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IBM Strikes InfiniBand Deal: Page 3 of 3

The number ten in that database name is key. “Ten-gigabit is about to be available, and once that happens, you will see the enterprise market take off,” says Jain.

Perhaps the best sign for InfiniBand is that suppliers are no longer embarrassed to admit what they are. “For a while, Topspin started to push themselves as a high-speed networking company that happens to use InfiniBand as the underlying technology,” Taneja says. Now, it's ready to be counted among a growing roster of competitors.

— Dave Raffo, Senior Editor, Byte and Switch