TIBCO says hardware is the message
TIBCO says hardware is the message
February 6, 2009: TIBCO Software has taken the significant step of offering a dedicated hardware solution to speed up enterprise messaging.
It says the TIBCO Messaging Appliance P-7500 was needed to lower latency, improve predictability and provide increased throughput.
“Even in a period of turmoil in financial markets, the one constant is a steady increase in trading volume,” said Tom Laffey, executive vice president, products and technology at TIBCO.
“As a result, data-intensive industries - financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, government and major online commerce companies - need lower latency and increased throughput at lower costs.”
The dedicated hardware approach utilises field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technologies. TIBCO Messaging Appliance is offered in three different network configurations: 4-1Gb Ethernet connections, 8-1Gb Ethernet connections, and 2 - 10Gb Ethernet connections. Its 375W power consumption is the same size as a standard 4U server unit.