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By Carolyn Duffy Marsan 04/23/01
Trying to maintain a low profile, Procket Networks has released few details
about its high-performance, scalable Internet infrastructure products under
development. But the company is still generating a great deal of buzz because
of its founders' reputations.
Procket was formed two years ago by a trio of network
superstars: Tony Li, a Juniper Networks founder and former router designer for
Cisco, was an early hire; William Lynch, lead architect for Sun's next high-performance
microprocessor; and Sharad Mehrotra, who led a Sun initiative to accelerate
Java performance on the Sparc processor line.
Talent such as this is attracting other respected
industry veterans, including Randall Kruep, a former senior vice president of
Redback Networks who joined Procket last month as CEO. Procket also hired Bob
Howard-Anderson, a former vice president of engineering at Sun, as its vice
president of product operations.
Procket hasn't said when it will ship its first
products, but it announced that MetroMedia Fiber Network is one of seven
carriers testing its software. Industry insiders believe Procket is developing
a high-speed backbone routing system that will compete against Cisco and
Juniper.
With such competition, Procket is a bit stiff. Procket
employees work around-the-clock and on weekends without such typical Silicon
Valley distractions as foosball championships and happy hours. The management
team says it wants all employees focused on delivering products.
Procket Networks The name: |
Combination of the words “processor” and “packet.”
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