Broadcom would certainly be broader with Brocade on board
Summary
The premier Fibre Channel SAN director and switch vendor has consistently tried to use its revenues to buy other companies and diversify, because it knew the market was inherently constrained and needed a different product direction to grow. Brocade, like the others, found growth went away: All the in-place suppliers, apart from Cisco, looked for white knights who could offer scale and business security. Rakers also notes that before "the Emulex acquisition, Avago purchased LSI, which provided the company with the leadership position in FC ASICs (silicon) for both HBAs and switching." If this Broadcom-Brocade deal goes ahead then this leaves Cisco as the only original Fibre Channel director and switch supplier left standing. A final point to note: Brocade CEO Lloyd Carney will have his reputation enhanced if the deal is successfully completed.
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