Enabling Cloud-Optimized Networks

The Brocade vision for organizations that are considering cloud deployments is simple: Networks must be cloud-optimized at every critical point because they will define the application performance and the end-user experience within the cloud. With a strong heritage in both data and storage networking, Brocade uniquely delivers solutions that are capable of providing data center-class capabilities across the entire network.

This unmatched expertise helps organizations extend their IT assets and services anywhere and everywhere data and applications are accessed—a key step in the migration to cloud architectures.

Brocade One Strategy

The guiding principle in leading the transformation to the cloud is the Brocade One strategy, which is focused on enabling a smooth transition based on four key imperatives:

• Offering unmatched simplicity by removing architectural complexity and reducing operational and management costs
• Providing a new level of network scalability, uptime, and performance through non-stop networking
• Supporting current and future applications that run on the network through application optimization
• Delivering investment protection with best-in-class solutions through an open, multivendor network architecture

Leading the Way to the Cloud

Today there is a massive shift in how people consume information at the very edges of the network. Fueled by the promise of the cloud, mobility, and today's data-rich applications, the network itself is undergoing a transformation. To support this transformation, Brocade is committed to helping organizations transition smoothly to a world where information and applications reside and can be accessed anywhere. And Brocade can do this today, whether the objective is a private, public, or hybrid cloud.

• Q&As

  • Doug Ingraham - Understanding the Advantages of Hybrid Clouds (1.3 MB)

  • Jason Nolet - Building the Framework for Private Clouds (1.3 MB)

  • John McHugh - Extending Data Center Capabilities across the Entire Network (1.3 MB)

• White Papers

  • Brocade One Data Center Cloud-Optimized Networks (349.1 KB)