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To: trendmastr who wrote (929)	12/15/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: Erik Lundby	Respond to of 4808

BROCADE Technology Executive Selected to Lead Fibre Channel Standards Committee Kumar Malavalli Named as Chairman of NCITS Standards Committee T11 as BROCADE Furthers Open Standards Development SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- BROCADE(R) Communications Systems, Inc., the leading supplier of Fibre Channel Fabric switches for Storage Area Networking (SAN) announced today that Kumar Malavalli, Vice President of Technology at BROCADE, has been named chairman of one of the most influential standards committees for Fibre Channel technology. Appointed on December 1, 1998, Mr. Malavalli chairs the Technical Committee T11, part of the National Committee for Information Technology Standards (NCITS). The T11 committee is responsible for standards development for interfaces and topology which are crucial to high-performance connectivity in scalable Storage Area Networks. T11 produces interface standards for IPI (Intelligent Peripheral Interfaces), HIPPI (High Performance Parallel Interface) and FC (Fibre Channel) technology. T11 is part of NCITS, whose mission is to produce market-driven, voluntary consensus standards in the areas of multimedia, intercommunication among computing devices and information systems, storage media, databases, security and programming languages. "The technical standards development activity within NCITS T11 on Fibre Channel Standards is one of the most successful committee efforts within NCITS," said Karen Higginbottom, Chair of NCITS and a Hewlett-Packard representative. "The T11 committee leads the Fibre Channel standardization effort both nationally and internationally and we welcome Kumar to this important role as chairman." "I'm delighted to bring my expertise as a pioneer in Fibre Channel technology to this standards committee," said Kumar Malavalli, Vice President of Technology at BROCADE. "The NCITS and its technical committees play a crucial role in the advancement of open standards such as Fibre Channel, which is the foundation for both Fabric switches and Storage Area Networks." For more information contact NCITS at www.ncits.org or the T11 committee at www.t11.org. About BROCADE Communications Systems, Inc. BROCADE is the leading supplier of Fibre Channel fabric solutions, which provide the intelligent backbone for Storage Area Networks (SANs). According to International Data Corporation, BROCADE supplies 84 percent of the Fibre Channel switches in use at corporate data centers worldwide. BROCADE manufactures and markets the SilkWorm(R) family of Fibre Channel switches and SAN management software to optimize data availability in the storage 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 and performance. Founded in 1995, BROCADE is a privately held company. The company's headquarters is at 1901 Guadalupe Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131. Visit BROCADE at brocade.com, or contact the company at info@brocade.com. NOTE: BROCADE and SilkWorm are registered trademarks and SilkWorm Express is a trademark of BROCADE Communications Systems Incorporated, 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 BROCADE Communications Systems, Inc. /CONTACT: Jennifer Hart of Trainer Public Relations, 415-440-2208, or jennifer@trainerpr.com/ /Web site: brocade.com