Napatech, a Danish company that specialised in raising the
speed of Internet network appliances, said it has received $5 million from Ferd
Venture, Northzone Ventures and existing shareholder DTU Innovation, a fund
which is related to the
Napatech said the money will be used for purchasing the
network adapter business of Xyratex, a provider of data storage subsystems and
network technology for business. Xyratex was founded in 1994 with headquarters
in the
Napatech's technologies enable OEM (original equipment
manufacturer) customers to scale network monitoring appliances, traffic
analysers and recorders, testers and security products to the Ethernet speeds
and traffic load, according to a statement. Napatech's product portfolio
includes a 1Gb and a 10Gb platform. The company was founded in 2003 and based
in
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