API Launches Strategic Business Unit to Focus on Internet Infrastructure Market; API Networks to Capitalize On Increased Demand for Bandwidth and Reliability.Business/Technology Editors CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. (Alpha Processor, Inc.), a leading developer of high-performance solutions for high bandwidth and compute-intensive applications, today launched a new strategic business unit, API Networks, to leverage its expertise in the Internet infrastructure market and take advantage of the growing need for high-bandwidth hardware and software solutions. Enabling the company to become a key player in the network arena, API Networks is chartered with developing next-generation products that address the Internet bandwidth strain and provide intelligent delivery of Web content. The new systems, available later this year, will leverage API's industry-recognized high throughput CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output technologies. While launching this venture, the company's high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. expertise will continue to be a significant part of the overall business strategy as it looks to expand its leadership position in the Linux and high-performance computing (HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. ) markets. "The company is uniquely positioned to expand its high-performance reach into the exploding networking industry. The new solutions developed by API Networks will solve heavy Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. demands for e-businesses by offering the performance and bandwidth needed to scale mission-critical Websites and the network itself," said Gerry Talbot, newly appointed president and chief technology officer at API. (See related release.) "There is an obvious need for enhanced technology that delivers Web content intelligently and efficiently. Although products on the market address some of the issues providers face, there is a need for a consolidated solution to handle increasing Internet bandwidth demands," said Mark Melenovsky, research manager, Commercial Systems and Servers, at International Data Corporation. "API Networks has a promising technology and roadmap. We look forward to future offerings." Newly appointed as vice president of Marketing, David Rich, a networking industry veteran, will drive the new effort to help the company expand its leadership into the Internet infrastructure market. (See related announcement made today by API.) "There is tremendous demand for increased Internet bandwidth and reduced latency (1) The time between initiating a request in the computer and receiving the answer. Data latency may refer to the time between a query and the results arriving at the screen or the time between initiating a transaction that modifies one or more databases and its completion. . API Networks will address this need over the next few months by introducing highly efficient, scalable solutions to market," said Rich. "In addition, we are establishing strategic business partnerships with industry leaders to better serve our future customers with leading-edge networking technologies." "With API's assistance, we will be able to push our technology to new heights," said Scott R. Shinn, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. at eTantrum.com, Inc., a technology infrastructure company that has developed technologies to facilitate the delivery of user-specific digital media. "eTantrum is familiar with API's product offerings and we will look forward to new technologies from the API Networks engineering team in assisting us to increase capacity while decreasing the total number of systems in our network." API recorded more than $130 million in revenue last year and projects revenue for 2000 significantly exceeding that amount, based on the success of innovations such as the Ultimate Performance Series motherboards with Slot B technology. API's Ultimate Performance Series motherboards, which include the UP1000 and UP2000, enable system integrators See systems integrator. and VARs to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. Alpha's vastly superior capabilities in building high-performance, scalable systems. For more information on API Networks, please visit the Website at www.api-networks.com. For more information on API, please visit the Alpha Processor Inc Website at www.alpha-processor.com. About API Networks API Networks, a business unit of API, (Alpha Processor, Inc.), headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 Census, the town population was about 17,000. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature. , is committed to the development of next-generation, highly-efficient scalable solutions that enhance Internet bandwidth and provide intelligent delivery of Web content. API Networks leverages API's industry-recognized high throughput CPU and I/O technologies to provide high-performance networking and intelligent content delivery solutions to scale mission critical Websites and the network itself. For additional information on its products, the company or for the sales contact nearest you, please consult API Networks' Website at www.api-networks.com. API Networks' parent company, API is a leading developer of high-performance solutions for high bandwidth and compute-intensive applications dedicated to the development of Linux solutions for the Internet and High Performance Computing computing - computer (HPC) markets. For additional, please consult API's Website at www.alpha-processor.com. |
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