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MTI Technology Corp. and Brocade Announce OEM Partnership For Next Generation SAN Solutions
- Brocade SilkWorm Fabric Switches Will Provide SAN Foundation For New MTI Enterprise Solutions -
ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct 18, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- MTI Technology Corp. (Nasdaq: MTIC chart, msgs), a leading provider of enterprise SAN and NAS storage solutions, and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade(R)) (Nasdaq: BRCD chart, msgs), the leading provider of Storage Area Networking infrastructure, today announced a strategic OEM partnership between the two companies for the next generation of MTI Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions.
MTI will incorporate Brocade-branded SilkWorm(R) 2040 and 2800 Fibre Channel fabric switches for new SAN-friendly high performance, reliable and scalable storage solutions for enterprise-wide use. MTI expects to ship its first Brocade-based, SAN solutions within the next few months.
Brocade Fibre Channel fabric switches provide the world's leading networking foundation for SANs. Using Brocade SilkWorm switches, customers can connect servers with storage devices through a storage area network, creating a highly reliable and scalable environment for storage applications. MTI's Vivant solutions meet customers' most critical information management needs, providing rapid, reliable access to stored data, compatibility with multiple operating systems and applications, tools to manage ever increasing amounts of stored data and 24-hour on-site service. MTI's customers require continuous access to their online information. Combining Brocade products with the Vivant solutions improves SAN connectivity.
"As an innovator in data storage and data management solutions, MTI is pleased to offer the reliability and availability of Brocade-based SANs to our customers worldwide. Our decision to incorporate Brocade as a networking infrastructure for our next-generation storage solutions reflects our commitment to delivering the broadest connectivity for today's enterprise," stated Tom Raimondi, president and CEO of MTI. "The combination of MTI Vivant solutions and Brocade SAN infrastructure provides an ideal environment for all ranges of storage applications. This ranges from departmental business applications, such as e-mail, to highly available Internet applications, including databases, CRM and MRP."
"Brocade is pleased to partner with MTI to further expand the options for customers of open, heterogeneous SANs," said Jack Cuthbert, Brocade vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "By bringing a networking model to storage, Brocade, together with its leading partners, will enable companies to significantly reduce the total cost of storage ownership, consolidate servers and storage, and deliver advanced storage management applications, such as LAN-free backup and remote data replication, in a highly available environment."
About MTI Technology Corporation
MTI's mission is to provide Continuous Access to Online Information(SM) through fault-tolerant, cross-platform data storage servers for the enterprise. MTI develops, manufactures, sells and services data server solutions for Global 2000 companies on a worldwide basis. Headquartered in Anaheim, Calif., the company offers services and support from more than 40 offices in the U.S. and Europe and complies with ISO 9001 quality system standards. For more information about MTI, please visit the company's website at: www.mti.com.
About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD chart, msgs) is the leading provider of Storage Area Networking infrastructure. The Brocade SilkWorm(R) family of Fibre Channel switches and software is designed to optimize data availability in the storage enterprise. Using Brocade solutions, companies can simplify the implementation of Storage Area Networks (SANs), reduce the total cost of ownership of data storage environments, and improve network and application efficiency and performance.
For more information, visit the Brocade website at www.Brocade.com or contact the company at info@Brocade.com.
This press release includes forward-looking statements, including statements regarding MTI's products and anticipated product release dates, which are subject to change. The actual results may differ materially from those described in any forward-looking statement. In particular, product releases may be delayed and there can be no assurance that once released, such products will achieve market acceptance. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ are set forth in MTI's periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission including its Form 10-K for the year ended April 1, 2000.
Brocade, SilkWorm, SilkWorm Express, Extended Fabrics, Fabric Aware, Fabric Integrator, Fabric OS, Fabric Watch, Fabric Weaver, and QuickLoop are trademarks or registered trademarks 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.
Source: MTI Technology Corp.
Contact:
Investor Relations, Frank Yoshino, Treasurer of MTI Technology
Corp., 714-693-2775, fyoshino@mti.com; or Public Relations, Natalie J. Mock,
Account Manager of ContentOne: Marketing and Public Relations, 760-479-1380
ext. 102, natalie@contentone.com, for MTI Technology Corp.; or Kelley
MacMaster, Media Relations, 408-501-8777, kmac@brocade.com, or Bill Murphy,
Investor Relations, 408-487-8022, investor-relations@brocade.com, both of
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.; or Timothy Johnson of Voce
Communications, 650-322-5575, tjohnson@vocepr.com, for Brocade
URL: brocade.com
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