Mellanox Introduces CloudX Platform 

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. today announced CloudX, a reference architecture for building efficient cloud platforms. CloudX is based on the Mellanox OpenCloud architecture which leverages off-the-shelf components of servers, storage, interconnect and software to form flexible and cost-effective public, private and hybrid clouds. Leveraging Mellanox’s high speed interconnect solutions at 40 and 56Gb/s and with the ability to use open source-based software such as OpenStack, CloudX delivers unbounded cloud performance at lower capital and operational cost. CloudX delivers bottleneck-free performance and is the ideal cloud infrastructure to enable the development of next-generation media, business intelligence/analytics, e-commerce, CRM/HR, social media, and other software-as-a-service applications.

The CloudX platform delivers:

• Off-the-shelf server, storage, interconnect and software components
• OpenCloud architecture: based on open platforms and the ability to choose open source (Open Stack) or commercial software
• Highest speed interconnect of 40/56Gb/s for fastest data transfer – InfiniBand and Ethernet
• Application and virtual network acceleration
• Solid State Drives (SSD) for fastest storage
• User friendly access and management
• Flexibility to install any software on an ultra-efficient cloud platform

“Cloud is becoming the most important technology in the data center, and future applications must run on the most efficient cloud with the best interconnect,” said Gilad Shainer, vice president of marketing at Mellanox Technologies. “Mellanox CloudX is built around Mellanox’s 56Gb/s InfiniBand and Ethernet Virtual Protocol Interconnect solutions, enabling the fastest data transfer and effective utilization of compute, storage and Flash components to allow companies to develop new applications with unbounded cloud performance.”