July 13, 2006
Allied Telesyn last week launched a new lineup of power-over-Ethernet (PoE) and non-PoE switches aimed at small and mid-size companies....
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July 11, 2006
Cisco this week launched new versions of its multi-purpose Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), with small offices and large data centers in mind. The company also...
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July 05, 2006
Foundry Networks recently launched several lines of security-focused switches aimed at locking down desktop LAN ports, enterprise edge and WAN connections, and data center server...
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June 27, 2006
Cisco recently said it was considering unbundling network software from its current hardware platforms - a move that could end up costing users more but...
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June 23, 2006
Virgin Megastores has 17 locations in the U.S., where it sells music, electronics and fashion products. But the retailer is in the entertainment business as...
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June 23, 2006
Jon Campbell - Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert No. 13772 - is the director of network services at FirstHealth of the Carolinas, a nonprofit healthcare network...
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June 23, 2006
James Henry Carmouche might have already built and tested the network you will soon be deploying. As technical marketing engineer in Cisco's Enterprise Systems Engineering...
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June 15, 2006
Cisco and Blade Network Technologies -- a Nortel spin-off company -- were both quick to announce new switch gear to go with HP's latest BladeSystem...
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June 14, 2006
Users should expect to see 10G Ethernet-over-copper gear coming to market soon, as the IEEE last week cleared the way for the 802.3an 10GBase-T standard....
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June 13, 2006
If you have a big IP telephony or WLAN planned in the near future up, get the scoop on Foundry’s upcoming Power over Ethernet switch,...
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June 09, 2006
Juniper is diving deeper into Ethernet technology, as it attempts to get in on new deployments of carrier Ethernet-based services and migration from SONET to...
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June 01, 2006
Wouldn’t it be nice to plug a Layer 2 Ethernet link directly into an ATA disk drive, and not have to hassle with Fibre Channel...
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May 31, 2006
D-Link is the first vendor to offer what is expected to be a deluge of commodity switches that integrate 802.11 WLAN and wired Ethernet in...
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May 24, 2006
Cisco's investment strategists must be reading Network World's 2006 10 Startups to Watch list; the network vendor this week got in on an $11 million...
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May 24, 2006
The enterprise router market grew in the first quarter, reaching $1 billion in revenue worldwide. Infonetics expects the market to grow to $4.8 billion by...
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May 22, 2006
Network managers are over-building corporate LANs with Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop and everywhere else, while neglecting key shifts in end-user bandwidth needs among employees,...
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May 19, 2006
Foundry Networks made another security vendor partnership this week, this time with Mazu Networks. The deal lets Foundry switches send sFlow data to the Mazu...
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May 18, 2006
Federal-sector network professionals worried about the U.S. Government’s IPv6 mandate might want to check out a new technical report from Juniper – "IPv6 Capable: A...
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May 17, 2006
Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski this week kicked off a new technology push focusing on Metro Ethernet for delivering IPTV signals....
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May 16, 2006
Juniper’s 18-month roadmap for its WAN gear is an ambitious plan to get the vendor’s WAN acceleration gear up to speed with the competition. The...
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May 15, 2006
Cisco says Japanese service provider Yahoo! BB is using the 40Gbps OC-768 module for the CRS-1 router in its broadband delivery network....
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May 12, 2006
Foundry launched a ton of new hardware at the recent Interop show, but an updated version of its IronView Network Manager (INM) software, with integrated...
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May 11, 2006
Cisco this week began a marketing push to sell the Catalyst 6500 switch -- Cisco flagship enterprise platform -- as the key to virtualizing network...
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May 11, 2006
Nortel this week announced that it completed transferring all of its manufacturing, product integration, testing, repair, and logistics operations out if its Calgary facility to...
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May 09, 2006
If you haven't thought of Allied Telesyn in a while, that's not a surprise; the vendor is regularly out marketed and out muscled by Cisco,...
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May 08, 2006
Power over Ethernet switch and component maker PowerDsine launched a new power controller that switch vendors could use to make PoE ports that deliver up...
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May 04, 2006
One Interop attendee said switches must be more active in policing end-user activity. Each switch port should block viruses and worms and illicit network activity,...
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May 03, 2006
Router maker Adtran and traffic filtering vendor Webwsense Security are combining technologies to offer an branch office router that can block malicious traffic at the...
