Web servers spend an awful lot of time and processing power on certificates. Dedicated plug-in cards. Sounds like a 3dfx-type of hardware acceleration, but for digital certificates rather than 3D graphics. Can''t say I much care for peripheral businesses in general, but at least nCipher has a relatively unique approach, as opposed to being another dot-com or Web services company. Builds data centers that house multiple networks.
Companies often find themselves forced through a single lousy hub on the Internet.
By putting a bunch of networks in one spot, companies can choose the ones they want to work with. Equinix says its centers make online activity more efficient, more reliable, more scalable and cheaper. Equinix has immediate plans for 30 centers around the world, and currently has three in the United States. Billions of Operations Per Second. Makes high-performance digital signal processors.