Press Releases
Woven Systems' EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in Ethernet Fabric Switching
August 7, 2008
Woven announces that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications
publication and a world leading publication on technologies and solutions
has named the EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch, a winner of the 2008 Best
Products and Services Award.
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World's Fastest Ethernet Compute Cluster Relies on Woven Systems 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabric
July 1, 2008
Woven announces that the ATLAS compute cluster at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics achieved top ranking among the 285 Gigabit Ethernet clusters in the most recent TOP500 list of supercomputer sites, leveraging the Dynamic Congestion Avoidance feature in Woven’s 10 GE Fabric to reach a performance level of 32.8 Teraflops, making it the fastest Ethernet cluster in the world today.
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Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Chooses Woven Systems Ethernet Fabric Switching for High-performance Computing Cluster
April 29, 2008
Woven announces that the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is using Woven's EFX 1000 10 Gigabit (10 GE) Fabric Switch and TRX 100 Ethernet switches in a large HPC cluster to search for gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
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Woven Systems Named as Finalist for the Red Herring 100 North America 2008 Award
April 14, 2008
Woven announces that it has been named as a finalist for the Red Herring 100 Award, a selection of the 100 North American private companies playing a leading role in innovation and technology.
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Woven Systems Low–latency Ethernet Fabric Accelerates Message Delivery during First Real–world Market Data Test
April 1, 2008
Woven announces that its TRX 100 Ethernet Switch and EFX 1000 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fabric Switch provided the scalable, ultra–low latency network infrastructure enabling the world's first large scale market data messaging test of over 10 million messages per second.
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Rapidly Growing Woven Systems Appoints Former Cisco Veterans Joseph Ammirato and Richard Hsieh to Strategic Marketing Leadership Roles
March 11, 2008
Woven announces the appointment of Joseph Ammirato as vice-president of marketing and Richard Hsieh as senior director of product management.
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Woven Systems Expands Worldwide Operations with Opening of New Software Development Center in Beijing
March 3, 2008
Woven announces the opening of its new software development center in Beijing, China. This strategic extension of Woven Systems' software development team, headed by Lin Du, director of the Beijing Development Center (BDC), will add critical product development and quality assurance testing resources.
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Woven Systems Ethernet Fabric Switch Excels in High Performance Linpack Benchmark Testing
February 20, 2008
Woven announces that rigorous testing using the High Performance Linpack (HPL) benchmark proves Woven's 10 Gbps EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch achieves performance levels equivalent to Double Data Rate (DDR) InfiniBand™ in most High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications.
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Woven Systems Wins HPCWire Editors' Choice Award for Most Important HPC Network Technology
November 13, 2007
Woven announces it has been named as a winner of the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented at SC07, the 2007 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in Reno, Nevada.
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Woven Systems Ethernet Fabric Switch Being Deployed by Sandia National Laboratories for High Performance Computing Cluster
November 12, 2007
Woven announces that Sandia National Laboratories, a multiprogram laboratory operated by Lockheed Martin, is deploying the EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch in a 128-node compute cluster.
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Woven Systems Extends High-Performance Data Center Ethernet Product Line with Gigabit Ethernet Edge Switch and Fiber Optic Interface for EFX 1000
November 12, 2007
Woven announces the introduction of the TRX 100, a 48-port Gigabit Ethernet (GE) edge switch, and the addition of fiber optic interfaces to its flagship EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch.
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Woven Systems Founder and CTO Bert Tanaka Featured Speaker at SC07 Exhibitor Forum
November 8, 2007
Woven announces that Founder and CTO Bert Tanaka will be the featured speaker next week at the SC07 Exhibitor Forum at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, located in Reno, Nevada.
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Woven Systems Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding
September 25, 2007
Woven Systems announces that it has completed its second round of private venture funding, raising $20 million from venture capital firms led by MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures and existing investors, Goldman Sachs and Palomar Ventures. The company also announced that Jonathan Feiber, an MDV Managing Partner, will join Woven Systems' Board of Directors.
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Jeff Thermond Named President and Chief Executive Officer of Woven Systems
August 16, 2007
Woven Systems announces that Jeff Thermond has been appointed president and chief executive officer and joins the company's board of directors. Thermond succeeds Harry Quackenboss, who will continue to be an active supporter of Woven Systems as well as an interested stockholder.
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Woven Systems and Chelsio Communications Deliver Scalable High Performance for Computing Cluster at Sandia National Laboratories
August 7, 2007
Woven Systems and Chelsio(TM) Communications announce performance test results for the world's largest 10 GE remote direct memory access (RDMA) high performance computing (HPC) cluster built to date. Results from the Sandia National Laboratories 128-node cluster demonstrated twice the average throughput as processors were added and a fraction of the performance variation compared to single data rate (SDR) InfiniBand(TM).
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Woven Systems Appoints Christopher Lynch to Board of Directors
July 31, 2007
Woven Systems announced today the appointment of Christopher Lynch to its Board of Directors. Mr. Lynch's accomplishments span over 25 years in key leadership roles at networking and computing companies with a strong emphasis in building and growing successful sales and business operations.
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Woven Systems Names Michael Langley Vice President of Sales
June 4, 2007
Woven Systems announced today that Michael (Mike) Langley has joined the company as vice president of sales, responsible for building the company's sales organization and driving Woven growth and 10 GE market share.
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Woven Systems Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm
April 26, 2007
Woven Systems the leading innovator of Ethernet fabric solutions, has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the March 2007 "Cool Vendors in Enterprise Communications 2007" report, written by Mark Fabbi, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, Inc.
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Woven Systems Debuts Industry’s First 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch to Deliver a Unified Fabric for Data Centers
April 17, 2007
Woven announces the introduction of its EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch. With up to 144 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, the EFX 1000 delivers the industry's highest port density solution — neatly packaged in an energy-efficient chassis that provides seamless setup and management for ease of system deployment and Active Congestion Management for optimal performance.
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