Mellanox battles Intel in roll-out of new Ethernet cards, switches

New York

MELLANOX Technologies Ltd is trying to make network hardware sexy.

At a lavish party at Manhattan's One World Observatory that featured roaming oyster shuckers, a self-styled supernatural entertainer and attractive female hostesses, chief executive officer Eyal Waldman unveiled the upstart company's newest weapons aimed at expanding its share of the US$6 billion data-centre business.