Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. Completes Acquisition of Voltaire, Ltd.

By DE Editors

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Voltaire, Ltd., a provider of scale-out datacenter fabrics, for a total cash purchase price of approximately $208 million.

The performance requirements for faster, better, and more cost-efficient computing and storage platforms in the virtualized datacenter and cloud markets are driving the need for superior connectivity solutions, according to Mellanox. The transaction also expands the company’s software and product offerings to allow it to serve a wider range of datacenter markets, including high-performance computing, financial services,  database, Web 2.0, Internet and the Cloud. 

“I look forward to the significant opportunities this union brings and welcome the Voltaire employees into the Mellanox family,” says Eyal Waldman, chairman, president and CEO of Mellanox Technologies. “Together, we expect to accelerate the roll-out of our combined product roadmap, expand our market reach and continue the company’s current design-win and revenue growth momentum. Our acquisition of Voltaire allows Mellanox to provide the server and storage industry with the most efficient and comprehensive, high-performance, end-to-end connectivity solutions for InfiniBand and Ethernet.” 

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.