Altran, part of Capgemini, last week announced that one of its networking software frameworks - its Intelligent Switching Solution (ISS) - is being used by QNAP Systems to build and deploy their new high-speed smart ethernet switches for the storage networking market.
QNAP, which specializes in NAS appliances used for file sharing, virtualization, storage management and surveillance applications, has integrated Altran’s software into its QSW-M408 10Gbe switching platforms. This collaboration enables QNAP networking products to work seamlessly within storage networking use cases for data center and enterprise networks.
Network-attached storage removes the responsibility of file serving from other servers on the network. Potential benefits of dedicated network-attached storage, compared to general-purpose servers also serving files, include faster data access, easier administration, and simple configuration.
Altran’s software frameworks are modular, flexible and scalable, and can be used to develop a variety of products and services. Altran’s ISS networking software frame work is available on all leading chipsets and platforms, including whitebox platforms, and ispre-integrated with various ecosystem partners.
Brian Bronson, President of Global Platforms & Solutions, Altran
Altran enables dozens of companies globally to build ethernet, IP, MPLS and software-defined network (SDN) offerings with our reliable, interoperable networking software frameworks. Our Intelligent Switch Solution framework is being used by leading OEMs like QNAP to develop new, revenue-generating products andservices.
Cara Yeh, Product Manager, QNAP
We expect that our M408 switches will increase our market share in 10 gigabit networking, arriving as some of the most affordable managed switches to empower our customers with capabilities based on strong use cases.
