Brocade's Ethernet fabric push; invests $100mn in APAC

SINGAPORE: Networking solutions vendor Brocade announced a number of investments, including a $100 million evaluation programme for Asia Pacific region to deploy Ethernet fabrics to build virtualized data centres.

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Brocade believes that the IT trends driving transformation in this region make it prime to adopt this fundamental technology to migrate to private, public and hybrid cloud computing architectures.

Ethernet fabric is a new category of networking technology that is purpose-built for virtualization and cloud-optimized data centres. Brocade's Ethernet fabric solution is powered by Brocade VCS technology and available through the Brocade VDX 6720 data centre switch.

"Brocade intends to compete aggressively for the virtualization and cloud computing business in Asia Pacific because this region is so important to our company's long-term growth strategy," said Mike Klayko, CEO, Brocade. "We believe we have a highly differentiated offering in the Ethernet fabric space that is based on a 15-year heritage of technical innovation and experience in building the world's most mission-critical data center networks."