Ipsilon Networks Explained

Ipsilon Networks
Industry:	Computer networking
Founded:	in Sunnyvale, California
Fate:	Acquired by Nokia

Ipsilon Networks was a computer networking company which specialised in IP switching during the 1990s.

The first product called the IP Switch ATM 1600 was announced in March 1996 for US$46,000.^[1] Its switch used Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) hardware combined with Internet Protocol routing.^[2] The company had a role in the development of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network protocol.^[3] The company published early proposals^[4] related to label switching,^[5] but did not manage to achieve the market share hoped for and was purchased for $120 million by Nokia in December 1997.^[6] The president at the time was Brian NeSmith, and it was located in Sunnyvale, California.^[6]

External links

• Archive.org's image of Ipsilon's web site taken several months prior to the acquisition by Nokia.

Notes and References

1. News: Start-up takes new IP route . Jim Duffy . Network World . March 4, 1996 . July 4, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104185258/http://www.networkworld.com/news/1997/1209ipsilon2.html . January 4, 2012 . dead .
2. Web site: The phenomenon of Ipsilon . Technology Inside . February 8, 2007 . July 4, 2011 .
3. Web site: Cisco Tag Switching . Peter J. Welcher . Chesapeake NetCraftsmen web site . August 1, 1997 . July 4, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415124923/http://www.netcraftsmen.net/resources/archived-articles/491-cisco-tag-switching.html . April 15, 2012 . dead .
4. Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol Specification for IPv4 . P. Newman. RFC 1953 . IETF . May 1996 . October 8, 2013 . etal.
5. (known by Cisco Systems as tag switching at the time)
6. News: Nokia catches a falling Ipsilon . Jim Duffy . Network World . December 9, 1997 . July 4, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204063812/http://www.networkworld.com/news/1997/1209ipsilon.html . February 4, 2012 .