Avaya cabling makes 10G go further, 08/25/03
Avaya last week released new cabling products aimed at helping users increase the distances between 10G Ethernet devices.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0825avaya.html
Foundry readying WLAN assault, 08/25/03
Foundry Networks plans to go beyond its copper/fiber roots next month when it launches enterprise wireless LAN access points,
supporting several 802.11 flavors with features such as Power over Ethernet and 802.1x security.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0825foundry.html
Virtualized data center servers get help, 08/25/03
Corporate customers are looking to save money and boost production by consolidating workloads onto single servers.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0825specialfocus.html
Baylor University signs up for difficult course on WLAN security, 08/25/03
Baylor University learned about wireless LAN security in the school of hard knocks. Three years ago, Baylor began installing
270 Enterasys Networks wireless access points across its Waco, Texas, campus in libraries, classrooms and dorms so students
and faculty could access the campus LAN from computers outfitted with 802.11b WLAN cards.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0825baylor.html
WLAN chip designer secures new funding, 08/20/03
Engim, a fabless silicon design start-up that has designed a chipset to boost the capacity of wireless LAN access points by
up to 50 times, has raised $18.5 million in a second round of equity financing.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0820engim.html
IBM running Power5 prototypes, 08/20/03
IBM confirmed Tuesday that the first silicon prototypes of its mutlithreaded, multicore Power5 microprocessor are up and running
in its labs.
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0820ibmrun.html
Ethernet switch sales enjoy rare growth, 08/19/03
Happy days are here again, according to recent figures from Dell’Oro Group. The research firm last week said the Ethernet
switch market actually grew in the second quarter of this year - the first growth in a year.
http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2003/0818lan1.html
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