Sentient Networks

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Sentient Networks was a San Jose, California based supplier of Asynchronous Transfer Mode and Frame Relay central office concentrators^{[clarification needed]} and switches.

Market space[]

Sentient made products for internet service providers, inter-exchange carriers, and Regional Bell Operating Companies. They developed the industry's highest density ATM Circuit Emulation Service (CES) Gateway

Technology used[]

They used the AAL1gator designed by Network Synthesis, acquired by Integrated Telecom Technology in 1996, and further acquired by PMC-Sierra in 1998 to both implement their Circuit Emulation Service as well as to just carry T1/E1 signals across their backplane.

Corporate history[]

Sequoia Capital was one of their venture capital backers. Sentient Networks was founded in 1995. They negotiated an OEM agreement with in 1997 for their Ultimate 1000 product.

Sentient was acquired by Cisco Systems, also of San Jose, California, on April 8, 1999, in combination with Fibex Systems for $445 Million dollars. At the time, they had 102 employees. Their CEO was Greg McAdoo. They joined the Multi-Service Switching business unit (MSSBU) of Cisco, which was the part of Cisco created by their acquisition of Stratacom.

External links[]

• Sequoia Capital venture capital
• OEM agreement (headline only)
• Cisco acquires Fibex and Sentient