NextHop's goal is to deliver industry standard, platform agnostic, modular networking software that enables network equipment manufacturers to create, differentiate and ship complete solutions. In order to create complete solutions, NextHop partners with silicon vendors, OS vendors, ISVs and ODMs to deliver robust, best-of-breed and comprehensive product lines.

NextHop's software architecture, Dynamic Network Architecture (DNA), provides a platform, with clean and well-defined APIs to which NextHop’s partners can interface and integrate, in order to create unique solutions for the networking equipment market. Our partners use DNA APIs to integrate value-add applications and differentiating features such as security/policy, voice/call control, traffic/content management, and network management applications.

NextHop works with our business partners to develop joint marketing and PR programs, coordinated customer engagement and integrated product solutions. We welcome the opportunity to explore joint partnership opportunities with your company in the areas of:

• Silicon/hardware solutions
  Partners: Marvell, Broadcom, Fulcrum, Atheros, Agere
• Real-time OS solutions
  Partners: Wind River, MontaVista
• ISVs/applications through the NextStep partnership program
  Partners: AirDefense, AirTight, Check Point
• ODM
  Partners: Accton, Alpha, ASUS, Delta, Cameo, Lite-On
  

Please contact our business development team for more information.