Published: February 02, 2011
Netronome Named a Finalist for Info Security's 7th Annual Global Excellence Awards
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Netronome,
the leading developer of network flow processors, today announced that
their Network Flow Processor, the NFP-3240, has been named a finalist in
the Best Security Hardware category for Info Security's 7th
Annual Global Excellence Awards 2011. These global awards recognize
security and IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and
solutions that set industry standards.
Netronome's NFP-3240 brings breakthrough performance to a broad range of
demanding networking applications, including shared service blades in
switches and routers, 3G and LTE wireless infrastructure, cyber-security
appliances and virtualized servers. The NFPâ€3240 is powered by 40
programmable networking cores running at 1.4GHz to deliver 56 billion
instructions per second for L2â€L7 processing. It is the first Network
Flow Processor to combine highâ€performance network, content and security
processing into a fully programmable device. It provides over 40 Gbps of
line-rate L2â€L7 processing and deep packet inspection. The NFP's
highâ€speed PCIe 2.0 interface offers enhanced IOV support for the
tightest coupling with virtualized Intel multicore processors in
embedded communications designs. The NFP is backed by the industry's
largest suite of development tools including an optimizing Câ€compiler
and it is the only processor that is backward-compatible with the
marketâ€leading Intel IXPâ€28XX network processor.
"We are proud that Info Security has recognized the NFP-3240 as a
finalist in their 2011 Global Excellence Awards," says Jim Finnegan,
vice president of silicon engineering at Netronome. "Our company
continues to innovate with network flow processing technology in order
to meet the evolving needs of networks and to remove the trade-off
between network security and performance."
Winners will be announced at Info Security's Awards Dinner &
Presentation on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. For more information
please visit: http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/excellence/finalists.html.
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About Netronome
Netronome is a leading developer of highly programmable semiconductor
products that are used for intelligent flow processing in network and
communications devices. Netronome's solutions include network flow
processors and acceleration cards that scale from 10 to 100 Gbps. They
are used in carrier-grade and enterprise-class communications products
that require deep packet inspection, flow analysis, content processing,
virtualization and security. Netronome's products are developed in labs
in Santa Clara, CA, Boxborough, MA and Pittsburgh, PA. To learn more
about Netronome and its products, please visit www.netronome.com.
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