Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Announces Brocade Tapestry WAFS Now Integrated To Support Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (Brocade®) (Nasdaq:BRCD) today announced Brocade Tapestry Wide Area File Services (WAFS) is now integrated to support Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2, offering customers improved performance and reliability to address their data consolidation and branch office IT simplification requirements.

"We have worked closely with Microsoft to enhance the customer experience when accessing and managing centralized files through our implementation of WAFS technology," said Tom Buiocchi, Brocade Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Support. "Since Microsoft represents the majority of the files used in branch offices, it was an obvious choice to provide native integration with our solution on the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 platform."

"Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 offers customers reliable, cost-effective storage solutions that are easy to implement and manage," said Dr. Claude Lorenson, group product manager, Storage Technologies at Microsoft Corp. "Brocade Tapestry WAFS brings additional value to Windows Storage Server 2003 R2, providing value-added functions to the Microsoft user. Together these technologies enable customers to have a single solution across the file and print workload."

About Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Brocade delivers industry leading platforms, solutions and services for intelligently connecting, managing and optimizing IT resources in shared storage environments. The world's premier systems, server and storage providers offer the Brocade SilkWorm® family of Storage Area Network (SAN) connectivity platforms as the foundation for shared storage in organizations of all sizes. In addition, the Brocade Tapestry family of IT infrastructure solutions extends the ability to proactively manage and optimize application and information resources across the enterprise. Using Brocade solutions, organizations are better positioned to reduce cost, manage complexity and satisfy business compliance requirements through optimized use and management of their IT resources. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at www.brocade.com or contact the company at info@brocade.com.