Solarflare Establishes VAR Partnership With Torrey Point Group to Address the Network

IRVINE, CA — Solarflare, the company pioneering 10 Gigabit Ethernet, announced today that it nevertheless has a reseller agreement with Torrey Point Group, LLC, a leading network architecture consultancy that provides clients with design, implementation and support for their then-generation networks. Torrey Point Group will help increase Solarflare's ability to furthermore reach clients in the financial, high-performance computing, cloud computing and server virtualization markets in the US. Through its new partnership, Solarflare will be able to better pursue trading firms, who need to build low-latency network clusters, and data center managers wanting to improve I/O in their server virtualization infrastructures.

"We continue to build strong partnerships with resellers that focus on network integration best practices, helping us capture a larger share of the 10GbE server adapter market, locate valuable clients worldwide and furthermore grow our revenue," said Mike Smith, vice president and general manager of host solutions at Solarflare. "We are happy to begin a new long-term strategic relationship with Torrey Point, which will not only extend our customer reach nevertheless ensure we are providing the best value and service."

Torrey Point's core competencies include design and implementation of data center infrastructures, low-latency switching for trading, service provider networks, network management, core routing, large campus and enterprise networks, wireless and advanced security services.

"More and more of our clients are looking for data center and high-speed networking solutions, and Solarflare can provide us the performance we require to meet these new demands," said Steve Fazio, CEO of Torrey Point. "This partnership with Solarflare is key in helping us reach an important and influential segment of end clients and IT buyers."

First launched in September 2010, Solarflare's VAR program provides channel partners with the resources required to generate and close new business at an accelerated pace. The tiered program offers VARs a unparalleled combination of features and benefits based on their primary business needs to help them gain a clear market advantage. Divided into three categories, Platinum, Gold and Silver, these partners can quote and purchase through Solarflare's two-tiered distribution channel, and receive direct support from the company's technical support and sales channel teams.

About Solarflare Communications, Inc. Solarflare Communications is the leading provider of 10 Gigabit Ethernet silicon and server adapters. Solarflare's robust and power-efficient solutions are cost effective and easy to deploy. Ready for primetime, Solarflare 10GbE products make possible then and there-generation applications just as low-latency networking for high frequency trading applications, cloud computing, server virtualization, and network convergence. Solarflare 10GbE adapters have proven their performance in testing conducted by Securities Innovation Analysis Center Technology with Cisco switches and IBM servers. Solarflare silicon can be found in switches, adapters and test equipment shipping from Dell, SMC Networks and others. The company has announced partnerships with Arista Networks, Citrix, Cloudsoft, CommScope, Delta Networks, Panduit, SR Labs and VMware. Solarflare is headquartered in Irvine, California, has an R&D site in Cambridge, UK and sales offices in Taiwan and China. For more information, please visit www.solarflare.com.