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  • Brocade takes aim at Cisco with new Carrier Ethernet line
    Brocade has launched a line of small form factor Carrier Ethernet routers designed to make Ethernet service delivery at the edge more cost and power efficient.
  • New look Juniper opens up, readies for next decade
    Juniper Networks' wide-ranging announcements last week, billed as the most significant since its founding in 1996, included a sweeping array of software, silicon, systems and partnerships designed to take the company and its customers into the next decade of networking.
  • Gaping security hole turned 64,000 Time Warner cable modems into hacker prey
    A blogger helping to tune a friend's wi-fi network uncovered a gaping security hole in Wi-Fi cable modem routers installed in 64,000 Time Warner subscribers' homes, leaving them open to attack.
  • Cisco unveils new generation of branch routers
    Cisco this week unveiled a new generation of its Integrated Services Router, a branch office platform optimized for video and virtualized services.
  • Nortel users should hope for best, prepare for worst
    Users should chart the progress of Avaya's purchase of Nortel's enterprise assets carefully, so that they are spared any unpleasant product integration or rationalization surprises.
  • Who says the router can't be sexy?
    Technology vendors have often been on the cutting-edge of technology innovation, but the same can't always be said of their design. Manufacturers have more often been concerned about what's inside the box, devoting less time and resources to the look and feel of the box itself.
  • Sprint adds WiMAX router to Mi-Fi roster
    Sprint is offering two wireless routers that let users connect their Wi-Fi enabled devices to the company's WiMAX network.
  • Nortel gets green light to sell enterprise business
    Nortel has received U.S. and Canadian court approval to sell its enterprise business to Avaya or at auction on Sept. 11.
  • Juniper revenue, earnings fall
    Juniper Networks posted a 34% drop in earnings on an 11% dip in revenue for its second quarter ended June 30.
  • IBM strikes OEM deal to resell Juniper Ethernet switches, routers
    Juniper and IBM, as expected, have entered into an OEM arrangement under which IBM will resell Juniper Ethernet switches and routers to data center customers.
  • Alcatel to push 100G to carrier edge
    Alcatel-Lucent plans to ship a router module next year that supports the emerging 100Gb per second Ethernet standard at the edge of carrier networks, where services are delivered to subscribers.
  • Cisco charts new paths with Eos media platform
    It's well-known that Cisco has been branching out from its core business of selling routers and switches, but in an open-plan office overlooking San Francisco's up-and-coming Mission Bay district, the networking monolith is venturing into areas that are ambitious even for one of technology's most aggressive acquisition machines.
  • Cisco's new-market ambitions extend into orbit
    At its user conference in San Francisco last week, Cisco boasted about the 30 new businesses it's developing. One is scheduled to launch by the end of this year -- in a very literal way.
  • Juniper boosts edge routers for multimedia
    Juniper this week announced enhancements to its service provider edge routers that are designed to improve multimedia service delivery to users.
  • Drive-in ditches MPLS for cellular
    A chain of drive-in restaurants trolling for a new branch office router settled on a lower-cost, higher-performing option: a remote wireless LAN access point with a cellular module.
  • Router market expected to take a rare dip
    The Dell'Oro Group recently released some gloomy projections for various segments of the networking market, with IP lines for the PBX market expected to decline for the first time ever and the router market expected to decline for the first time in seven years.
  • The need to rethink routing
    Our last newsletter summarized some of the heated discussion that took place at a panel that Jim recently moderated at Interop in Las Vegas that was entitled: “Is Routing Undergoing a Mid-Life Crisis?” This newsletter will continue the discussion about what, if anything, is driving the need for IT organizations to rethink their approach to routing.
  • Is routing undergoing a mid-life crisis?
    At the recent Interop conference, Jim moderated a panel that had the same name as this newsletter. We will use this newsletter to discuss what kind of mid-life crisis, if any, that the panelists thought that that routing was undergoing.
  • Cisco enhances routers, switches for collaboration
    Cisco this week is extending its branch routers and LAN switches in an effort to improve the collaboration capabilities of enterprise customers.
  • Cisco intros dual band entertainment router
    Cisco has introduced the Linksys by Cisco Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit router, designed for users to create a media enabled network at home, which promises high performance for both wireless and wired devices.
  • Wireless sensor system measures, analyzes energy use
    Arch Rock has created a special version of its wireless sensor networking product line to monitor enterprise energy use and identify changes to make it more efficient and to save money.
  • 5 best router and switch features you never use
    It's been said that Microsoft Word users only exploit 10% of the software's capabilities. The same might be true of those managing enterprise LAN switches and routers, a habit that might be costing organizations in unnecessary purchases and manpower at a time when every penny counts.
  • IETF to explore new routing technique
    The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is forming a new working group to address scalability issues in the Internet’s routing system caused by companies splitting their network traffic over multiple carriers, a practice called multihoming.
  • Cisco security updates squash router bugs
    Cisco has released eight security updates for the Internetwork Operating System (IOS) software used to power its routers.
  • Nasty New Worm Targets Home Routers, Cable Modems
    A computer worm has been discovered that can infect 55 different home-based routers and DSL/cable modems including common brands like Linksys and Netgear.

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