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Brocade Fiscal Q2 Revenue Misses, Hikes Dividend

Brocade (BRCD) reported fiscal Q2 revenue that fell short of expectations and forecast current-quarter sales below views, but a dividend hike eased shareholder worries over its product demand. Brocade late Thursday announced a 29% hike in its quarterly dividend to 4.5 cents per share. Brocade sells data storage networking products used in corporate data centers. Brocade said earnings rose 16% to 22 cents per share for its fiscal Q2 ended May 2,

Qualcomm, F5, Nokia Get Buy Ratings From Citigroup

Citigroup on Wednesday initiated coverage on a broad range of networking equipment companies, giving buy ratings to Qualcomm (QCOM), Nokia (NOK), Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) and F5 Networks (FFIV), but calling Cisco Systems (CSCO) a sell. Analyst Ehud Gelblum’s only other buy rating went to Riverbed Technology (RVBD). His other sell ratings went to BlackBerry (BBRY) and Brocade (BRCD). Citigroup gave neutral ratings to Ciena (CIEN), Corning (GLW),