Brocade and its comprehensive family of networking solutions have garnered numerous awards from leading industry publications, industry associations, and other vendors. These awards reflect a commitment to developing innovative, high-quality products with the highest standards of excellence.
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NetIron CER 2000: Special Award, Best of Show Carrier/SP Network Infrastructure Products - Interop Tokyo 2010
The NetIron CER 2000 was awarded the Best of Show Special Prize in the Carrier / Service Provider Network Infrastructure Products category at Interop Tokyo 2010. The Best of Show Award winners were selected from more than 300 networking solutions and were judged by a panel of IT industry experts at Interop Tokyo 2010. The NetIron CER 2000 Series router was selected based on its leading performance and advanced feature set within a cost-effective compact form factor.
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Supplier of the Year by Hitachi ESD
With roughly 100 ESD suppliers as candidates each year contending for the Supplier of the Year award, it is an extremely prestigious acknowledgment. This demonstrates the alignment Brocade continues to drive with multiple Hitachi entities and the quality of the technology Brocade brings to market.
Brocade DCX-4S Backbone Wins Best of Tech-Ed 2010 Award
We are excited to announce that the Brocade DCX-4S Backbone won the Best of Tech-Ed 2010 Award in the Hardware and Storage category during Microsoft’s Annual TechEd Conference in New Orleans. Judges from Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine reviewed 295 entries and named 16 winners. Winners were evaluated on strategic importance to the market, competitive advantage, and value to customers.
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Brocade Encryption Switch: 2009 EMC Partner Solution Award
The Brocade Encryption Switch won the prestigious 2009 EMC Partner Solution Award at EMC World for the Best New RSA Offering and for achieving the highest RSA platform utilization. The EMC Partner Solution Awards recognize top offerings from the EMC Solution Gallery and are based upon business impact, commitment to EMC technology, market presence, and revenue contribution.
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Brocade is proud to be named as one of the 2010 Fortune “100 Best Companies To Work For.”
Brocade is proud to have been selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” in 2010. This award was based primarily on employee satisfaction in five key areas: Credibility, Respect, Fairness, Pride, and Camaraderie.
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Brocade is proud to have been named the 2010 “Number 1 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area” by San Francisco Business Times.
Brocade has been honored by the San Francisco Business Times as the No. 1 company in its ranking of the “2010 Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area” for companies with more than 1500 employees. Brocade won this award by scoring high marks for its work culture, management practices, benefits, and overall compensation.
Brocade 8000: Special Award, Best of Show Networking Infrastructure Product for Large Enterprise - Interop Tokyo 2009
The Brocade 8000 received the Special Award, Best of Show Networking Infrastructure Product for Large Enterprise at Interop Tokyo 2009. The Brocade 8000 was the only FCoE/CEE switch that was demonstrated live at the show, and the award recognized it as the only end-to-end FCoE/CEE solution from servers to storage.
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CEO Michael Klayko: Finalist, EE Times ACE Awards Executive of the Year, 2009
Brocade CEO Michael Klayko was one of five finalists for EE Times’ prestigious ACE Awards for Executive of the Year. This award goes to an executive who demonstrated leadership, technological, and fiscal vision to a company, organization, or company division during 2008.
Brocade DCX Backbone: Silver Award, Networking Equipment Products of the Year, 2008
The Brocade DCX Backbone received the Silver award in the Networking Equipment product category of Storage Magazine’s Product of the Year program. It was judged according to six key criteria: ease of integration, functionality, innovation, manageability, performance, and value.
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Brocade FastIron WS Series: Internet Telephony Product of the Year, 2008
Internet Telephony Magazine’s 2008 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award was given to the Brocade FastIron WS Series. The award recognizes how Brocade advanced VoIP and IP communication technologies in 2008.
Brocade NetIron CES 2000 Series: 2008 Product of the Year - Communications Solutions

Brocade: Unified Communications Excellence Award, 2008

InformationWeek 500: Business Technology Innovators 2008

Brocade BigIron RX Series: Data Center and Storage Finalist – Best of Interop Las Vegas 2008

Brocade ServerIron ADX Family: Application Delivery Controllers 2008 Product Leadership Award – SearchNetworking.com

Brocade DCX Backbone
Brocade DCX Backbone was awarded "Best solution for the CPD" in the first call of the Comunicaciones Hoy Awards. The prizes were granted to the best IT products and solutions of 2008, with the aim of distinguishing the manufacturers of products and solutions that have stood out in quality, innovation, productivity, and design.
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ITpro EXPO 2008 Award - Enterprise Category.
Brocade FastIron SuperX Family: 2007 Product of the Year - Unified Communications

InformationWeek 500: Business Technology Innovators 2007

Computerworld Honors Program Chairmen's Committee

Brocade NetIron XMR Series and NetIron MLX Series: Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Most Valued Product 2007
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Brocade Receives Distribution Industry "Rising Star" Award
Brocade announced that it is a recipient of a 2007 Rising Star Award, presented by the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) in recognition of the IT industry's fastest-growing manufacturers and publishers doing business with GTDC member distributors.
Brocade Customer NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Takes Top Honors
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the clinical hospital of Columbia and Cornell Universities, received a Storage Networking World (SNW) "Best Practices in Storage" award in the category of Storage Reliability and Data Recovery during the SNW Spring 2007 Conference.
Brocade SAN Director Wins Gold for Storage Product of the Year
The Brocade 48000 Director was named the Gold award winner in TechTarget's annual Storage Product of the Year Awards Program. The editors of Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com — as well as a team of users, industry experts, analysts, and consultants — judged hundreds of products according to six key criteria: ease of integration, functionality, innovation, manageability, performance, and value.
Brocade Customer Pacific Title and Art Studio Earns "Oscar" from Storage Networking World
Pacific Title and Art Studio's implementation of its SAN based on Brocade 48000 directors has been recognized by IDG's Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association as a winner of the "Best Practices in Storage" Award.
Big Bytes SAN Award for Brocade 4900
The Brocade 4900 Switch claimed the Big Bytes award for the best storage networking product in the SAN category. The award is determined by a panel of Byte and Switch editors and an independent advisory board drawn from across the industry.
InfoStor MVP Award for the Brocade 48000
For the second straight year, Brocade technology was recognized as "best of the best" in the annual InfoStor MVP award list. This year, the Brocade 48000 Director was named MVP for the Networking Equipment by InfoStor as a result of end-user support for the product.
Brocade NetIron XMR 32000: Best of Show - Interop Tokyo 2006

Brocade: 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation
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Brocade: The VoIP Magazine 20 – Companies to Watch in 2006

Brocade BigIron RX Series: Best of Show - Interop Tokyo 2005

Brocade BigIron RX Series: Best of Show - Networld+Interop Vegas 2005

Brocade BigIron RX Series: Best Product Network Infrastructure Category - Networld+Interop Vegas 2005

Brocade FastIron Edge X Series: Product of the Year 2004 - China ComputerWorld

Brocade ServerIronGT E Series: Best of Show - Networld+Interop Tokyo 2004

Brocade NetIron 40G: Special Prize - Networld+Interop Tokyo 2004

Brocade NetIron 40G and Brocade BigIron MG8: Products of the Year – SearchNetworking.com 2003
