Consider this scenario: a customer purchases a storage networking product from Brocade. They turn to Brocade for support services during the first few years simply by default. Now, 4 – 6 years later, they’re suddenly trapped in a prohibitively expensive hardware refresh cycle as continued coverage gets to be so costly it somehow makes more financial sense to completely upgrade …
Brocade third party maintenance (TPM) has become increasingly popular as globally, businesses enjoy the benefits of industry-leading directors, routers, and switches partnered by greater flexibility and service responsiveness. Still, choosing third party over the manufacturer isn’t a decision all data center managers are completely comfortable with. However, many of the concerns potential clients have about TPM are really just misconceptions …
Facing restrictive budgets and growing data center needs, finding ways to cut costs has become a top priority for most IT managers. And for many companies, third party network support is the best place to start. Network maintenance and support costs actually make up 70% of the average company’s IT budget. And that’s just to maintain the current network, or …
Brocade Communications Systems has specialized in providing data and storage networking products since 1997. To this day, data centers around the world utilize Brocade networking solutions for their industry-leading capabilities in storage, ethernet, and converged networking environments. But in an industry that prioritizes innovation and bringing new technology to market, why continue to turn to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like …
