Pathlight Technology
{{Infobox company
| name = Pathway Technologies
| founded = 1994
| founder = Said Rahmani
| defunct = 2001
| fate = acquired by ADIC
| hq_location = Ithaca, 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.[http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/computer-hardware-computer-peripherals/1006788-1.html Computer hardware] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Exhibit 99 |url=https://ir.randcapital.com/all-sec-filings/content/0000899797-01-000013/0002.htm?TB_iframe=true&height=auto&width=auto&preload=false |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=ir.randcapital.com}}
ADIC acquired Pathlight in January 2001 for a reported $265 million.{{Cite web |last=Maleval |first=Jean Jacques |date=2023-01-06 |title=History 2001: For $265 Million, ADIC Buys Pathlight |url=https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/09/history-2001-for-265-million-adic-buys-pathlight/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=StorageNewsletter |language=en-US}} 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 Gateway[https://archive.today/20120708123238/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Feb_24/ai_53946385/ Find articles] (IBM Product 2108-G07 [http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=528&&uid=ssg1S7000583 IBM support] {{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) and SAN Data Gateway Router (IBM Product 2108-R03 [ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/san/2108/SM2108R03.pdf IBM Storage]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}).
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