Press Coverage

Hey (Hey) You (You) Get Onto My Cloud
“Keep an eye to the sky in 2009 where you’ll see frenzied activity in the Cloud Computing space where new services, new companies, lower prices, and beneficial partnerships await you. There’ll be new companies worthy of your investment in both time and money.”
Solace was listed as a “Company to Watch” along with Akamai, Amazon, Gigaspaces, Joyent, Salesforce.com and others.
“Keep an eye to the sky in 2009 where you’ll see frenzied activity in the Cloud Computing space where new services, new companies, lower prices, and beneficial partnerships await you. There’ll be new companies worthy of your investment in both time and money.”
Solace was listed as a “Company to Watch” along with Akamai, Amazon, Gigaspaces, Joyent, Salesforce.com and others.
December 2008

Solace, Arista, Intel’s NetEffect Demonstrate Hardware-Based Messaging Solution
Solace Systems, which provides hardware-based messaging middleware, has collaborated with Arista Networks and Intel’s NetEffect unit to demonstrate an ultra low-latency data delivery solution using hardware platforms.
Solace Systems, which provides hardware-based messaging middleware, has collaborated with Arista Networks and Intel’s NetEffect unit to demonstrate an ultra low-latency data delivery solution using hardware platforms.
November 2008

Hardware Providers Set Latency Standard
Solace Systems, the leading supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, today announced a collaboration with Arista Networks and NetEffect, an Intel company, to demonstrate how specialty hardware platforms can optimize both the peak performance and consistency of ultra-low latency data delivery under the most demanding conditions.
Solace Systems, the leading supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, today announced a collaboration with Arista Networks and NetEffect, an Intel company, to demonstrate how specialty hardware platforms can optimize both the peak performance and consistency of ultra-low latency data delivery under the most demanding conditions.
November 2008

Millisecond market; How router box offers Solace to buffeted financial traders
Financial traders who have been buffeted by a wild roller coaster ride in the markets over the past several weeks would undoubtedly welcome any tool to make their job easier. While Ottawa’s Solace Systems, Inc. can’t provide a crystal ball to help them make sense of all the recent gyrations, they do specialize in technology designed to give traders fast, accurate access to vital market information necessary for decision making.
Financial traders who have been buffeted by a wild roller coaster ride in the markets over the past several weeks would undoubtedly welcome any tool to make their job easier. While Ottawa’s Solace Systems, Inc. can’t provide a crystal ball to help them make sense of all the recent gyrations, they do specialize in technology designed to give traders fast, accurate access to vital market information necessary for decision making.
October 2008
Hardware Accelerators Are One Way to Help Wall Street
There was plenty of discussion at this week’s HPC on Wall Street conference about the advantages specialized hardware can bring to market analysts and traders. Sellers of these products were all over the place, their booths were busy, and several sessions on the subject were standing-room only.
There was plenty of discussion at this week’s HPC on Wall Street conference about the advantages specialized hardware can bring to market analysts and traders. Sellers of these products were all over the place, their booths were busy, and several sessions on the subject were standing-room only.
September 2008
Business@Night Profile: Solace Systems (10 MB .mp3)
Host Greg Hebert speaks with Larry Neumann, Senior Vice President of Marketing, about three new offices the company has opened in the U.S. and Japan to expand the sales of its high-speed, low-latency networking hardware.
Host Greg Hebert speaks with Larry Neumann, Senior Vice President of Marketing, about three new offices the company has opened in the U.S. and Japan to expand the sales of its high-speed, low-latency networking hardware.
September 2008

Are you soft in the middle? The future of
enterprise IT rests in hardware applications
Ralph Frankel explains the need for, and advantages of, hardware-based information infrastructure.
enterprise IT rests in hardware applications
Ralph Frankel explains the need for, and advantages of, hardware-based information infrastructure.
July 2008
STAC Clocks Solace Router at 100,000 Messages Per Second
Where the last message routing solution STAC tested was able to send 6,000 persistent messages per second with five milliseconds of latency, Solace’s Content Router was found to forward 100,000 persistent messages per second with less than one millisecond of latency, a significant latency improvement.
Where the last message routing solution STAC tested was able to send 6,000 persistent messages per second with five milliseconds of latency, Solace’s Content Router was found to forward 100,000 persistent messages per second with less than one millisecond of latency, a significant latency improvement.
June 2008

