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Network Equipment Technologies Announces Initial Orders for Multi-Service, High-Speed Switching Platform
Advance Orders from Naval Research Labs follow Successful Completion of Extensive TrialsFremont, CA, October 25, 2006 - Telecommunications equipment maker Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: NWK) announced that it has received initial advance orders for its NX5010 high-speed switching platform, to be shipped upon general availability, which is expected shortly. Jointly developed by NET and Bay Microsystems, the leader in high performance packet processing solutions, the NX5010 is a compact, scalable, 10 gigabit per second multi-service aggregation and switching platform.
The NX5010 provides a powerful solution for mission-critical communications in response to increasing demand for secure, high speed, versatile networking. Initially targeted at government and financial customers, the NX5010 enables geographically dispersed data centers to connect and enables multiple components currently required to perform SAN-to-WAN communications to be replaced and collapsed into a single system.
The first release of the platform, designed to provide high-speed SAN to WAN communications and secure grid computing, was tested extensively by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Following the trials, NRL awarded NET and Bay an initial advance order for multiple units, which are targeted for use within NRL’s test bed for Advanced Network and Advanced Terabit Storage Area Networking trials. The units will be shipped upon general availability of the product, which is expected shortly.
“We tested the NX5010 extensively during the past six months, with results that exceeded our expectations,” said Dr. Hank Dardy, Chief Scientist, Supercomputing Research Lab - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. “The performance of the NX5010 was exceptional. The first-of-its-kind test set-up transferred 60 terabytes of InfiniBand data over a distance of 4500 km in only 32 hours. We believe this is the largest amount of InfiniBand data ever transferred per unit time over a wide area network.”
“We are very excited to add the NX5010 product, as well as 10 Gbps interfaces to our product portfolio. NET and Bay have been working closely over the past year on the development of this platform, and are extremely pleased with the feedback from our early trials,” said John Sandschulte, VP of Engineering at NET. “Not only were we able to meet NRL’s high standards for reliability and throughput, but were able to surpass their expectations.”
“We are very pleased by the results of the NRL trials,” said Chuck Gershman, president and CEO, Bay Microsystems, Inc. “This first-ever achievement in WAN data-transfer capacity and performance exemplifies the processing power and agility of the NX5010 powered by Bay’s network processors. The successful collaboration with our OEM partner, NET, continues to validate Bay’s world class system level design support and ability to accelerate our partners time to market.”
The NX5010 utilizes Bay Microsystems’ industry leading Biscayne and Montego programmable packet processors to enable line-rate multiservice protocol conversion and transport with hard QoS (Quality of Service) management capabilities. As an agile high-speed exchange, the NX5010 enables geographically distributed computing and storage resources to operate as if they were co-located within the same LAN or data center.
About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NET) is a leading provider of multi-service network
exchange solutions that enable flexible, cost-effective network evolution. A pioneer of the
networking industry, NET has been delivering network exchange solutions to enterprise and
government customers for more than 20 years.
Visit www.net.com for more information.
NX5010 and the NET logo are trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.
About Bay Microsystems
Bay Microsystems is one of the fastest growing communications
semiconductor companies. As the recognized global leader in
high-performance, programmable network and transport processors, Bay's
award winning products enable the delivery of converged voice, video, data
and multimedia and have been deployed in mission-critical service
provider, enterprise and government networks since 2003. Bay announced
profitability in June, 2005 and its customers include many leading
government, telecom and network equipment manufacturers. For more
information please visit www.baymicrosystems.com.
Biscayne and Montego are trademarks of Bay Microsystems, Inc.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to product development initiatives, and possible future operating results within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Investors are cautioned that such statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainty that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect such results include the our ability to completed planned development of product features and functionality, our ability to commercialize new products, the timing and budgeting of government telecommunications projects, and the performance of strategic partners regarding product and marketing activities, as well as the factors identified in Network Equipment Technologies’ most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and most recent subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Network Equipment Technologies disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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