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News Release from: Interface Masters Technologies | Subject: 10GbE PCI Express internal bypass
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 May 2008
Bypass accelerates network appliances
Board is designed to support 10Gbit/s rates accelerating throughput of inline Internet security appliances, WAN acceleration systems, gateways and network servers.
Interface Masters Technologies has released a new line of 10GbE PCI Express internal bypass products designed to support 10Gbit/s rates and throughput of inline Internet security appliances, WAN acceleration systems, gateways and network servers The network interface cards (NICs) retain link and traffic forwarding based on Interface Masters own bypass technology and protects the network against link failure in the event of power loss or software crash
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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10Gbit/s Ethernet has moved past the early adoption stage and is rapidly becoming the mainstay for backbones within enterprise and service provider networks.
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"We are excited to provide a viable solution to the10 Gigabit market needs by launching this internal bypass PCI express product line and supporting our customers with unique capabilities", says Ben Askarinam, Senior VP at Interface Masters Technologies.
"The Niagara 2710, based on Intel's 82598 10-Gigabit Ethernet Controller, provides passive bypass capabilities and will be enhanced to support the unique intelligent Bypass features from Interface Masters in the coming quarter".
The Niagara 2710 Internal 10 Gigabit bypass NIC is available now and is targeted at Internet service providers, telcos and OEMs at the critical IT sector requiring security, UTM market, storage area networks (SAN), intrusion detection and prevention and WAN acceleration.
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