BROCADE TO CONTRIBUTE TO CERN OPENLAB OPEN DAY 2016

Maria-Athanasia Pachou — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:32:02 +0000

Brocade Contributes to CERN openlab to Develop SDN Solutions That Support the New IP

BRACKNELL, United Kingdom and SAN JOSE, Calif.—June 2, 2016 – BROCADE (NASDAQ: BRCD) is continuing its partnership with CERN by participating in the 2016 CERN OPENLAB open day event on 8 and 9 June 2016. The event will provide an opportunity to learn about CERN openlab’s work: collaborating with LEADING ICT COMPANIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES to accelerate the development of cutting-edge solutions for the worldwide Large Hadron Collider community, as well as for wider scientific research.

Brocade’s contribution to CERN openlab is to help the world’s largest and most respected centre for scientific research develop a long-term Software-Defined Networking (SDN) strategy for its IP network infrastructure. Brocade is an official networking contributor member to CERN openlab.

The open day will feature discussions about the achievements of DIVERSE CERN OPENLAB PROJECTS during the last year. There will also be hands-on technology demonstrations from companies working with CERN openlab. Brocade and CERN openlab will jointly present howBROCADE® FLOW OPTIMIZER and BRO INTRUSION DETECTION SOFTWARE integration are helping CERN monitor, detect, and prevent security threats. Brocade and CERN will also demonstrate Brocade Flow Optimizer and Bro IDS working together in a network composed of OpenFlow-enabled Brocade MLXe routers and Brocade ICX® SWITCHES.

In addition, Brocade is collaborating with CERN openlab on a new solution designed to help the organisation address the long-term challenges facing its network infrastructure. Due to the nature of the research carried out by CERN, the organisation generates extremely large data volumes and therefore needs an efficient, scalable, and flexible network in order to handle traffic spikes and to serve as a platform for innovation.

The project with Brocade is intended to create a future-proof New IP network based on a framework of SDN applications, which can optimise the routing of data traffic entering and leaving the organisation. The network can intelligently filter trusted traffic to bypass firewall checks for better network efficiency and an improved user experience. It also allows CERN to monitor and detect security threats by mirroring data traffic to the Bro IDS. Upon detecting any threats, the Bro IDS can introduce threat mitigation by interacting with the Brocade Flow Optimizer. Through the CERN openlab project, Brocade will also be focusing on creating enhanced user interfaces for its solutions, giving collaborators at CERN the ability to view graphical charts and visualisations showing real-time and historical traffic information.

The open SDN solution will be based on OpenFlow and will utilise the BROCADE SDN CONTROLLER and BROCADE FLOW OPTIMIZERto increase network performance, proactively improve capacity planning, and eliminate network congestion.

The event will take place on 8 and 9 June 2016 at CERN in the main auditorium, as well as in the upstairs mezzanine area of the main building.

About CERN openlab
CERN openlab is a unique public-private partnership that accelerates the development of cutting-edge solutions for the worldwide LHC community and wider scientific research. Through CERN openlab, CERN collaborates with leading ICT companies and research institutes. CERN openlab has recently entered its fifth three-year phase (2015-2017), addressing new topics crucial to the CERN scientific programme. (www.cern.ch/openlab)

About Brocade
Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) networking solutions help the world's leading organizations turn their networks into platforms for business innovation. With solutions spanning public and private data centers to the network edge, Brocade is leading the industry in its transition to the New IP network infrastructures required for today's era of digital business. (www.brocade.com)

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Petya Georgieva — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:06:43 +0000

July 27, 2015

Brocade Joins CERN openlab to Develop SDN Solutions That Can Support Future Infrastructure Requirements

BRACKNELL, UNITED KINGDOM and SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 27, 2015) - BROCADE (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced a partnership with CERN OPENLAB to help the world's largest and most respected center for scientific research develop a long-term software-defined networking (SDN) strategy for the New IP. Brocade has been named an official networking contributor member to CERN openlab, building on its previous relationship as a technology supplier to CERN.

Created in 2001, CERN openlab is a unique public-private partnership between CERN and leading ICT companies from across the world. Its mission is to accelerate the development of cutting-edge solutions to be used by the worldwide Large Hadron Collider (LHC) community.

Brocade will be collaborating with CERN openlab on a new solution designed to help the organization address the long-term challenges facing its network infrastructure. Due to the nature of the research carried out by CERN, the organization generates extremely large data volumes and therefore needs an efficient, scalable, and flexible network in order to handle traffic spikes. The project with Brocade is intended to create a future-proof network based on the New IP and featuring a framework of SDN applications to optimize the routing of data traffic entering and leaving the organization. Brocade will also create enhanced user interfaces for its solutions, giving collaborators at CERN the ability to view graphical charts and visualizations showing real-time and historical traffic information.

The open SDN solution will be based on OpenFlow and will utilize the BROCADE® SDN CONTROLLER and BROCADE FLOW OPTIMIZERapplication to increase network performance, proactively improve capacity planning and eliminate network congestion. The solution will also use OpenFlow-enabled Brocade MLXE ROUTERS and ICX SWITCHES.

Alberto Di Meglio, head of CERN openlab, commented, "As one of the most complex machines ever built, the Large Hadron Collider requires cutting-edge ICT solutions both to control its operations and to analyze the vast amounts of data produced by the experiments. This means that we are often at the very forefront of what is possible in terms of network and infrastructure management. We are pleased to be collaborating with Brocade to help develop a modern and agile network that will support CERN's research in the years to come."

Kelly Herrell, senior vice president and general manager, Software Networking at Brocade stated, "Research carried out by CERN is crucial to answering many of humankind's questions about the origin of the universe and information technology plays a critical role in enabling these experiments. CERN openlab's commitment to open source technology is a key part of what has made it an IT pioneer over the last 14 years. As a founding member of the OpenDaylight Project, Brocade has been leading the industry's transition to open SDN. We are very excited to be a part of CERN openlab and look forward to working closely with CERN to help deliver efficient, scalable SDN solutions they need to continue their research."

About CERN openlab
CERN openlab has recently entered its fifth three-year phase (2015-2017), addressing new topics crucial to the CERN scientific programme. The topics have been defined over the past 18 months, through discussion and collaborative analysis of requirements between the companies collaborating in CERN openlab and representatives of both CERN and the LHC experiments.

About Brocade
Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) networking solutions help the world's leading organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. (WWW.BROCADE.COM)

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