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Cisco nemesis Huawei to demo 96-port 100G Ethernet switch at Interop

Huawei, Cisco's toughest competitor in networking, will debut its entry into enterprise data center switching at this week's Interop 2012 conference in Las Vegas.
Lightweight Gigabit Ethernet cables offered for car networking

Ethernet has gained speed many times, and now it may be about to lose weight.
US universities enjoy 100G Ethernet network

Government authorities in the US state of Indiana have launched a 100G Ethernet network for research and education.
Firms promised improved SLAs when using Carrier Ethernet WANs

Bob Metcalfe, the father of the Ethernet, helped launch the latest Carrier Ethernet-based WANs at NetEvents last week which promised improved service level agreements.
Epson adds three new printers to WorkForce line

Epson introduced three new wide-format printers to its WorkForce line on Tuesday. The printers include all-in-ones WorkForce WF-7520 and WorkForce WF-7510, along with the single-function inkjet Workforce WF-7010. Each offers small businesses and creative professionals high quality wide-format printing and scanning capabilities.
Xerox PARC founder dies aged 90

Jacob E. Goldman, a founder of the Palo Alto Research Centre that developed breakthrough computing innovations such as the graphical user interface and Ethernet networks, died on Tuesday. He was 90.
Google Android 4.0 mobile OS ported to desktop x86 chips

Google's open-source Android 4.0 operating system for smartphones and tablets has been ported to work with x86 processors, a member of an open source project involved in the effort said this week.
Western Digital unveils Sentinel DX4000 as its first array

Western Digital have unveiled its first storage array, a small Intel D525 Dual Core Atom-based box running the Microsoft Storage Server 2008 Essentials operating system.
US energy agency blazes ahead with 100Gbps Ethernet network

The US Department of Energy will debut in November one of the fastest networks ever built: a 100Gbps Ethernet network that will enable researchers to create more complex, real-world simulations in climate change, particle physics, astronomy and other scientific fields.
Brocade debuts new VDX switches, network capacity on demand

Brocade has unveiled an infrastructure procurement model designed for cloud computing, along with additions to its new VDX data centre switch line.

Latest Features

Five focus areas to keep Avaya in the race

New Avaya data networking chief Marc Randall has five focus areas in his sights to help the company sell its Ethernet switches, gain market share... and perhaps stave off irrelevancy.
Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper

The past three years have been very noisy on the data center fabric and architecture front. Every quarter seems to bring about a new convergence blueprint from another vendor - and a variety from one or two.
Why is converged I/O in data centres taking so long?

So if converging the I/O infrastructure in data centres is all the rage, what's taking IT shops so long to do it?
How HP can win in the data centre

HP and Cisco are currently embroiled in a war of words, market share and revenue in Ethernet switching overall, but can HP really put up much of a fight in the data centre?
A short history of Xerox PARC

Founded in 1970, Xerox PARC - now just PARC - has been home to some of computing's biggest advances, including GUIs, bitmapped displays and Ethernet networking.
Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI: The war continues

In the beginning there was Fibre Channel (FC), and it was good. If you wanted a true SAN - versus shared direct-attached SCSI storage - FC is what you got. But FC was terribly expensive, requiring dedicated switches and host bus adapters, and it was difficult to support in geographically distributed environments. Then, around six or seven years ago, iSCSI hit the SMB market in a big way and slowly began its climb into the enterprise.
Is Cisco trying to choke Google?

Cisco has filed a patent application on a method that seeds search engine crawlers using intercepted network traffic. The patent could see Cisco become a toll collector for search engines such as Google and Yahoo.
The five best router and switch features that you don't use

Don't fork out on unnecessary products, the feature that you're looking for could be on your existing switch or router and you've not found it yet. Here's the rundown of five of the most needed.
Brocade deal to help drive data-centre transition

Its acquisition of Foundry Networks brings together two technologies that are already heading for a merger, according to analysts.
Going global with Ethernet

Network service providers are beginning to offer Global Ethernet - Ethernet in the WAN. So what is it, how does it work, and why might you want it?

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Featured White Papers

How to Generate Revenue with a Carrier Ethernet Infrastructure

Service providers, rapidly transforming their service model from basic transport to managed services, are adopting a converged network platform that can generate sustainable competitive advantages and profits. With its Carrier Ethernet foundation, the Cisco® IP Next-Generation Network with the Cisco ServiceFlex design is a platform suited for new managed services because it delivers both consumer and business services over a truly converged Carrier Ethernet infrastructure.
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Integrated Switching: Cisco Blade Switch Modules for HP BladeSystem Enclosures

Cisco blade switch modules extend the benefits of the HP BladeSystem to Ethernet networking, increasing the value of the infrastructure investment. Multiple Cisco blade switch modules fit into the HP BladeSystem enclosure to connect all servers while taking advantage of the improved efficiency, lower cost and greater flexibility of the HP blade enclosure design.
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Integrated Switching: Cisco Blade Switch Modules for HP BladeSystem Enclosures

Connecting the HP BladeSystem enclosure using an integrated switch provides high application availability, simplified management and troubleshooting, lower total cost of ownership than an external switch, and the ability to more rapidly provision new applications to adapt to changing business conditions.
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Performance Management of Metro Ethernet Services

After briefly reviewing the unique performance characteristics of Metro Ethernet, this paper will describe the challenges associated with guaranteeing service quality.
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