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May 01, 2006
Cisco upgraded its 7200 Aggregation Router this week — adding a faster packet processing card and module for speedier VPN performance. One user pleased with...
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April 26, 2006
With Cisco's push into the consumer market, a few consumer LAN switch makers are countering with products for business network buyers. Among them are NetGear...
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April 24, 2006
Think those digital family photos are eating up your home PC hard drive and WLAN? Hospitals moving to digital radiology imaging are facing similar issues,...
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April 20, 2006
Application acceleration vendor GlobalDarwin will make its U.S. debut at the Interop show, with the likes of Cisco and Juniper in its sites....
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April 19, 2006
Users with Nortel LAN switches that are not under an up-to-date support contract won't be able to get the latest software updates and patches as...
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April 18, 2006
You could say Force10 is taking the Reese's approach to building a security product. But instead of dipping peanut butter in chocolate, the vendor is...
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April 12, 2006
Avaya and Foundry recently announced that the switch maker's FastIron Edge SuperX products passed Avaya's VoIP compliance testing....
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April 10, 2006
Cisco recently had a stretch of over two months without a major security vulnerability reported on any of its hardware platforms. Then a crop of...
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April 05, 2006
Cisco is retiring its 2600 series multi-service routers. Users will have a year to buy new 2600s before Cisco stops selling them, but support for...
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March 29, 2006
Cisco is known for its speed and overwhelming thoroughness when it absorbs the companies it acquires. There are stories of workers of Cisco-acquired startups coming...
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March 24, 2006
It’s hard to see how the proposed merger between Lucent and Alcatel can be called a potential "merger of equals" when Alcatel is worth almost...
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March 22, 2006
Is Cisco developing a new edge router? How will Cisco win back lost market share? Is an upgrade to IOS-XR on the horizon? Network World...
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March 20, 2006
While Wall Street and industry analysts always label LAN switching as a mature, commoditized market, some private equity firms are putting big bets on switch...
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March 17, 2006
Redback Network’s latest offering is a low-end edge router aimed at small carrier facilities that tie customer traffic to the Internet and other service networks....
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March 15, 2006
The latest version of the open-source eXtensible Open Router Platform (XORP) can now run on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 box. Previously, the code could...
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March 13, 2006
Lucent said its Bell Labs R&D division has transmitted 100Gbps of data over a fiber optic cable -- 107Gbps, to be exact. The company says...
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March 10, 2006
The standard for 10G Ethernet over copper twisted-pair wiring got closer this week. The IEEE task force pushing the copper 10G effort said in a...
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March 09, 2006
Foundry Networks and Arbor Networks this week said they have combined their respective sFlow and Peakflow technologies to help monitor high-speed LANs and WANs for...
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March 07, 2006
RAD Data Communications, part of the RAD Group — the folks who brought you Radware, Radcom and Radvision — released an interesting gadget this week...
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March 07, 2006
Cisco continues to stock its security closet by announcing today it will acquire SyPixx Networks for security cameras, IP-based surveillance gear....
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March 03, 2006
Are you the lucky person who manages the LAN switch and router gear in your company or organization? If so, Network World has several special-topic...
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March 01, 2006
It's kind of weird, having a technology alliance without the top-selling vendor of that technology as a member. But that's not a problem anymore for...
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February 27, 2006
What's the best LAN switch? Without wading into a lengthy debate, I'll just report what Network World's testing guru David Newman says: Cisco's Catalyst 4948...
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February 24, 2006
Competing in a market with a dominant number-one vendor can be no fun. But Nortel will attempt to recast itself as the top alternative to...
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February 22, 2006
Cisco this week released a modified version of its Catalyst 6500 for the metro Ethernet market. The Cisco ME 6500 is built on the enterprise...
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February 21, 2006
It is clear that the popularity in blade servers is being driven by the promise of reduced management and equipment costs that come with server...
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February 17, 2006
At the RSA security conference this week, 3Com laid out what the company is calling a new "bi-planar" approach to network architecture. The approach is...
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February 16, 2006
LAN switch users should get familiar with a new lineup of specs: firewall, VoIP encryption, IPS/IDS, SSL VPN, Web acceleration and server load balancing. Why?...
