Patton Electronics Co. Enables the extension of the LAN to distances of up to 8 km (twisted pair copper). New model delivers PoE up to 656 feet, with chained deployment supporting distances up to 500 meters. Mar. 2, 2009
Cisco Systems, Inc. Modular data center switches are served in floor and rackmount flavors and now support up to 512 10 Gig ports. High end features include support for Virtual Device Contexts, stateful process restarts, more. Jan. 27, 2009
QLogic Corp. InfiniBand directors and switches especially targeted to HPC environments. New 12000 series boasts QDR capabilities with up to 864 ports in 29U. Nov. 18, 2008
nPulse Network Systems, LLC. Line of gear targeted to OEMs, application developers, and admins focused on the capture and monitoring of network traffic. Sep. 30, 2008
Neterion, Inc. 10 Gig NICs are targeted especially for use with virtual machines. Now with IOQoS technology for prioritizing traffic to individual VMs within a server. Sep. 9, 2008
Alcatel-Lucent. Line of stackable 24/48 port switches is targeted to SMEs, branches, and Service Providers (as CPEs) and is served in both PoE and non-PoE flavors. Aug. 27, 2008
Vyatta Inc. Open source-based networking platform provides routing, VPN, WAN link load balancing, and more. Now available on pre-loaded hardware for mid-range deployments. Aug. 14, 2008
Blade Network Technologies, Inc. Line of switches provides network connectivity between blade servers and the rest of the network. New switch for NEC SIGMABLADE boasts 10 Gb connectivity. Jul. 28, 2008
Cisco Systems, Inc. Application switches--available in module and stand alone flavors--enhance application performance through load balancing, content-based switching, and more. Upgrade to provide increased throughput and SIP/RTSP support. Jun. 24, 2008
