|
|
 | | | |
- close
- close
- close
- close
| |||||||||
These excerpts taken from the BRCD 10-K filed Dec 15, 2008. Research
and Development
The industry in which Brocade competes is subject to rapid
technological developments, evolving industry standards, changes
in customer requirements, and new product introductions. As a
result, Brocade’s success depends, in part, on its ability
to continue to enhance its existing solutions and to develop and
introduce new solutions that improve performance and reduce the
total cost of ownership in the storage environment. Brocade has
invested significantly in product research and development. It
continues to enhance and extend its products and increase the
speed, performance and port-density of its switching platform.
Brocade also continues to expand the value-added services of its
intelligent platform to further simplify storage management and
to enable more functionality for end-user customers, OEM
partners and application partners.
Brocade products are designed to support current industry
standards and will continue to support emerging standards that
are consistent with its product strategy. Brocade products have
been designed around a common platform architecture which
facilitates the product design, development and testing cycle,
and reduces the time to market for new products and features.
Brocade intends to continue to leverage this common architecture
to develop and introduce additional hardware and software
products and enhancements in the future.
Brocade’s product development process includes the
certification of certain of its products by its OEM partners,
which is referred to as the product qualification process.
During this process, Brocade supports its OEM partners in the
testing of its new products to ensure they meet quality,
functionality and inoperability requirements. The process is
completed once the OEM partner has certified the product and
announced general availability of that product to their
customers. This process generally is completed within two to
four months.
For the years ended October 25, 2008, October 27, 2007
and October 28, 2006, Brocade’s research and
development expenses totaled $255.6 million,
$213.3 million and $164.8 million, respectively. All
expenditures for research and development costs have been
expensed as incurred. In fiscal year 2009, Brocade expects to
increase its level of investment, in absolute dollars, in
research and development.
Table of Contents
Research and Development The industry in which Brocade competes is subject to rapid technological developments, evolving industry standards, changes in customer requirements, and new product introductions. As a result, Brocade’s success depends, in part, on its ability to continue to enhance its existing solutions and to develop and introduce new solutions that improve performance and reduce the total cost of ownership in the storage environment. Brocade has invested significantly in product research and development. It continues to enhance and extend its products and increase the speed, performance and port-density of its switching platform. Brocade also continues to expand the value-added services of its intelligent platform to further simplify storage management and to enable more functionality for end-user customers, OEM partners and application partners. Brocade products are designed to support current industry standards and will continue to support emerging standards that are consistent with its product strategy. Brocade products have been designed around a common platform architecture which facilitates the product design, development and testing cycle, and reduces the time to market for new products and features. Brocade intends to continue to leverage this common architecture to develop and introduce additional hardware and software products and enhancements in the future. Brocade’s product development process includes the certification of certain of its products by its OEM partners, which is referred to as the product qualification process. During this process, Brocade supports its OEM partners in the testing of its new products to ensure they meet quality, functionality and inoperability requirements. The process is completed once the OEM partner has certified the product and announced general availability of that product to their customers. This process generally is completed within two to four months. For the years ended October 25, 2008, October 27, 2007 and October 28, 2006, Brocade’s research and development expenses totaled $255.6 million, $213.3 million and $164.8 million, respectively. All expenditures for research and development costs have been expensed as incurred. In fiscal year 2009, Brocade expects to increase its level of investment, in absolute dollars, in research and development.
Table of ContentsThis excerpt taken from the BRCD 10-K filed Dec 21, 2007. Research
and Development
The industry in which Brocade competes is subject to rapid
technological developments, evolving industry standards, changes
in customer requirements and new product introductions. As a
result, Brocade’s success
Table of Contents
depends, in part, on its ability to continue to enhance its
existing solutions and to develop and introduce new solutions
that improve performance and reduce the total cost of ownership
in the storage environment. Brocade has invested significantly
in product research and development. It continues to enhance and
extend its products and increase the speed, performance and
port-density of its switching platform. Brocade also continues
to expand the value-added services of its intelligent platform
to enable more functionality for end customers, OEM partners and
application partners and to further simplify storage management.
Brocade products are designed to support current industry
standards and will continue to support emerging standards that
are consistent with its product strategy. Brocade products have
been designed around a common platform architecture, which
facilitates the product design, development and testing cycle,
and reduces the time to market for new products and features.
Brocade intends to continue to leverage this common architecture
to develop and introduce additional hardware and software
products and enhancements in the future.
Brocade’s product development process includes the
certification of certain of its products by its OEM partners,
which is referred to as the product qualification process.
During this process, Brocade supports its OEM partners in the
testing of its new products to ensure they meet quality and
functionality and inoperability requirements. The process is
completed once the OEM partner has certified the product and
announced general availability of that product to their
customers. This process generally is completed in a range of two
to four months.
For the years ended October 27, 2007, October 28, 2006
and October 29, 2005, Brocade’s research and
development expenses totaled $213.3 million,
$164.8 million and $132.4 million, respectively. All
expenditures for research and development costs have been
expensed as incurred. In fiscal 2008, Brocade expects to
increase its level of investment, in absolute dollars, in
research and development.
