Dell Uses Mellanox InfiniBand to Network Microsite

By DE Editors

Dell is working with Bing Maps to create a dedicated imagery processing microsite to support Streetside, Bird’s Eye, aerial and satellite image types provided by Bing Maps. Dell’s Modular Data Centers combined with Mellanox InfiniBand networking were the building blocks of the new microsite.

“Our goal was to push technological boundaries, to build a cost effective and efficient microsite,” says Brad Clark, group program manager, Bing Maps Imagery Technologies (BITs), Microsoft Corp. “We ended- up with a no-frills high-performance microsite to deliver complicated geospatial applications that can in effect ‘quilt’ different pieces of imagery into a cohesive mosaic that everyone can access.”

Dell’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) team worked in collaboration with Bing Maps’ engineers and networking partner Mellanox.

“Mellanox is proud to work with Dell and Microsoft to help build the new Bing Maps computing site,” says Eyal Waldman, chairman, president and CEO of Mellanox Technologies. “Bing Maps takes advantage of Mellanox’s end-to-end InfiniBand performance, economics, and ease-of-use to deliver high efficiency. We look forward to helping other business customers realize the benefits of our interconnect technologies in more Web 2.0 applications.”

For more information, visit Dell and Mellanox.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.