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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear All<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Micron21 completed a three month in depth internal investigation between Brocade MLXe XMR the Cisco ASR1004 and the Juniper MX80 around 8 months ago, evaluating which product to invest in. If you wish to know specific details of our study please feel free to contact me directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In summary please find the below comments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>To give you some background Micron21 is an Australian based Datacentre, we provide datacentre services at an extremely high density, our network is mission critical and supports some of the largest Australian companies, in saying that we are very proud in our decision choosing the Brocade MLXe XMR platform as our routing platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Brocade was the right choice for us and since our migration to the Brocade MLXe XMR platform we have also developed an amazing relationship between our company and many senior people within almost every department at Brocade. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In fact owning a Brocade solution makes us feel extremely proud that we choose Brocade, you can’t help but smile even more when you see the Brocade One “rap” video knowing your part of an evolving revolution. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>To be honest and unbiased Brocade hands down for our application within the datacentre environment was a much better product when you compare the raw processing power to almost anything on the market. Whilst Brocade might not have the “Marketing perception” or glossy paper brochures of the ASR or MX80 it truly is a much better product when you look the technical features you will actually use for a routing platform within a high density environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Kindest Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>James Braunegg<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>W:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> 1300 769 972 | <b>M:</b> 0488 997 207 | <b>D:</b> (03) 9751 7616</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>E:</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:james.braunegg@micron21.com"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>james.braunegg@micron21.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> | <b>ABN:</b> 12 109 977 666 <br><br><img border=0 width=250 height=39 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC05F7.A1BDC010" alt="Description: Description: Description: M21.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This message is intended for the addressee named above. It may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you must not use, copy, distribute or disclose it to anyone other than the addressee. If you have received this message in error please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> foundry-nsp-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces@puck.nether.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Drew Weaver<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> foundry-nsp@puck.nether.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [f-nsp] MLXe-4 vs ASR1006 vs MX80<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Has anyone seen any bake offs, or side by side comparisons between the MLXe-4, ASR1006 or the MX80?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to pick a router for a small regional DC and these seem attractive but I don't know all of the caveats and subtleties.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any thoughts?<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>