HP and Brocade have shipped more that 10 million ports together and lead the market with many industry firsts. Together, in 2H 2011, we introduced the industry's first fabric-based, end-to-end networking solutions purpose-built for virtualization and cloud computing based on industry-leading 16 Gbps FC technology. HP B-series Fibre Channel SAN solutions have long provided the most reliable, scalable, high-performance foundation for private cloud storage networks. Industry-leading Fibre Channel technology and innovation ease the transition to private clouds and are the proven foundation for virtualized data centers enabling hyper-scale virtualization for emerging workloads. Customers rely on HP and Brocade to continue to provide the most reliable, highest-performance and energy-efficient networks in the most demanding, and increasingly, virtualized environments. Learn more about howour next generation SAN infrastructure offerings can transform your storage assets into cloud-optimized storage networks.
Over a decade ago, Brocade and HP established a partnership on leadership and trust. Together, they created the HP StorageWorks B-Series SAN Solutions, which became the broadest offering of Brocade technology in the marketplace. Today, Brocade and HP enjoy the largest SAN customer base with over 10 million HP B-series ports installed. They continue to innovate by investing extensively in product development, integration, interoperability and qualification testing. With over 3500 SAN-certified engineers, HP's SAN expertise is unsurpassed in the industry. HP and Brocade share a commitment to deliver innovation that meets evolving demands in Next Generation Data Centers. In 2010 and 2011, HP and Brocade launched a family of high performance Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters, as well as next generation technolgiesthat provide the performance and scalability needed in tomorrow's data centers, simplifying the deployment and management of end-to-end SAN services, while minimizing power consumption. With these advances in server connectivity, HP and Brocade continue to provide best-in-class solutions for the data centers of today and tomorrow.
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