Agilent Technologies Joins InfiniBand Trade Association Steering Committee; Announcement Comes as Trade Association Showcases InfiniBand Solutions at N+I.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NetWorld+Interop 2003 Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2003 The InfiniBand Trade Association The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) is the standards organization that defines and maintains the InfiniBand specification. It is an industry consortium. The IBTA was established in 1999, and its most prominent members include Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and today announced that Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) has joined leading industry vendors Dell, Hewlett-Packard, InfiniSwitch, Intel, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Mellanox, Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. on the association's steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun . This announcement comes as the InfiniBand industry highlights its most recent technology solutions at Networld+Interop in Las Vegas. InfiniBand architecture is emerging in data centers this year as the leading clustering interconnect technology. As an early supporter of InfiniBand technology, Agilent has a wide array of InfiniBand product offerings ranging from tools supporting development of the technology to InfiniBand silicon and systems from the company's recent acquisition of RedSwitch, an InfiniBand startup. This broad participation in the InfiniBand market brings a unique perspective to the InfiniBand Trade Association steering committee, making Agilent a natural addition to the leadership of the organization. "The InfiniBand industry ecosystem is making great strides in deployment of InfiniBand solutions to data center and 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. implementations," said Tom Bradicich, the co-chair of the trade association's steering committee. "We're pleased to see Agilent join the trade association's steering committee as the group is transitioning into one of solution delivery support." "Agilent is very pleased to expand its role within the InfiniBand community through participation in the steering committee," said Dr. Hungwen Li, vice president and general manager of Agilent's RedSwitch Division. "From our early days in the development of the specification to our present offering of development tools and production silicon, we will continue our leadership efforts in the deployment of the InfiniBand Architecture." At Networld+Interop The announcement comes at N+I where member companies are featuring three demonstrations of the latest capabilities of InfiniBand architecture including demonstrations of HPC clustering capabilities featuring InfiniSwitch InfiniBand solutions, IBM DB2 clustering capacity utilizing InfiniCon's InfiniBand connectivity, and demonstrations of the latest InfiniBand clustering technology from Voltaire. The collective demonstrations underscore InfiniBand architecture's ability to improve the performance and scalability of compute clusters for data center and HPC environments. InfiniBand architecture has already been deployed across multiple HPC installations including Los Alamos Labs, Cornell Theory Center Cornell Theory Center - (CTC) One of four supercomputing centers funded by the US National Science Foundation. The CTC also receives funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Institutes of Health, New York State, IBM Corporation, and other members of the , and Sandia Labs and is under evaluation and early deployment in corporate data centers worldwide. About InfiniBand Trade Association The Internet is creating an increased demand for server computer 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 subsystem performance, scalability, reliability and flexibility. A shift to a switched fabric-based I/O architecture will enable industry participants to meet this increased demand. The InfiniBand Trade Association developed a specification for a channel-based, switched fabric architecture that provides a scalable performance range of 500Mbyte/s to 6 Gbyte/s, meeting the needs from entry level to high-end enterprise systems. InfiniBand Trade Association represents the industry's choice for developing I/O technologies that will keep pace with the demands of the Internet age. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 35,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $6 billion in fiscal year 2002. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. InfiniBand(TM/SM) is a trademark and service mark of the InfiniBand Trade Association. Other names and brands are the property of their respective owners. |
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