Disruptions, or a continued decline, in general economic conditions, as well as potential impacts from lower IT spending if the Budget Control Act of 2011 goes into effect in the U.S. on December 31, 2012, particularly in the information technology industry and U.S. federal government budget cycles, especially governmental departments such as the Department of Defense and certain intelligence agencies that are likely to be negatively impacted by budget reductions and where Brocade's revenue is highly concentrated;