Mellanox, GigaSpaces Partner for Performance

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and YOKNEAM, Israel -- Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX)(TASE:MLNX), a leading supplier of end-to-end connectivity solutions for data center servers and storage, and GigaSpaces Technologies, a leading provider of a new generation of application platforms for Java and .Net environments, today announced that the two companies have teamed to provide accelerated transaction solutions for financial applications in mission critical environments. Demonstrations conducted by the two companies revealed a performance increase of up to 40 percent when using Mellanox ConnectX® 40Gb/s InfiniBand and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters and GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP).

“To meet the tough requirements of our financial services user base, GigaSpaces XAP delivers the highest transaction processing performance for demanding applications under any circumstance,” said Shay Hassidim, deputy chief technology officer at GigaSpaces. By teaming GigaSpaces XAP with Mellanox’s data center connectivity solutions, financial service industry end users will experience unprecedented performance and scalability. This will lead to faster data access and sharing, both of which are critical for business success.”

Mellanox Technologies Ltd.