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New Brocade Silkworm Switches Receive Microsoft's 'Simple SAN for Windows Server' Designation

Posted on: Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 09:00 CDT

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade(R)) today announced that its industry-leading 4 Gbit SilkWorm(R) 4100 and 200E product families are now approved and designated by Microsoft's Simple SAN for Windows Server requirements.

Microsoft designed the Simple SAN for Windows Server Program to address the small and medium sized business demand for robust, serviceable, and easy-to-deploy SAN solutions. The SilkWorm 4100 and 200E 4 Gbit/sec products have gained rapid adoption with major storage OEMs worldwide, and the milestone of gaining Microsoft's Simple SAN designation now enables storage partners to rapidly create and offer pretested Simple SAN components to customers.

"Microsoft is pleased to work with Brocade to create robust, easy-to-deploy, and easy-to-use SAN components," said Dr. Claude Lorenson, Group Product Manager of the Windows Server Division at Microsoft Corporation. "Our customers will benefit with proven storage components that can be quickly deployed and scaled."

"We're very excited to be working closely with Microsoft to build Simple SAN solutions with our partners," said Tom Buiocchi, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Support at Brocade. "Brocade provides our customers with the assurance of a proven component and the technology that powers over 100,000 SANs worldwide. Simple SAN compatibility will enable an even broader group of users to take advantage of the benefits of a SAN."

The new performance-leading 4 Gbit/sec SilkWorm platforms provide 8 to 16 ports on demand (SilkWorm 200E) and 16 to 32 ports on demand (SilkWorm 4100) of enterprise-class connectivity with ease-of-use features designed to reduce complexity and lower operating costs. The SilkWorm 4100 and 200E families are currently available though Brocade OEMs and channel partners.

About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Brocade delivers the industry's leading platforms and solutions for intelligently connecting, managing, and optimizing IT resources in shared storage environments. The world's premier systems, server, and storage providers offer the Brocade SilkWorm family of fabric switches and software as the foundation for SAN solutions in organizations of all sizes. In addition, the Brocade Tapestry family of application infrastructure solutions extends the ability to proactively manage and optimize application and information resources across the enterprise. Using Brocade solutions, organizations are better positioned to reduce cost, manage complexity, and satisfy business compliance requirements through optimized use and management of their application infrastructures. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com/ or contact the company at info@brocade.com.

NOTE: Brocade, the Brocade B weave logo, Fabric OS, Secure Fabric OS, and SilkWorm are registered trademarks, and Tapestry is a trademark 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.

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: press, Michelle Leach, +1-408-333-5319, or mobile,+1-408-705-8237, or mleach@brocade.com, or investors, Shirley Stacy,+1-408-333-5752, or sstacy@brocade.com, both of Brocade CommunicationsSystems, Inc.; or Wendy Lewis of FS Communications, +1-650-691-1488, orwendy@fscomm.com, for Brocade

Web site: http://www.brocade.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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