Brocade Communications is the world's leading provider of intelligent Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure.

Brocade provides industry-leading hardware solutions, a wide range of software tools and applications, comprehensive education options, and professional services and support to enterprises around the world. To provide a powerful yet flexible framework for addressing critical SAN requirements, Brocade has developed the Intelligent Fabric Operating Environment.

The key components of this architecture, the SilkWorm family of fabric switches, Fabric OS, Advanced Fabric Services, and third-party development environment provide the reliable foundation for storage networks ranging from a few switches to thousands of ports.