BROCADE CDW YOUR NETWORK IS SIMPLER, STRONGER AND SAFER THAN EVER.

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Brocade’s legacy of reliability and extensive data center experience can help you build a routing and switching infrastructure with exceptional resiliency and security features. And with the recent acquisition of the virtual application delivery controller product family from SteelApp, Brocade can offer a more complete networking solution. Together we can help protect your technology investments and overcome the complexity that interferes with an Effortless Network.

Greater ResiliencyBrocade HyperEdge Architecture and VCS Fabric technology can help you reduce network complexity and simplify management by: • Promoting resiliency through remote

switch stacking with location-based Brocade ICX switches

• Providing scalability with HyperEdge Distributed Services to extend premium switch services to all ports in the stack, including entry-level switches

Stronger SecurityThe powerful Brocade library of products contains built-in security such as hardware-based IPsec and MACsec encryption. For multilayer, next-generation virtual security and control, Brocade vRouters (formerly known as the Brocade Vyatta vRouters) are auto-provisioning and include:• Virtual firewalls• Dynamic multipoint VPN functionality• Stateful packet inspection firewalls to

monitor data more effectively

BROCADE GETS DATA CENTER NETWORKING

Improved PerformanceWith optimization for various infrastructures, Brocade innovative switch technologies deliver a faster end-user experience to maximize throughput and network access. Brocade VDX switches with VCS Fabric technology create a more self-aware and VM-aware physical network with a premier line of virtual application optimizing ADC solutions including:• Brocade Virtual Application Delivery

Controller (vADC)• Brocade Virtual Traffic Manager (vTM)• Brocade Services Director• Brocade Virtual Web Application Firewall (vWAF)

As an elite partner — Brocade’s highest designation — we not only carry the complete Brocade product library, which includes both physical and virtual solutions; we understand how to deliver and implement them in a way that provides a high-level economic scale and value.

CDW GETS BROCADE. WE’RE THEIR #1 RESELLER.

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MAKING IT WORKCalculate for yourself how Brocade network technologies can improve your ROI and reduce your data center costs with our Data Center TCO Calculator.

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90+ PRE-SALES NETWORKING SOLUTION ARCHITECTS

450+ SOLUTION ARCHITECTS

250+ MANAGED SERVICES PROFESSIONALS

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1,900+ PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PERSONNEL

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To learn more about optimizing your data center network with Brocade, contact your account manager, call 800.800.4239 or visit CDW.com/wired

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CDW provides a unique methodology for building custom network infrastructures that optimize performance, resiliency and security.

THE CDW APPROACH

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BROCADE HELPS TRANSFORM CARE DELIVERY.See how Brocade helped Singing River redesign their network infrastructure to establish business continuity in the event of a disaster.

CASE STUDY

When Hurricane Katrina hit Singing River Hospital, they discovered a stable IT network is critical to maintain uninterrupted patient care.

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Brocade #1 Reseller Brocade Elite PartnerBrocade APN Sales CertifiedBrocade Certified Networking Layer 4-7 Engineers

Brocade Certified Fabric Administrators and ProfessionalsBrocade Certified Storage DesignersBrocade Certified Networking Professionals Layer 2-3 Engineers

ASSESS Our experts will provide upfront audits and surveys of your current physical and virtual network infrastructure to comprehensively assess what technologies your business will most benefit from and how they will align with your budgets, timelines and future organizational goals.

MANAGE Our Remote Managed Services and hosting capabilities, along with our CDW Cloud Managed Networking, give you the option of having us take care of your network for you, giving you the extra time to focus on more critical and strategic tasks.

DEPLOY We offer complete network implementation services to help ensure your new network solutions are set up for success. We can even help you migrate to a more virtual network infrastructure for next-generation planning.

DESIGN Highly experienced and certified CDW solution architects and engineers will build a completely customized network solution based on our specific assessments of your business and IT infrastructure.

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