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Extreme treads water
Oct. 26, 2009
Extreme Networks this week finds itself with wounded revenues, an interim CEO, and doubts about its future.

What would a Brocade sale mean?
Oct. 07, 2009
What would a Brocade sale mean?

What has changed for Brocade?
Oct. 05, 2009
The news that data center networking vendor Brocade is shopping itself around is startling, given where the company was just a little over a year ago.

For sale: Cisco data center rival Brocade
Oct. 05, 2009
Brocade has reportedly put itself up for sale, a development that portends significant consolidation within the data center IT industry.

IBM to resell Brocade's Foundry switches
Apr. 28, 2009
Brocade has extended an OEM relationship with IBM to include its recently acquired Foundry switches in a deal that appears to be in retaliation for Cisco's recent entry into the blade server market.

Brocade's new CTO takes aim at Cisco
Jan. 23, 2009
Dave Stevens is in his second go-round as CTO of Brocade, but this time the company has much bigger aspirations.

Intel rattles cage over AMD's Foundry deal
Jan. 23, 2009
Intel has asked for a meeting with Advanced Micro Devices to discuss how its formation of The Foundry Co. may affect long-standing cross-licensing agreements between the two companies, AMD said in a regulatory filing ...

IBM resells Foundry switches (now owned by Brocade) to counter Cisco | NetworkWorld.com ...
Apr. 28, 2009

Brocade posts $26 million quarterly loss, record revenues | NetworkWorld.com Community
Feb. 20, 2009

Foundry profile


Overview

2005 NW200 rank: 95
2004 NW200 rank: 92

Revenue

Total '05 revenue (in $M)   404
'04-'05 revenue change   -1%
'01-'05 CAGR revenue   7%

Profit

Profit or loss (in $M)   56
Change from '04   17
As percentage of revenue 14   14
CAGR, '01-'05   110

Employees

Number of employees   732
'04 - '05 change   11
Revenue per employee   551776

Misc.

Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M)   2430
Cash/investments ($M)  
Year inc.   1996
Fiscal year ends   Dec

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