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BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
McDATA(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:MCDTA, MCDT), the worldwide leader in open,
ultra-high availability storage networking solutions, today announced its
participation with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) in developing the Microsoft
Systems Architecture for the Enterprise Data Center (MSA EDC), a pre-tested
data center infrastructure implementation that delivers predictable results.
Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA) for the Enterprise Data Center (EDC)
provides a recommended, standardized, and tested configuration for building a
core information technology (IT) infrastructure that delivers security,
scalability, availability, and manageability. The MSA EDC is a comprehensive
solution, covering all aspects of planning, building, deploying, operating and
supporting an infrastructure using Microsoft and partner technologies.
"Making the Microsoft Systems Architecture for the Enterprise Data Center
a success and delivering real value for customers requires best-of-breed
configurations of software and hardware, sound knowledge of data center
requirements, and rigorous testing and documentation," said Jim Hebert,
general manager, Windows Server Product Management Group, Microsoft Corp.
"McDATA's data networking knowledge and its Sphereon 3000 switches are an
important contribution to the MSA effort."
The Microsoft Systems Architecture for the Enterprise Data Center utilizes
McDATA's Sphereon 3000 Series Fabric Switches as a component of the MSA EDC
Prescriptive Guidance.
In addition to its Sphereon 3000 Series Fabric Switches, McDATA's full
family of core-to-edge storage networking products includes the Intrepid 6000
Series Directors, ultra high-availability, multi-protocol Directors with the
ability to support the rigorous demands of mission critical environments; and
McDATA's Sphereon 4000 Series Fabric Switches, the highest availability
products in their class, bringing to the mid-range market several industry
exclusives such as McDATA's HotCAT(TM) Technology (non-disruptive code load
and activation) and FlexPort Technology (pay-as-you-grow scalability).
"McDATA and Microsoft share a common vision of providing customers with
tested, supported solutions that deliver the highest levels of availability,
scalability, security and manageability," said Mike Gustafson, senior vice
president of worldwide marketing for McDATA. "We look forward to continuing
to work with Microsoft and the other MSA partners to deliver architectures and
solutions to customers that enable their business applications run at their
peak performance." |
