Infinetics develops network architecture and software products such as the Long Hop, a high performance network connection architecture.
Infinetics has designed and implemented Long Hop, a high performance network connection architecture that provides significantly better tradeoffs between bandwidth, latency, fault tolerance and cost than previously known approaches. Long Hop networks are more cost efficient than a fat-tree, supporting at least 50% more servers using the same network hardware while providing equivalent bandwidth and improved latency of at least 25%. Oversubscription and fault tolerance can also be smoothly varied to meet cost and performance goals. Long Hops regular wiring patterns maximize the number of short connections and minimize the number of long distance connections between server rows or containers, thereby reducing cabling costs and simplifying expansion by reducing or eliminating rewiring. Long Hop networks well serve the needs of modern data centers by providing consistent bandwidth under varying load conditions via extensive multi-path support and automatic load balancing, allowing mobile workloads to be placed without regard to available bandwidth, and allowing services to be isolated in a multi-tenant environment to match the business needs of customers.
Long Hop achieves this by combining patent-pending wiring methods with a simple high-performance, TCAM-efficient forwarding method well suited to the current generation of network switch hardware and SDN controllers supporting OpenFlow or proprietary southbound APIs. The wiring method starts with a highly symmetrical framework well suited to economical, fault tolerant switching, and overlays another symmetrical network of short cuts that simultaneously amplify available bandwidth as well as reduce latency. The end result gives the ability to design and construct networks that precisely meet implementation-specific business needs.
Scott is a serial entrepreneur with 30 years of experience running technology companies, including roles as Chairman, CEO, President, COO, VP of Marketing, Managing Director, VP of International Operations and VP of Sales.
Scott was a founder and CEO of Valent Software.
Prior to that he was a founder and VP of Sales for Accordance Corporation, which merged with Software.com, where he served on the BOD and as their VP of Marketing.
Prior to this Scott co-founded and served as the President of Microsystems Software.
Leigh has over 21 years of software management and development experience. He recently served as the CTO for Wandrian, Inc., was the co-founder and VP of Development for Valent Software; and subsequently after the companys sale to Lycos, Inc. in 2000, held the position of Director of Community Development.
Prior to Valent, Turner was also the Principal Software Architect & Director of Platforms and Infrastructure at CompuServe Inc.
Dave has more than 25 years experience as a technologist and entrepreneur. Most recently he was director of business development at IPInfusion, creating networking innovations with the worlds leading network equipment providers and data center operators. Previously, he has served in a number of roles spanning product development, product management and executive management.
Dave has been involved in founding and running networking technology startups including Target Technologies, Cornice Communications and Ennovate Networks.
He also spent several years as an independent consultant on product development and strategy for leaders in the network, storage and media industries.
Chris has 30 years experience founding, managing, and selling technology companies. Recently, he was CTO at Kit digital and Free Flow Power Corporation, co-founded several Internet startups, including Nexaweb Technologies, and Valent Software, where he served as CTO. Subsequent to its sale to Lycos, Inc., Chris served as its Chief Architect.
Anthony has over 25 years of strategic planning, marketing, and product management experience.
He co-founded three software companies (Sytron Corporation, Vivo Software and Valent Software) that were profitably acquired, recently served as VP of Product at Sermo, Inc, and formerly established the Product Management group for Novell, Inc., as their VP of Product Planning and Management.