Reading Time: < 1 minute

Finally, one year after Broadcom announced the intention acquire Brocade the deal is completed: Broadcom Limited announced that it has completed its acquisition of Brocade. With the close of this transaction, Brocade’s storage area networking (SAN) business is now a highly strategic part of Broadcom’s enterprise storage portfolio.

This is also an important milestone toward Broadcom completing the proposed divestiture of Brocade’s Ruckus Wired (ICX) and Wireless business to ARRIS International PLC (“ARRIS”). ARRIS has stated that it expects to close its acquisition once final regulatory approvals are complete.

Brocade’s Data Center Switching, Routing, and Analytics (SRA) business (SLX, VDX, MLX, Automation and Visibility) and its software networking businesses (vRouter, vEPC, vADC, and SDN Controller) were divested by Brocade prior to the close of Broadcom’s acquisition of Brocade and are not part of the Broadcom acquisition:

  • AT&T announcement (vRouter), July 7, 2017
  • Mavenir announcement (vEPC), July 31, 2017
  • Pulse Secure announcement (vADC), August 1, 2017
  • Lumina Networks announcement (SDN Controller), August 7, 2017
  • Extreme Networks announcement (SRA), October 30, 2017

For more information, please refer to the Broadcom Acquisition Announcement Partner FAQ.

Share

Related Posts

  • Broadcom is going to acquire Brocade

    Broadcom has announced a definitive agreement under which it will acquire Brocade merging networking with storage competency to build stronger company. Broadcom believes the SAN business is a strong complement to its portfolio of enterprise storage and networking solutions, also with the grow of converged…

  • Broadcom acquisisce Brocade

    Broadcom ha annunciato la definizione di un accordo definitivo per l'acquisizione di Brocade, andando a completare la sua offerta di mercato (soprattutto nel mondo delle reti e delle schede di rete) con un'importante offerta nel mondo dello storage, soprattutto Fibre Channel tradizionale, ma non solo.…

  • Extreme Networks is going to acquire Brocade's assets

    Just some months ago Broadcom has announced a definitive agreement under which it will acquire Brocade merging networking with storage competency to build stronger company. Due to competitive overlaps, Broadcom plans to divest the IP Networking business. Brocade’s intention was to assist Broadcom in finding a buyer…

Virtualization, Cloud and Storage Architect. Tech Field delegate. VMUG IT Co-Founder and board member. VMware VMTN Moderator and vExpert 2010-24. Dell TechCenter Rockstar 2014-15. Microsoft MVP 2014-16. Veeam Vanguard 2015-23. Nutanix NTC 2014-20. Several certifications including: VCDX-DCV, VCP-DCV/DT/Cloud, VCAP-DCA/DCD/CIA/CID/DTA/DTD, MCSA, MCSE, MCITP, CCA, NPP.