Netronome
Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Cloud Networking |
Founders | Niel Viljoen, David Wells, Johann Tonsing |
Headquarters | , USA |
Products | SmartNICs, Software, Flow Processors |
Website | www.netronome.com |
Netronome is a privately held
History
Netronome was founded in 2003 by Niel Viljoen, David Wells and Johann Tönsing, who had all previously worked for Marconi. Niel Viljoen served as Chief Technology Officer at Marconi, having been General Manager at Fore Systems, acquired by Marconi for $4.6 billion in 1999. Viljoen served as the CEO and president of Netronome from 2003 until 2011. Between February 2011 and 2013, Howard Bubb stepped in as Chief Executive Officer. However, in July of that year Viljoen once again took over as CEO.
In November 2007, Netronome announced a technology licensing and sales and marketing agreement with
In March 2010, Netronome announced it began shipping the Network Flow Processor (NFP–3240), specifically designed for tight coupling with
In January 2016, Netronome announced its Agilio family of server-based networking solutions.
References
- ^ "Netronome Boosts Net Processors". Light Reading. Retrieved 2014-05-02.