Both Brocade and McData have so-called intelligent switches. McData uses the chip from Aarohi Communications, and you use technology from Packeteer and Tacit Networks. Which one do you settle on?

Buiocchi: We're probably not going to announce the full product line until the day of close, but based on our first 100 calls to customers, it was all centered on the director. Solve the director problem, that's the one I'm most tied to, most committed to. It's the biggest infrastructure commitment. The other products are just coming under scrutiny now.

Are synergies between the two companies going to result in layoffs?

Klayko: Yet to be determined. There are some obvious things. I have a good finance organization, IT organization and some back-office functions that I only need one of. The other thing we're finding as we learn more and more about the business is we have some really good people. So we're reaching out to those people and saying obviously you have some great skills and a good account relationship. So there's always room in our organization for great people.