Intels Buys NetEffect

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corporation today announced its acquisition of the assets of NetEffect Inc., a network connectivity solutions company specializing in Ethernet products and technologies for server compute clusters.

NetEffect’s role as a data communications solution provider and the company’s technology will enhance Intel’s current Ethernet efforts,” said Tom Swinford, general manager, Intel LAN Access Division. “The combination of Intel and NetEffect technology will allow Intel to address our customers’ most important 10 Gigabit Ethernet needs, including server virtualization, convergence of network and storage traffic, and server compute clusters.”

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