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Woven Systems announced today that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and a world leading publication on technologies and solutions has named the EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch, a winner of the 2008 Best Products and Services Award. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. As part of the tech-industry’s leading global awards program, this year’s Best Products and Services were nominated from all over the world. The Woven Systems EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch is the first of a new class of switches that is setting the standard for next-generation multi-core servers, server consolidation and virtualization, IP storage, and data center grids. Multiple EFX 1000 switches can be interconnected to create a scalable Layer 2 multi-path 10 GE fabric. Woven’s unique switch architecture incorporates patented vSCALE packet processing technology to efficiently manage the distribution of traffic through the switch fabric. The Dynamic Congestion Avoidance feature dynamically monitors end-to-end Layer 4 traffic flows to detect congestion across a large fabric and automatically redirects traffic onto less congested paths, while maintaining in-order packet delivery. Fully IEEE standards-compliant, the EFX switch delivers massive scalability, powerful performance, and operational simplicity for supporting business critical applications. “Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are helping shape better products and services,” says Rake Narang, editor-in-chief, Network Products Guide. “The EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch dynamically and automatically changes paths to eliminate congestion and balance traffic flows, allowing companies tremendous versatility.” “These awards go to the best technology products every year and we are honored that the EFX 1000 Ethernet Fabric Switch has gained the Network Products Guide Reader Trust,” said Joseph Ammirato, vice president of marketing, Woven Systems. “We are committed to meeting our customer needs by providing them with the best products and services.”