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McDATA Achieves Record Revenue for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2005.


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McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT MCDT Micro Credit Development Trust SACCO (Uganda microfinance)
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) today reported results for the fourth quarter (Q4 05) and fiscal year 2005 (FY 05) ended January January: see month.  31, 2006. Net revenues for Q4 05 totaled $181.8 million, compared to $168.5 million reported in the third quarter of fiscal year 2005 (Q3 05), and $105.7 million reported in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2004 (Q4 04). Net revenues for FY 05 were $614.4 million, compared to $399.7 million reported in fiscal year 2004 (FY 04).

Net income for Q4 05 on a generally accepted accounting principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting
 (GAAP GAAP

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) basis was $5.3 million, or $0.03 per diluted di·lute  
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2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $(7.5) million, or $(0.05) per basic and diluted share in Q3 05, and Q4 04 GAAP net income at breakeven breakeven

1. The level of output or sales necessary to cover fixed expenses. Companies in industries that have high fixed costs and, consequently, high breakevens, such as automobile and steel manufacturing, are likely to exhibit large fluctuations
, or $0.00 per basic and diluted share.

Non-GAAP net income for Q4 05 totaled $12.6 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $3.6 million, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share, reported in Q3 05, and non-GAAP net income of $6.8 million, or $0.06 per basic and diluted share reported in Q4 04.

McDATA's non-GAAP net income excludes charges related to the amortization of deferred compensation and amortization of purchased intangible assets Intangible Asset

An asset that is not physical in nature.

Notes:
Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets.
. McDATA's Q4 05 and Q3 05 non-GAAP net income also excludes restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  and severance The act of dividing, or the state of being divided.

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 costs and amortization of debt discount. Non-GAAP results are a supplement to GAAP financial statements and exclude certain expenses to provide what McDATA believes is a more complete understanding of our underlying operational trends. McDATA management uses non-GAAP results as one of the primary indicators for planning of future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[]

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 with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. A reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP net income is provided in the financial statements attached to this news release.

"We exited fiscal year 2005 achieving record revenue with record revenue contributions for the year from 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)  and Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. ," said John Kelley
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, chairman, president and chief executive officer, McDATA. "Our fourth quarter results affirm the power of the McDATA-CNT combination, demonstrating continued revenue diversification Diversification

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Notes:
Diversification is possibly the greatest way to reduce the risk.
, strong operational performance and solid progress towards our targeted business model. Having successfully attained at·tain  
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1. To gain as an objective; achieve: attain a diploma by hard work.

2.
 full qualification and general availability of the Intrepid(R) 10000 from EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , and with the recent addition of industry leading executives to the McDATA management team, we are very optimistic op·ti·mist  
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1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome.

2. A believer in philosophical optimism.



op
 about our opportunities in fiscal year 2006."

Q4 05 financial highlights demonstrate continued execution towards operating targets:

--Non-GAAP gross profit increased to 50.3 percent of sales in Q4 05 compared to 47.5 percent in Q3 05

--Non-GAAP operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
 represented 40.3 percent of revenue in Q4 05 compared to 45.8 percent of revenue in Q3 05 and 51.0 percent of revenue in Q4 04

--Non-GAAP operating profit Operating profit (or loss)

Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and before income deductions.


operating profit

See operating income.
 increased to 10.0 percent of sales in Q4 05, up from 1.6 percent in Q3 05 and 5.0 percent in Q4 04

--Q4 05 non-GAAP net income was $12.6 million, an increase of 251 percent over $3.6 million reported in Q3 05 and an increase of 85 percent over $6.8 million reported in Q4 04

Q4 05 business highlights and customer wins:

--McDATA's Intrepid 10000 Director was named "Best Director Switch" as part of InfoWorld's 2006 "Technology of the Year" awards and received the highest-ranking "Gold Award" for networking equipment as part of SearchStorage's "Best Storage Products" of 2005.

--McDATA announced its new 10Gb/s Intrepid 6000 XPM The file extension used by an X Pixelmap image. See X Pixelmap.

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A pixmap image file format for the X Window System.
 Blade One component in a system that is designed to accept some number of components (blades). Blades can be individual servers or clients that plug into a single cabinet or individual port cards that add connectivity to a switch.  for the Intrepid 6000-series of Directors.

--McDATA announced the appointment of Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM).

