Brocade, which makes infrastructure for storage area networks (SANs), will put its switches on Nortel's optical networks, the companies said, making for a more cost-effective storage technology and more reliable data backup. SANs store data in a centralized network, as opposed to on hundreds of servers.
Nortel and Brocade said they plan to deliver a range of hardware and software for optical SAN technology by working together on interoperability testing and the extension of SANs to metropolitan and wide-area networks. Wide-area networks are made up of interconnected, smaller networks spread throughout a building, a state or the entire globe.
The two companies introduced a product called "Solutionware," which gives instructions on how to configure and install Nortel optical infrastructure in a Brocade SAN environment.
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