Brocade will also add support for multi-tenancy, which is critical for the public cloud and the ability to meet certain regulations.

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While considerably cheaper than a multi-platform sponsorship, these events add up as well.

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After the Feb. 1 announcement of a multi-year marketing partnership with Mango Financial, Lopez is able to add yet another line to his resume: prepaid card endorser.

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