Mellanox Capital Extends Storage Ecosystem with Investments in CNEX Labs and Pliops
July 08 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Strategic Investments Drive Scalable
Datacenters with Hybrid Software Defined Flash Controllers and
Computational Storage Technologies
Mellanox® Capital, the global investment arm of Mellanox
Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), today announced investments in
storage leaders CNEX Labs and Pliops. CNEX Labs, a leader in high
performance storage semiconductors, has developed the breakthrough
Denali/Open-Channel NVMe Flash storage controllers to deliver
unmatched performance, flexibility, and efficiency. Pliops is
transforming data center infrastructure with a new class of storage
processors that deliver massive scalability and lower the cost of
data services. Together the companies take software defined and
intelligent storage to the next level of performance, efficiency,
and scalability.
“Mellanox is committed to enabling customers to harness the
power of distributed compute and disaggregated storage to improve
the performance and efficiency of analytics and AI applications,”
said Nimrod Gindi, senior vice president of mergers and
acquisitions and head of investments, Mellanox Technologies.
“Optimizing datacenter solutions requires faster, smarter storage
connected with faster, smarter networks, and our investments in
innovative storage leaders such as CNEX Labs and Pliops will
accelerate the deployment of scale-out storage and data-intensive
analytics solutions. Our strategic partnerships with these
innovative storage mavericks are transforming the ways that
customers can bring compute closer to storage to access and
monetize the business value of data.”
“CNEX Labs is a truly innovative leader developing the next
generation of Flash storage controllers that are revolutionizing
how scalable and efficient solid-state storage solutions are
built,” said Alan Armstrong, CEO and co-founder at CNEX Labs.
“Combined with Mellanox low-latency networking solutions, customers
can achieve unmatched network storage solutions able to operate at
cloud scale and efficiency. Mellanox is a leader in
high-performance, smart networking and we welcome their investment
in CNEX Labs.”
“At Pliops, we’re focused on pioneering the way forward for data
centers,” said Uri Beitler, CEO and founder at Pliops. “When
compared to conventional approaches, Pliops’ advanced storage
processors enable cloud and enterprise customers to access data up
to 100X faster - using just a fraction of the computational load
and power consumption. Pliops’ intelligent storage processor
together with Mellanox’s high performance networking enable
breakthrough levels of networked storage efficiency which bring
modern applications to their full potential – and put our customers
on the fast track to digital transformation. We are excited to have
Mellanox Capital invest in our company.”
Additional Resources:
- Learn More about Mellanox Capital
- Learn More about CNEX Labs
- Learn More about Pliops
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About Mellanox
Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX) is a leading supplier of
end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand smart interconnect solutions and
services for servers and storage. Mellanox interconnect solutions
increase data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput
and lowest latency, delivering data faster to applications,
unlocking system performance and improving data security. Mellanox
offers a choice of fast interconnect products: adapters, switches,
software and silicon that accelerate application performance and
maximize business results for a wide range of markets including
cloud and hyperscale, high performance computing, artificial
intelligence, enterprise data centers, cyber security, storage,
financial services and more. More information is available at:
http://www.mellanox.com/.
Note: Mellanox is a registered trademark of
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. All other trademarks are property of
their respective owners.
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