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February 15, 2006
Network/telecom analysts at the Dell'Oro Group say that high demand for fixed-configuration 100Mbps Ethernet switches, which can also be configured and managed via SNMP, were...
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February 14, 2006
News this week that Riverstone networks would declare bankruptcy and be bought by Lucent ends the story of what was supposed to be the most...
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February 13, 2006
3Com will jump into the network quarantine game this week, with the news of its TippingPoint IPS-based endpoint security architecture....
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February 10, 2006
While Cisco may not be the bellwether of the high-tech economy it once was, watching its sales numbers is still the best way to gauge...
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February 09, 2006
One user who would rather see the next version of Ethernet reach 100Gbps rather than 40Gbps is Mike Bennett, senior network engineer, Lawrence Berkeley National...
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February 07, 2006
Juniper's new Secure Services Gateway 550 — a WAN router/firewall — was recently put through its paces by Network World test guru Joel Snyder, and...
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February 06, 2006
Curious about what the future of LAN-switch-based security may hold? As discussed in a Q&A with Cisco's Richard Palmer, vice president of Cisco's VPN and...
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February 02, 2006
Expansion of Verizon's Ethernet service is planned for a host of U.S. cities. The service, which offers high-speed Ethernet links that run over a MPLS...
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February 01, 2006
The newly-formed Ethernet Alliance appears to be in the 100G camp, versus the 40G camp when it comes to next-generation Ethernet....
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January 31, 2006
SEGA is using Force10’s 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch to power its online gaming data center base in Japan. The videogame maker uses TeraScale E-Series switches...
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January 30, 2006
Industry analyst firm Infonetics is predicting big things for the network access control (NAC) market over the next several years. Actually, check that -- they're...
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January 27, 2006
It didn't take long for 3Com to find its new CEO. The network vendor chose R. Scott Murray, former CEO of supply chain services provider...
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January 25, 2006
Analysts at the Dell'Oro Group say the worldwide Ethernet switch market will grow steadily over the next several years, from $14.6 billion in 2004 to...
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January 23, 2006
If you’re realizing the power that Power over Ethernet (PoE) has to make IP phone and WLAN access point deployments easier, you might be among...
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January 19, 2006
Those who figured Nortel would just roll over and give up the last of its remaining LAN switch market share to Cisco will be surprised...
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January 16, 2006
Foundry’s launch of two new ServerIron switches last week sent a clear message about the company’s strategy for competing in the emerging application acceleration switch...
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January 11, 2006
A huge network upgrade and outsourcing deal pending with General Motors could wind up being one of Cisco’s largest data and VoIP deployments to date...
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January 09, 2006
This is the year that 10G Ethernet technology will move from the niche markets of research super computing and metro Ethernet carrier nets to the...
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January 03, 2006
Nortel’s recent buyout of WAN router OEM vendor Tasman is a sign that the enterprise router market could become interesting again in 2006....
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December 16, 2005
Avaya and Extreme this spring are planning to address issues involving the authentication of IP phones on a LAN, as well as providing increased DHCP...
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December 14, 2005
It may seem as if Alcatel is picking a futile fight with the launch of a new WAN access router line this week — considering...
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December 12, 2005
At Cisco's recent analyst event, CEO John Chambers and other executives were noticeably charged up by what they described as a coming explosion in IPTV...
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December 06, 2005
Continuing its aggressive pace of Advanced Technology announcements, Cisco says the next one will be around Application Networking Services, or ANS. Speaking at Cisco's World...
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November 28, 2005
What will drive the adoption ubiquitous Gigabit to the desktop and 10G Ethernet in the LAN backbone? Why, Apple of course....
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November 28, 2005
Is the WAN looking wan, or the LAN long in the tooth? Then you might expect a call from your local Cisco reseller — even...
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November 16, 2005
Through its new Linksys One launch, Cisco now claims to be looking out for the little guy — that is, business customers with five to...
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November 14, 2005
You might not count Gibson Guitar Corp. among the major innovators of Gigabit Ethernet technology. But the maker of the Les Paul and the Flying...
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November 03, 2005
Security researchers at Cisco who continue to investigate the serious flaw in Cisco IOS software, detailed at a hacker conference this summer, have found another...
