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02/09/10

This week will be the final week of the Network Architecture newsletter as penned by me. Before we say goodbye in Thursday's issue, I'd like to take a fond look back at the biggest hits.

Broadcom advances 10G Ethernet chips

02/03/10

Broadcom this week unveiled the next generation of its 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interface controller, plus a low-power 10GBase-T PHY.

Is the Internet down?

02/01/10

It's a question that all too many users have asked: Is the Internet down? As many as 1,900 a month type that question into Google's search engine. It is, of course, an absurd question.

The networks of iPad

01/27/10

Apple's much, much anticipated announcement of its iPad tablet computer Wednesday included some interesting information about how the device will access the Internet.

100G network processor available

01/25/10

EZchip Semiconductor has finally started making available a network processor that is capable of a whopping 100Gbps in throughput.

1 million IOPS demonstrated

01/20/10

Intel and Microsoft recently demonstrated a server system operating at more than 1 million I/O operations, or IOPS, using iSCSI and 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

Cisco's video network for Winter Olympics will be all-HD, all-IP

01/19/10

The Olympic Winter Games are coming soon, and NBC will be using Cisco's gear to bring it to your living room in high definition.

New 40G Ethernet spec sought

01/13/10

The IEEE recently formed a study group to look at establishing a new standard related to 40 Gigabit Ethernet.

Where Nortel is now

01/12/10

In our recent look back at 2009, I mentioned that Nortel tried to hang on, but ended up filing for bankruptcy protection in January. This week, the Canadian Press has an interview with one of the former directors of the company, where he says that the company had hope, right until the end.

Ethernet time synchronization in the works

01/06/10

Believe it or not, there are still areas of Ethernet that require standardization. Recently, the IEEE took a step toward developing a standard for Ethernet time synchronization.

NSF NetSE effort asks, "What if...?"

01/05/10

The Internet has become one of the most important pieces of infrastructure in the world, but it was not designed from the beginning as if it would be. What if you could redesign the Internet knowing what we know now?

2009: The year in network architecture

12/23/09

Whenever I stop to reflect on the last year's events, I'm struck by the ground we covered, by the little evolutions and revolutions that propelled our industry forward into another year. It’s time to take a look at 2009.

Broadcom chips support Energy Efficient Ethernet

12/21/09

Broadcom last week introduced chips that support the IEEE's draft specification of Energy Efficient Ethernet and could soon make their way into a switch near you.

Upgrading to 100G as easy as swapping out a card

12/16/09

Service provider Lightower Fiber Networks this week said it has successfully tested 100G technology on its current optical network by just changing out line cards.

IEEE starts work on new EPON spec

12/14/09

The IEEE has begun work on a standard for linking EPON services at a system level, in the hopes of achieving plug-and-play interoperability for this rapidly growing technology.

A back door to the network architecture

12/10/09

Recently, Network World's authors have reviewed gadgets that give your users the ability to quickly and cheaply put gobs of information onto the Internet and into other people’s hands.

Public network growth projected through 2010

12/07/09

The public network will continue to gain speed. In IDC's predictions for IT advancements in the coming year, the research firm says to expect "massive, aggressive" network buildouts.

Why industrial Ethernet is gaining momentum

12/02/09

I recently looked at one company's industrial Ethernet evolution, and this week analyst firm Frost & Sullivan explained the reasons behind the growth of the technology in this new sphere.

A real-life carbon-neutral ISP

12/01/09

Australian ISP Internode has been carbon-neutral for more than a year, happily paying 20% more to power its data centers and offices.

Bringing smarter networks to industrial world

11/23/09

A so-called "smart grid" is going to need smarter switches, and in fact all of industrial networking is headed in that direction, as Sixnet recently pointed out during the introduction of its latest switch.

Still dreaming of a unified network of everything

11/18/09

Many in our industry have dreamed of a unified network, and we continue to close in on it. But the truth is we’ve been closing in on it for quite a long time.

iWARP embraced by Ethernet Alliance

11/17/09

The Ethernet Alliance this week threw its weight behind iWARP, an IETF standard that takes the concept of convergence on Ethernet networks to another level.

3Com saved by HP - and Cisco

11/11/09

3Com has been trying to sell itself for quite some time, and has finally succeeded. While HP is the lucky buyer, 3Com really has Cisco to thank.

Emulex and Broadcom aren't playing nice

11/09/09

You get the sense that if 5-year-olds had teams of lawyers at their disposal, it would go down much the way the legal battle between Emulex and Broadcom is going.

There's nothing local about this LAN

11/04/09

Verizon Business this week expanded its Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) across the world, taking a local area network technology and making it global.

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Jeff Caruso is site editor at Network World.