Technoprom becomes first Brocade OEM partner in Russia for IP networking products

IT consulting and outsourcing firm Technoprom to produce networking equipment

SAN JOSE, Calif.—July 19, 2016— Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced a new partnership with Russian IT company Technoprom, which will enable Brocade to expand its offerings in Russia through an OEM agreement focused on IP networking products. The deal will see Technoprom become Brocade’s first IP product OEM partner in the country.

Technoprom provides high-quality IT services to federal government agencies and state-owned companies, the financial and telecommunications sectors, as well as other sectors. Technoprom’s portfolio includes a wide range of large-scale projects in the development of federal government information systems, and in the rapid supply and deployment of software and hardware systems.

Under the OEM agreement, Technoprom will initially release three main products centered on Brocade switches and IP routers aimed at organizations that require scalability, interoperability and standards compliance, and reliable and robust data transmission networks.

Ivan Iashagashvili, regional sales director for Russia at Brocade, commented,

“OEM partners are integral to our success at Brocade. Technoprom has a superb understanding of the Russian IT market and is a great addition to the trusted group of OEMs we have at Brocade. Running world-class IP technology is something all organizations want to achieve, regardless of location, and we’re looking forward to bringing our IP networking technology to Russian businesses through our partnership with Technoprom.”

Alexey Terentyev general director at Technoprom, commented,

"We’re seeing Russian companies are ready to adopt innovative technologies to achieve business success and improve their competitiveness. OEM partnership with Brocade will greatly benefit our customers in Russia, enabling them to implement technology that will truly help to transform their current data center and networks.”

Technoprom will offer the following products: Brocade® MLX® high-performance routers, Brocade ICX® fixed form-factor switches, and Brocade VDX® data center switches. Thanks to OpenFlow protocol support across all of these products, Technoprom will be able to better support organizations looking to undergo digital transformation by leveraging Software–Defined Networking (SDN) technology.

About Technoprom

IT-company Technoprom is a full range provider of information technologies. It releases various OEM products, provides high quality IT services, integration services, IT-consulting and support. Technoprom has strategic partnership agreements that allows to carry out mutual development of equipment with the world's leading IT brands.