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40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today.
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Juniper switching boss talks technology challenges, Cisco Nexus 6000
Jonathan Davidson took over Juniper campus and data center switching when the two previously separate business units were combined following the departure of founding engineer R.K. Anand.
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Startup aims SDN technology at Cisco WANs
SDNs aren't just for data center networks, despite the best-use-case-scenario arguments for network virtualization and flow management pervading the industry.
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Oracle brings data centre fabric to Sparc systems
Oracle has extended its data center fabric to its Sparc-based Unix platforms, promising to let enterprises tie more servers and applications into the high-speed infrastructure.
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East Coast chooses O2 Unify for network infrastructure upgrade
Train operator East Coast has appointed O2 Unify to consolidate its IT and communications infrastructure in a deal said to be worth £2.6 million.
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New specifications to ease delivery of carrier Ethernet services
Service providers will be able to launch Ethernet services more quickly and make them work across other carriers more easily with a new set of standards for carrier Ethernet equipment, backers of the specifications say.
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New server can be parachuted into war zones and extreme conditions
A rugged server from NCS Technologies introduced on Friday can withstand drops, will work in extreme temperatures and can be deployed via parachute into crisis areas or war zones if needed.
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Western Digital buys Arkeia to boost SMB storage offering
Western Digital has acquired data protection company Arkeia Software as it looks to address growing storage demands among small and medium-size companies.
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IEEE approves WiGig, paving way for blazing wireless networking
WiGig (802.11ad), a very fast, short-range networking technology operating in the 60Ghz band, has received approval from the IEEE Standards Association that has the capability of transferring data at a blazing rate of 7Gbps,
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Wi-Fi Alliance to take over WiGig development and certification
The long courtship between the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, which promotes a fast wireless LAN technology that runs on very high frequencies, is set to end in marriage just a little too late for the International CES trade show next week.
