SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 24, 2012) - [ Brocade ] (NASDAQ: [ BRCD ]) today announced that the company will be exhibiting and attending [ AFCEA West 2012 ], the largest state-of-the-art defense and technology exposition and conference on the West Coast at the San Diego Convention Center, Jan. 24 to 26. Brocade will be at the conference (booth #1111) to share a strategic view of how to design and implement cloud-optimized networks.

This year will be marked with a continued move by federal agencies towards aggressive consolidation of resources, implementation of virtualization and cloud adoption. These new requirements increase the demands on the underlying end-to-end infrastructure. To address these needs, Brocade will be demonstrating a future-ready network at the event with built-in Layers 2 to 7 performance from the virtual machine to the client with integrated real-time status and control of all critical delivery elements needed to help assure high end-user satisfaction.

Mark Premo, business development executive for the US Navy and the Western United States, Brocade, will also be available at the Brocade booth to discuss trends in networking as they pertain to federal agencies.

Please visit booth #1111 to view the demonstration.

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