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Dell has acquired Oregon-based RNA Networks.
Dell told Austin Business Journal that the deal closed last Thursday for an undisclosed amount.
RNA Networks, which launched in 2006, develops server virtualization, which enables a lone server to appear to operate as multiple servers, each with its own operating system.
RNA networks today announced the launch of its company and $7M in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures.
Memory virtualization transparently enables high-performance computing in the enterprise from commodity hardware. RNA networks’ software improves utilization of existing data center resources, and provides an alternative to data center investments aimed at addressing the limitations of memory availability. By leveraging existing hardware, RNA brings tremendous business benefits to the enterprise including cost savings through consolidation and increased utilization. Equally compelling are the increased top line results of the businesses that utilize memory virtualization. All of this is accomplished with no changes to the IT infrastructure.
RNA networks also announced a U.S.-based, global multi-billion dollar hedge fund as a first customer of its RNAmessenger product. RNAmessenger is targeted at high-volume, low latency messaging or any business critical environment that demands superior transaction processing. Algorithmic trading, content delivery and on-line gaming are arenas that gain immediate benefit.
NetworkWorld brings us the news of stealth startup RNA Networks, which says it will “offer technology that aggregates memory and shares it across servers, improving performance of online transaction processing and clustered or grid computing.”
From their websites:
RNA networks brings memory virtualization into the enterprise data center.
RNA delivers the consolidation and dramatic cost savings of virtualization for business critical applications. In addition, RNA’s Memory Virtualization Platform (MVP) delivers breakthrough performance at scale, reliably and efficiently.
Memory Virtualization profoundly changes everything about business aligned IT, from economics to use cases. RNA transforms the data center into a high performance asset where virtualization is fully adopted. With RNA, your business performance is accelerated.
RNA is reportedly slated for launch in the beginning of February 2008.