Brocade Opens World-Class R&D; Center in Bangalore

Bangalore

August 1, 2007

Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD), the leader in networked
storage solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information,
today announced that it has opened a world-class research and development
facility in Bangalore. This opening will expand the company's presence in India
and accelerate development of enhancements to its data center networking and
management solutions for global markets.

"The establishment of the Brocade R&D center in Bangalore reflects
our expanding global footprint as we meet the needs of companies and
organizations around the world for solutions to meet the challenges of rapidly
growing volumes of data," said Mike Klayko, Brocade Chief Executive
Officer. "It also marks a significant milestone in the global growth of
Brocade."

The Bangalore R&D center, housed in a custom-built facility with
state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment, is Brocade's newest R&D
center. Bangalore will be a hub for the development of advanced technologies for
data center networking and data management solutions.

The Asia/Pacific region represents tremendous opportunity for storage
networking growth, with India and Hong Kong leading the charge. According to
Gartner, in 2006, external disk storage grew 38 percent to 202 petabytes in the
Asia/Pacific region (excluding Japan ). And India saw the second-highest revenue
growth for the region with 22.5 percent.

Zahid Hussain , Brocade Vice President of Engineering said, "Together
with developers at existing Brocade R&D centers located throughout North Am
eric a , and in Israel and China , the Bangalore team will drive development of
new technology solutions designed to enable companies to connect and manage data
more efficiently and reliably."

The new R&D center adds to existing Brocade relationships and presence in
India . Brocade has a Center of Excellence relationship with the National
Informatics Centre and engineering relationships with Wipro and HCL
Technologies.