Brocade CEO To Resign

Network storage equipment maker Brocade Communication Systems Inc’s third-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates, boosted by a 13 percent rise in storage equipment sales, and the company said its chief executive intends to resign.

Shares of the company rose 11 percent after the market-topping results but lost all of their gains on news of the CEO’s resignation.

A faltering recovery in the United States and weakness in Europe has hit network equipment makers as telecom service providers, their biggest customers, cut spending and delay purchases of new equipment.

Cisco Systems Inc’s Chief Executive John Chambers, whose comments are highly regarded in the tech industry, said on Wednesday that many of its customers continued to be hit by the global economic slowdown and he expects CEOs to remain conservative in their IT spending and hiring.

Brocade said Chief Executive Michael Klayko intends to resign once a successor is identified.

The board has formed a search committee to find Klayko’s replacement and Klayko will continue to serve as the CEO during the search period, Brocade said in a statement.