Stories about: McData

At 104 kilos, the Brocade DCX Backbone would be on the lighter end of middle linebackers in the NFL, but it's well-built to fill the middle of a storage network. Unveiled in late January, the DCX represents the first deliverable of Brocade's DCF (Data Center Fabric), the company's newly designed architecture that promises a more flexible, easier-to-manage, policy-driven network, one that embraces multiple connectivity protocols and is better able to respond to applications' demands and to support new technologies such as server virtualization.

In 2007,we designated more than 90 start-ups as worth watching. After a second look, we picked these 10 as offering what matters most in the enterprise -- agility, seamless integration and pervasive connectivity.

Start-up Woven Systems this week is expected to launch its 10G Ethernet data centre switch -- a box the company says one-ups the switching power of Cisco, Force10 Networks and Foundy Network 10G gear and matches the low-latency performance of Fibre Channel and Infiniband with lower-cost Ethernet technology.

A new storage company, IntelliPath, has evolved out of the detritus of products from Brocade's US$973 million buyout of rival storage switch maker McData.

Executives of Brocade Communications Systems say their acquisition strategy has given the company access to an estimated US$7.2 billion market in 2008 for its storage hardware, software and services technology, four times the market it serves today.

Brocade Communications has announced plans to incorporate 10Gbps Ethernet and iSCSI technology into its Fibre Channel switches.

Brocade on Thursday unveiled a Fibre Channel switch and enhancements to its storage-area network (SAN) assessment software that are interoperable in McData environments.

Dawn broke over Diamondhead on Oahu as I shrugged off my jetlag and drove to the Advanced Network Computing Lab at the University of Hawaii. It was a beautiful Saturday morning, but there was to be no lying on the beach today. By the time 6 p.m. rolled around, Brian Chee and I had uncrated half a dozen huge shipping containers; eaten more than our share of sushi; installed three out of four blade chassis; broken four drill bits, one window pane, and a coffee press; and Brian's eyebrow had finally stopped bleeding from a brief but violent altercation with the business end of L6-20 plug.

Storage network equipment company Brocade Communications Systems has revised its catalog to add products and services from its just completed acquisition of McData.

A reader writes in to ask: "Symantec just reported disappointing results and blamed the Veritas integration as the problem. Is this an isolated event or do these problems happen to everyone in this situation?"

Storage network equipment maker Brocade Communications Systems has acquired Silverback Systems for its network acceleration processor technology.