Brocade is a networking company founded in 1995 that employs over 4,500 people globally and generates over $2 billion in annual revenue. It is a pioneer in Ethernet fabrics and data center networking, and holds approximately 70% of the SAN switching market share. Brocade leads in storage fabrics and has over 3,000 Ethernet fabrics deployed, and is positioned as a visionary in the data center networking market by Gartner.