| Oracle Users Deploy Xsigo Virtual I/O to Increase Performance and Reduce Costs by 30%
San Jose, Calif., February 24, 2011 --
Xsigo Systems, Inc., the leader in I/O virtualization, today announced a group of Xsigo virtual I/O customers who now deploy Xsigo in support of their Oracle database applications, including HiFX, a foreign-exchange broker, CARFAX, a vehicle history information provider, Bitbrains, a managed service provider, and Investec, a specialist bank and asset manager. Benefits cited by these users include 30% overall capital cost reduction, 70% less infrastructure complexity, and up to 25X faster job completion.
"To provide excellent customer service, we demand that our Oracle 11G-based transaction processing applications be accessible 24 x 7 and deliver a consistent user experience, even under peak demand loads, all of which demands a lot from our server I/O," said David Christie, CIO at HiFX. "Xsigo virtual I/O is unique because it combines the high-bandwidth and low latency of InfiniBand with the flexibility of software-controlled I/O resources, so our customers always get a great user experience."
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Finisar Introduces First Interoperable EPON Stick in an SFP Package
Successfully Participates in CableLabs(R) Interop Testing Of DPoE Specification Sunnyvale, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/28/11 --
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a leading provider of optical communication devices for networking and computing connectivity, today announced that its EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network) Stick is available as the first Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) Small Form-factor Pluggable ONU (Optical Networking Unit) that interoperates with other EPON equipment based on CableLabs® DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE™) specifications. Finisar actively participated in the development of the DPoE 1.0 specifications and the recent interoperability testing at CableLabs.
As cable operators further penetrate the business services market, the DPoE effort will decrease the work required to turn-up new customers and add new services for existing customers. Using their existing provisioning systems and processes built around DOCSIS, operators can deliver both IP and Ethernet based services with DPoE products like the EPON Stick.
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