TIBCO Announces Messaging Appliance Based on Solace Hardware
TIBCO’s announcement of a messaging appliance based on Solace’s hardware that will accelerate the performance of TIBCO Rendezvous software.
TIBCO’s announcement of a messaging appliance based on Solace’s hardware that will accelerate the performance of TIBCO Rendezvous software.
April 2008
TIBCO Enters Hardware Market with its First Integrated Messaging Appliance
TIBCO has made its first foray into hardware with the unveiling of a hardware messaging appliance designed to accelerate its low-latency TIBCO Rendezvous messaging software.TIBCO has chosen vendor Solace Systems as its manufacturing partner to bring its new messaging appliance to market
TIBCO has made its first foray into hardware with the unveiling of a hardware messaging appliance designed to accelerate its low-latency TIBCO Rendezvous messaging software.TIBCO has chosen vendor Solace Systems as its manufacturing partner to bring its new messaging appliance to market
April 2008
TIBCO Entering Hardware Space
Messaging appliance to work with the Rendezvous messaging product family readied for ultra-low-latency deployments.
Messaging appliance to work with the Rendezvous messaging product family readied for ultra-low-latency deployments.
April 2008
Solace included in Cool Vendors in Infrastructure Appliances report from Gartner
Frank Kenney’s recent report includes Solace and highlights vendors in the Infrastructure Appliance segment that are interesting and innovative.
Frank Kenney’s recent report includes Solace and highlights vendors in the Infrastructure Appliance segment that are interesting and innovative.
April 2008

Solace Systems Unveils New 3260 Content Router
Solace Systems, a supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, has launched the Solace 3260 Content Router, the next-generation platform in its 3200 Series Content Networking System product family.
Solace Systems, a supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, has launched the Solace 3260 Content Router, the next-generation platform in its 3200 Series Content Networking System product family.
April 2008
Content Router Delivers 10 Million Trade Messages Per Second
Solace today is introducing a new version of its content-routing technology — that is, hardware-based messaging that competes with high-speed messaging and middleware software from 29West, BEA, IBM, Tibco and Oracle.
Solace today is introducing a new version of its content-routing technology — that is, hardware-based messaging that competes with high-speed messaging and middleware software from 29West, BEA, IBM, Tibco and Oracle.
April 2008
Solace Systems introduces next-generation content networking router and blades
The robust Solace 3260 holds up to 10 special-purpose hardware networking blades to provide the best-in-class performance, manageability and low cost of ownership required by today’s distributed application architectures.
The robust Solace 3260 holds up to 10 special-purpose hardware networking blades to provide the best-in-class performance, manageability and low cost of ownership required by today’s distributed application architectures.
April 2008
Solace Introduces Next-Generation Content Networking Router and Blades in Technical Arms Race
Solace has launched the Solace 3260 Content Router, capable of processing millions of messages per second thanks to its modular hardware blades and microsecond latency.
Solace has launched the Solace 3260 Content Router, capable of processing millions of messages per second thanks to its modular hardware blades and microsecond latency.
April 2008
Solace Upgrades Messaging Appliance
Solace senior vice president Larry Neumann says the new 3260 appliance, which occupies four units of rack space compared to the previous two units of the previous 3230 router, will increase throughput when routing, filtering and transforming content from millions to tens of millions of messages per second, and reduce latency to less than 100 microseconds.
Solace senior vice president Larry Neumann says the new 3260 appliance, which occupies four units of rack space compared to the previous two units of the previous 3230 router, will increase throughput when routing, filtering and transforming content from millions to tens of millions of messages per second, and reduce latency to less than 100 microseconds.
April 2008
Hard & Fast: Automated Trader Survey
Hardware and networking infrastructures should be the building blocks of any market participant’s algorithmic and automated trading capabilities. Automated Trader asks leading providers to share their views on the latest techniques and technologies.
Hardware and networking infrastructures should be the building blocks of any market participant’s algorithmic and automated trading capabilities. Automated Trader asks leading providers to share their views on the latest techniques and technologies.
Q1 2008
Banks to Increase Low-Latency Spend
The market for low-latency messaging middleware is set to rise from $95 million in 2007 to $168 million in 2010 as investment banks ramp up spending on the technology to cope with rapidly increasing message volumes.
The market for low-latency messaging middleware is set to rise from $95 million in 2007 to $168 million in 2010 as investment banks ramp up spending on the technology to cope with rapidly increasing message volumes.
November 2007

