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Cisco UCS â?? Undisputed Computing Success

...new market. Indeed it was only after Brocade’s 2007 acquisition of McData and when Cisco started to focus on FCoE that Brocade regained their... Read more

19 March, 2012

2012 Predictions: VCE FastPath, VI SAN Probe & Hadoop

Yearly prediction blogs are so clichéd hence why I’ve always tried to avoid writing one. Despite this I’ve always... Read more

8 February, 2012

Brocade completes McData merger and cuts jobs

Networking storage firm Brocade completed the acquisition of McData on Monday and released its plans for the integration of the two... Read more

31 January, 2007 by Colin Barker

Brocade to acquire McData in $713m deal

...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... Read more

9 August, 2006 by Dawn Kawamoto

Brocade moves into HBA market

...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... Read more

4 June, 2007 by Colin Barker

Brocade turns its back on bad times

...in profits and turnover. While the full effect of the acquisition of McData, which was completed in January 2007, has yet to be felt, Brocade... Read more

27 February, 2007 by Colin Barker

IT giants form open source storage group

...also will include Brocade Communication Systems, Computer Associates, Engenio Information Technologies, Fujitsu, McData and Sun. "Today's news is significant," said Jim Stallings, IBM vice... Read more

26 October, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Dell trying to regain lost blade ground

...1855 blade servers can now connect to two network switches made by McData. Pricing for a single switch starts at $8,639 (£4,908) and... Read more

15 July, 2005 by Michael Singer

The Day Ahead: Summer siesta for IPOs

...a couple of IPO stars, but they were rare. Enterprise storage company McData, a spin-off from EMC was the one of the standouts, with... Read more

21 August, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Brocade extends healthy storage

More SAN Health products aim to help customers find out what's really ailing that storage network Read more

9 November, 2006 by Colin Barker

McData and Brocade in patent bust-up

It's our technology and you've nicked it, McData tells rival McData, the storage software maker, is suing its rival Brocade... Read more

27 February, 2002 by Pia Heikkila

McData CEO: Outsourced back-up just got easier

...That's the view of John Kelley, CEO of storage switch vendor McData, which is touting storage area networks (SANs) that connect from afar using... Read more

20 November, 2003 by Tony Hallett

The Bloor Perspective: Ganging up on Microsoft, corporate honesty and a painful storage spat

...and win - what CA tells us about accounting in high-tech, and McData-Brocade fisticuffs... As the Lindows saga starts to build momentum, it appears... Read more

25 February, 2002 by Bloor Research

Orange: Squeezing the most out of SANs

...Clariion arrays, connected into Storage Area Networks (SANs) by a number of McData director-class switches. But Orange's approach to storage hasn't always... Read more

24 October, 2003 by Andrew Donoghue

Storage stats suggest Cisco is making progress

...very seriously as a competitor, we believe that the recent acquisition of McData and our ability to offer the market's broadest, deepest portfolio of... Read more

22 March, 2007 by David Meyer

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

3 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

14 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

15 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry