Voltaire
Scale-out Computing Fabrics
Company Overview
Snapshot
Founded in January 1997 by Erez Diamant and Amir Prescher, Voltaire operated with 51–200 employees and raised $25 million across 3 funding rounds from 4 investors. The company was acquired by Mellanox Technologies in December 2010.
Business overview
Voltaire was a provider of scale-out computing fabrics, offering server and storage fabric switches along with advanced management software. The company's solutions were designed to enhance the performance of mission-critical applications, improve efficiency, and reduce operational costs through infrastructure consolidation and lower power consumption. Voltaire served data centers, high-performance computing environments, and cloud infrastructures within the Business Software sector.
Strategic signal
Voltaire's acquisition by Mellanox Technologies in December 2010 marked a significant consolidation in the high-performance computing interconnect market. This event signaled Mellanox's strategic move to expand its InfiniBand product portfolio and market share, integrating Voltaire's fabric solutions to strengthen its position in data center and cloud infrastructure.
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- When was Voltaire acquired?
- Voltaire was acquired by Mellanox Technologies in December 2010.
- What was the total capital raised by Voltaire?
- Voltaire raised a total of $25 million across its funding rounds.
- Which investors participated in Voltaire's March 2004 funding round?
- In March 2004, Voltaire received funding from investors including Pitango VC.
- When did Voltaire go public?
- Voltaire completed an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in August 2007 on NASDAQ.
- What was a key strategic outcome of the acquisition by Mellanox Technologies?
- The acquisition of Voltaire by Mellanox Technologies in December 2010 integrated Voltaire's scale-out computing fabrics, enhancing Mellanox's offerings in data center and high-performance computing markets.