Content-Aware Networks in the Financial Industry
How a single high-throughput, low-latency content-aware network can simultaneously support many financial services applications spanning the front-office, back-office and wide-area distribution requirements.
How a single high-throughput, low-latency content-aware network can simultaneously support many financial services applications spanning the front-office, back-office and wide-area distribution requirements.
September 2007
Smart Networks Article
Networks are begining to understand the specifics of the content flowing through networks and the context within which people and applcations may benefit.
Networks are begining to understand the specifics of the content flowing through networks and the context within which people and applcations may benefit.
September 2007

Persistently Moving Faster
Observations on the importance of persistent messaging and the significance of Solace’s VRS/32-08 announcement.
Observations on the importance of persistent messaging and the significance of Solace’s VRS/32-08 announcement.
June 2007

Who will Cure Your Data Latency?
Everyone on Wall Street wants to eliminate data latency. But data doesn’t sit in one place for long. It passes among market participants, through myriad network switches, servers and applications.
Everyone on Wall Street wants to eliminate data latency. But data doesn’t sit in one place for long. It passes among market participants, through myriad network switches, servers and applications.
June 2007

Bionic Financial Infrastructure
What financial firms have always done in software is now increasingly possible in hardware, enabling capabilities that simply weren’t possible in software alone, at substantially higher performance.
What financial firms have always done in software is now increasingly possible in hardware, enabling capabilities that simply weren’t possible in software alone, at substantially higher performance.
May 2007
Pulver Media’s Jon Arnold talks with Solace President & CEO - Craig Betts
Discussion around intelligent content routing - and why it’s becoming important - not just for service providers, but for enterprises as well as companies that are in the business of regularly pushing content out to communities of interest.
Discussion around intelligent content routing - and why it’s becoming important - not just for service providers, but for enterprises as well as companies that are in the business of regularly pushing content out to communities of interest.
April 2007

Risks Multiply with IT Investments
As companies continuously strive to lower costs, reduce assets and improve quality, their supply chains are transformed, often faster than their ability to recognize the changes that have taken place.
As companies continuously strive to lower costs, reduce assets and improve quality, their supply chains are transformed, often faster than their ability to recognize the changes that have taken place.
April 2007

The Evolution of Networks beyond IP
To understand how networks are evolving beyond Internet protocol (IP), we must begin by looking at the trends and challenges faced by the primary consumers of network connectivity, which are the array of enterprise and consumer applications and services that sit just outside the network edge.
To understand how networks are evolving beyond Internet protocol (IP), we must begin by looking at the trends and challenges faced by the primary consumers of network connectivity, which are the array of enterprise and consumer applications and services that sit just outside the network edge.
March 2007

Rich Tehrani : Application Layer Routing
President and Editor-in-Chief of TMC talks about Solace’s value-added routing platform and the application layer routing market.
President and Editor-in-Chief of TMC talks about Solace’s value-added routing platform and the application layer routing market.
January 2007

Archived Webinar Presentation
As application-aware networking has matured from theory to practice, many key lessons have been learned in service development and deployments. This Webinar focuses on how early customers are using application-aware networking technology to generate new service revenues, open new markets, and improve customer experience for service providers
As application-aware networking has matured from theory to practice, many key lessons have been learned in service development and deployments. This Webinar focuses on how early customers are using application-aware networking technology to generate new service revenues, open new markets, and improve customer experience for service providers
November 2006
Enablers Ally on Dynamic Information Bundling for Global Logistics Coordination
Solace Systems, Core Transport Technologies aim to help 3PLs, 4PLs more effectively manage resources across the supply chain
Solace Systems, Core Transport Technologies aim to help 3PLs, 4PLs more effectively manage resources across the supply chain
November 2006
Building a Content-Aware Network
This article discusses the benefits of a content-aware network for IPTV applications.
This article discusses the benefits of a content-aware network for IPTV applications.
October 2006

Service Delivery and XML: The Path to Carrier SOA
This report looks at XML networking technology and its suppliers in the context of how XML is likely to be deployed by telecom network operators and service providers. (Note: there is a fee to view the contents of the entire report.)
This report looks at XML networking technology and its suppliers in the context of how XML is likely to be deployed by telecom network operators and service providers. (Note: there is a fee to view the contents of the entire report.)
June 2006
Bringing Application Awareness to the IP/MPLS Service Provider Cloud
SOA and Web Services promise to greatly simplify the implementation of distributed computing applications.
SOA and Web Services promise to greatly simplify the implementation of distributed computing applications.
May 2006