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October 31, 2005
Cisco recently continued its push to make Ethernet the broadband access technology of choice for home users. The vendor released a new batch of Carrier...
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October 31, 2005
While Force10 Networks unveiled new high-density 10G line cards this week, technologists at switch company are already looking way past this Ethernet flavor. While 10G...
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October 10, 2005
Users of Power over Ethernet (PoE) switches looking to get more juice out of their powered LAN gear will want to keep an eye on...
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September 27, 2005
HP this week delivered on its Edge Fabric architecture plan by launching the ProCurve Interconnect Fabric Switch 8100. These boxes —versions include a 16-slot and...
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September 12, 2005
Cisco's move to modularize the versions of IOS running on its Catalyst 6500 switches is a good sign that the vendor will continue to push...
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August 22, 2005
Those waiting on Cisco's next upgrade to the Catalyst 6500's Supervisor module may have to wait a bit longer, according to Cisco....
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July 18, 2005
D-Link recently released a low-cost power over Ethernet switched, aimed at simplifying deployments of Wi-Fi access points, IP phones or PoE-capable IP video cameras....
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July 13, 2005
Research firm InStat expects the market for Internet core and edge routers to more than double in size over the next five years....
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July 13, 2005
Foundry and Gigabit Ethernet NIC startup Level 5 recently announced that they will work together to provide high-speed Ethernet internconnects for enterprise data centers....
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July 04, 2005
Ethernet gear is much sought after by service providers looking to deploy voice, video and data services to customers via high-speed metro Ethernet broadband links,...
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July 04, 2005
Cisco recently bought out security startup NetSift for $30 million, adding yet another security technology to its broad portfolio....
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June 27, 2005
Riverstone recently introduced a router that promises to deliver Ethernet services to business customers while maintaining compatibility with legacy network infrastructure....
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June 13, 2005
The Ethernet switch market saw strong growth in 2004, according to the latest figures from Instat/MDR. Both revenue and port shipments grew by around 23%...
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May 23, 2005
SMC’s recent entry into the 10G Ethernet market is yet another sign of the commoditization of the highest of high-speed Ethernet technologies....
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May 16, 2005
Amid all the recent Interop din last week emerged some pretty interesting application switching platforms from Foundry, focusing on application acceleration....
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May 16, 2005
3Com and Alcatel recently bolstered their respective switch security stories. At Interop, Alcatel announced its latest management software for allowing its switches to react to...
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March 28, 2005
In a recent meeting with Force10 Networks, makers of the heftiest 10G switch on the market (bandwidth-wise), the marketing folks said the company recently surpassed...
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March 28, 2005
Extreme’s recent release of the Summit 400-24 switch (a triple-speed, PoE-capable LAN/WLAN switch) brings one of the first implementations of Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)...
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March 28, 2005
Next month, expect Nortel to make a large 10G Ethernet switching splash when it launches the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 version 4....
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March 28, 2005
Foundry got back into the core Internet routing market recently with the release of its NetIron Internet and Metro Router (IMR)....
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March 28, 2005
HP’s networking arm Procurve jumped into the enterprise WAN access router market last month the launch of its 7000 series WAN routers....
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March 28, 2005
March was a good month for users seeking low-cost power over Ethernet (PoE) gear, for lighting up devices such as IP phones, WLAN endpoints and...
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January 24, 2005
Foundry this week will launch its SuperX series — new line of switch chassis, in a smaller 10-inch/six-rack-unit form factor....
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January 24, 2005
Broadcom this week will launch a new chipset for Ethernet switch vendors which could be a harbinger of cheaper 10G and WLAN gear to come....
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January 18, 2005
Extreme recently released its latest chassis platform aimed at corporate wiring closets, the Aspen 8800. (First it was BlackDiamond, then Summit, and Alpine. "Gordon is...
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December 13, 2004
At Cisco’s recent analyst conference, there was much talk of future architecture and technology road maps for Cisco’s enterprise switch products. These technologies ranged from...
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November 15, 2004
Cisco is readying a smaller version of its CRS-1 Internet router. According to a report by Prudential Equity Group, which tracks Cisco stock and researches...
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November 08, 2004
In addition to Foundry’s 10G backbone and data center products announced this week, the vendor also launched more 10G gear for the LAN edge, with...
