Brocade's data center to use CommScope

RICHARDSON, US: CommScope, Inc has provided critical technology for Brocade’s new world-class data center and corporate campus in San Jose, California, including technology from CommScope’s portfolio of structured fiber and copper cabling as well as in-building wireless solutions to provide a reliable, high-performance backbone for bandwidth-intensive network communications.

A press release adds that CommScope’s wired and wireless solutions will play a key role in enterprise operations, enabling next-generation connectivity and network communication in Brocade’s data center as well as across the entire campus, including research and development labs. CommScope has helped Brocade achieve its goal of creating a data center that represents excellence in scalability, flexibility, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.

“With this next-generation data center, powered by a CommScope network infrastructure, Brocade is leading the industry in efficiency, scalability and flexibility. We are happy to have the opportunity to support this industry pioneer,” said Peter Karlsson, senior vice president, Global Enterprise Sales, CommScope.

“CommScope’s infrastructure solutions give Brocade non-stop networking, one of the key tenets of our Brocade One unified network architecture,” said Michael Hirahara, vice president, Global Real Estate, Facilities and Services, Brocade. “CommScope has helped Brocade achieve its goal of creating a data center that represents excellence in flexibility, sustainable design and technology innovation.”

Brocade consolidated three San Jose-area data centers into its new 5,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, decreasing the physical footprint requirement by 30 percent and decreasing its data center energy consumption by 37 percent. With standardized management of cooling, power management and space management, the data center is designed to significantly reduce operating expenses and deliver long-term cost savings