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McDATA Corporation (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT), a leading provider of data access solutions, today announced its professional services group has reached the 300+ milestone for data center moves. IT managers who need to relocate their data centers can turn to McDATA Corporation to ensure a smooth, trouble-free transition. McDATA�s experienced services team can help IT managers assess whether a move would make sense. If a move is necessary, customers can engage McDATA services for best-practices guidance in executing the migration, or may choose to use McDATA services to manage every aspect of the move. Utilizing the experience of McDATA�s team reduces the time required to make the move and lowers the risk of data loss or corruption. Additionally, McDATA services can help IT managers, like Ardent Health Services' Tim Beasley, plan for future storage and SAN migration and consolidation, for additional investment protection over time. �It quickly became apparent that in order to meet the company�s business objectives, and reduce TCO around data center operations, we had to make a quick change in course with respect to the overall project management of our initiative,� said Beasley, Ardent Health Services� director of operations and support. �Relocating hardware that supports mission-critical, 24/7 medical applications is not a trivial task. Porting an existing implementation presented new challenges in coordination of both internal IT resources and business partner resources.� Each migration is unique so McDATA services tailors every project to the specific needs of the customer. To date, McDATA has helped more than 100 companies overcome challenges such as short time frames and the need to support non-stop operations. These services allow customers to reduce move times and improve accuracy, lowering their risk. McDATA can also provide a pool of swing equipment as well as temporary or permanent telecommunications bandwidth to implement and execute the relocation. �McDATA is the only vendor in the storage networking market today to provide comprehensive data center relocations,� said McDATA Chief Operating Officer Todd Oseth. �McDATA is committed to providing products and services that give customers easier access to data. More than 300 successful data center relocations and a clear pattern of repeat business is a tremendous compliment that we are indeed meeting and exceeding our customers' expectations." About McDATA (www.mcdata.com) McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT) is the leading provider of storage networking 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, 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 its professional services group has reached the 300+ milestone for data center moves. IT managers who need to relocate their data centers can turn to McDATA Corporation to ensure a smooth, trouble-free transition. McDATA's experienced services team can help IT managers assess whether a move would make sense. If a move is necessary, customers can engage McDATA services for best-practices guidance in executing the migration, or may choose to use McDATA services to manage every aspect of the move. Utilizing the experience of McDATA's team reduces the time required to make the move and lowers the risk of data loss or corruption. Additionally, McDATA services can help IT managers, like Ardent Health Services' Tim Beasley, plan for future storage and SAN migration and consolidation, for additional investment protection over time. "It quickly became apparent that in order to meet the company's business objectives, and reduce TCO around data center operations, we had to make a quick change in course with respect to the overall project management of our initiative," said Beasley, Ardent Health Services' director of operations and support. "Relocating hardware that supports mission-critical, 24/7 medical applications is not a trivial task. Porting an existing implementation presented new challenges in coordination of both internal IT resources and business partner resources." Each migration is unique so McDATA services tailors every project to the specific needs of the customer. To date, McDATA has helped more than 100 companies overcome challenges such as short time frames and the need to support non-stop operations. These services allow customers to reduce move times and improve accuracy, lowering their risk. McDATA can also provide a pool of swing equipment as well as temporary or permanent telecommunications bandwidth to implement and execute the relocation. "McDATA is the only vendor in the storage networking market today to provide comprehensive data center relocations," said McDATA Chief Operating Officer Todd Oseth. "McDATA is committed to providing products and services that give customers easier access to data. More than 300 successful data center relocations and a clear pattern of repeat business is a tremendous compliment that we are indeed meeting and exceeding our customers' expectations." About McDATA (www.mcdata.com) McDATA (Nasdaq:MCDTA)(Nasdaq:MCDT) is the leading provider of storage networking 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, 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.