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Date: 27th June 2005
Title: Transmode Receives Brocade Fabric Aware Status For End-To-End Storage
Networking Interoperability
Transmode
TS-1100 Demonstrates Interoperability in Heterogeneous Brocade-Based Storage
Area Network Environments
Transmode announced today that the TS-1100 C/DWDM platform has been verified
by Brocade as interoperable with Brocade-based Storage Area Networking
(SAN) infrastructure, according to the testing requirements of the Brocade
Fabric Aware Program, an end-to-end interoperability initiative for SANs.
The program is a comprehensive testing and configuration initiative designed
to foster SAN interoperability in multi-vendor Brocade-based SAN environments.
Testing was conducted at the Brocade interoperability labs, which are
state-of-the-art facilities supporting end-to-end interoperability and
performance testing of SAN products in multi-vendor and large fabric SAN
environments. The Brocade Fabric Aware Program has added more than fifty
members since its launch in 2000. In addition, as part of its investment
in SAN interoperability, Brocade actively supports its members' interoperability
initiatives.
"Certification with Brocade is an important step in our expansion
into the SAN market and further enhances our solutions for these applications,"
said Magnus Öberg, Transmode's Chief Technology Officer. "Storage
area networking is a rapidly growing market and contributes considerably
to our overall sales, so we are pleased to have passed this certification,
as are our customers."
The TS-1100 platform is a cost-optimised, "plug-and-forget"
WDM solution that is ideally suited to Enterprises and other direct users
deploying their own networks over leased fibre. Furthermore, the low cost,
operational simplicity, broad service support and pay-as-you-grow architecture
of the TS-1100 means it is equally well suited to Network Operators and
Service Providers deploying Carrier Managed Services to this same group
of users.
"We
are pleased that Transmode has successfully completed the Fabric Aware
testing with Brocade fabric switches in multi-vendor SAN environments,"
said Jay Kidd, Brocade CTO, Infrastructure Systems Group. "Storage
area networks are being deployed worldwide at a rapid rate as a scalable,
high performance networking foundation for storage environments. The Fabric
Aware program is an example of our continued commitment to delivering
end-to-end interoperability to SAN customers."
About
the Brocade Fabric Aware Program
The Brocade Fabric Aware program is a comprehensive testing and configuration
initiative designed to foster end-to-end SAN interoperability. As part
of the program, testing is conducted in SAN configurations that comprise
a heterogeneous mix of servers, storage subsystems, Brocade fabric switches,
SAN management and enterprise applications, and other SAN technologies.
Brocade has created an interoperability lab comprising a heterogeneous
SAN fabric, in which the company tests and validates partner equipment
in specific configurations. Vendors receive Brocade Fabric Aware qualification
after completing tests to confirm that vendors' products meet interoperability
guidelines. For more information, visit www.brocade.com/partners/fabric_aware_program.jhtml.
About
Transmode:
Transmode is a Pioneer in Optical Networking. Innovations such intelligent
WDM (iWDM), which dramatically lowers operational cost, and unamplified
DWDM, which reduces network CAPEX and complexity, have contributed to
success at a global level, with a customer base of more than 100 network
operators, service providers, enterprises and public institutions across
Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Transmode is the only company with the full spectrum of Optical Networking
solutions based on WDM, designed to cater for the needs of Network Operators
and Enterprises alike without compromising on functionality or cost-efficiency.
Transmode's product portfolio addresses Optical Networking requirements
from regional networks, through metro core and access networks, all the
way down to the customer premises.
For more information about Transmode, please visit http://www.transmode.com
For further information please contact:
Michael Crossey
VP Marketing & Business Development
Transmode Systems AB
michael.crossey@transmode.se
Tel: +44 7734 318210
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