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  Brocade(NASDAQ:BRCD) has announced that its Gen 5 Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) solutions are integrated with the new EMC ViPR Software-Defined Storage Platform. With this approach, both the companies are aiming to reduce the cost of data center and complexity of creating modern storage architecture for future applications.

The integration will enable immediate virtualization functionality for 50,000 joint EMC and Brocade SAN customers. They can also be benefited from the new EMC ViPR software-defined storage platform within highly virtualized cloud environments.

Jason Nolet, Vice-President of Data Center Networking, Brocade, said, "We are really excited to collaborate with EMC to enable all Fibre Channel storage connected to Brocade switches and directors to be part of this revolutionary approach to storage automation and management. With ViPR, Brocade FC SAN customers can transform existing heterogeneous physical storage into a simple, extensible and open virtual storage platform, a significant step towards the software-defined data center."

Christopher Ratcliffe, Vice-President – Marketing, Advanced Software Division, EMC Corporation, said, "As a crucial component of today's storage infrastructure, we are very excited with the work we have done with Brocade to ensure seamless integration of the networking stack with ViPR. We look forward to continuing our long-term strategic relationship to further improve the utilization of our customers' existing and future storage investments."