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MTI BECOMES BROCADE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROVIDER

MTI Technology Corp, a leading provider of enterprise storage solutions for more than two decades, announced recently that it has joined the Brocade Professional Services Provider (PSP) Program. The program is designed for qualified consulting firms and systems integrators that are committed to delivering professional services in the area of storage area network (SAN) solutions.

Brocade SilkWorm fabric switches provide one of the world's leading intelligent networking foundations for SANs. Using Brocade fabric switches, customers can connect servers with storage devices through a SAN, creating a highly reliable, scalable, and manageable environment for storage applications.

The explosive growth in the storage infrastructure market has led to a move from discrete data centers to heterogeneous storage environments internetworked over distance. These next-generation configurations require enhanced management, security, scalability, and availability. The Brocade PSP program gives customers the opportunity to work with certified professionals who bring advanced expertise to enterprise SAN deployments and SAN management.

Joining the PSP program is the latest milestone in MTI's long, successful relationship with Brocade, which includes being a valued Brocade OEM partner and participating in Brocade Fabric Aware, an interoperability program that facilitates deployment of heterogeneous SANs in enterprise environments. Known widely for its pioneering line of storage products, MTI has evolved its focus more toward its Professional Services organization, leveraging the storage resource management expertise it has gained over the last 20 years. With its thorough understanding of fundamental device-level, subsystem, and overall storage networking design, MTI Professional Services can design, deploy, install, monitor, service and support the most complex storage and backup environments.

"MTI has designed and implemented hundreds of storage topologies in the field, and we've been able to maintain -­ on an ongoing basis -­ what we've sold," said V.S. Venkataraman, MTI's senior vice president, Customer Service. "In the storage solutions we provide, MTI has long offered Brocade's excellent line of fabric switches. Our joining Brocade's PSP Program is a natural extension of our growing emphasis on MTI Professional Services."

Brocade Professional

Services Providers have demonstrated SAN expertise and provide customers with Brocade-certified consultants and in-house SAN lab infrastructure for design validation and testing. Brocade PSPs offer services covering all phases of the SAN lifecycle: storage environment strategy and assessment, SAN architecture design, SAN implementation, and SAN management.

"We are pleased to welcome MTI to the Brocade PSP Program," said Jay Kidd, Brocade vice president of Product Marketing. "Brocade PSPs, in conjunction with our systems integrators and master resellers, provide consulting and management for large-scale SAN deployments and can leverage Brocade technical, sales, and marketing teams to deliver best-of-breed storage networking solutions to our mutual customers."

The Brocade Professional Services Provider Program

The Brocade Professional Services Provider Program is designed for qualified consulting firms and systems integrators that are committed to offering professional services in the area of SAN solutions. Authorized Brocade PSPs are trained in four core areas of SAN design and implementation using Brocade SAN infrastructure: storage environment strategy and assessment, SAN architecture design, SAN implementation, and SAN management. As part of the certification process, Brocade PSPs train in advanced SAN configuration and the Brocade SilkWorm family of fabric switches. Coursework is offered by storage networking industry experts through Brocade Education Services. For information on the Brocade Professional Services Providers, please visit www.brocade.com/part ners/psfp_program.jhtml.

About MTI Technology Corp

MTI's mission is to be at the forefront of developing and delivering storage solutions to customers -­ through innovation, customer feedback and best practice. A premier provider of enterprise storage products for more than 20 years, MTI develops, integrates and manufactures high-performance, high-availability storage products for mid-range to Global 2000 companies worldwide. MTI also services select third-product hardware and software, and its Professional Services organization provides planning, consulting and implementation support for storage products from other leading vendors. Headquartered in Anaheim, CA, MTI may be reached by telephone at 800-999-9MTI (toll free) or 714-970-0300, or by fax at 714-693-2256. The Web address is www.mti.com.