The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs
 E. Despres as vice president of manufacturing. Despres joined McDATA from Sun Microsystems/StorageTek, where he was general manager of StorageTek's manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. .

--Strong customer adoption in the growing Asia Pacific region, combined with product and technology leadership, helped McDATA earn four industry awards. These include the IT168 "Merit Award" for its Intrepid 10000 Director; the Sphereon(TM) 4700 Fabric Switch won China Information World's (CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) A program of certification from Prosoft Learning Corporation for professionals specializing in Internet technologies. CIW instructor-led training is offered by authorized training organizations and academic institutions. ) "Editors' Choice" award and C-Week's "2005 Hot 1 Award"; and its Enterprise Fabric Connectivity A generic term for connecting devices to each other in order to transfer data back and forth. It often refers to network connections, which embraces bridges, routers, switches and gateways as well as backbone networks.  Manager won China Computer Education's "Product of the Year."

--Huhtamaki Americas A·mer·i·cas   , the

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, one of the world's largest global packaging companies, replaced its Direct-Attached Storage Direct-attached storage (DAS) refers to a digital storage system directly attached to a server or workstation, without a storage network in between. It is a retronym, mainly used to differentiate non-networked storage from SAN and NAS.  environments with a unified, Fibre-Channel SAN, based on McDATA's Intrepid 10000 Director.

--The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. , the largest city-owned public utility 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. , deployed six McDATA UltraNet Ultranet can refer to one of the following:
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(R) Storage Director-eXtended (USD-X) WAN extension products to seamlessly direct traffic between its main data center and a mirrored disaster recovery site almost 20 miles away.

Conference Call and Webcast

McDATA will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2005 financial results today, March 9, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. MST See micro systems technology. . The conference call is being webcast live via the Internet Internet

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 at www.mcdata.com. An archive (1) A file that contains one or more compressed files. Most archive formats are also capable of storing folders in order to reconstruct the file/folder relationship when decompressed. See archive formats.  of the webcast will be available for 12 months at www.mcdata.com.

About McDATA (www.mcdata.com)

McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT) is the leading provider of storage networking solutions, helping customers build, globally connect, optimize optimize - optimisation  and centrally manage data infrastructures across SAN, MAN and WAN environments. With nearly 25 years experience developing SAN products, services and solutions, McDATA is the trusted partner in the world's largest data centers, connecting more than two-thirds of all networked data.

Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

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 and subject to risks and uncertainties. Readers are urged to consider statements that include the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "plans," "objectives," "estimates," "anticipates," "intends," "targets," or the like to be uncertain and forward-looking. Factors that could cause actual results to differ and vary materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, McDATA's relationships with EMC, IBM and Hitachi Data Systems and the level of their orders, aggressive price competition by numerous other SAN and IP switch suppliers, 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  qualification of our new products -- such as the Intrepid 10000 Director, integration of CNT's sales and marketing functions, manufacturing constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference.

["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)].
, constraints in obtaining third party product for resale resale n. selling again, particularly at retail. In many states a "resale license" or "resale number" is required so that the state can monitor the collection of sales tax on retail sales.


RESALE.
 and other risk factors that are disclosed dis·close  
tr.v. dis·closed, dis·clos·ing, dis·clos·es
1. To expose to view, as by removing a cover; uncover.

2. To make known (something heretofore kept secret).
 in McDATA's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These cautionary statements by McDATA should not be construed as exhaustive or as any admission regarding the adequacy of disclosures made by McDATA. All cautionary statements should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear. McDATA does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
McDATA CORPORATION
      CONDENSED REPORTED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS (Note 1)
                 (in thousands, except per share data)
                              (unaudited)

                                    Three Months      Twelve Months
                                        Ended              Ended
                                  ----------------- ------------------
                                  January January   January  January
                                     31,     31,       31,      31,
                                    2005    2006      2005     2006
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Revenue:
   Product                        $99,962 $153,452  $379,344 $523,440
   Service                          5,723   28,299    20,316   90,993
                                  ----------------- ------------------
        Total revenue             105,685  181,751   399,660  614,433

Cost of revenue
   Product                         42,067   72,288   158,656  248,025
   Service                          4,526   18,242    17,505   59,874
   Restructuring charges                -      366         -    1,192

