WHITE PAPER: While 802.11n wireless networks let enterprises create a seamless working environment by combining the mobility of wireless with the performance of wired networks, the best ways for deploying 802.11n—while minimizing acquisition and operational costs—may still be unclear. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 | Published: 05 Oct 2010

EBOOK: Virtualization, the convergence of data and storage networks, and the evolution of how and where people work are all changing the way the data center should be designed. This e-book examines the issues and offers strategies for developing a data center network that will stand the test of time and emerging technology.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 04 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Fibre Channel over Ethernet is extending the reliability benefits and service of Fibre Channels to LANs and other Ethernet networks. Learn how this approach enables flexible, scalable, and simplified data center fabrics that support increasingly powerful applications and growing amounts of data.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: While virtualization offers many significant technical and business benefits, it comes with some formidable IT management challenges. Discover the three best practices that IT leaders are following to ensure they get the most value from this dynamic, flexible, and application-centric technology.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: While many companies understand the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing, they struggle to prepare their data center for such a transition. Discover how to avoid a “rip-and-replace” approach by utilizing a phased network architecture upgrade that helps control risk and costs.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 11 Jun 2010

EBOOK: Network convergence has turned hospitals into dense networks of sophisticated, computerized medical gear. Take the network away and you’d be left with a lot of dumb devices that cannot perform the lifesaving functions for which they were designed.

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 | Published: 24 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: The multi-service, mission-critical, business-enabling campus LAN needs consistent features and service reliability from edge to core. Talk to Brocade and find out how to deploy an extraordinary network for the entire enterprise-converged campus to consolidated data center.

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 | Published: 09 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this whitepaper, we analyze Brocade’s carrier Ethernet offering and ability to address and solve the challenges posed by CSP migration strategies and network infrastructure requirements.

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: By understanding the unique management challenges of virtualized environments and leveraging innovative solutions to meet those challenges, you will be able to help your organization reap the wide range of business benefits that virtualization can deliver.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the fundamentals of Carrier Ethernet and examines how service profiles and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) can be defined in Carrier Ethernet.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Many services, such as mobile Internet and mobile TV, require high bandwidth, and current backhaul infrastructures are not optimized to handle this traffic. Advanced routers and switches from Brocade enable highly scalable designs for the eventual convergence of voice and data infrastructure that can deliver new multimedia services.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

PRODUCT LITERATURE: Brocade® Mobility enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) solutions, featuring support for 802.11n-based wireless networking, can help organizations efficiently meet these requirements while increasing their business agility and building value-driven edge networks.

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 | Published: 04 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: This guide describes best practices for incorporating cabling in a typical data center, plus tips for selecting cabling components and information on data transmission media.

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: The Brocade® Data Center Fabric (DCF) architecture provides a flexible framework for designing, building, and transforming enterprise data centers into strategic assets.

Posted: 07 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: The remote office/branch office (ROBO) is now a main part of many organizations' storage initiatives. This eGuide, featuring articles from Storage magazine, outlines the issues of protecting ROBO data and provides insight and strategies for...

Posted: 04 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

ASSESSMENT TOOL: Which director draws less power, the Brocade 48000 or the Cisco MDS 9513? Calculate environmental characteristics (AC power draw, heat generated), as well as port and bandwidth performance for the directors based on the number of blades present

Posted: 16 May 2007 | Published: 16 May 2007

WHITE PAPER: Hands-on lab testing of Fibre Channel directors including measurements by an independent electrician. Learn how power savings can leave more watts and amps available per rack and per floor tile for bladed servers and storage.

Posted: 15 May 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

SOFTWARE DEMO: Brocade experts demonstrate some key functionality and benefits of StorageX.

Posted: 19 Apr 2007 | Premiered: 19 Apr 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how IT organizations can leverage the benefits of this SAN director to maximize performance, flexibility, and data availability in mission-critical environments.

Posted: 13 Mar 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

PRODUCT LITERATURE: The Brocade 5000 is the industry's highest-performing midrange switch and the first common platform to provide non-disruptive and seamless expansion of existing SAN fabrics.

Posted: 22 Feb 2007 | Published: 22 Feb 2007

WHITE PAPER: The Alliance Partner Network (APN) was created to help you overcome challenges like reducing costs, satisfying business compliance requirements and more. Join APN to receive comprehensive training and services that assist you with Brocade solutions.

Posted: 22 Feb 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2007