Learn more about Value-Added Services Routing - Register now to view LightReading Webinar
The systems that support today’s business processes are increasingly built using Web services - loosely coupled, self-contained elements of function that need to communicate with one another to fulfill business tasks.
The systems that support today’s business processes are increasingly built using Web services - loosely coupled, self-contained elements of function that need to communicate with one another to fulfill business tasks.
April 2006
InFocus: Beyond the IP Pipe
No one wants to compete on price. So why do telecommunications companies–-some of the world’s largest high-tech, business-savvy companies in the world–find themselves advertising ever-faster connections at ever-lower prices?
No one wants to compete on price. So why do telecommunications companies–-some of the world’s largest high-tech, business-savvy companies in the world–find themselves advertising ever-faster connections at ever-lower prices?
April 2006

Networking the Telecom Industry: Application Aware/XML networks…
Application-aware networks (often called XML-aware networks) involve a new class of networking routing hardware that aims to:
1) Differentiate service providers’ IP/MPLS offerings
2) Enable new managed-services revenues
3) Provide enterprises with an opex-based alternative to traditional capex-based messaging solutions
Application-aware networks (often called XML-aware networks) involve a new class of networking routing hardware that aims to:
1) Differentiate service providers’ IP/MPLS offerings
2) Enable new managed-services revenues
3) Provide enterprises with an opex-based alternative to traditional capex-based messaging solutions
January 2006
Exploring Content-Aware Network Appliances
Content-aware networking received a big visibility boost this past summer when Cisco announced its Application-Oriented Network (AON) product strategy (see “Embedding Apps in Network Devices?” BCR, September 2005).
Content-aware networking received a big visibility boost this past summer when Cisco announced its Application-Oriented Network (AON) product strategy (see “Embedding Apps in Network Devices?” BCR, September 2005).
December 2005
Behind the Revolution - Technology driving next-gen networks…
The technology driving everything from next-gen networks to Web 2.0 has surprisingly deep links to experts and entrepreneurs in Ottawa, reports Peter Hum…
The technology driving everything from next-gen networks to Web 2.0 has surprisingly deep links to experts and entrepreneurs in Ottawa, reports Peter Hum…
November 2005
The Battle for the Next Big Wave in Computing
With the recent IBM acquisition of Data Power, it is clear that the battle for the network has begun. Cisco, in their market wisdom, was the first to bring to market the concept of message aware routing in a large scale. Today, it is clear that IBM has copied Cisco CEO John Chambers and Taf Anthias, vice president and general manager of Cisco’s AON (Application-Oriented Network) business unit, in their vision of a smarter network comprised of XML aware advanced message routing.
With the recent IBM acquisition of Data Power, it is clear that the battle for the network has begun. Cisco, in their market wisdom, was the first to bring to market the concept of message aware routing in a large scale. Today, it is clear that IBM has copied Cisco CEO John Chambers and Taf Anthias, vice president and general manager of Cisco’s AON (Application-Oriented Network) business unit, in their vision of a smarter network comprised of XML aware advanced message routing.
November 2005
XML Marks the Spot in IP Services
The move to provision broadband voice, video and data services at the application layer via XML picked up steam last week. As executives from Telcordia Technologies Inc. toured the country to promote their Maestro Internet Protocol multimedia service (IMS) suite, IBM Corp. announced it acquired DataPower Technology Inc., one of the last independent providers of XML acceleration systems.
The move to provision broadband voice, video and data services at the application layer via XML picked up steam last week. As executives from Telcordia Technologies Inc. toured the country to promote their Maestro Internet Protocol multimedia service (IMS) suite, IBM Corp. announced it acquired DataPower Technology Inc., one of the last independent providers of XML acceleration systems.
October 2005
IBM acquires Datapower
IBM Corp. has acquired DataPower Technology (Cambridge, Mass.), removing from the field one of the last independent startups in XML acceleration. Following last summer’s acquisition of Sarvega by Intel Corp., the deal leaves only Tarari Inc. as a chip and software player, and Solace Systems Inc. as a developer of full XML server accelerator systems.
IBM Corp. has acquired DataPower Technology (Cambridge, Mass.), removing from the field one of the last independent startups in XML acceleration. Following last summer’s acquisition of Sarvega by Intel Corp., the deal leaves only Tarari Inc. as a chip and software player, and Solace Systems Inc. as a developer of full XML server accelerator systems.
October 2005

