Big Switch Networks racks up $48.5 mln

Santa Clara, California-based Big Switch Networks, a provider of hyperscale-inspired networking technologies to data centers, has raised $48.5 million in total funding. The investors included Morgenthaler Ventures, Silver Lake Waterman, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Accton, CID Group and MSD Capital. In addition to the funding, Dan Warmenhoven, former CEO at NetApp and Gary Morgenthaler to Big Switch's board of directors.

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