Agema Systems Joins OCP to Unveil its Portfolio of Next-Gen Open Networking Platforms at OCP U.S. Summit 2016

FREMONT, Calif., March 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Agema Systems joins the Open Compute Project (OCP) as a Gold Member demonstrating its commitment to leveraging and contributing to open innovation. As a member, Agema Systems will work with OCP to offer its best-in-class capabilities and commitment to enabling Next-Gen Open Networking.

Supporting OCP U.S. Summit 2016 event as a Bronze Sponsor, Agema Systems, a leading provider of high performance Next-Gen Open Networking Platform, will unveil a portfolio of 1G/10G/25G/40G/100G and deep buffer open switching platforms based on Broadcom silicon at OCP U.S. Summit 2016, March 9-10 at the San Jose Convention Center.

"We're excited to welcome Agema as a Gold Member to the Open Compute Project," said Amber Graner, Operations Director and Community Manager, Open Compute Project. "We're looking forward to expanding our community's networking expertise with Agema's industry leadership in producing technology that helps improve speed and networking efficiencies."

While at Agema exhibit booth #D11, attendees can obtain information on Agema's hybrid networking gears and non-hybrid OF-DPA (OpenFlow Data Plane Abstraction) based open networking platforms. Agema's portfolio of hybrid and OF-DPA-based open networking platforms offer customer a choice of future proof network deployment to realize next-gen dynamic network with reduced capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenses (OPEX).

Joining Agema Systems at OCP U.S. Summit 2016, IP Infusion will present OcNOS^TM extensible modular NOS for next-gen open networking, demonstrating how SDN and NFV can be realized in legacy packet network installed base.

"With SDN-based network data centers becoming a reality, enterprises and service providers require solutions with extensive enterprise and data center feature sets, flexibility and high-speed platforms," said Kiyo Oishi, CEO and president of IP Infusion. "With Agema Systems' high performance white box switching platform and the OcNOS network operating system from IP Infusion, network operators will have a fast, simple and more affordable solution to create their large-scale data centers."

Agema's high performance open networking platform provides hybrid and non-hybrid OpenFlow based networking solutions in a box enabling customer a seamless path to network modernization for network virtualization, SDN, SDDC and NFV.

"At Agema Systems, we take pride in our commitment to open innovation and ingenuity of designing high performance switching platforms that are among the best in industry. Our open networking hybrid and OF-DPA platform helps enterprise and service providers to transform network infrastructure from rigid, expensive and static to dynamic, cost effective and intelligent, eliminating the need for network overhaul," said Jay Huang, President of Agema Systems.

Supporting the introduction of Agema's new open networking white box switching platforms are:

• "Agema's membership of OCP adds significant momentum to the open switch market, and we look forward to certifying Agema OCP switches with snappy Ubuntu Core and the full range of NOS, SDN and Network Function apps in the Ubuntu networking ecosystem," said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical.
• "Agema Systems' new portfolio of white box switching platforms adds an additional array of open networking options to our customers who are seeking high performance SDN solutions for their networking needs," -- Michael Fay, VP, Sales Colfax International, www.colfax-intl.com/nd/.
• "Our customers rely on our unique combination of technology expertise, cluster manufacturing capabilities and broad range of partner services to meet their specific data center and cloud requirements. With Agema's high speed and flexible networking solutions, we're able to build the most cost-optimized, ultra-nimble and scalable solutions for their mission-critical needs," -- Julia Shih, VP, AMAX, www.amax.com.
• "With Agema's variety of networking solutions, it has enabled us to provide multiple high performance SDN solutions to meet and exceed our customers' current solution in various applications and platforms. This not only strengthens our product portfolio, but also allows our customers to view our core value at a higher level," -- Henry Chen, VP of Business Development, ASI, http://www.asipartner.com/.

At OCP US Summit 2016, Agema will impart how powerful "extensible modular NOS" and "high performance white box platforms" deliver true network virtualization and software-defined network transforming legacy packet networks and data centers.

About Agema Systems

Agema Systems (www.agemasystems.com) is the leading provider of Open Platform White Box Networking solutions. Our open platform high performance switching products are among industry's best and available in bare metal or preloaded 3rd party extensible modular NOS (NOS) providing customer a choice and freedom to implement software solutions that best fit their needs. As the world's leading ODM provider for networking gears, we bring years of experience in delivering high performance, reliable and quality products that are deployed in some of world's largest networks including mega data centers.

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Contact:

Dhiman Deb Chowdhury
Director, System Engineering
+1.510.344.2193
dhiman.chowdhury@agemasystems.com

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