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HP takes giant step into OpenFlow networking

HP is taking its first leap into OpenFlow-enabled network equipment, supporting the standard on 16 of its Ethernet switch products as it attempts to gain a foothold in a market likely to receive significant attention from competitors.
Cisco adds 40/100G Ethernet to switch range

Cisco this week unveiled significant extensions to both of its major switching lines with the addition of 40/100G Ethernet capabilities.
Cisco Ethernet switches make big leap to 40/100G

Cisco this week unveiled significant extensions to both of its major switching lines with the addition of 40/100G Ethernet capabilities.
IBM and NEC team up to offer OpenFlow networking products

IBM and NEC have partnered to offer OpenFlow-based networking products to joint customers.
Undersea Arctic telecom route could be possible with global warming

"Harnessing Disruption: Global, Mobile, Social, Local," was the theme at the 34rd Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference last week in Honolulu.
Intel buying Qlogic InfiniBand to aid exaflop HPC programmes

Intel announced yesterday that it had agreed to buy parts of Qlogic's InfiniBand business as the chip maker looks to provide storage and server bandwidth that will allow systems to achieve exaflop computing.
Extreme Networks prepares to ship 'world's fastest Ethernet switch'

Extreme Networks' latest switch, the BlackDiamond X8, billed as the ?fastest Ethernet switch in the world?, went on general release this week with shipments expected to go out during the first half of February.
Avaya rolls out ERS 4000 series extensions

Avaya has rolled out extensions to its 4000 series switches and said its year-old virtualised networking architecture is taking hold in campuses and data centres.
Need Ethernet switches? Buy now, report says

If you're in the market for Ethernet switches, now's the time to buy.
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.

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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.
High-speed Ethernet planning guide

Standards-based 40- and 100-gigabit Ethernet switches and routers are starting to show up in enterprise networks, following ratification of the IEEE 802.3ba specification in mid-2010.
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?
How Fibre Channel over Ethernet went from fee to free

With demand for FCoE more sluggish than vendors had hoped, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and adapter makers are making it available for free.
How industrial Ethernet helped rescue Chilean miners

A hardened Ethernet switch was used to help evaluate conditions in the San Jose mine in Chile just before rescue operations commenced to free the 33 trapped miners
Top 10 Cisco rivals

Competition is only getting tougher for Cisco as it continues to expand in 30 or so new markets while attempting to maintain growth in its core routing and switching businesses.
IBM buys Blade to boost data centre and cloud

IBM announced that it is purchasing Ethernet switch maker Blade Networks. The move is the latest in IBM's 2010 buying frenzy, and continues the consolidation of the tech industry - pitting IBM, Cisco, HP, and Dell head to head in a variety of markets.
Brocade applies storage knowledge to flat networking

It's no secret that Fibre Channel storage vendor Brocade has long coveted a piece of the next-generation data centre network. The company made that clear with its 2008 acquisition of Ethernet switch vendor Foundry Networks.
Juniper lays out flat network roadmap

From its position in the switching trenches, Juniper Networks has planned not one, but two ways to flatten legacy three-tier data centre networks.

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Economics of cooperative control

Aerohive Networks? Cooperative Control architecture provides a simple, logical, and low-cost alternative for deploying WLAN infrastructures. The Aerohive approach combines a linear and predictable cost structure ? regardless of deployment type or size ? with the industry?s most userfriendly and scalable WNMS.
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802.11n Access Points and Power over Ethernet: Key Considerations

As we have noted before, IEEE 802.1n is the only wireless-LAN (WLAN) technology that matters today. The outstanding improvements in rate, range, and price/performance now being seen in both residential/SOHO-class as well as enterprise class products, as demonstrated by our own testing, have previously led us to conclude that the time to install .11n is now and that waiting will only result in an investment in last year?s technology.
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Data Center Switching Solutions

This document will explore the key technologies that allow Ethernet switching platforms to successfully serve the needs to the Data Center. It will summarize the suggested topology and layers for a Data Center. Further detail will be provided to explain features that enhance the operational capabilities of the switching platforms at each layer of the Data Center topology.
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The Value of Subscribing to Managed Metro Ethernet Services from Service Providers with Cisco QoS Certification

The paper begins by describing how Ethernet has evolved from a technology exclusive to LANs to one equally at home in WANs ? the ?metropolitan area.? By extending Ethernet to the WAN, you can better control your communications; take advantage of converged voice, data, and video services; and save money, among numerous other benefits.
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