Brocade Leadership Affirmed by End Users in New Study Conducted by TheInfoPro Independent Research Indicates Brocade Rated Highest Among SAN Switch Vendors in Overall Customer 'Fulfillment Index'
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Tue Mar 02 05:22:00 2004 EST
SAN JOSE, Calif., Mar 2, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc. (Brocade(R)) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the world's leading provider of
infrastructure solutions for Storage Area Networks (SANs), today received
leading endorsements from enterprise IT customers, according to a study
conducted by TheInfoPro, which interviewed 150 Fortune 1000 end users during
the fourth calendar quarter of 2003. This is TheInfoPro's third such study
for the storage and storage networking markets, enabling the company to
analyze and compare industry trends and vendor assessments over time.
"In six month waves TheInfoPro (TIP), www.theinfopro.net, conducts
in-depth interviews with pre-screened Storage Professionals," said Ken Male,
CEO and founder of TheInfoPro. "For the recently released Wave 3 Storage Study
we conducted 150 hour-long interviews with Fortune 1000 Storage Professionals
and 50 interviews with Small Medium Enterprises. In the interviews we capture
vendor ratings, detailed budget & spending data along with technology adoption
or avoidance on over 40 different types of storage functionality. In the Wave
3 study, 86% of the commentators from Wave 2 participated, affording unmatched
Time Series intelligence."
Brocade was rated highest overall among switch vendors on TheInfoPro's
proprietary Fulfillment Index, a composite summary of user ratings based on
product quality, solution customization, delivery on vendor promises,
technical support, and sales force quality. Brocade also received the highest
rating among switch vendors for product quality. In addition, end users rated
Brocade as "excellent" in reputation, product quality, interoperability, and
delivery on vendor promises.
"There is nothing more fulfilling than strong customer feedback and
validation," said Tom Buiocchi, Brocade Vice President of Marketing.
"TheInfoPro's survey helps us gain an unbiased view of customer requirements,
their future priorities, and overall satisfaction with our products and
programs."
About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade offers the industry's leading intelligent platform for networking
storage. The world's leading systems, applications, and storage vendors have
selected Brocade to provide a networking foundation for their SAN solutions.
The Brocade SilkWorm(R) family of fabric switches and software is designed to
optimize data availability and storage and server resources in the enterprise.
Using Brocade solutions, companies can simplify the implementation of storage
area networks, reduce the total cost of ownership of data storage
environments, and improve network and application efficiency. For more
information, visit the Brocade website at www.brocade.com or contact the
company at info@brocade.com.
NOTE: Brocade, the Brocade B weave logo, Secure Fabric OS, and SilkWorm
are registered trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the
United States and/or in other countries. FICON is a registered trademark of
IBM Corporation in the U.S. and 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.
SOURCE Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Media Relations, Lee Davis, +1-408-333-5177, or
ldavis@brocade.com, or Investor Relations, Shirley Stacy, +1-408-333-5752, or
sstacy@brocade.com, both of Brocade; or Wendy Lewis of FS Communications,
+1-650-691-1488, or wendy@fscomm.com, for Brocade
brocade.com
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