On Tuesday, May 23rd, during Bob Muglia’s WinHEC 2006 keynote address, we announced the availability of the Scalable Networking Pack for Windows Server 2003!
Here are some links to important resources and customer ready materials that are now available:
*NEW* Scalable Networking TechNet site
For more information about the Scalable Networking Pack, including whitepapers, datasheet, FAQs, partners and to download the bits.
http://www.microsoft.com/snp
Scalable Networking Pack Market Bulletin:
Overview of the announcement with supporting executive quotes from 12 launch partners:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/news/bulletins/snp.mspx
BobMu PressPass WinHEC Q&A:
A bunch of great mentions about the Scalable Networking Pack announcement:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/may06/05-23BobMu.mspx
Scalable Networking Pack Partner Announcements:
Five launch partners issued same day, supportive press releases:
- Alacritech Accelerates Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/A/A/DAA7245D-E01D-46A4-AB70-3A95ED3F6934/alacritech.doc
- Ample Communications Introduces High-Performance Gigabit Networking for PC Platforms
http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/A/A/DAA7245D-E01D-46A4-AB70-3A95ED3F6934/amplecommunications.doc - Broadcom’s NetXtreme II Converged Network Interface Controllers Support Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack
http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/A/A/DAA7245D-E01D-46A4-AB70-3A95ED3F6934/broadcom.pdf - Chelsio Communications Announces Support of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Network Pack
http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/A/A/DAA7245D-E01D-46A4-AB70-3A95ED3F6934/chelsio.doc - Netxen Announces Support for Microsoft’s TCP Chimney Offload Architecture
http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/A/A/DAA7245D-E01D-46A4-AB70-3A95ED3F6934/netxen.doc
NetworkWorld Article:
John Fontana has already written a great article about the Scalable Networking Pack
Microsoft tweaking OS to boost networking performance, scalability
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/052306-microsoft-os-boost-performance.html?page=1
