Ravi Saxena has been appointed regional director, Service Provider business, Asia Pacific wef January 2011
Work experience: VP, Service Provider Business Development, Cisco Systems, India
Posts Tagged ‘brocade’
Brocade – Corporate moves
January 31st, 2011 |
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Brocade – Corporate moves
January 19th, 2011 |
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Edgar Dias has been appointed regional director, Enterprise Business, Asia Pacific wef January 2011
Work experience: Sales director, Juniper Networks; 10 years with Nortel Networks
Brocade Cloud-Optimized Ethernet Switches Designed to Flatten Networks
November 15th, 2010 |
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Brocade launched a new line of VCS (Virtual Cluster Switching) Ethernet switches that lets users provide network flexibility for virtual machines in a flat data center. – Brocade Communication Systems unveiled a family of 10
Gigabit Ethernet switches intended to quot;flatten quot; the data center, the
company said on Nov. 15.
Intended for virtualized and cloud-optimized data
centers, the new Brocade VDX family will simplify the network infrastructure
and incr…
Brocade, Blue Coat Develop Tool to Monitor Network Health
October 15th, 2010 |
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Based on Brocade’s ServerIron ADX application delivery controllers and Blue Coat’s CacheFlow 5000 appliances, the system proactively monitors bandwidth consumption and network health. – Brocade and Blue Coast Systems jointly announced an appliance to proactively
monitor the virtual health of an enterprise network on Oct. 13. The system’s
monitoring capabilities are specific to Web caching, the companies said in a
statement.
The network health monitoring product consists of Broc…
Western Digital, Brocade Face Challenges Despite Rebound: Report
October 13th, 2010 |
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A report on data storage specialists Western Digital and Brocade finds the companies face future economic challenges. – While tablet computers such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab
threaten to eat into traditional computer companies’ revenues, the data storage
device industry seems well-insulated from this, according to a study from IT
research firm The Bedford Report. The report found low-cost data storag…
Brocade – Corporate moves
September 15th, 2010 |
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K P Unnikrishnan has been appointed director of marketing, Asia Pacific effective immediately
Work experience: Regional marketing director, emerging markets, Sun Microsystems; director of marketing, alliances and teleweb sales, Sun Microsystems India
Brocade Offers ServerIron ADX 4000 ASM-4 Bundle
August 31st, 2010 |
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With the release of the ServerIron ADX 4000 ASM-4 bundle, Brocade introduces virtualization-optimized application delivery solutions for cost-conscious businesses. – Networking solutions specialist Brocade announced the availability
of application delivery hardware and software solutions specifically
designed for small and midsize businesses. The new extension to
the Brocade ServerIron ADX 4000, an entry-level chassis solution that
provides Layer 4-7 switchi…
Enterasys Takes on Cisco, Brocade, HP with Data Center Strategy
June 14th, 2010 |
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Enterasys is driving home the message of heterogeneity as it unveils its data center networking strategy, which will compete initiatives from a host of other vendors, including Cisco, Brocade, HP and Juniper. The first step in the strategy is enhancements to its S-Series data center switches, including greater automation of management tasks in physical and virtual environments. – Enterasys is unveiling a data center networking strategy that officials says differs from that of Cisco Systems and Brocade Communications in its high level of support for heterogeneous data center environments.
Enterasys, which merged with Siemens Enterprise Communications Group in 2008, on June 1…
Brocade – Corporate moves
June 14th, 2010 |
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Gina Tan has been appointed director of sales, South East Asia wef June 2010
Work experience: Head, Global Services Asia Pacific, Brocade; OEM senior sales manager, Brocade; GM, ASEAN region, SANDZ Solution
Brocade Takes On Cisco, Juniper in Converged Data Center Space
June 10th, 2010 |
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Brocade announces its converged data center strategy, dubbed Brocade One, which is designed to bring many data center operations onto the network for simplified and less costly operations. Brocade One will compete with Ciscos UCS and Junipers Project Falcon initiative. – Brocade entered into the converged data center fray against Cisco Systems
and Juniper Networks June 9 with the introduction of Brocade One, a strategy
designed to bring data center operations onto the network.
The initiative is designed to cut costs and simplify data
center operations, and inclu…
EMC Networking Strategy Includes Cisco, Brocade Partnerships
May 10th, 2010 |
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EMC officials say that a converged networking infrastructure will be key in helping businesses migrate to a private cloud computing environment. EMC’s new networking strategy includes new services and tools, as well as expanded partnerships with networking vendors Cisco and Brocade.
– BOSTON EMC is planning to roll out a host of storage networking
products and services later this year as part of its initiative in
enabling the evolution of private clouds.
At the EMC World 2010 show here May 10, EMC officials
announced a converged networking strategy aimed at data centers. The
…
Former Brocade CEO Reyes Guilty of Backdating Options, Again
March 28th, 2010 |
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Is Gregory Reyes being made Silicon Valley’s poster boy for backdating of stock options? Executives at Broadcom, McAfee and Comverse Technology have been able to evade federal criminal charges, but the defense may have been overconfident in avoiding using witnesses on Reyes’ behalf. Another appeal may be in the works after the latest guilty finding by a jury.
