INFO X DISTRIBUTES CHELSIO 10GB ETHERNET ADAPTERS
SUNNYVALE, CA and RANDOLPH, NJ – February 24, 2009 –
Chelsio Communications, Inc., the leading provider of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) adapters and ASIC solutions, and Info X, the global distribution leader of storage networking solutions, today announced that Info X has reached an agreement to be a worldwide distributor of Chelsio’s full line of 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters. Chelsio’s products are available today from Info X.
“Info X is very happy to have the addition of Chelsio All-in-One adapters to our partner portfolio for the worldwide storage market,” said Thomas Carlucci, president of Info X. “Chelsio is a market leader enabling the convergence of networking, storage and clustering interconnects with its proven high performance Unified Wire technology.”
“Info X is one of the leading distribution companies in the world focused on storage networking solutions and we are pleased to have them represent Chelsio products,” said Kianoosh Naghshineh, president and CEO of Chelsio. “Info X has an impressive worldwide reach that will enable Chelsio to access more resellers, OEMs and system integrators with our Unified Wire technology.”
Chelsio is the leading provider of 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters, delivering protocol-offload and acceleration technology to improve application performance and communications bandwidth for high-performance servers and storage systems. Chelsio’s board-level products employ the company’s unique Terminator ICs that process compute-intensive communications protocols at line rate.
By offloading the protocol processing from the host CPU to Chelsio’s intelligent hardware adapters, host servers and storage systems that use Chelsio adapters dramatically increase both application performance and communications bandwidth. Chelsio’s products accelerate network performance in enterprise data centers, high performance cluster computing (HPCC), enterprise-wide data storage systems, and post-production shops for digital film and video.
About Chelsio Communications, Inc.
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 www.chelsio.com.
About Info X
Founded in 1999, Info X is a global distributor of storage networking solutions and has generated more than $110 million in sales for its fiscal year 2009. Info X is headquartered in Randolph, New Jerseyto service the Americaswith additional distribution warehouses located in Hong Kong to service the APJ region and Hollandto service the European region. Info X provides only the best storage solutions to over 2000 storage VARs, OEMs and System Integrators. Info X’s focus on storage networking provides customers with unmatched sales, support, distribution and logistics. For more information, visit http://www.info-x.com.
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