The good day began with a couple of press releases that were pro Brocade:
Number 1:
Gains Market Share According to New IDC Research
Date: 5/21/01
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
(Brocade(R)) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the world's leading provider of infrastructure for
Storage Area Networks (SANs), announced today that according to new industry
research published by IDC, the company continues to extend its lead in the Fibre
Channel hub and switch market and gained market share by all measures: factory
revenue, units and port count. According to the IDC data, in 2000 Brocade
accounted for 93 percent of all fabric switch factory revenue and port shipments
and a majority of the overall SAN infrastructure market. IDC believes fabric
switch port shipments will experience a compounded annual growth rate of 69.4
percent from 2000 to 2004. In addition, IDC estimates that by 2004, fabric
switches are expected to account for more than 67 percent of all SAN
infrastructure ports shipped.
The IDC Report "2001 Worldwide Fibre Channel Hub and Switch Market Forecast and
Analysis, 1998-2004," which will be published by IDC later this month, ranks
Brocade as the number one provider of Fibre Channel fabric switches in 2000 and
2001. The report also shows the Fibre Channel switch market growing rapidly with
factory revenues forecasted to reach more than $1 billion in 2001, or 60 percent
more than 2000.
"Our data indicates that Brocade continued to gain market share since our last
report in 2000, increasing its share of the total market by all counts in a
market that is growing at a rapid rate," said IDC analyst, Eric Sheppard.
Brocade SilkWorm(R) fabric switches provide the world's leading intelligent
networking foundation for storage area networks. Using Brocade switches,
customers can connect servers with storage devices through a SAN, creating a
highly reliable, manageable, scalable, and secure environment for storage
applications. With approximately 900,000 Gigabit Fibre Channel ports shipped to
date, Brocade is the world's leading provider of SAN infrastructure worldwide,
with more than four times the installed base of its next-nearest market segment
competitor.*
"We are pleased that this new market research reflects our continued market
leadership expansion. With 93 percent of the fabric switch market, and the
majority of the overall SAN infrastructure market, Brocade is well positioned to
capitalize on our installed base as our customers expand their storage area
networks. Through the Brocade Intelligent Fabric Services Architecture, we offer
a unique value proposition to customers requiring a highly reliable, available,
and secure storage environment for their storage applications," said Jack
Cuthbert, Brocade vice president of Sales, Marketing, and Support Services.
The Brocade Intelligent Fabric Services Architecture
The Brocade Intelligent Fabric Services Architecture defines a networking
foundation to support the requirements of next-generation enterprise storage
applications, such as resource optimization through server and storage
consolidation; simplified management through storage virtualization and
centralized management; and high availability architectures such as server
clustering and data replication for disaster recovery. Together, the Brocade
SilkWorm family of fabric switches -- including the new Brocade SilkWorm 12000
modular, multi-protocol Core Fabric Switch -- and the Brocade Fabric Operating
System (Fabric OS(TM)) form the industry standard for next-generation
enterprise-class SANs. The Brocade Intelligent Fabric Services Architecture
comprises a family of multi-protocol switching platforms and an intelligent
software platform. The software platform includes intelligent fabric services
that increase performance in the storage network and enable new applications; a
comprehensive suite of security features that secure the SAN fabric from
unauthorized access; and an open fabric management interface that simplifies the
management of large SANs. A white paper describing the architecture and its
applications is available at the Brocade web site at www.brocade.com.
About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) 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 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.
*Source: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade, SilkWorm, SilkWorm Express, Extended Fabrics, Fabric Aware, Fabric
Integrator, Fabric OS, Fabric Threads, 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.
