Fabric7 Unveils Breakthrough in Server Design
Tuesday November 1, 12:01 am ET
Fabric7 Delivers Dynamic IT by Unifying Server and Networking Technology Into a "Fabric" That Shifts the Economics of Enterprise Computing
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 1, 2005 -- Fabric7 Systems, Inc. today marked its launch with the introduction of its family of servers and a fundamental advance in enterprise computing. Fabric7's breakthrough in fabric computing brings dynamic IT to the enterprise by offering innovative and scalable servers with the flexibility, efficiency, and simplicity required to meet changing business needs.
"The number one problem facing CIOs today is complexity. Today's jumbled datacenters are inherently inflexible, inefficient, and expensive to operate," said Jonathan Eunice, President and Principal IT Advisor of Illuminata, Inc. "Fabric7 takes a fresh approach. It starts by packing a lot of compute muscle into its new servers. But much more important is that Fabric7 simultaneously attacks key I/O performance and manageability challenges with a virtuoso switched fabric, mainframe-ish I/O acceleration, and flexible resource allocation. It's a new and compelling take on enterprise servers."
"The enterprise server infrastructure of today's datacenter has become overly complex and sluggish, taxing organizations with extra hardware, software and consulting costs," said Dr. Sharad Mehrotra, Founder, President and CEO of Fabric7 Systems. "CIOs demand flexibility and simplicity in their datacenter core. Fabric7 has responded with an innovative and cost effective solution by delivering the first family of fabric servers to the enterprise."
Fabric7 has worked with AMD to develop a new approach to enterprise computing. Fabric7's servers leverage the industry-leading performance-per-watt of the AMD Opteron™ processor and extend its Direct Connect Architecture with networked I/O and application service resources into a dynamic fabric, to offer unprecedented levels of flexibility and price/performance.
"Fabric7 has a solution that takes innovation around AMD64 to a new level. Their AMD Opteron processor-based solution scales very nicely. It demonstrates the openness and flexibility of Direct Connect Architecture by allowing integration of multiple devices with the AMD Opteron processor. AMD and Fabric7 have established an alliance working toward a common goal -- to deliver innovative x86 enterprise servers based on AMD64 technology," said Marty Seyer, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Commercial Business Group, AMD. "Fabric7's high performance fabric design has the company poised to deliver a new type of solution for enterprise server market."
Fabric7 Systems has raised $32 million in private funding. Fabric7's key investors include New Enterprise Associates, Goldman Sachs, Selby Venture Partners, Vanguard Ventures, Foundation Capital, Sanmina-SCI, and Yasuda Enterprise Development Co., Ltd.
"It is rare that a team comes together with the vision, skills and experience to create a fundamental disruption in a large market," said Dick Kramlich, Founder and General Partner of New Enterprise Associates. "I am convinced that Fabric7 is on their way to building the next game-changing enterprise server company."
In a separate announcement today, Fabric7 provided details about its family of fabric servers. For more information, visit www.fabric7.com
About Fabric7
Fabric7 designs and builds enterprise servers that integrate compute and networking technologies into a dynamic fabric of IT resources. Fabric7 delivers a fundamental breakthrough in server design that provides its customers the flexibility, efficiency, and simplicity required to meet their changing business needs. Fabric7 is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. For more information, visit the company's website at www.fabric7.com or call +1 (650) 210-0100. |
