BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 3, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- McDATA customers Major League Baseball and Solectron Corporation are among a group of elite storage networking customers who will share their SAN design and management experiences during customer-led track sessions at this year's Sun FORUM, October 10-12, 2006 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit with McDATA experts, available in the exhibition hall to share more information about how McDATA's data access solutions and products support Sun storage customers.
A Sun partner for over seven years, McDATA shares Sun's commitment to value, access, simplicity and trust for its customers; and is committed to best practices and industry-leading storage products and services. This common goal has made McDATA one of five finalists in the running for Sun's Partner of the Year Award. The award winner will be announced the afternoon of October 10th at a partner reception to be held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, the site of this year's conference.
This year marks the 18th annual FORUM 2006, Sun Microsystems Storage Conference. The conference is designed to deliver key messages and best practices from experts in the storage world, and is designed to give Sun customers an opportunity to learn, collaborate and communicate with partners, industry leaders and peers. A complete agenda and additional FORUM information is available at: http://www.sun.com/events/forum2006/forum.jsp.
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McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDT) (Nasdaq:MCDTA) is the leading provider of data access solutions, helping customers build, globally connect, optimize and centrally manage data infrastructures across SAN, MAN and WAN environments. With nearly 25 years experience developing SAN products, services and solutions, McDATA is the trusted partner in the world's largest data centers, connecting more than two-thirds of all networked data.