– Gregory Reyes, ex-CEO of
Brocade Communications and former owner of the San Jose Sharks, was found
guilty by a federal jury on March 26 of intentionally backdating stock options
for the benefit of employees and himself, according to the San Jose Mercury
News and Reuters.
Reyes, the former chie…
Brocade Offers High-Performance, Efficient Ethernet Switch
November 18th, 2009 |
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Brocade is looking to give service providers a switch that will offer the performance they want in a compact and energy-efficient form factor. The NetIron CER 2000 Series switch offers 1 Gigabit Ethernet and 10G Ethernet capabilities in a 1U form factor with almost three times the performance of a comparable Cisco switch while taking up 33 percent less space and consuming 66 percent less power, Brocade officials say.
– Brocade Communications Systems is offering service providers a new switching
router that it says brings 1 Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities
along with enhanced space and power efficiency.
Brocade’s NetIron CER 2000 Series compact switch, announced Nov. 17, offers
high perform…
Ellison: Oracle Not Interested in Brocade
October 9th, 2009 |
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison reportedly told shareholders that Oracle is not interested in buying networking vendor Brocade, which is rumored to be for sale. Oracle and HP were among the companies reportedly interested in buying Brocade. IBM, Cisco and Dell are other names that have been mentioned as possible buyers.
– Dont look to Oracle to buy networking vendor Brocade Communications Systems.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison reportedly said during the companys annual shareholders meeting Oct. 7 that the software giant has no interest in acquiring Brocade. Ellisons statement came in response to a question from a shareho…
Ellison: Oracle Not Interested in Brocade
October 9th, 2009 |
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison reportedly told shareholders that Oracle was not interested in buying networking vendor Brocade, which is rumored to be for sale. Oracle and HP were among the companies reportedly interested in buying Brocade. IBM, Cisco and Dell are other names that have been mentioned as possible buyers.
– Dont look to Oracle to buy networking vendor Brocade Communications Systems.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison reportedly said during the companys annual shareholders meeting Oct. 7 that the software giant had no interest in acquiring Brocade. Ellisons statement came in response to a question from a shareho…
Brocade Sale to HP, Oracle or Other Player Would Make Sense: Analysts
October 5th, 2009 |
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Analysts say selling networking vendor Brocade to a major player such as HP, Oracle, IBM, Cisco or Dell could make sense for the companies involved, particularly given the increasing competition around unified data center solutions, which require a networking element, according to analysts. Brocade, which reportedly has been put on the market, has terrific products but needs a better distribution channel, said one analyst. However, being bought one of the top-tier vendors could put other partnerships at risk.
– It was just more than a year ago, in July 2008, that Brocade
Communications Systems announced its $3 billion acquisition of Foundry
Networks, a move designed to give Brocade a greater unified networking
fabric offering for the data center.
Brocade had a strong history with Fibre Channel. Adding …
Brocade Puts Itself Up for Sale, Report Says
October 5th, 2009 |
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Brocade is now for sale and that both Hewlett-Packard and Oracle are interested in acquiring the network equipment maker.
– NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. network equipment maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. has put itself up for sale, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday, triggering a 14 percent jump in the company’s shares.
The paper, citing people familiar with the matter, said Oracle Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co …
IBM Expands Relationships with Cisco, Juniper and Brocade
July 22nd, 2009 |
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IBM is growing its partnerships with networking vendors Cisco, Juniper and Brocade in a move to advance its vision of a more integrated data center environment. The partnerships with Cisco, Juniper and Brocade range from OEM relationships to reseller deals. The announcement also is an indication of how IBM plans to differentiate itself from Cisco and HP in a converged data center, with IBM relying more on offering customers flexibility and strong management software.
– IBM
is expanding its partnerships with networking vendors Cisco Systems, Juniper
Networks and Brocade in a move designed to expanding the networking options for
customers.
The enhanced
partnerships, which include OEM and reseller agreements, are part of a larger
strategy called the Data Center…
IBM Expands Relationships with Cisco, Juniper and Brocade
July 22nd, 2009 |
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IBM is growing its partnerships with networking vendors Cisco, Juniper and Brocade in a move to advance its vision of a more integrated data center environment. The partnerships with Cisco, Juniper and Brocade range from OEM relationships to reseller deals. The announcement also is an indication of how IBM plans to differentiate itself from Cisco and HP in a converged data center, with IBM relying more on offering customers flexibility and strong management software.
– IBM
is expanding its partnerships with networking vendors Cisco Systems, Juniper
Networks and Brocade in a move designed to expanding the networking options for
customers.
The enhanced
partnerships, which include OEM and reseller agreements, are part of a larger
strategy called the Data Center…