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  • 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.
  • Tufin adds white lists to firewall management platform
    Tufin Technologies is upgrading its firewall-management software to include white listing as a way to determine what types of traffic are allowed through corporate firewalls and as a means of safeguarding essential business functions.
  • Vyatta adds security tools to open source routing platform
    Open source routing vendor Vyatta is adding SSL VPN, intrusion prevention, Web caching, URL filtering and other features in Vyatta Community Edition 5, the latest version of its software, set to be released Monday.
  • 3G router gets a GUI makeover
    NexAira has revamped its 3G router firmware to offer a streamlined GUI for SMB/SOHO business users.
  • Not all SOHO routers are created equal
    As businesses of all sizes continue to encourage telecommuting for a range of reasons from cost-savings to green initiatives to corporate/public health, the odds are increasingly high that the telecommuter will be accessing the network via a SOHO consumer-grade router of some form. And while this is not an inherently bad idea, this router becomes a part of the greater corporate net. Surprisingly, this also can occasionally introduce some unexpected uncertainty.
  • Juniper, Nokia Siemens extend partnership
    Juniper Networks and Nokia Siemens Networks said they are extending their partnership to include interoperable Carrier Ethernet systems.
  • Juniper Q4 grows, but falls short
    Juniper posted a 14% hike in fourth-quarter sales that nonetheless fell short of Wall Street expectations.
  • Brocade's new CTO takes aim at Cisco
    Dave Stevens is in his second go-round as CTO of Brocade, but this time the company has much bigger aspirations.
  • 4 open source BGP tools
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is funding the following industry and academic groups involved in developing open source tools aimed at securing the Internet's Border Gateway Protocol-based routing infrastructure.
  • Branch office bundling: Infoblox finds a place in Cisco gear
    It's no secret enterprises are consolidating IT infrastructure as they look to reduce costs and streamline systems administration. Yet as companies shrink the number of data centers they operate, their branch offices keep multiplying.
  • Infoblox loads DNS services onto Cisco routers
    Infoblox announces it will embed its core network services such as DNS and DHCP onto blades designed for Cisco's integrated services routers, which will help enterprise IT executives reduce the number of servers needed to sustain a branch office location.
  • Infoblox ports network services to Cisco's ISR
    Infoblox has ported its Nios network services software to run as a virtual appliance on Cisco's ISR branch routers.
  • Google building own router to replace Juniper?
    Google is building its own routers due to dissatisfaction with Juniper's systems, according to blog SD Times.
  • Apple, Belkin, Trendnet Make Most Reliable Routers
    Reliability and Service: Routers

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