BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 25, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT) will demonstrate its Application Services Module (ASM) at next week's Storage Networking World conference in Orlando, FL. McDATA ASMs are standalone modules, designed with an open application program interface (API), so that McDATA can team with OEMs and other partners to deliver advanced services to existing fabrics, quickly, non-disruptively and without any SAN hardware replacement requirements.
Storage Networking World is focused on storage technologies and solutions. McDATA's ASM demonstration will be on display in the Storage Networking World Expo Hall. In addition to the ASM demonstration, McDATA experts will also lead SNIA tutorials and education tech sessions throughout the conference.
Event: Storage Networking World, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, Orlando, FL
Exhibit: ASM Demo - McDATA Booth No. P1
Speaker: Larry Hofer, PE, Office of the CTO and
security architect for McDATA
Session: SNIA tutorial: "Security III: Fibre Channel Security,
Preparing to Implement the Fibre Channel Security
Protocol"
Time: 4:40 p.m., EST, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006
Location: JW Marriott Grande Lakes Resort, Orlando, FL
Speaker: Joseph White, Technical Director, McDATA
Session: TCP/IP Optimizations for Block Storage
(Network/Applications Track)
Time: 9:25 a.m., EST, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006
Location: JW Marriott Grande Lakes Resort, Orlando, FL
About McDATA (www.mcdata.com)
McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDTA) (Nasdaq:MCDT) is the leading provider of data access solutions, helping customers build, globally connect, optimize and centrally manage data infrastructures across SAN, MAN and WAN environments. With nearly 25 years experience developing SAN products, services and solutions, McDATA is the trusted partner in the world's largest data centers, connecting more than two-thirds of all networked data.