                                  ----------------- ------------------
        Total cost of revenue      46,593   90,896   176,161  309,091
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Gross profit                       59,092   90,855   223,499  305,342

Operating expenses:
Research and development           21,411   27,932    91,488  111,715
Selling and marketing              26,828   35,818   101,305  133,909
General and administrative         11,574   20,994    48,357   72,626
Amortization of deferred
 compensation                         725    1,059     5,522    5,908
Restructuring costs                     -    1,407     1,263   11,685
                                  ----------------- ------------------
        Operating expenses         60,538   87,210   247,935  335,843

Income (loss) from operations      (1,446)   3,645   (24,436) (30,501)
Interest and other income, net      1,688     (444)    5,306      331
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Income (loss) before income taxes
 and equity in net loss of
 affiliated company                   242    3,201   (19,130) (30,170)
Income tax expense (benefit)          322   (2,057)      362      431
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Income (loss) before equity in net
 loss of affiliated company           (80)   5,258   (19,492) (30,601)
Equity in net loss of affiliated
 company                                -        -    (1,380)       -
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Net income (loss)                    $(80)  $5,258  $(20,872)$(30,601)
                                  ================= ==================

Basic net income (loss) per share  $(0.00)   $0.03    $(0.18)  $(0.22)
                                  ================= ==================
Shares used in computing basic net
 income (loss) per share          115,288  152,853   115,355  140,331
                                  ================= ==================

Diluted net income (loss) per
 share                             $(0.00)   $0.03    $(0.18)  $(0.22)
                                  ================= ==================
Shares used in computing diluted
 net income (loss) per share      115,288  155,779   115,355  140,331
                                  ================= ==================
McDATA CORPORATION
           CONDENSED NON-GAAP CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
                 (in thousands, except per share data)
                              (unaudited)

                                    Three Months      Twelve Months
                                        Ended              Ended
                                  ----------------- ------------------
                                  January January   January  January
                                     31,     31,       31,      31,
                                    2005    2006      2005     2006
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Revenue:
   Product                        $99,962 $153,452  $379,344 $523,440
   Service                          5,723   28,299    20,316   90,993
                                  ----------------- ------------------
        Total revenue             105,685  181,751   399,660  614,433

Cost of revenue
   Product                         42,049   72,171   158,436  247,326
   Service                          4,526   18,242    17,505   59,874
   Restructuring charges                -        -         -        -
                                  ----------------- ------------------
        Total cost of revenue      46,575   90,413   175,941  307,200
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Gross profit                       59,110   91,338   223,719  307,233

Operating expenses:
Research and development           21,156   27,682    89,789  110,602
Selling and marketing              26,714   35,544   100,852  133,486
General and administrative          5,989    9,947    25,283   34,029
Amortization of deferred
 compensation                           -        -         -        -
Restructuring costs                     -        -         -        -
                                  ----------------- ------------------
        Operating expenses         53,859   73,173   215,924  278,117

Income from operations              5,251   18,165     7,795   29,116
Interest and other income, net      1,688      376     5,306    2,518
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Income before income taxes          6,939   18,541    13,101   31,634
Income tax expense (benefit)          108    5,933    (1,397)   8,447
                                  ----------------- ------------------
Net income                         $6,831  $12,608   $14,498  $23,187
                                  ================= ==================

Basic net income per share          $0.06    $0.08     $0.13    $0.17
                                  ================= ==================
Shares used in computing basic net
 income per share                 115,288  152,853   115,355  140,331
                                  ================= ==================

Diluted net income per share        $0.06    $0.08     $0.12    $0.16
                                  ================= ==================
Shares used in computing diluted
 net income per share             118,010  155,779   117,691  143,808
                                  ================= ==================
McDATA CORPORATION
  RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GAAP AND NON-GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) (Note 2)
                 (in thousands, except per share data)
                              (unaudited)

                                    Three Months      Twelve Months
                                         Ended             Ended
                                   January January  January  January
                                     31,      31,      31,      31,
                                     2005    2006     2005     2006
                                   ---------------- ------------------

GAAP net income (loss)                $(80) $5,258  $(20,872)$(30,601)

