Brocade Communications Systems

company specializing in storage networking products
Organization business Q2424396
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 9 annual filings
Revenue
$2.35B
▲ 3.6% YoY FY2016
Net Income
$213.81M
▼ 37.2% YoY FY2016
Assets
$4.94B
▲ 22.4% YoY FY2016
EPS (diluted)
$0.51
▼ 35.4% YoY FY2016
$0.00$645.04M$1.29B$1.94B$2.58B FY2008: $1.47B · NI $167.39M (11.4% margin)FY2009: $1.95B · NI -$83.19M (-4.3% margin)FY2010: $2.09B · NI $116.52M (5.6% margin)FY2011: $2.15B · NI $50.61M (2.4% margin)FY2012: $2.24B · NI $195.18M (8.7% margin)FY2013: $2.22B · NI $208.62M (9.4% margin)FY2014: $2.21B · NI $237.97M (10.8% margin)FY2015: $2.26B · NI $340.36M (15.0% margin)FY2016: $2.35B · NI $213.81M (9.1% margin) '08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2016-10-29 · accession 0001009626-16-000334

Brocade Communications Systems

Summary

Brocade Communications Systems is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brocade Communications Systems was a member of CVE Numbering Authority[3].
  • Brocade Communications Systems is in the country of United States[4].
  • Brocade Communications Systems is in the country of US[5].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's instance of is recorded as subsidiary company[8].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's founder is recorded as Kumar Malavalli[10].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's headquarters location is recorded as San Jose[11].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's headquarters location is recorded as San Jose[12].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's Commons category is recorded as Brocade Communications Systems[13].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14].
  • 1995 marks the founding of Brocade Communications Systems[15].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's parent organization or unit is recorded as Broadcom[16].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's official website is recorded as http://www.brocade.com[17].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[18].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[19].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's different from is recorded as Brocade[20].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's MAC Address Block Large ID is recorded as 000088[21].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's MAC Address Block Large ID is recorded as 00010F[22].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's MAC Address Block Large ID is recorded as 000480[23].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's MAC Address Block Large ID is recorded as 00051E[24].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's MAC Address Block Large ID is recorded as 000533[25].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's MAC Address Block Large ID is recorded as 000CDB[26].
  • Brocade Communications Systems's MAC Address Block Large ID is recorded as 0012F2[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 1XQGEZZK200XKZPV1W26[28]

  • Registered legal name: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Other legal form: INCORPORATED[33]

  • Entity status: INACTIVE[34]

  • LEI registration status: RETIRED[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-11-16[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-08-04[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2015-12-09[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA999999[40]

  • Conformity flag: NOT_APPLICABLE[41]

Body

Founding

Brocade Communications Systems's founder is recorded as Kumar Malavalli[10]. 1995 marks the founding of it[15].

Operations

Headquarters locations include San Jose[11], a big city[42], in United States[43], founded in 1777[44]. Brocade Communications Systems's parent organization or unit is recorded as Broadcom[16].

Ownership

Brocade Communications Systems's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14].

Why It Matters

Brocade Communications Systems ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (249 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . cve.mitre.org. Retrieved . cve.mitre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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