software, we can further provide our customers with comprehensive solutions that offer an unprecedented level of performance, scalability and reliability," said Michael Klein Michael Klein can refer to:
"Brocade is pleased to be working with Transoft, who, with its FibreNet software, is in the forefront implementing heterogeneous, shared data Fibre Channel solutions for its customers in the film, video and broadcast markets," said Bruce Bergman, President and CEO for Brocade. "We designed SilkWorm specifically to assist our OEM's and integrators in creating for their customers an intelligent server-storage area network infrastructure, thus providing end-users with an incredible time savings in accessing their digital data." About Transoft Technology Corporation Transoft Technology Corporation is the world's leading provider of enterprise-wide Storage Area Networking (SAN) for digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. . Founded in 1992, the company's mission is to "Accelerate Access to Digital Data" through groundbreaking products, systems and technologies. Transoft is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. and is a member of the Fibre Channel Association and FCLC FCLC Florida Certified Landscape Contractor FCLC Fiber Channel Loop Community (promotional organization for FCAL) FCLC Fibre Channel Loop Community . About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Brocade, the industry's leading supplier of 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. Fabrics, provides the intelligent backbone infrastructure for the implementation of Server-Storage Area Networks (SANs). The company's Fabric enables end-users to optimize connections between data storage and enterprise servers, and to design high-performance, scalable data center backbones. Brocade manufactures and markets its SilkWorm Fibre Channel switch, through which Brocade provides the industry's most comprehensive Fabric services and management access methods currently available. Brocade is headquartered at 1901 Guadalupe Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95131. For more information about Brocade, check out the company's Web site at http://www.brocade.com, or send questions via email to info@brocade.com. -0- Come see a demonstration of Transoft's FibreNet system, including Brocade's SilkWorm switch, at NAB, April 6-9 in Las Vegas, in Transoft's booth No. 1235 or at Brocade's demo in the FCLC's booth, No. 10324 in the Sands Convention Center -0- Note to Editor: SilkWorm is a trademark of Brocade Communications Systems Incorporated Transoft(R) is a registered trademark of Transoft Technology Corporation. FibreNet(TM) is a trademark of Transoft Technology Corporation. CONTACT: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Sari Gallagher, 714/595-8792 sgallagher@brocade.com or Transoft Technology Corporation Elizabeth Narmore, 805/884-9114 enarmore@transoft.net |
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