BROCADE SALES AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS
Brocade products and service offerings can be acquired through Brocade OEM Partners, Distributors, Enterprise Alliance Partners, and Alliance Partners. These Brocade Sales and Distribution Partners provide virtually all of the world's external storage, storage services, and storage software.

Brocade OEM Partners
Brocade OEM Partners are leading providers of storage and systems solutions who offer Brocade products worldwide as part of their SAN and IT infrastructure solutions. To contact our OEM teams, please visit Brocade OEM teams.


Brocade Alliance Partners
Brocade Alliance Partners are leading systems integrators and value-added resellers who are authorized to market, sell, and support Brocade products, professional services, and education services. These partners have completed training on Brocade products as well as on advanced SAN configuration and integration. Some of these partners focus specifically on assisting federal government agencies.



Brocade Distribution and Enterprise Alliance Partners
Brocade Distributors and Enterprise Alliance Partners are direct value-added distributors and value-added resellers who are authorized to market, sell, and support Brocade products, professional services, and education services. These partners have completed training on Brocade products as well as on advanced SAN configuration and integration. Some of these partners focus specifically on assisting federal government agencies.



Through the Developer Program, Brocade solves the needs of our customers by partnering with innovative companies that develop and deliver complimentary solutions for Brocade-based storage area networks (SANs). The program helps maximize the return on SAN investments by working with third-party developers to perform rigorous compatibility testing with Brocade products and to create industry-standard applications utilizing the Brocade SMI Agent (SMI-A).

The Brocade Developer Program comprises the following focus areas:

• Data Center Ready: Provides developers of SAN related hardware and software with the ability to test the interoperability of their products in state-of-the-art Brocade fabric environments.
• SMI Developers: Brocades SMI Agent allows developers to leverage standards based interfaces in the management of Brocade fabrics.
• FAN Developers: Become an early-adopter of the leading-edge technologies that are paving the way for simplified file data management and greater ROI for many elements of the IT infrastructure.

BROCADE STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
Brocade works closely with industry-leading providers of SAN applications, internetworking solutions, and other related technologies to help organizations realize the benefits of deploying shared storage environments. Brocade works with these companies to help their products leverage the unique capabilities of Brocade solutions, further simplifying implementation and management




BROCADE QUALIFIED SUPPORT PROGRAM
Brocade delivers comprehensive support to address critical business and technical needs worldwide. Brocade Qualified Support Partners (QSPs) are leading systems integrators, resellers, OEMs, and third-party service providers that are authorized by Brocade to service Brocade products.