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Finisar's Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite Selected as Standard I/O
Tool for System Test at Brocade
SAN Market Leader Standardizes I/O Testing on Finisar; Cites "Improved
Test Efficiency" as Key Factor in Decision
SUNNYVALE, CA, Oct 30, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Finisar
Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a technology leader in fiber optic and test
and measurement solutions for high-speed data networks, today announced
that Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) has begun to
standardize and deploy I/O testing on Finisar's Medusa Labs Test Tool
Suite. Brocade, the world's leading provider of infrastructure solutions
for Storage Area Networks (SANs), will utilize the data integrity, performance,
unique triggering and stress test tool suite from Finisar's Medusa Labs
to enhance their product development and accelerate time to market.
"Because Brocade solutions are the industry benchmark for shared
storage connectivity, our customers have come to expect the first and
most innovative products available," said Tom Buiocchi, vice president
of World Wide Marketing at Brocade. "Finisar's Medusa Labs Test Tool
Suite enables fast and rigorous testing of our complete portfolio of connectivity
solutions to ensure that we continue to exceed the expectations of our
rapidly growing customer base."
"Medusa Labs test tools meet the extreme demands of enterprise test
and development engineers," said Dave Buse, senior vice president
and general manager at Finisar. "These test tools are designed to
detect and analyze more anomalies than competing solutions, allowing our
customers to deliver product performance, reliability, and robustness
in mission-critical enterprise environments."
Delivering Better Products Faster
Finisar's Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite is a set of performance, data integrity,
and stress test tools that enable customers to validate and deliver quality
products quickly. This test tool suite fills a void in the industry for
software test tools that meet the stringent requirements of today's technology
innovators. Finisar's Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite was specifically designed
to find elusive data corruptions, I/O timeouts, I/O loss and system lockup
scenarios. The feature-rich test tools stress hardware and signal integrity
while delivering comprehensive debug and logging information for rapid
analysis. The suite was designed specifically for design validation, bring-up
and quality assurance.
About Brocade
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(TM) 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.
About Finisar
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a technology leader for fiber optic
components and subsystems and network test and monitoring systems. These
products enable high-speed data communications for networking and storage
applications over Gigabit Ethernet Local Area Networks (LANs), Fibre Channel
Storage Area Networks (SANs), and Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) using
Fibre Channel, IP, SAS, SATA and SONET/SDH protocols. The Company's headquarters
is in Sunnyvale, California, USA.
Pricing and Availability
Gillaspy Associates solutions are currently shipping to leading-edge customers.
Register on our website for a demonstration
For more detailed information, product configurations and pricing please
contact Gillaspy Associates at 805-386-0700
Since 1997, Gillaspy Associates has built
a solid reputation for developing strong relationships with our customers
by providing quality solutions and ongoing support.
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