BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/11/13 -- Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced that it is an official member of the Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Network and that it will be exhibiting at this week's Red Hat Summit 2013, the premier open source technology event to showcase the latest in cloud computing, platform, virtualization, middleware, storage and systems management technologies.

WHAT:
At the summit, Brocade will showcase its recently announced Brocade® VCS® fabric plugin that delivers powerful on-demand fabric provisioning and SDN capabilities in OpenStack-based cloud environments. Additionally, Brocade will discuss its leadership on the OpenStack Fibre Channel storage area networking (FC-SAN) initiative and provide demonstrations of its OpenStack solutions, including:

  • Demo: Orchestration of Brocade VCS fabrics using OpenStack
  • Demo: Load balancing as a service with Brocade ADX® solutions using OpenStack

WHY:
The On-Demand Data Center™ strategy from Brocade represents an evolutionary shift as networks become increasingly virtualized. With an infrastructure that combines both physical and virtual networking elements, orchestration is a key component that enables customers to provision the capacity -- compute, network, storage and services -- required to deliver high-value applications faster and easier compared to legacy data center networks.

WHEN:
 Red Hat Summit is June 11 - 14, 2013.

WHERE:
 Booth 18 OS in the OpenStack Partner Pavilion.
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, MA

ATTEND:
 To register for the event, visit www.redhat.com/summit/.

Follow the @BRCDComm conversation and the official event hash tag: #RHSummit.

ABOUT BROCADE
 Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) networking solutions help the world's leading organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. (www.brocade.com)

ADX, AnyIO, Brocade, Brocade Assurance, the B-wing symbol, DCX, Fabric OS, ICX, MLX, MyBrocade, OpenScript, VCS, VDX, and Vyatta are registered trademarks, and HyperEdge, The Effortless Network, and The On-Demand Data Center are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. Other brands, products, or service names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.

© 2013 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6/13

CONTACTS

Brocade Media Relations
Matt Wolpin
Tel: 408.333.4129
mwolpin@brocade.com

Brocade Investor Relations
Robert Eggers
Tel: 408.333.8797
reggers@brocade.com

Source: Brocade

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