Adjustments:
   Amortization of deferred
    compensation and
    acquisition-related
    compensation                     1,142   1,239     8,195    7,460
   Amortization of intangible
    assets                           5,555  11,036    22,773   37,510
   Other severance and retention         -     472         -    1,770
   Restructuring costs                   -   1,773     1,263   12,877
   Interest expense                      -     820         -    2,187
   Income tax (expense) benefit        214  (7,990)    1,759   (8,016)
   Equity in net loss of affiliated
    company                              -       -     1,380        -
                                   ---------------- ------------------

        Non-GAAP net income         $6,831 $12,608   $14,498  $23,187

  GAAP net income (loss) per share -
   basic and diluted                $(0.00)  $0.03    $(0.18)  $(0.22)
     Non-GAAP net income per share -
      diluted                        $0.06   $0.08     $0.12    $0.16
Shares used in non-GAAP per share
 calculation - diluted             118,010 155,779   117,691  143,808

Note (1) - Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to
conform to the fiscal 2005 presentation.
Note (2) - The condensed non-GAAP consolidated income statements for
all periods presented are for illustrative purposes only and are not
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The following is provided as a supplement to the non-GAAP
reconciliation above:


                                       Three Months    Twelve Months
                                            Ended           Ended
                                       -------------- ----------------
Non-GAAP Adjustments                  January January January January
                                         31,    31,      31,     31,
                                        2005   2006     2005    2006
----------------------------------------------------- ----------------

Cost of revenue:
   Deferred compensation and
    acquisition-related compensation      $18    $99     $220    $335
   Restructuring costs                      -    366        -   1,192
   Other severance and retention            -     18        -     364
                                       -------------- ----------------
       Total cost of revenue subtotal      18    483      220   1,891
                                       -------------- ----------------

Operating expenses:
   Research and development:
       Acquisition-related compensation   255     64    1,699     892
       Other severance and retention        -    186        -     221
   Selling and marketing
       Acquisition-related compensation   114      6      453     155
       Other severance and retention        -    268        -     268
   General and administrative
       Acquisition-related compensation    30     11      301     170
       Amortization of intangible
        assets                          5,555 11,036   22,773  37,510
       Other severance and retention        -      -        -     917
   Restructuring costs                      -  1,407    1,263  11,685
   Amortization of deferred
    compensation                          725  1,059    5,522   5,908
                                       -------------- ----------------
    Operating expenses subtotal         6,679 14,037   32,011  57,726
                                       -------------- ----------------
Interest expense                            -    820        -   2,187
                                       -------------- ----------------
Total non-GAAP Adjustments              6,697 15,340   32,231  61,804
Income tax expense (benefit)             (214) 7,990   (1,759)  8,016
Equity in net loss of affiliated
 company                                    -      -    1,380       -
                                       -------------- ----------------
After-tax impact of non-GAAP
 adjustments                           $6,911 $7,350  $35,370 $53,788
                                       ============== ================
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                            (in thousands)
                              (unaudited)

                                           January 31,    January 31,
                                           -----------    -----------
                                              2005            2006
                                              ----            ----
Assets
   Cash, cash equivalents and short term
    investments                             $209,766        $310,193
   Securities lending collateral             130,804          62,555
   Accounts receivable, net                   63,810         126,106
   Inventories, net                           13,720          33,100
   Other current assets                        7,280          13,423
                                           ---------------------------
Total current assets                         425,380         545,377
Property and equipment, net                   94,929         109,118
Long-term investments                         95,589          31,884
Goodwill                                      78,693         266,285
Intangible assets, net                        87,592         123,694
Other assets, net                             36,052          70,495
                                           ---------------------------
    Total assets                            $818,235      $1,146,853
                                           ===========================

Liabilities and stockholders' equity
   Accounts payable and accrued
    liabilities                              $64,894        $137,658
   Securities lending collateral             130,804          62,555
   Current portion of deferred revenue        22,736          61,242
   Current portion of notes payable and
    capital leases                               912           2,978
                                           ---------------------------
Total current liabilities                    219,346         264,433
Notes payable and capital leases, less
 current portion                                 256           3,532
Deferred revenue, less current portion        27,001          31,380
Convertible subordinate debt                 172,500         293,442
Other long-term liabilities                    1,908           1,843
                                           ---------------------------
    Total liabilities                        421,011         594,630
Stockholders' equity                         397,224         552,223
                                           ---------------------------
    Total liabilities and stockholders'
     equity                                 $818,235      $1,146,853
                                           ===========================
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