Brocade Communications Systems Brocade Serveiron 1000 - Manual (Page 4)

Q When do these products become generally available?
A The ADX series became generally available on July 1, 2009 through Brocade Distributors
and Resellers. The ADX release 12.2, the ADX 1008-1, ADX capacity-on-demand
upgrade activation, and the Application Resource Broker will be generally available at the
beginning of the second half of 2010.
Marketplace
Q Why is Brocade in the application delivery controller market and how does ADX fit into
the overall Brocade strategy?
A For the past decade, Brocade has brought technology leadership to Layer 4-7 switching
with more than 3000 high-profile customers. Building on a strategy of growth and
diversification, Brocade has been addressing the problem of growing data center
operational complexity resulting from increased consolidation and virtualization.
As server virtualization and the Enterprise cloud service model becomes commonplace
in production environments while the growth of Web-based applications and mobile
clients continues unabated, application delivery capacity, performance and management
requirements will multiply, particularly in the 10 GbE connectivity segment.
Brocade brings deep experience in the design, deployment, and management of high-
availability, high-reliability data center networks—focusing on the client side of server
farm connectivity and management. Moreover, Brocade can deliver the right solutions to
this rapidly growing market segment based on decades of Local Area Network (LAN) and
Storage Area Network (SAN) experience, as well as a proven history of developing the
most robust products and services.
This rapidly growing segment is an integral component of service provider and enterprise
data center cloud services. As data centers become increasingly virtualized, application
delivery platforms must grow in capacity, performance and intelligence, to optimize
delivery for larger online customer volumes and growing numbers of enterprise
application users—all connecting to ever-increasing numbers of virtualized applications.
With the addition of Application Resource Broker, Brocade demonstrates continuing
focus on application delivery solutions that optimize the end user experience while
ensuring efficient resource usage.
In addition:
• Brocade already provides high-performance and high-availability data storage access;
fabric extensibility and robustness; and streamlined fabric management for the most
demanding business applications. Adding Web client access, security, IPTV, and
Voice over IP (VoIP) application delivery is a natural extension to this business.
• Brocade has been leading the evolution of data centers by delivering highly reliable,
high-performance core data center products and services for over a decade.
• The Brocade vision is aligned with current data center needs, with a singular focus on
securely managing, sharing, and protecting data.
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