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Brocade to buy Foundry Networks
News Brocade has announced plans to acquire Foundry Networks, in a deal valued at approximately $3bn (£1.5bn). Under the agreement, Brocade will pay a combination of $18.50 of cash plus 0.0907 shares of Brocade common stock in exchange for each share of...
[July 22, 2008, 8:52]
Brocade moves into HBA market
News Network storage specialist Brocade announced figures on Friday showing a doubling of revenue, largely thanks to its merger last year with storage switch specialist McData, and said that it will expand into the host bus adapter (HBA) and...
[June 4, 2007, 17:02]
Brocade turns its back on bad times
News After a bumpy year, Brocade has turned in a good set of figures for the past financial quarter that should reassure its customers and shareholders. This comes less than a year after Brocade put aside $7m (£3.5m) for a proposed settlement with the...
[February 27, 2007, 13:22]
Brocade completes McData merger and cuts jobs
News Networking storage firm Brocade completed the acquisition of McData on Monday and released its plans for the integration of the two companies. On Tuesday morning Brocade boasted of a massive cash reserve after the shares-only acquisition of its...
[January 31, 2007, 15:14]
Brocade to acquire McData in $713m deal
News Brocade Communications Systems announced on Tuesday that it plans to buy switch maker McData in a stock deal valued at $713m. Brocade's planned acquisition marks further consolidation in the storage area networking (SAN) market, and it comes as...
[August 9, 2006, 17:10]
Brocade extends healthy storage
News Brocade has expanded its range of storage maintenance services and products to help system administrators optimise SANs. Announced in the UK on Thursday, the additions to Brocade's SAN (storage area network) Health Family include the SAN Health...
[November 9, 2006, 16:24]
Brocade will shed 10 percent of staff
News Storage Area Network (SAN) hardware maker Brocade has cut nine percent of its work force, the company said on Thursday, making it the latest tech company to wield the axe. Brocade's layoffs were announced the same day that handset maker Nokia said...
[April 11, 2003, 9:28]
Dell and Brocade forge closer alliance
News Dell announced on Wednesday that it is tightening its sales and marketing partnership with networking infrastructure company Brocade. We are extending our Brocade relationship beyond storage into the broader datacentre, offering customers...
[September 3, 2009, 16:40]
Brocade: Faster and greener than the competition?
News At Storage Expo 2007, Tom Buiocchi, Brocade's worldwide vice president of marketing, tells ZDNet.co.uk's Colin Barker about how his company's 48000 Director for storage area networks has been upgraded to perform at 8Gbps — allegedly giving twice...
[October 19, 2007, 19:09]
IBM switches on storage deal with Brocade
News IBM and Brocade have teamed to add another way for Big Blue's blade servers to access network data storage. IBM said on Tuesday that Brocade Communications Systems will soon begin offering two Fibre Channel switches -- one for small businesses and...
[May 12, 2004, 16:05]
IBM-Brocade deal steps up Cisco rivalry
News IBM is expected to announce on Tuesday that it plans to resell Ethernet switching equipment from Brocade, a much smaller rival to Cisco. Under the agreement, IBM will rebrand and sell Brocade's enterprise IP networking equipment as its own through...
[April 28, 2009, 16:47]
Former Brocade execs face stock options charges
News In a case with far-reaching implications for Silicon Valley, former top executives of Brocade Communications Systems are facing civil and criminal charges relating to allegations of stock option backdating.
[July 21, 2006, 8:35]
The Day Ahead: Kumar versus Brocade
News On 14 June, Kumar noted that a joint development deal with Cisco Systems left Brocade vulnerable. With shares of Brocade Communications trading near 52-week highs amid stellar third quarter results, Kumar hasn't been able to find anything nice to...
[August 22, 2000, 11:59]
Tech vendors line up for Green Grid
News Brocade, Novell and Copan have joined the grid this week, joining other global vendors including IBM, Intel, AMD, Sun, Dell and HP. Tom Buiocchi, vice president for marketing at Brocade, the market leader in networked storage solutions, said that...
[April 12, 2007, 16:18]
Tech companies submit crypto standard to Oasis
News The group, which includes IBM, Seagate, HP, EMC, Thales, LSI and Brocade, announced the submission of the specification to the open standards body on Thursday. We applaud Brocade, HP, IBM, LSI, RSA, Seagate and Thales for choosing to advance KMIP...
[February 13, 2009, 12:38]
IT giants form open source storage group
News The group, dubbed Aperi, also will include Brocade Communication Systems, Computer Associates, Engenio Information Technologies, Fujitsu, McData and Sun. IBM, Cisco, Network Appliance, Computer Associates and Brocade are also members of SNIA, but...
[October 26, 2005, 9:00]
HP fills in the storage gaps
News The company also claimed to be the first to bring new low cost Brocade switches to market. HP also announced it is shipping two new low-cost 2G Fibre Channel switches from Brocade. Alongside its virtualisation product, Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday...
[March 6, 2002, 15:08]
Proliant blades lead HP charge
News The headline product announcements included a four-way Proliant blade server claimed as the world's first and new models in the company's AlphaServer range; and the company's partnerships with SAN leader Brocade and Microsoft got new strength.
[January 20, 2003, 15:01]
Dell, Juniper hook up in networking alliance
News As part of the agreement, Dell will resell networking gear from Juniper Networks, following on from a similar deal with Brocade, which was expanded in September. It plans to rebrand Juniper routers, switches and services gateways under its...
[October 29, 2009, 8:53]
Fujitsu expands in Northern Ireland
News Meanwhile, another IT supplier is expanding: Brocade is creating a new centre in Bangalore. According to Brocade's chief executive, Mike Klayko, the new centre "marks a significant milestone in the global growth of Brocade", and the centre will...
[August 2, 2007, 13:54]
