Company:Ipsilon Networks
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| Industry | Computer networking |
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| Fate | Acquired by Nokia |
| Founded | 1994 in Sunnyvale, California |
| Defunct | 1997 |
Ipsilon Networks was a computer networking company which specialised in IP switching during the 1990s.
The first product called the IP Switch ATM 1600 was announced in March 1996 for US$46,000.[1] Its switch used Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) hardware combined with Internet Protocol routing.[2] The company had a role in the development of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network protocol.[3] The company published early proposals[4] related to label switching,[5] but did not manage to achieve the market share hoped for and was purchased for $120 million by Nokia in December 1997.[6] The president at the time was Brian NeSmith, and it was located in Sunnyvale, California.[6]
References
- ↑ Jim Duffy (March 4, 1996). "Start-up takes new IP route". Network World. http://www.networkworld.com/news/1997/1209ipsilon2.html.
- ↑ "The phenomenon of Ipsilon". Technology Inside. February 8, 2007. http://technologyinside.com/2007/02/08/networks-part-2-the-flowering-and-dying-of-ipsilon/.
- ↑ Peter J. Welcher (August 1, 1997). "Cisco Tag Switching". Chesapeake NetCraftsmen web site. http://www.netcraftsmen.net/welcher/papers/tagswitc.htm.
- ↑ P. Newman (May 1996). "Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol Specification for IPv4". RFC 1953 (IETF). https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1953. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ↑ (known by Cisco Systems as tag switching at the time)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jim Duffy (December 9, 1997). "Nokia catches a falling Ipsilon". Network World. http://www.networkworld.com/news/1997/1209ipsilon.html.
External links
- Archive.org's image of Ipsilon's web site taken several months prior to the acquisition by Nokia.
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