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Any report from the Lehman Conference today?

This is the only news I found so far:

Brocade Award-Winning SilkWorm Fabric Switches Provide Intelligent Storage Networking Platform for 2.6 Terabyte-Per-Hour Archival Backup And 2.2 Terabyte-Per-Hour Restore
PR Newswire - October 29, 2002 11:30

Brocade Storage Networking Infrastructure Optimizes Computer Associates and Microsoft(R) SQL Server 2000(TM) Application Performance for Enterprise Customers

STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD, ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade(R)) (Nasdaq: BRCD), the world's leading provider of infrastructure for Storage Area Networks (SANs), announced today that it has become a BrightStor(TM) Offering industry partner, along with industry leaders Computer Associates (NYSE: CA) (CA), Microsoft, Emulex Corporation, Hitachi Data Systems, and Quantum. In addition, the BrightStor Offering industry partners announced today that, using a Brocade intelligent storage networking platform, they have achieved a record-setting 2.6 Terabyte per Hour (TB/hr) archival backup and 2.2 TB/hr restore of a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database running on Windows 2000 Datacenter Server (view press release at http://www3.ca.com/Press/PressRelease.asp?id=2109 ). In addition to raising the bar in backup performance, the benchmark demonstrates how SANs can optimize mission-critical applications by providing the data performance and protection required in enterprise data centers.

"We are delighted to work with SAN market and technology leaders like Brocade in the BrightStor Offering," said Nigel Turner, CA Senior Vice President of BrightStor Solutions. "In addition to delivering the fastest backup performance in the Windows environment, our solution, with the help of partners like Brocade, provides integrated and fully qualified storage solutions for enterprise deployments of SQL Server-backed by industry leaders."

The backup was achieved through the BrightStor Offering, an effort designed to bring together storage industry leaders to deliver storage solutions that provide fast and continuous business availability during data backups. The BrightStor Offering focuses on delivering a high performance, high availability architecture that reduces enterprises' TCO. Effective large- scale deployment and upgrade of enterprise business applications requires effective management of storage resources and data that operate more efficiently in an environment of high availability such as a SAN. Brocade SANs support the significant performance and scalability needs of leading databases, like Microsoft SQL Server, while providing an environment of security and high availability.

"As data volumes continue to grow at a rapid pace, organizations worldwide are turning to SANs as a cost-effective means to implement a high performance infrastructure to enable their mission critical applications and provide a scalable, more reliable backup and recovery solution," said Jeffrey Brooks, Brocade Chief Marketing Officer. "As the exclusive provider of the switch architecture for the BrightStor Offering, Brocade is pleased to have participated in such record-breaking results. We look forward to our ongoing work with these industry leaders to continue delivering valuable business solutions to enterprise customers."

The BrightStor Offering is another example of the long-standing Brocade partnership with CA that has produced world-class storage solutions in data backup and SAN management for enterprise customers. The companies are currently working together to create SOLUTIONware based on CA BrightStor Enterprise Backup and the SilkWorm 3900 32-port Enterprise Fabric Switch- announced yesterday by Brocade -- that can simplify SAN implementation through proven and pre-tested "recipes for success" to address today's most challenging data management requirements, including high performance backup.

About Computer Associates

Computer Associates International, Inc. delivers The Software That Manages eBusiness. CA's world-class solutions address all aspects of eBusiness management through industry-leading brands: Unicenter for infrastructure management, eTrust for security management, BrightStor for storage management, CleverPath for portal and business intelligence, AllFusion for application life cycle management, Advantage for data management and application development, and Jasmine for object-oriented database technology. Founded in 1976, CA serves organizations in more than 100 countries, including 99 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit http://ca.com.

About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Brocade offers the industry's leading intelligent platform for networking storage. The world's leading systems, applications, and storage vendors have selected Brocade to provide a networking foundation for their SAN solutions. The Brocade SilkWorm(R) family of fabric switches and software is designed to optimize data availability and storage and server resources in the enterprise. Using Brocade solutions, companies can simplify the implementation of storage area networks, reduce the total cost of ownership of data storage environments, and improve network and application efficiency. For more information, visit the Brocade website at www.brocade.com or contact the company at [e-mail].

NOTE: Brocade, the B weave logo and SilkWorm are registered trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States or in other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners. All products, plans, and dates are subject to change without notice.