Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

12. Segment Information

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"), or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Currently, the CODM is the Chief Executive Officer.

Brocade is organized into four operating segments. Two of the operating segments, Data Storage Products and Global Services are individually reportable segments. The other two operating segments, Ethernet Switching & Internet Protocol ("IP") Routing and Application Delivery Products ("ADP"), combine to form a third reportable segment: Ethernet Products. These segments are organized principally by product category.

Financial decisions and the allocation of resources are based on the information from the Company's internal management reporting system. The Company does not track its assets by operating segments. The majority of the Company's assets as of January 28, 2012 were attributable to its United States operations.

Summarized financial information by reportable segment for the three months ended January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011, based on the internal management reporting system, is as follows (in thousands):

	Data Storage Products		Ethernet Products		Global Services		Total
Three months ended January 28, 2012
Net revenues	$	352,872	$	123,430	$	84,340	$	560,642
Cost of revenues		95,838		79,569		40,466		215,873
Gross margin	$	257,034	$	43,861	$	43,874	$	344,769
Three months ended January 29, 2011
Net revenues	$	330,903	$	126,126	$	88,727	$	545,756
Cost of revenues		100,472		77,144		47,257		224,873
Gross margin	$	230,431	$	48,982	$	41,470	$	320,883