Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Brocade-EMC Collaboration to Simplify Data Security & Management of Info Risk

Data networking solutions provider Brocade and EMC Corporation have announced a collaborative development effort to enable data center customers to more quickly and reliably encrypt data for security and compliance purposes.

As part of this expanded alliance, the two companies said they plan to integrate technologies from RSA-- The Security Division of EMC -- including the RSA® Key Manager for the Datacenter solution -- with the planned fabric-based encryption technology that Brocade is currently developing.

Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will work closely to allow this new encryption capability to interoperate with proven RSA Key Manager for the Datacenter technology.

RSA Key Manager for the Datacenter is engineered as an easy-to-use, centrally administered encryption key management system that can manage encryption keys at the database, file server, and storage layer. It is designed to simplify the deployment and ongoing use of encryption throughout the enterprise and to help ensure that information is properly secured and fully accessible when needed at any point in its lifecycle.

"Brocade recognizes that scalable, tightly integrated key management is an integral component of a solid enterprise-class data encryption solution," said Ian Whiting, Vice President and General
Manager of the Brocade Data Center Infrastructure Division.

"We believe that teaming with EMC and its RSA Security Division demonstrates our continued commitment to partnering with industry leaders to provide interoperable solutions that make customers' environments more secure and manageable."

EMC and Brocade have worked together for many years to provide customers with the latest Storage Area Network (SAN) technology. EMC currently has an OEM relationship with Brocade for its SAN switches and directors and offers them as part of its EMC® Connectrix® family.