SilverStorm / 12000 Series
[Nov. 18, 2008] QLogic Corp. InfiniBand directors and switches especially targeted to HPC environments. New 12000 series boasts QDR capabilities with up to 864 ports in 29U.

PowerLine
[Oct. 21, 2008] Linksys. Network bridges that extend home and small office networks by using a structure's electrical wiring.

PacketSentry
[Oct. 16, 2008] PacketMotion. Real-time user traffic monitoring, analysis, reporting and security policy enforcement.

Afore ASE3300
[Oct. 16, 2008] Afore Solutions Inc. Traffic acceleration, optimization and data security appliance for wide area networks.

nPulse Sensors
[Sep. 30, 2008] nPulse Network Systems, LLC. Line of gear targeted to OEMs, application developers, and admins focused on the capture and monitoring of network traffic.

Xframe / X3100
[Sep. 9, 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.

OmniSwitch 6400
[Aug. 27, 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.

Vyatta
[Aug. 14, 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.

Blade Server Switch Modules
[Jul. 28, 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.

Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE)
[Jun. 24, 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.

Remote Print Manager (RPM)
[Jun. 12, 2008] Brooks Internet Software, Inc. TCP/IP LPD (Line Printer Daemon) Print Server for Windows platforms.

Chelsio NICs
[Jun. 5, 2008] Chelsio Communications, Inc. 10Gb PCI-X and PCI Express Ethernet NICs with built-in TCP/IP Offload, RDMA, and iSCSI capabilities. Now supports Scali MPI Connect.

Net Optics Taps
[Jun. 4, 2008] Net Optics, Inc. A family of Taps, switches, and tools that facilitate the deployment and usage of monitoring gear on the network. 10 Gig iTaps to debut in mid-June.

Acceleration Zone Switches / NIC
[May 23, 2008] Teak Technologies, Inc. Layer 2 communications gear (NICs and switches) with acceleration technology that enables them to reduce packet loss and improve overall per-port performance. Now in a stand alone switch format.