CORRECTING and REPLACING Dell and Brocade Partner to Deliver the Efficient Enterprise

Plan to Include Joint Innovation on Management, Virtualization Infrastructure and Optimization for Next-Generation Data Center

SAN JOSE, Calif. & ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- URL under Availability section of release should read: http://www.brocade.com/partnerships/oems/dell/overview.page (sted www.brocade.com/dell).

The corrected release reads:

DELL AND BROCADE PARTNER TO DELIVER THE EFFICIENT ENTERPRISE

Plan to Include Joint Innovation on Management, Virtualization Infrastructure and Optimization for Next-Generation Data Center

Brocade^(R) (Nasdaq:BRCD) and Dell^TM today announced a partnership to offer Dell customers end-to-end computing, networking and storage solutions through the Dell global sales organization. The two companies also intend to collaborate on future development around the management and virtualization of next-generation, efficient data centers, which will help Brocade and Dell customers better utilize IT and gain significant savings in people, time and money.

Specifically, the two companies intend to:

    --  Develop a dynamic infrastructure and optimization solution enabled by
        virtualization to allow customers to deploy and manage an efficient data
        center. Increasingly, customers need applications deployed rapidly to
        meet their performance requirements, with secure and reliable access to
        their mission critical data.
    --  Deliver integrated toolsets to manage application delivery and
        deployment as business services on highly reliable compute, network and
        storage infrastructure. The Brocade and Dell solution will help provide
        capital and operational expense savings by deploying server and storage
        virtualization more broadly across the data center.

This expanded partnership extends Dell's existing Brocade storage networking solutions to provide a comprehensive portfolio of Dell-branded Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters and converged network adapters, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches and Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) switching products, including:

    --  The Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM(TM)) to provide unified,
        end-to-end management of data center fabrics - from storage ports on
        networked storage systems to HBAs attached to physical or virtualized
        servers.
    --  Dell switching solutions based on Brocade 8000 FCoE Switch and Brocade
        DCX Backbone to enable data center consolidation and network convergence
        and help address the data growth and application demands of evolving
        enterprise data centers;
    --  Dell server connectivity solutions based on Brocade 815/825 Fibre
        Channel HBAs and Brocade 1010/1020 Converged Network Adapters, to help
        customers deploy an end-to-end storage networking architecture from the
        server to storage;
    --  Dell Ethernet modular switching solutions based on the Brocade NetIron
        MLX Series Routers and Brocade BigIron RX Series Switches to provide
        state-of-the-art 1 and 10 GbE port density and wire-speed performance
        designed to support data center traffic including iSCSI virtualized
        applications and Internet edge-to-aggregation layers routing;
    --  Dell application switching based on the Brocade ServerIron ADX Series
        Switches to provide state-of-the-art Layer 4 through 7 switching
        performance in an intelligent, modular application delivery controller
        platform. The ADX is designed to enable highly secure and scalable
        service infrastructures to help applications run more efficiently and
        with higher availability.

These new Dell-branded products complement the Brocade networking portfolio that Dell already resells. These include Fibre Channel blade switches for the Dell M1000e and Dell PowerEdge blade servers as well as a comprehensive line of Brocade fixed-configuration Fibre Channel switches as part of its SAN switch offerings.

Quotes

Brad Anderson, senior vice president, Dell Enterprise Product Group -- We are extending our Brocade relationship beyond storage into the broader data center, offering customers compelling choices and flexibility for compute, networking and storage. Both companies share a vision that next-generation, virtualized data centers should be open and standards-based.

Marc Randall, senior vice president, Brocade Products and Offerings -- Brocade is committed to an ecosystem-centric partnership model in developing and delivering the best-in-class solutions that customers need and want. This agreement further strengthens and diversifies Dell's end-to-end IP and storage networking portfolio and provides customers with a cost-effective, high-performance, and reliable choice to address the demands of evolving enterprise data centers.

Availability

Dell expects to make the new Brocade products generally available to customers starting in late 2009.

For more information, please visit http://www.brocade.com/partnerships/oems/dell/overview.page.

Social Media

Brocade Channel: www.youtube.com/BrocadeVideo
Brocade Wingspan (Corporate Blog): http://blogs.brocade.com/wingspan

About Brocade

Brocade^(R) (Nasdaq: BRCD) develops extraordinary networking solutions that enable today's complex, data-intensive businesses to optimize information connectivity and maximize the business value of their data. For more information, visit www.brocade.com.

About Dell

Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is a leading technology provider to commercial enterprises around the world.

Cautionary Statement

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking in nature, including statements regarding intended investments by Brocade and Dell in future innovation focused on providing virtualization infrastructure solutions and the sale of Brocade's host bus adapters, converged network adapters, FCoE switches and Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) switching products by Dell. These statements are based on current expectations on the date of this press release and involve a number of risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ significantly from such estimates. The risks include, but are not limited to, the commitment of resources and talent by the companies towards research and development projects, acceptance of Brocade's products by Dell's customers, the impact of the economic slowdown across geographies, the effect of changes in IT spending levels and market competition. Certain of these and other risks are set forth in more detail in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in Brocade's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 2, 2009. Brocade does not assume any obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as the result of new developments or otherwise.

Brocade, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, IronPoint, IronShield, IronView, IronWare, JetCore, NetIron, SecureIron, ServerIron, StorageX, and TurboIron are registered trademarks, and DCFM, Extraordinary Networks, and SAN Health are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.

Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Inc.

Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.

    Source: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. and Dell Inc.

Released September 2, 2009