CIENA's Online Transport Receives Brocade Fabric Aware Status for End-to-end Storage Networking Interoperability.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002 ONLINE Transport Platform Demonstrates Interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. in Heterogeneous Brocade-Based 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel Storage Area Network Environments CIENA(R) Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CIEN CIEN Ciena Corporation (stock symbol) ), a leading provider of intelligent optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. systems and software, announced today that the ONLINE(TM) Transport platform has been verified by 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. as interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. with Brocade-based storage area networking (SAN) infrastructure. Testing was conducted through the Brocade brocade (brōkād`), fabric, originally silk, generally reputed to have been developed to a high state of perfection in the 16th and 17th cent. in France, Italy, and Spain. Fabric Aware Program, an end-to-end interoperability initiative for storage entry to enterprise networks. The program is a comprehensive testing and configuration initiative designed to foster end-to-end SAN interoperability in multi-vendor Brocade-based SAN environments. The CIENA ONLINE Transport platform delivers low-cost, scalable capacity to the enterprise and metro network operator with full dynamic add-drop capabilities on all deployed optical channels in the system. Fast optical layer protection switching provides the operator with a higher level of network survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. and less complexity than SONET-based solutions. This interoperability provides the highest level of assurance and technical support as customers migrate from 1G to 2G Fibre Channel over a CIENA-Brocade storage network. Testing was conducted at the Brocade interoperability labs, which are state-of-the-art facilities supporting end-to-end interoperability and performance testing Performance Testing covers a broad range of engineering or functional evaluations where a material, product, or system is not specified by detailed material or component specifications: Rather, emphasis is on the final measurable performance characteristics. of SAN products in multi-vendor and large fabric SAN environments. The Brocade Fabric Aware Program has added more than forty members since its launch in 2000. In addition, as part of its investment in SAN interoperability, Brocade actively supports its members' interoperability initiatives. "CIENA's completion of Brocade's Fabric Aware Program ensures best-of-breed storage-over-optical interoperability with Brocade's 2-Gigabit FC switches and director products," said Dawn Hogh, vice president, product line management and solutions, metro networking group for CIENA. "As a result, customers will be able to extend the distance of enterprise and metropolitan area SANs." "We are pleased that CIENA has successfully completed the Fabric Aware testing with Brocade fabric switches in multi-vendor SAN environments," said Jay Kidd, Brocade vice president of product marketing. "Storage area networks are being deployed worldwide at a rapid rate as a scalable, high performance networking foundation for storage environments. The Fabric Aware program is an example of our continued commitment to delivering end-to-end interoperability to SAN customers." About the Brocade Fabric Aware Program The Brocade Fabric Aware program is a comprehensive testing and configuration initiative designed to foster end-to-end SAN interoperability. As part of the program, companies agree to test in SAN configurations that comprise a heterogeneous mix of servers, storage subsystems The part of a computer system that provides the storage. It includes the controller and disk drives. See storage system. , Brocade fabric switches, SAN management and enterprise applications, and other SAN technologies. Brocade has created an interoperability lab comprising a heterogeneous SAN fabric, in which the company tests and validates partner equipment in specific configurations. Vendors receive Brocade Fabric Aware qualification after completing tests to confirm that vendors' products meet interoperability guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. . For more information, visit www.brocade.com/partners/fabric_aware_program.jhtml. About CIENA CIENA Corporation's market-leading intelligent optical networking systems form the core for the new era of networks and services worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture enables next-generation optical services and changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about CIENA can be found at www.CIENA.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS This press release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions of CIENA (the Company) that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this release, including the interoperability of the ONLINE Transport system with Brocade's SAN environment, are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, which include the risk factors disclosed in the Company's Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2002. Forward looking statements include statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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