LOS GATOS, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hifn(TM) , the power behind network and information security, today announced that it is backing the Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology initiative designed to speed integration of and deliver strategic support for processor accelerators using Intel technology and addressing the need for increased performance on certain workloads such as imaging and cryptography. Through its interoperability with Intel's QuickAssist initiative, Hifn's family of card accelerators provides system vendors using Intel's architecture with significantly improved performance, zero-defect data assurance, faster time-to-market, and reduced development costs.
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Hifn's Express DR (Data Reduction) and DS (Data Security) cards, both of which are a part of the Intel QuickAssist Technology initiative, will be on display on The Wall of Accelerators in the I/O & Application Acceleration Community at the upcoming Intel Developer Forum (IDF) on Sept. 18-20 at the Moscone Center West Convention Center in San Francisco.
"Hifn has long been the clear industry leader in data reduction and security solutions for high-bandwidth and low-latency applications," said Michael Goldgof, vice president of product marketing for Hifn. "As the amount of data created and stored by enterprises drives new opportunities for OEMs, Intel and Hifn are the perfect team to enable our OEM customers to take advantage of them. Intel and Hifn, together, create a complementary, powerful solution designed to solve the burgeoning issues of data explosion in the enterprise."
Hifn's Ultra low power accelerator cards deliver market-leading system-level performance with minimal customer integration effort, making them ideal for today's security and storage applications. Hifn's Express DR family is the industry's first set of card accelerators specifically designed for data compression and reduction applications and are compliant with PCI-Express 1.0a CEM (Card Electro Mechanical) standards. The Hifn Express DS (Data Security) Acceleration Boards are low-cost, production optimized, security packet processor boards utilize the PCIx technology to meet the high-performance security requirements of OEMs and system integrators.
"We are pleased to have Hifn's support and participation at IDF," said Marwan Khoury, director of Platform and Technology Enabling, Embedded Communications Group for Intel. "The combination of Hifn and Intel technologies delivers high performance for OEMs that need to develop new secure storage systems quickly."
About Hifn
Hifn powers network and information security. Leveraging over a decade of leadership and expertise in data encryption and compression, we are a trusted partner to industry innovators for whom security is critical to their success. With the majority of secure global communications flowing through Hifn technology, the convergence of security, storage and assured access drives our product roadmap forward. We will continue as the first resource for the toughest security requirements because we anticipate as we innovate in a field that leaves no margin for error. Hifn sets the industry standards and technology firsts to secure, compress and assure information wherever needed. For more information, please visit: http://www.hifn.com/.
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