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BROOMFIELD, Colo. - November 18, 2002 -
the worldwide leader in open, ultra-high availability
storage networking solutions, today announced
that it will demonstrate an FCIP blade technology
within its Intrepidâ Director at Comdex Fall
2002, in Las Vegas, Nov. 18-22. This demonstration
marks the first time in which FCIP, Fibre Channel
and FICON data traffic will be carried by a
Director-class storage networking product.
“McDATA is continuing to extend its leadership
in the storage networking industry by demonstrating
the protocol-independent architecture of its
Intrepid Directors. Customers want choice and
flexibility, and delivering to them a solution
that adapts to changing business and technology
requirements is a core McDATA commitment,”
said Mike Gustafson, senior vice president of
worldwide marketing at McDATA.
FCIP allows customers to implement more effective
disaster recovery plans by connecting remote
data centers up to thousands of miles apart.
Customers may also use FCIP over cost-effective
WAN or MAN telecommunications services to link
remote SANs for business continuance services.
McDATA’s multi-protocol demonstration
illustrates the lower costs, increased performance,
and improved manageability that will result
from the integration of FCIP capabilities and
other multiprotocol services into McDATA’s
Director platforms.
McDATA will also be demonstrating the following
in booth 2920 at Comdex:
- Interoperability between McDATA’s Intrepid
6000 Series Directors and Brocade’s fibre
channel switches;
- The latest features of SANtegrity, McDATA’s
security suite;
- McDATA’s recently introduced products,
the Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch and
Intrepid 6140 Director, both featuring McDATA’s
exclusive FlexPort Technology.
McDATAÌs entire family of storage networking
products provides the industryÌs highest levels
of flexibility, investment protection and future-ready
technology. McDATA is committed to accelerating
the migration to an intelligent infrastructure,
and by demonstrating the FCIP capability of
its Directors, McDATA once again is proving
that meeting customer requirements and delivering
industry-leading value are top priorities.
About McDATA (www.mcdata.com)
McDATA (NASDAQ: MCDTA/MCDT) is the worldwide
leader in open storage networking solutions
and provides highly available, scalable and
centrally managed storage area networks (SANs)
that address enterprise-wide storage problems.
McDATA's core-to-edge enterprise SAN solutions
improve the reliability and availability of
data to simplify SAN management and reduce the
total cost of ownership. McDATA extensively
pre-tests its solutions to provide IT organizations
with the comprehensive tools, methodologies
and support essential to robust SAN implementation.
McDATA distributes its products through its
OEMs, network of resellers and Elite Solution
Partners. McDATA and the McDATA logo are registered
trademarks of McDATA Corporation..
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