LANs & WANs Breaking News

Force10 touts supercomputing success
10Gig Ethernet specialist Force10 Networks has claimed that its switch/routers are now integral to more than a dozen of the world's top 40 supercomputers. They include the U.S. Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner, which currently ranks as the world's most powerful supercomputer and was the first to reach a peak performance of 1 Petaflop. More..

Carrier Ethernet strikes a chord
Carrier Ethernet is a hot topic at this week's NXTcomm conference in Las Vegas, with three major vendors offering enhancements to their product families. More..

Redback debuts Ethernet carrier switch
Ericsson subsidiary Redback Networks this week introduced a line of Carrier Ethernet switches intended to converge fixed and mobile networks. More..

Linksys brings next-gen Wireless-N routers to home users
Linksys announced the availability of its new Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router (WRT160N) and the Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Gigabit Router (WRT310N). More..

Hacker writes rootkit for Cisco's routers
A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed increasing scrutiny on the routers that carry the majority of the Internet's traffic. More..

Enterprises trim branch-office and wiring-closet projects
Businesses are cutting back on their plans to beef up branch office networks and to upgrade their wiring closets, according to a report by the financial analysis firm UBS Investment Research. More..

Cisco 'Big Bang' coming
Get ready for the "Big Bang" on campus. As expected, Cisco is developing a significant product launch for the enterprise campus under the codename "Big Bang." More..

Nortel sees green in virtualization, down economy
Hot data center trends in virtualization and energy efficiency, combined with the bearish economy, add up to opportunity for Nortel, according to the vendor's enterprise chief. More..

Juniper reveals branch router plans
LAS VEGAS -- Expect Juniper to roll out low-end branch-office routers over the next year as it tries to supply equipment for small businesses and branch offices, the new head of the company's branch-office business said during an interview at Interop.  More..

Fixed-mobile convergence player adds Cisco, Microsoft integration to router
Agito Networks, a maker of routers for mobile networks, this week added "business-class" enterprise fixed mobile convergence functionality to its products.  More..

Cisco opens ISR routers to software developers
Cisco is opening up two pieces of its branch office gear to application developers in an effort to reduce the amount of equipment businesses have to place and manage in small business locations. More..

Security researcher: Web page can take over your router
On Tuesday, researcher Dan Kaminsky will show how a Web-based attack could be used to seize control of certain routers. More..

Juniper rolls out backhaul system
Juniper Monday introduced a system for scaling mobile backhaul networks.  More..

Alcatel routers get terabit upgrade
Using a chipset developed in-house, Alcatel-Lucent routers will have a 10-fold capacity increase, which is needed to handle ever-increasing amounts of video traffic. More..

Alcatel-Lucent revs up edge routers
Alcatel-Lucent this week unveiled significant upgrades to its edge lineup, highlighted by a new chip. More..

Vyatta unveils open source appliance for SMBs
The Vyatta 514 is a networking appliance that combines the company's open-source routing and security software with a small form factor hardware platform. The product features integrated routing, firewall and VPN capabilities to connect small businesses and branch offices to the Internet or private networks. More..

Belkin intros N1 Vision wireless router
Belkin Asia Pacific announced the launch of the N1 Vision wireless router in India. Offering an extended operating range of 1600 feet, the N1 Vision wireless router facilitates plug-and-play "CD-less" installation and simple network security setup. More..

Vyatta says open source router scales to 10G
Vyatta, a maker of Linux-based routers, this week said its software scales to 10 Gigabit Ethernet, providing enterprises and service providers with an open source alternative to proprietary routers for high performance requirements. More..

Juniper beefs-up branch office router security
Juniper is upgrading its J-Series routers to support a firewall and IPSec VPN, putting it in closer competition with Cisco's ISR branch office routers. More..

Demystifying NAC
Despite the security benefits promised by network access control, NAC has yet to be fully embraced. Perhaps it’s the perceived cost, the complexities that troubled early adopters or the plethora of NAC choices available today. More..

Cisco to patch routers on regular schedule
Following the lead of Microsoft and Oracle, Cisco will start releasing security patches for some of its products on a schedule. More..

3Com adds virtualization to routers
3Com has added a virtualization feature to its routers via a partnership with LineSider Technologies, a provider of policy-based network infrastructure control and management products. More..

Cisco to launch ASR 1000 router in Second Life demo
Cisco will launch a new router Tuesday for processing data, voice and video that is built atop its new QuantumFlow Processor. The router is the result of five years' research and an investment of $250 million. More..

Juniper founder: Cisco has too many operating systems
Juniper founder Pradeep Sindhu says Cisco’s many operating systems make things hard on customers, but that his focus is on making Juniper’s switches and routers more scalable. More..

Cisco router comes with a water cooler
When Cisco introduced its latest big line of routers on Tuesday, it threw in something that's never come in a major platform from the company before: Fun. More..