Elfiq Networks
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Networking hardware, WAN optimization, Network Redundancy |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Canada |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people |
Ghislain Lachapelle (CEO) |
| Products | Networking |
| Employees | 50+ |
| Website | www.elfiq.com |
Elfiq Networks is a privately held company providing computer networking products and solutions. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Elfiq Networks develops and produces Link Load Balancers. These appliances are used in Wide Area Network (WAN) Optimization.[1]
History
Elfiq Networks was founded in 2004 by Frederic Parent and Martin Deveault. International sales started as soon as 2006.
The company released Global Geolink technology in 2007 to allow for multi-site link balancing.[2] The same year, it introduced SitePathMTPX, a feature enabling WAN bandwidth virtualization.[3]
In 2011, Elfiq Units became compatible with USB 3G & 4G mobile sticks, complementing the RJ45 ports already present on the company's link balancers.[4]
As of 2012, units had been deployed in 130 countries. Still in 2012, Elfiq released AppOptimizer, a technology designed to monitor and prioritize Layer-7 traffic.[5]
Elfiq Networks releases Flex Multipath Routing Solutions (FMR) in 2013, for Enterprise and SMB businesses.[6]
Link load balancing
Link balancing (or load balancing) is a computer networking method for distributing workloads across multiple computing resources, such as computers, a computer cluster, network links, central processing units or disk drives. Load balancing aims to optimize resource use, maximize throughput, minimize response time, and avoid overload of any one of the resources. Using multiple components with link balancing instead of a single component may increase reliability through redundancy.
List of Products
Elfiq Networks specializes in Link Load Balancers.[7]
- LB-600B - Supports up to 3 ISP links, 110 Mbps throughput and 32,000 connections
- LB-600E - Supports up to 4 ISP links, 180 Mbps throughput and 32,000 connections
- LB-800B - Supports up to 8 ISP links, 400 Mbps throughput and 128,000 connections
- LBX900 - Supports up to 16 ISP links, 500 Mbps throughput and 256,000 connections
- LB-2500E - Supports up to 64 ISP links, 1.6 Gbps throughput and 1,536,000 connections
- LBX2600 - Supports up to 64 ISP links, 2 Gbps throughput and 1,536,000 connections
- LBX5500 - Supports up to 256 ISP links, 4 Gbps throughput and 4,096,000 connections
External links
- Official Website of Elfiq Networks"
- "Interop roundup: A cube-sized PC and an easy way to try SDN", IT World Canada, October 4 2013. Retrieved October 6 2013.
- "Interop New York Sponsors & Exhibitors Launch New Products & Services", Security Dark Reading, September 23 2013. Retrieved October 7 2013.
References
- ↑ "Elfiq Networks Overview". Elfiq Networks. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Global Geolink". Elfiq Networks. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ "SitePathMTPX WAN Bandwidth Virtualization". Elfiq Networks. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ "USB Configuration". Elfiq Networks. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Elfiq App Optimizer". Elfiq Networks. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Elfiq Networks Launches Flex Multipath Routing Link Balancer Solutions at Interop NYC 2013". PRWEB. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Elfiq Link Balancer Product Overview". Elfiq Networks. Retrieved October 4, 2013.