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PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PETC), the leading specialty retailer of premium pet food, supplies, and services, is using McDATA 6140 Directors and 4500 Fabric Switches to consolidate its retail systems and optimize its inventory and restocking processes. The pet specialty retailer uses McDATA storage networking solutions to collect sales numbers from 800 stores around the country to automatically update inventory replenishment requirements. Distribution centers and independent vendors are able to receive orders based on the previous day's sales before the stores open the next morning. "The consolidation, optimization and protection capabilities built into McDATA's directors and switches enable PETCO to make intelligent restocking decisions in a timely manner," said Eric Rosenzweig, vice president of information systems, PETCO. "Whether merchandise is a special brand of dog food, a cat toy, or hamster wheel -- we must have product on the shelves." Sales data from PETCO's 800 stores is collected nightly and automatically processed at corporate headquarters in San Diego, and orders for product replacement are sent to distribution centers and vendors around the country. The throughput and high-availability of the McDATA storage network allows PETCO to analyze more than 250,000 daily sales transactions overnight so that distribution centers and vendors can begin filling orders before stores open for the day. "PETCO requires continuous uptime of its inventory, credit card transaction and supply chain management systems," said Gary Gysin, senior vice president of worldwide sales and services, McDATA. "The performance and reliability of the McDATA directors help optimize PETCO's supply chain management system and make sure merchandise that customers need is in stock." 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.