Data Center Solutions
Enterprise Networking and Security
Attune Systems’ Network File Management solutions reduce file management
complexity for enterprise storage environments while slashing operating costs
and increasing scalability. The company’s flagship product, the Maestro File
Manager, is a NAS virtualization appliance that helps IT administrators
discover, analyze, manage and optimize their existing, heterogeneous file
storage resources without impacting end users. Attune’s investors include
Alloy Ventures, QTV Capital, Shea Ventures, Rock Creek Capital, and
Shoreline Venture Management. For more information, visit the company’s
website at www.attunesystems.com.
On April 14, 2005, Cisco announced a definitive agreement to acquire
Topspin, a leading provider of server fabric switches, a new class of server
networking equipment, that provides a high performance, programmable
infrastructure for grid and utility computing, clustered enterprise applications,
and server virtualization. The Topspin product line will extend Cisco's data
center switching solutions to include InfiniBand-based server switching and
will complement Cisco's existing network switching and storage switching
solutions including its Ethernet-based Catalyst switching platform for
internet/intranet infrastructure and its multiprotocol (Fibre Channel, FCIP,
iSCSI and FICON) MDS switches for storage area networks.
Extreme Networks designs, builds, and installs Ethernet infrastructure
solutions that help solve the toughest business communications challenges.
Our commitment to open networking sets us apart from the alternatives
by delivering meaningful insight and unprecedented control to applications
and services. We believe openness is the best foundation for growth,
freedom, flexibility and choice. We focus on enterprises and service
providers who demand high performance, converged networks that
support voice, video and data over a wired and wireless infrastructure.
Juniper Networks develops purpose-built, high performance IP platforms
that enable customers to support a wide variety of services and
applications at scale. Service providers, enterprises, governments and
research and education institutions rely on Juniper to deliver a portfolio of
proven networking, security and application acceleration solutions that
solve highly complex, fast-changing problems in the world's most
demanding networks. Additional information can be found at
www.juniper.net.
Matisse Networks is named after Henri Matisse, the famous painter known
as the “Master of Color”. Like the painter, Matisse Networks is mastering
the colors of light to pioneer the field of optical burst switching. Matisse
Networks’ EtherBurst is the industry’s first optical burst switch, purpose-
built for scaling metro aggregation networks from 10 to 640 Gbps.
Recognized as both a Network World “Top 10 Startups to Watch” and a
“Red Herring 100 Private Company”, additional information on Matisse is
available at http://www.matissenetworks.com.
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ACT Venture Partners Inc.
ACT Venture Partners Inc.
Data Center desktop Virtualization Solutions
Infrastructure Semiconductor
Chelsio Communications is leading the convergence of networking,
storage and clustering interconnects with its robust, high-performance
and proven unified wire technology. Featuring a highly scalable and
programmable architecture, Chelsio is shipping 10-Gigabit Ethernet and
multi-port Gigabit Ethernet adapter cards, delivering the low latency and
superior throughput required for high-performance computing
applications. For more information, visit the company online at
http://www.chelsio.com.
Silicon for hardware assisted server and storage virtualiztion
Silicon for hardware assisted CIFS/NFS off-load
PacketMotion is the developer of the industry’s first security appliance that
gives businesses the ability to see user activity inside their networks as it
happens, allowing them to identify improper actions in real time and to
instantly respond. The PacketSentry system captures extremely detailed
information on what people are doing on the network and presents it in an
intuitive manner so that decisions on how to respond can be made before
any damage is done. PacketSentry works with an organization’s existing
infrastructure and processes to cost-effectively safeguard assets, automate
compliance and governance practices, and reduce business risk.
PacketMotion is based in Silicon Valley, with funding from Intel Capital,
Mohr Davidow Ventures and ONSET Ventures.
Cirtas is a stealth mode cloud storage controller company.  Bluhet accelerates
access to the cloud storage and significantly reduces storage TCO.  Venture
funding from NEA and Lightspeed.
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