Brocade Leads Discussion on Energy Efficiency and Mainframe Best Practices at SHARE San Diego


SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 13 / -- Brocade® (NASDAQ:BRCD), the leader in networked storage solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, will have a team of mainframe experts on hand at this week's SHARE San Diego conference. The line up of Brocade speakers will pull from the company's years of proven experience in mainframe technology design to provide attending IT Professionals with best practices and new approaches to meet growing business data requirements.

SHARE allows IT professionals an opportunity to openly discuss current issues and develop solutions in a collaborative environment. The forum offers relevant session content created and delivered by peers and technology leaders like Brocade. With a diverse collection of IT professionals from both Industry and Education, and multi-faceted technology suppliers -- attendees can proactively take ideas to the next level through unrestricted interaction between both peers and suppliers.

  Brocade Sessions at SHARE San Diego include:

Event: SHARE, San Diego, Calif., August 12-17, 2007
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

Speaker: Howard Johnson, Software Architect, Brocade
Session: The IBM System z9 and Virtualized Storage
Time: 9:30 a.m., PST, Monday, August 13, 2007
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Cunningham C

Speaker: Steve Guendert, Principal Engineer, Technical Marketing, and
David Lytle, System z Technologies and Solutions, Brocade
Session: Advanced FICON Networks: Cascading, Intermix, ESCON/FICON
Co-Existence
Time: 3 p.m., PST, Monday, August 13, 2007
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Cunningham C

Speaker: Brian Larsen, Sr. Product Marketing Mgr., Enterprise Solutions,
Brocade
Session: Storage and Datacenter Extension Networking
Time: 4:30 p.m., PST, Monday, August 13, 2007
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Cunningham C

Speaker: Tom Clark, Principal Engineer, Technical Marketing, Brocade
Session: Going Green: Save Money and the Earth by Lowering Data Center
Power Consumption
Time: 1:30 p.m., PST, Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Cunningham C

Speaker: David Lytle, System z Technologies and Solutions, Brocade
Session: SAN Concepts, Terms and Issues
Time: 8 a.m., PST, Thursday, August 16, 2007
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Betsy A&B


About Brocade
Brocade is the leading provider of networked storage solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at www.brocade.com/ or contact the company at info@brocade.com.

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