Brocade

Brocade Networks this week has unveiled switches for the enterprise campus designed to help users to affordably scale their networks.

Brocade has unveiled an infrastructure procurement model designed for cloud computing, along with additions to its new VDX data center switch line.

Brocade gear is powering a cutting-edge network that supports IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet for the U.S. Army at Fort Carson in Colorado.

The looming depletion of Internet addresses has split the networking world into "IPv4 diehards" and "IPv6 purists," but the real needs of businesses lie somewhere in between the views of these extremists, a Brocade Communications Systems executive said this week.

Brocade's installed base of Fibre Channel SANs is both an asset and an albatross.

The adoption of cloud computing is being "overhyped" by the IT industry, according to John McHugh, vice president at networking firm Brocade.

Brocade this week entered the 100Gbps Ethernet arena with a high-density router and module for service providers and data centers, as well as a management application for converged infrastructures.

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Brocade this week unveiled data center products available from OEM HP that are designed to support next-generation Fibre Channel rollouts anchored to optimizing application performance and scaling virtual machines.

Brocade announced that its best-in-class 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) have been successfully qualified and are available from EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM and NetApp. This distinction serves to further validate Brocade's market position as a leader in high-performance CNA solutions that help enable network convergence.

Brocade and McAfee have announced that they have entered a strategic partnership to deliver a broad set of fully interoperable end-to-end network security solutions. As part of the partnership, Brocade will work in conjunction with McAfee to integrate critical security capabilities into the Brocade family of networking products.

Brocade Tuesday said it is refreshing its WiFi product line via a five-year strategic partnership with Motorola.