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Brocade Hosts Campus Dedication, Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at New San Jose Facilities

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^{Published in Science and Technology on Monday, August 30th 2010 at 13:35 GMT by Market Wire}  

SAN JOSE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Brocade^® (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced that it will host a building dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of its new corporate headquarters in San Jose, California on September 9, 2010. The event is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. (PT) and will conclude at 10:00 a.m. (PT).

Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010

Event: Building Dedication and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Event Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. a" 9:00 a.m. (PT)

Presentation: 9:00 a.m. a" 10:00 a.m. (PT)

Campus and Data Center Tours: 10:00 a.m. a" 11:00 a.m. (PT)

Participants: Mike Klayko, Brocade CEO; Carl Guardino, President and CEO of Silicon Valley Leadership Group; Chuck Reed, Mayor of San Jose; Supervisor Dave Cortese; Senator Ellen M. Corbett; Harry Mavrogenes, Executive Director, San Jose Redevelopment Agency; Tom Werner, Sunpower CEO

Location: 130 Holger Way, San Jose, CA 95134

Members of the Media: For further information and a press pass to the event, please contact Michelle Lindeman at [ michelle.lindeman@brocade.com ] or Angela Griffo at Trainer Communications at [ agriffo@trainercomm.com ].

Social Media Links

• [ Construction of Brocade World-Class Campus in San Jose, CA ] (Video)
• [ Construction of New Brocade Campus ] (Blog)
• [ Brocade World-Class Data Center Overview ] (Video)

About the New Brocade Campus

Founded in 1995, Brocade provides networking solutions and services to help organizations effectively manage their information assets. Brocade solutions are used in over 90 percent of Global 1000 data centers as well as in enterprise LANs and the largest service provider networks around the world. The company currently employs more than 2500 people in San Jose and 4400 worldwide.

The new Brocade corporate headquarters is located at the intersection of North First Street and Highway 237, and enables Brocade to consolidate five local facilities while accommodating an additional 600 employees.

The campus features three new office buildings and a [ state-of-the-art data center ], totaling 562,000 square feet. The new campus is a showcase for aclean techa design and operation, as well as cutting-edge IT technologies such as a photovoltaic system on the rooftop of the parking garage capable of generating 550 kilowatts of power. This is one of the largest solar-power deployments in the city of San Jose.

Additionally, the new Brocade campus is part of the @First mixed-used development that includes a 138,000 square feet Target Superstore, a 162-room Hotel Sierra and a 73,000 square feet retail village.

About Brocade

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

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