This excerpt taken from the BRCD 10-K filed Jan 9, 2007. Research
and Development
The industry in which Brocade competes is subject to rapid
technological developments, evolving industry standards, changes
in customer requirements, and new product introductions. As a
result, Brocade’s success depends, in part, on its ability
to continue to enhance its existing solutions and to develop and
introduce new solutions that improve performance and reduce the
total cost of ownership in the storage environment. Brocade has
invested significantly in product research and development. It
continues to enhance and extend its products, and increase the
speed, performance, and port-density of its switching platform.
Brocade also continues to expand the value-added services of its
intelligent platform to enable more functionality for end
customers, OEM partners, and application partners and to further
simplify storage management.
Brocade products are designed to support current industry
standards and will continue to support emerging standards that
are consistent with its product strategy. Brocade products have
been designed around a common platform architecture, which
facilitates the product design, development, and testing cycle,
and reduces the time to market for new products and features.
Brocade intends to continue to leverage this common architecture
to develop and introduce additional hardware and software
products and enhancements in the future.
Brocade’s product development process includes the
certification of certain of its products by its
OEM partners, which is referred to as the product
qualification process. During this process, Brocade supports its
OEM partners in the testing of its new products to insure
they meet quality and functionality, and inoperability
requirements. The process is completed once the OEM partner has
certified the product and announced general availability of that
product to their customers. This process generally is completed
in a range of two to four months.
For the years ended October 28, 2006, October 29,
2005, and October 30, 2004, Brocade’s research and
development expenses totaled $164.8 million,
$132.4 million, and $142.5 million, respectively. All
expenditures for
Table of Contents
research and development costs have been expensed as incurred.
In fiscal 2007, Brocade expects to increase its level of
investment, in absolute dollars, in research and development.
This excerpt taken from the BRCD 10-K filed Jan 19, 2006. Research
and Development
The industry in which we compete is subject to rapid
technological developments, evolving industry standards, changes
in customer requirements, and new product introductions. As a
result, our success depends, in part, on our ability to continue
to enhance our existing solutions and to develop and introduce
new solutions that improve performance and reduce the total cost
of ownership in the storage environment. We have invested
significantly in product research and development. We continue
to enhance and extend our products, and increase the speed,
performance, and port-density of our switching platform. We also
continue to expand the value-added services of our intelligent
platform to enable more functionality for end customers, OEM
partners, and application partners and to further simplify
storage management.
Our products are designed to support current industry standards
and will continue to support emerging standards that are
consistent with our product strategy. Our products have been
designed around a common platform architecture, which
facilitates the product design, development, and testing cycle,
and reduces the time to market for new products and features. We
intend to continue to leverage this common architecture to
develop and introduce additional hardware and software products
and enhancements in the future.
Our product development process includes the certification of
our products by our OEM partners, which is referred to as the
product qualification process. During this process, we support
our OEM partners in the testing of our new products to insure
they meet quality and functionality, and inoperability
requirements. The process is completed once the OEM partner has
certified the product and announced general availability of that
product to their customers. This process generally is completed
in a range of two to four months.
For the years ended October 29, 2005, October 30,
2004, and October 25, 2003, our research and development
expenses totaled $130.9 million, $142.0 million, and
$145.9 million, respectively. All expenditures for research
and development costs have been expensed as incurred. In fiscal
2006, we expect to increase our level of investment, in absolute
dollars, in research and development.
This excerpt taken from the BRCD 10-K filed Jan 31, 2005. Research and Development
The industry in which we compete is subject to rapid technological developments, evolving industry standards, changes in customer requirements, and new product introductions. As a result, our success depends, in part, on our ability to continue to enhance our existing solutions and to develop and introduce new solutions that improve performance and reduce the total cost of ownership in the storage environment. We have invested significantly in product research and development. We continue to enhance and extend our products, and to increase the speed, performance, and port-density of our switching platform. We also continue to expand the value-added services of our intelligent platform to enable more functionality for end customers, OEM partners, and application partners and to further simplify storage management. Our products are designed to support current industry standards and will continue to support emerging standards that are consistent with our product strategy. Our products have been designed around a common platform architecture, which facilitates the product design, development, and testing cycle, and reduces the time to market for new products and features. We intend to continue to leverage this common architecture to develop and introduce additional hardware and software products and enhancements in the future. Our product development process includes the certification of our products by our OEM partners, which is referred to as the product qualification process. During this process, we support our OEM Partners in the testing of our new products to insure they meet quality and functionality, and inoperability requirements. The process is completed once the OEM Partner has certified the product and announced general availability of that product to their customers. This process generally is completed in a range of two to four months. For the years ended October 30, 2004, October 25, 2003, and October 26, 2002, our research and development expenses totaled $149.5 million, $145.7 million, and $113.2 million, respectively. All expenditures for research and development costs have been expensed as incurred. We expect to continue to maintain our high level of investment in research and development.
| EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
RELATED TOPICS for BRCD: |
| |||||||
