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Solarflare Communications has announced the release of its EnterpriseOnload application acceleration middleware. Solarflare's EnterpriseOnload is a Linux-based, open source, high-performance application accelerator that reduces application latency by 50 percent and increases message rates by 3 to 4 times. The product is ideal for applications that benefit from lower latency (with bounded jitter) and higher throughput, including financial services, geosciences, biosciences, weather and other high-performance computing (HPC) applications. The latest EnterpriseOnload release includes three new features important to customers: performance enhancements that deliver lower latency, 802.1Q virtual LAN (VLAN) trunking support for manageability and separation of IP traffic, and 802.1ad Link Aggregation support for higher bandwidth, load balancing and redundancy.

EnterpriseOnload distinguishes itself from OpenOnload through an annual subscription model, which includes a number of valuable benefits and services, such as validated source code, documentation, bug fixes and regular releases. Most importantly, EnterpriseOnload offers three levels of service and technical support that range from basic business day response to premium 24/7 worldwide support. Solarflare customers will continue to have access to OpenOnload from openonload.org.

Large enterprise customers who need to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley or similar international regulations are best suited for the Premium subscription, as it delivers worldwide 24/7 service and support with very tight service level agreements that are vital for this market.

Solarflare's 10GbE network adapters enable companies in a wide range of industries to build HPC clusters and datacenters that meet the most demanding computing and networking challenges. Solarflare's solutions enable high-frequency trading, high-performance computing for select verticals, such as scientific computing, energy, oil and gas, and manufacturing, as well as server virtualization for cloud networking. To date, Solarflare has shipped the SFN5122F 10GbE dual-port SFP+ adapter to over 100 customers and 150 locations in China, Europe, US, India, Hong Kong and Singapore. The SFN5122F, with OpenOnload application acceleration middleware, is installed in every major equities exchange worldwide.