Why Intel bought Sarvega
Just two months after Cisco’s AON launch, now Intel has waded into the XML appliance market. The company is keeping tight-lipped about why exactly it has acquired Sarvega, but there are various pieces of evidence that point to the likely reasons. One thing is clear: Intel is just as determined as Cisco to be an influential player in this emerging and potentially very significant market, which regular readers may recall we analyzed in some detail in the latest issue of the Loosely Coupled monthly digest.
Just two months after Cisco’s AON launch, now Intel has waded into the XML appliance market. The company is keeping tight-lipped about why exactly it has acquired Sarvega, but there are various pieces of evidence that point to the likely reasons. One thing is clear: Intel is just as determined as Cisco to be an influential player in this emerging and potentially very significant market, which regular readers may recall we analyzed in some detail in the latest issue of the Loosely Coupled monthly digest.
August 2005
CISCO AON - Another Validation for Solace Systems
Earlier this spring, I met with Sir Terry Matthews at a Mitel Analyst event here in Toronto and we briefly spoke about Solace Systems, which is focused on application aware networking (i.e. XML routing). Having heard about Solace’s deployment at Allstream, I was already familiar with the company, but his enthuasism was so contagious that I had to go and check the company out myself at Supercomm.
Earlier this spring, I met with Sir Terry Matthews at a Mitel Analyst event here in Toronto and we briefly spoke about Solace Systems, which is focused on application aware networking (i.e. XML routing). Having heard about Solace’s deployment at Allstream, I was already familiar with the company, but his enthuasism was so contagious that I had to go and check the company out myself at Supercomm.
June 2005
Solace Systems approach validated by entry of incumbents in message routing marketplace.
Cisco Systems Inc.’s long-awaited response to Extensible Markup Language (XML) acceleration products was unveiled Tuesday (June 21) during a company event in Las Vegas
Cisco Systems Inc.’s long-awaited response to Extensible Markup Language (XML) acceleration products was unveiled Tuesday (June 21) during a company event in Las Vegas
June 2005

Telecommunications announces 10 Coolest Companies of 2005
With their wreckage strewn about the industry like crushed cars at a massive junkyard, countless so-called “hot” companies from past years provide striking evidence of the fate that awaits innovative companies that lack an understanding of the business of technology.
With their wreckage strewn about the industry like crushed cars at a massive junkyard, countless so-called “hot” companies from past years provide striking evidence of the fate that awaits innovative companies that lack an understanding of the business of technology.
May 2005
Firm ships message router
Solace Systems this week announced the general availability of its 3200 Series Multiservice Message Router.
Solace Systems this week announced the general availability of its 3200 Series Multiservice Message Router.
April 2005
Ottawa’s Solace Systems ready for launch
The venture capital just keeps coming, with Solace Systems the latest startup to announce itself with a financing round, a new product and ambitious plans to double its workforce in a year.
The venture capital just keeps coming, with Solace Systems the latest startup to announce itself with a financing round, a new product and ambitious plans to double its workforce in a year.
April 2005
XML router gets rolled into message passing job
Application-layer processing using Extensible Markup Language (XML) has become common enough to warrant standard silicon for XML processing and standard board-level blades for XML acceleration. Yet when Canadian startup Solace Systems Inc. was designing a router for application-to-application messaging, it chose to use custom silicon and a proprietary real-time OS for the resultant 3200 platform, its unique approach to messaging acceleration.
Application-layer processing using Extensible Markup Language (XML) has become common enough to warrant standard silicon for XML processing and standard board-level blades for XML acceleration. Yet when Canadian startup Solace Systems Inc. was designing a router for application-to-application messaging, it chose to use custom silicon and a proprietary real-time OS for the resultant 3200 platform, its unique approach to messaging acceleration.
April 2005
Enabling Carrier Service Differentiation
Looking to enable carriers to provide profitable next generation IP services, startup Solace Systems, Inc. today launched a product designed to support Web services, joining a growing trend of infrastructure vendors, including Cisco and Juniper, whom seek to recast business conducted on the Internet.
Looking to enable carriers to provide profitable next generation IP services, startup Solace Systems, Inc. today launched a product designed to support Web services, joining a growing trend of infrastructure vendors, including Cisco and Juniper, whom seek to recast business conducted on the Internet.
April 2005

