Ipsilon Networks
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Ipsilon Networks was a computer networking company which specialised in IP switching. The company was important[1]in the introduction of label switching and published early proposals[2]related to the subject. Label switching, know by CISCO as tag switching at the time was a technology which eventually became standardised as MPLS. The company did not manage to achieve the market share hoped for[3] and was purchased for $120 million by Nokia in 1997[4].
[edit] References
- ^ Cisco Tag Switching, Peter J. Welcher
- ^ RFC 1953 - Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol Specification for IPv4
- ^ Nokia catches a falling Ipsilon, Jim Duffy, Network World, 1997/12/09, verified 2006/03/08
- ^ Nokia press release - Nokia Acquires Ipsilon Networks, Inc., verified 2006/03/08
[edit] External links
- Archive.org's image of Ipsilon's web site taken several months prior to the acquisition by Nokia.
