Voltaire Signs Software License and Development Agreement with IBM
December 22 2010 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Voltaire Ltd. (NASDAQ: VOLT), a leading provider of scale-out
data center fabrics, today announced a license and development
agreement with IBM Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement,
Voltaire will license selected software to IBM.
Under the terms of the agreement, subject to achieving
milestones and acceptance criteria, Voltaire expects to receive
license fees and non-recurring engineering fees totaling
approximately $17 million through 2012, the majority of which
Voltaire expects to receive in 2011. Voltaire is entitled to
receive ongoing support fees based on sales volume following the
completion of integration and commercial roll-out.
Voltaire signed an agreement on November 29, 2010 to
be acquired by Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. The acquisition is
subject to approval by Voltaire's shareholder and other
conditions.
About Voltaire
Voltaire (NASDAQ: VOLT) is a leading provider of scale-out
computing fabrics for data centers, high performance computing and
cloud environments. Voltaire’s family of server and storage fabric
switches and advanced management software improve performance of
mission-critical applications, increase efficiency and reduce costs
through infrastructure consolidation and lower power consumption.
Used by more than 30 percent of the Fortune 100 and other premier
organizations across many industries, including many of the TOP500
supercomputers, Voltaire products are included in server and blade
offerings from Bull, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, NEC and SGI. Founded in
1997, Voltaire is headquartered in Ra’anana, Israel and Chelmsford,
Massachusetts. More information is available at www.voltaire.com or
by calling 1-800-865-8247.
Forward Looking Statements
Information provided in this press release contains statements
relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and
projections about future events that are “forward-looking
statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to
Voltaire’s plans, objectives and expectations for future
operations, including, specifically, expected payments under the
license and development agreement with IBM. These statements are
based upon management's current estimates and projections of future
results or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from
those projected as a result of risks and uncertainties. These
factors include, but are not limited to, the success of the efforts
to integrate our software with IBM’s products, the timing of sales,
and the impact of the economic downturn on capital expenditures by
customers. See also “Risk Factors” in Voltaire’s annual report on
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009. These
forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and
we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
All product and company names mentioned herein may be the
trademarks of their respective owners.
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