• E-mail
• Print
• Comment
• Font Size
• Digg
• del.icio.us
• Discuss article

SBE Demonstrates Gigabit Ethernet and TCP/IP Offload Engine Technologies at the SunNetwork Conference

Posted on: Tuesday, 16 September 2003, 06:00 CDT

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2003--

SBE to demo its Solaris Ready certified dual port Gigabit Ethernet

board

SBE Inc., (NASDAQ:SBEI), a leading supplier of high performance OEM communications solutions, today announced that it will be showcasing its Gigabit Ethernet and TCP/IP Offload Engine technologies, acquired from Antares Microsystems, at the SunNetwork Conference. The three-day SunNetwork event is taking place from September 16-18, 2003 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

In addition to having its own booth (#IP-170) at the event, SBE will also feature its dual port Gigabit Ethernet NIC (P0082) with failover in the Solaris Ready(TM) booth. SBE's single (P1055, P1056), dual (P0082), and quad (P0085) port Gigabit Ethernet adapters have achieved Solaris Ready certification. Solaris Ready certified products must pass stringent testing requirements for system compatibility, ease-of-installation, functionality, and network interoperability as defined and controlled by Sun Microsystems.

"Sun's Solaris Ready program allows developers, like SBE, to proudly display the Solaris Ready logo on certified products, enabling customers to readily identify third party solutions featuring proven interoperability on Sun SPARC and Solaris environments," remarked Patric Chang, Director, Market Development Engineering at Sun Microsystems. "Sun is pleased to provide its customers with reliable, high-performance product options, such as SBE's Gigabit Ethernet adapters, and look forward to bringing additional SBE offerings into the Solaris Ready certification program over time."

SBE will be highlighting at its booth its Solaris and Linux-based WAN, LAN and Storage I/O boards, including Gigabit Ethernet, SCSI, and Fibre Channel, as well as its initial roll-out of TCP/IP Offload Engine products. "SBE recognizes that with Ethernet speeds increasing beyond 100 Mbit/s as end-user performance expectations grow, the need for significant offloading of protocol processing is becoming an unavoidable requirement, hence our investment in acquiring TOE technologies from Antares," commented Daniel Grey, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SBE. "We plan to display the first phase of our TOE products at the SunNetwork Conference to demonstrate how deploying TCP/IP offload in conjunction with SBE's high-speed Ethernet technologies allows applications to maximize networking capabilities."

About SBE

SBE architects and provides network communications solutions for an extensive range of applied computing applications. SBE offers a robust portfolio of standards-based WAN, LAN, Storage network interface cards (NICs) as well as communications controllers designed to enable optimal performance and rapid deployment across a full spectrum of next generation networking systems. Based in San Ramon, California, SBE is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: SBEI) with products sold worldwide through direct sales, OEMs and system integration partners. For additional information, please visit www.sbei.com.

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements about new product features, market opportunity for new products, and the demand for services that may be offered by SBE's customers. Such statements are only predictions and the company's actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to risks related to rapidly changing product requirements, the introduction of new products, market acceptance of the Company' products, and reliance on strategic partners. These factors and others are more fully discussed in the documents SBE files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including SBE's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

SBE and the SBE logo are registered trademarks of SBE, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

More News in this Category