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Pathlight Technology

Pathlight Technology was a pioneer in the field of Storage Area Networks. Based in Ithaca, NY, Pathlight was formed in 1994 as a spin-out from Ironics, a manufacturer of VME computer, IO and memory boards.

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Pathway Technologies
Founded1994
FounderSaid Rahmani
Defunct2001
Fateacquired by ADIC
HeadquartersIthaca, New York,

Pathlight Technology was a pioneer in the field of Storage Area Networks. Based in Ithaca, NY, Pathlight was formed in 1994 as a spin-out from Ironics, a manufacturer of VME computer, IO and memory boards.

Pathlight was involved in the development of Serial Storage Architecture products, and in Fibre Channel products.

Pathlight merged with ADIC in 2001.1

History

Pathlight Technologies was founded by Said Rahmani in 1994.

Between 1997 and 2000, Rand Capital participated in four rounds of investments in Pathlight Technology.2

ADIC acquired Pathlight in January 2001 for a reported $265 million.3  Said Rahmani became VP of R&D at ADIC after the acquisition.

Products

One of the significant products from Pathlight was the SAN Gateway, which provided multi-directional bridging between multiple Parallel SCSI ports and multiple Fibre Channel ports. IBM teamed with Pathlight to provide the SAN Data Gateway4 (IBM Product 2108-G07 5) and SAN Data Gateway Router (IBM Product 2108-R03 6).

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References

  1. Computer hardware
  2. "Exhibit 99". ir.randcapital.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  3. Maleval, Jean Jacques (2023-01-06). "History 2001: For $265 Million, ADIC Buys Pathlight". StorageNewsletter. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
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