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McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT), a leading provider of data access solutions, today announced a new version of their Network Management Service (NMS 2.2) that has the ability to remotely monitor and manage the ROC WDS Accelerator products. This release of NMS is specifically designed to enhance the effectiveness of the WDS product through continuous proactive monitoring of the appliances (including hardware and application services), alerts and notifications, escalation of critical fault conditions and overall event management. Customers can trust the management of their WDS Accelerator systems to McDATA�s 24x7x365 Network Operations Center (NOC), which is fully integrated with McDATA�s Technical Support Organization for problem resolution. This approach reduces resolution times on average by more than 50 minutes which reduces customer downtime costs. Real-time alerts warn administrators, and McDATA technicians, of network issues or potential system outages. A customer Web portal provides universal access for reporting and event management analysis and online service requests submissions. NMS 2.2 for McDATA�s WDS Accelerator monitors: Connectivity and link failures Application service and process failures RAID, Disk, CPU and memory errors Failover/bypass conditions McDATA�s WDS Accelerators boost data and application access so that customers can consolidate their branch office IT resources and management to the data center, without compromising real-time service levels for remote users. They also reduce recurring costs, maximize data throughput and reduce backup windows by enabling customers to send more data over existing WAN bandwidth. WDS Accelerator is a part of McDATA�s ROC (Remote Office Consolidation) offering, which includes a comprehensive set of hardware, bandwidth, services and support necessary to centralize, move and protect enterprise-wide data. �Through constant monitoring from our 24x7 NOC, McDATA engineers proactively assure our customers� data is always available for both corporate and remote users,� said Rob Beyer, McDATA Senior Vice President of Customer Support Services. �This release shows McDATA�s commitment to moving customers into a more proactive support relationship that will allow them to increase data availability while reducing their overall costs associated with data management.� About McDATA (www.mcdata.com) McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT) 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. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains statements about expected future events that are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties. Readers are urged to consider statements that include the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "plans," "objectives," "estimates," "anticipates," "intends," "targets," or the like to be uncertain and forward-looking. Factors that could cause actual results to differ and vary materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, McDATA�s relationships with EMC, IBM and Hitachi Data Systems and the level of their orders, aggressive price competition by numerous other SAN and IP switch suppliers, OEM qualification of our new products - such as the Intrepid 10000 Director, integration of CNT�s sales and marketing functions, manufacturing constraints, constraints in obtaining third party product for resale and other risk factors that are disclosed in McDATA�s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These cautionary statements by McDATA should not be construed as exhaustive or as any admission regarding the adequacy of disclosures made by McDATA. All cautionary statements should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear. McDATA does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT), a leading provider of data access solutions, today announced a new version of their Network Management Service (NMS 2.2) that has the ability to remotely monitor and manage the ROC WDS Accelerator products. This release of NMS is specifically designed to enhance the effectiveness of the WDS product through continuous proactive monitoring of the appliances (including hardware and application services), alerts and notifications, escalation of critical fault conditions and overall event management. Customers can trust the management of their WDS Accelerator systems to McDATA's 24x7x365 Network Operations Center (NOC), which is fully integrated with McDATA's Technical Support Organization for problem resolution. This approach reduces resolution times on average by more than 50 minutes which reduces customer downtime costs. Real-time alerts warn administrators, and McDATA technicians, of network issues or potential system outages. A customer Web portal provides universal access for reporting and event management analysis and online service requests submissions. NMS 2.2 for McDATA's WDS Accelerator monitors: -- Connectivity and link failures -- Application service and process failures -- RAID, Disk, CPU and memory errors -- Failover/bypass conditions McDATA's WDS Accelerators boost data and application access so that customers can consolidate their branch office IT resources and management to the data center, without compromising real-time service levels for remote users. They also reduce recurring costs, maximize data throughput and reduce backup windows by enabling customers to send more data over existing WAN bandwidth. WDS Accelerator is a part of McDATA's ROC (Remote Office Consolidation) offering, which includes a comprehensive set of hardware, bandwidth, services and support necessary to centralize, move and protect enterprise-wide data. "Through constant monitoring from our 24x7 NOC, McDATA engineers proactively assure our customers' data is always available for both corporate and remote users," said Rob Beyer, McDATA Senior Vice President of Customer Support Services. "This release shows McDATA's commitment to moving customers into a more proactive support relationship that will allow them to increase data availability while reducing their overall costs associated with data management." About McDATA (www.mcdata.com) McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT) 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. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains statements about expected future events that are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties. Readers are urged to consider statements that include the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "plans," "objectives," "estimates," "anticipates," "intends," "targets," or the like to be uncertain and forward-looking. Factors that could cause actual results to differ and vary materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, McDATA's relationships with EMC, IBM and Hitachi Data Systems and the level of their orders, aggressive price competition by numerous other SAN and IP switch suppliers, OEM qualification of our new products - such as the Intrepid 10000 Director, integration of CNT's sales and marketing functions, manufacturing constraints, constraints in obtaining third party product for resale and other risk factors that are disclosed in McDATA's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These cautionary statements by McDATA should not be construed as exhaustive or as any admission regarding the adequacy of disclosures made by McDATA. All cautionary statements should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear. McDATA does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.