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SOURCE Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
CONTACT: Fenella Tigner, Media Relations, 408-392-6843, ftigner@brocade.com, or
Bill Murphy, Investor Relations, 408-487-8022, investor-relations@brocade.com,
both of Brocade Communications Systems; or Timothy Johnson of Voce
Communications, 650-322-5575, tjohnson@vocepr.com, for Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc./
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Number 2:
Gains Market Share According to New IDC Research
Date: 5/21/01
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
(Brocade(R)) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the world's leading provider of infrastructure for
Storage Area Networks (SANs), announced today that according to new industry
research published by IDC, the company continues to extend its lead in the Fibre
Channel hub and switch market and gained market share by all measures: factory
revenue, units and port count. According to the IDC data, in 2000 Brocade
accounted for 93 percent of all fabric switch factory revenue and port shipments
and a majority of the overall SAN infrastructure market. IDC believes fabric
switch port shipments will experience a compounded annual growth rate of 69.4
percent from 2000 to 2004. In addition, IDC estimates that by 2004, fabric
switches are expected to account for more than 67 percent of all SAN
infrastructure ports shipped.
The IDC Report "2001 Worldwide Fibre Channel Hub and Switch Market Forecast and
Analysis, 1998-2004," which will be published by IDC later this month, ranks
Brocade as the number one provider of Fibre Channel fabric switches in 2000 and
2001. The report also shows the Fibre Channel switch market growing rapidly with
factory revenues forecasted to reach more than $1 billion in 2001, or 60 percent
more than 2000.
"Our data indicates that Brocade continued to gain market share since our last
report in 2000, increasing its share of the total market by all counts in a
market that is growing at a rapid rate," said IDC analyst, Eric Sheppard.
Brocade SilkWorm(R) fabric switches provide the world's leading intelligent
networking foundation for storage area networks. Using Brocade switches,
customers can connect servers with storage devices through a SAN, creating a
highly reliable, manageable, scalable, and secure environment for storage
applications. With approximately 900,000 Gigabit Fibre Channel ports shipped to
date, Brocade is the world's leading provider of SAN infrastructure worldwide,
with more than four times the installed base of its next-nearest market segment
competitor.*
"We are pleased that this new market research reflects our continued market
leadership expansion. With 93 percent of the fabric switch market, and the
majority of the overall SAN infrastructure market, Brocade is well positioned to
capitalize on our installed base as our customers expand their storage area
networks. Through the Brocade Intelligent Fabric Services Architecture, we offer
a unique value proposition to customers requiring a highly reliable, available,
and secure storage environment for their storage applications," said Jack
Cuthbert, Brocade vice president of Sales, Marketing, and Support Services.
The Brocade Intelligent Fabric Services Architecture
The Brocade Intelligent Fabric Services Architecture defines a networking
foundation to support the requirements of next-generation enterprise storage
applications, such as resource optimization through server and storage
consolidation; simplified management through storage virtualization and
centralized management; and high availability architectures such as server
clustering and data replication for disaster recovery. Together, the Brocade
SilkWorm family of fabric switches -- including the new Brocade SilkWorm 12000
modular, multi-protocol Core Fabric Switch -- and the Brocade Fabric Operating
System (Fabric OS(TM)) form the industry standard for next-generation
enterprise-class SANs. The Brocade Intelligent Fabric Services Architecture
comprises a family of multi-protocol switching platforms and an intelligent
software platform. The software platform includes intelligent fabric services
that increase performance in the storage network and enable new applications; a
comprehensive suite of security features that secure the SAN fabric from
unauthorized access; and an open fabric management interface that simplifies the
management of large SANs. A white paper describing the architecture and its
applications is available at the Brocade web site at www.brocade.com.
About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) 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 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.
*Source: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade, SilkWorm, SilkWorm Express, Extended Fabrics, Fabric Aware, Fabric
Integrator, Fabric OS, Fabric Threads, 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.
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SOURCE Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
CONTACT: Fenella Tigner, Media Relations, 408-392-6843, ftigner@brocade.com, or
Bill Murphy, Investor Relations, 408-487-8022, investor-relations@brocade.com,
both of Brocade Communications Systems; or Timothy Johnson of Voce
Communications, 650-322-5575, tjohnson@vocepr.com, for Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc./
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