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McDATA`s 6000 Series Director Extends Compaq`s Enterprise Reach
Solution Offers Director-Class Switching for World`s Largest SAN Supplier
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- McDATA® Corporation (Nasdaq: MCDTA - news, MCDT - news), the worldwide leader in open storage networking solutions, has entered a three-year OEM relationship with Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ - news), the world`s largest supplier of Storage Area Networks (SANs). Compaq will market and distribute McDATA`s hardware and software products worldwide under the StorageWorks and SANworks brand names. McDATA`s Galaxy-class 6000 Series Director and its Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) software are the first products that will be introduced by Compaq under the terms of this agreement.

``Compaq StorageWorks prides itself on providing customers with value and best-in-class solutions,`` said Mark Lewis, vice president and general manager of Compaq`s Enterprise Storage Group. ``McDATA`s 6000 Series Director delivers a highly scalable and upgradeable platform that meets today`s Fibre Channel SAN requirements and is positioned for future storage networking specifications and emerging protocols. Many of our customers have asked for Director-class enterprise SAN switching solutions, and with the addition of McDATA`s Galaxy-class Directors to our excellent portfolio of StorageWorks switching products, we`re meeting their requests head-on.``

McDATA`s 6000 Series Director provides customers with an industry-leading platform that enables massive scaling for the creation of large SAN fabrics. In addition, McDATA`s Directors allow for the consolidation of SAN islands into complete core-to-edge fabrics, all managed through McDATA`s EFCM, which provides proactive management from a single console. McDATA`s 6000 Series Director is the only enterprise-class solution in the marketplace today that is upgradeable to 2 and 10 Gb per second transfer rates and can also be transitioned to support emerging protocols such as iSCSI, FCIP and Infiniband, providing customers with greater value and investment protection as technology advances and their SAN needs evolve.

``McDATA brings to Compaq a long history of providing the high-availability features that are essential components of enterprise-level storage networks,`` said John McArthur, IDC`s group vice president of worldwide storage research. ``In return, McDATA gains access to Compaq`s massive customer base.``

Jack McDonnell, CEO and Chairman of McDATA, added: ``We are pleased to announce our OEM agreement with Compaq, the largest SAN supplier in the world. This agreement, which represents the first step in a growing relationship, signifies a strong market endorsement for McDATA and our position as a strategic SAN infrastructure supplier. McDATA`s 6000 Series Director is the most reliable and highly available SAN director product available today, and it provides customers significant flexibility and investment protection through its ability to upgrade to 2 and 10 Gb and to support emerging protocols. McDATA and Compaq share a commitment to solving customers` storage networking requirements today and in the future.``

The OEM partnership was executed only after extensive application testing by Compaq and McDATA, which validates the advanced capabilities of McDATA`s 6000 Series Director, ensuring full functionality and smooth implementation in Compaq StorageWorks solutions. Compaq will sell the McDATA Director and EFCM software through direct and indirect channels beginning in the fourth quarter of 2001.

About McDATA (www.mcdata.com )

McDATA (Nasdaq: MCDTA - news, MCDT - news) is the worldwide leader in open storage networking solutions and provides highly available, scalable and centrally managed storage area networks (SANs) that address enterprise-wide storage problems. McDATA`s core-to-edge enterprise SAN solutions improve the reliability and availability of data to simplify SAN management and reduce the total cost of ownership. McDATA extensively pre-tests its solutions to provide IT organizations with the comprehensive tools, methodologies and support essential to robust SAN implementation. McDATA distributes its products through its OEMs, network of resellers and Elite Solution Partners. McDATA and the McDATA logo are registered trademarks of McDATA Corporation.

Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains statements about expected future events that are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties. Readers are urged to consider statements that include the terms ``believes``, ``belief``, ``expects``, ``plans``, ``objectives``, ``estimates``, ``anticipates``, ``intends``, ``targets``, or the like to be uncertain and forward-looking. Factors that could cause actual results to differ and vary materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, our ability to quickly integrate SANavigator and ramp sales, our relationship with EMC Corporation and IBM and the level of their orders, the impact of the general economic slowdown and the recent terrorist attacks on purchasing decisions by customers and capital spending, our ability to complete the manufacturing review plan and the successful implementation (which will require contract modifications with our contract manufacturer) of an ``outsourcing-focused`` manufacturing model, our ability to expand sales into higher margin channels through system integrators and distributors, a loss of any of our key customers (or our OEMs` key customers), distributors, resellers or our contract manufacturer, our ability to expand our product offerings and any transition to new products, component quality and availability, the impact and uncertainty of typically having most of the sales volume occur in the last month and a significant amount in the last two weeks of the fiscal quarter, the development of the storage area network and switch markets, competition in the storage area network and switch markets, one-time events and other important risk factors disclosed previously and from time to time in our filings at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These cautionary statements by us should not be construed as exhaustive or as any admission regarding the adequacy of disclosures made by us. We cannot always predict or determine after the fact what factors would cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements or other statements. All cautionary statements should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE: McDATA Corporation

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mmh mit mcdata hab ich ja schon ab und an viel geld verdient. aber wie weit gehts diesmal?
interessiert sich niemand für diese aktie?

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Die Aktie hat in der Vergangenheit große Ausschläge gemacht - ich hatte den Verdacht, dass sie auch ein Liebling der Shorties war. Dann hat jeder EMC Aktionär anteilig Aktien bekommen, meist in geringer Stückzahl und diese wurden wohl in großem Umfang verkauft. Jetzt ist das Volumen erheblich größer als in der Vergangenheit, so dass der Kurs so schnell nicht mehr manipuliert werden kann. Falls McData das Vertrauen durch Zahlen bestätigen kann, glaube ich an Kurse um 40$. Aber Rückschläge sind hier immer drin.

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7:39AM Lehman on Storage : Lehman sees business stabilizing in storage networking, but sees little evidence of near-term secular increase in demand; in addition, competition will continue to intensify, making software and services critical growth drivers. Firm believes that current valuations on EMC, NTAP, BRCD, MCDTA may be a bit stretched on both a short- and long-term basis.