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November 08, 2004
Another vendor making 10G news next week is NetEffect, which is launching a 10G Ethernet channel adapter for computer clusters....
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November 08, 2004
Another vendor rumored to be readying 10G Ethernet wares is 3Com. Industry sources say the network vendor will debut its first core 10G Ethernet product...
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October 18, 2004
Alcatel added an all-fiber desktop switch, as well as a copper-based power over Ethernet stackable to its line of OmniSwitch 6600 boxes....
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October 18, 2004
Cisco and Microsoft this week will both take a step closer to having a compatible LAN-based network security story. The vendors say they will begin...
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October 11, 2004
The IEEE is getting closer to a 10G over copper standard that could affect all users of enterprise-class Ethernet gear....
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October 11, 2004
Foundry last week released an upgrade to its fixed-configuration LAN edge switch with 10G uplinks, brining full Layer 3 upgrade for its FastIron Edge X...
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October 04, 2004
A metro Ethernet ring in the Midwest was recently deployed using Extreme Networks metro Ethernet gear. The Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma (KAMO) Electric Cooperative...
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October 04, 2004
A recent study by Infonetics Research found that enterprise LAN switch say that pricing would be the main driver for switching from their primary Ethernet...
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October 04, 2004
The International Computer Science Institute recently released the first version of its eXtensible Open Router Platform (XORP)....
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September 13, 2004
Cisco’s refresh of its router line this week continues the vendor’s strategy of consolidating services into a single platform. This has been Cisco’s strategy in...
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September 13, 2004
Intel wants to make the Internet a safer, smarter place, while making it more accessible to the world’s six-billion-plus inhabitants. At its developers forum last...
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September 06, 2004
The worldwide router market took at dip in revenue in the second quarter of 2004, dropping by 10% from the previous quarter, according to Infonetics...
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September 06, 2004
Foundry Networks last week released new versions of its ServerIronXL switch, which is used to load balance servers in large data centers and Web sites....
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August 30, 2004
After taking July off, Cisco continued its acquisition pace with its proposed $200 million buyout of P-Cube, a maker of software that lets carriers track...
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August 30, 2004
Cisco last week warned of a vulnerability in two of its Access Control Server (ACS) products that could be used to launch a denial of...
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August 23, 2004
Cisco last week warned of a vulnerabilty in its IOS software where routers and switchdes running the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol can...
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August 23, 2004
According to the latest Dell’Oro Group research, the worldwide router market dropped for the first time in six quarters in Q2 2004. Dell’Oro says the...
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August 02, 2004
As technologies for making Ethernet a carrier-class transport technology become standardized, researchers predict big things for the metro Ethernet market....
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August 02, 2004
The worldwide market for Ethernet switches grew by 16% in terms of port shipments in 2003 from the year before, according to a recent report...
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August 02, 2004
The Avaya/Extreme Networks relationship is making money and gaining customers, according to Extreme CEO Gordon Stitt. The partnership, announced in November, brings together the IP...
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July 26, 2004
Several vendors are getting behind Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) technology — not to be confused with Cisco’s recently announced Network Admission Control (NAC) architecture....
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July 26, 2004
In it’s latest financial statements to the SEC, 3Com hinted that an acquisition of the Layer 4-7 switch company could be imminent, as well as...
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July 26, 2004
Speaking of Layer 4-7 companies, Radware and F5 are in court, as Radware is suing F5 over a server load balancing patent....
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July 19, 2004
ADC recently released a device that could help enterprises monitor performance of Ethernet over their LAN infrastructures. The vendor’s Ethernet Test Access Panel is a...
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July 12, 2004
Cisco continued its penchant for startup purchases recently, with the $9 million buyout of Parc Technologies, a maker of route optimization and traffic engineering software....
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July 05, 2004
Cisco's latest, fastest Internet router - the CRS-1 - was certified by Guinness World Records last week as the fastest Internet router ever made, the...
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July 05, 2004
Nortel Networks last week announced new 10/100M bit/sec switches for small offices. The new Layer 2 BayStack boxes include the 325-T, with 24 10/100 ports,...
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July 05, 2004
The IEEE recently ratified the Ethernet in the First Mile (EMF) standard, known technically as 802.3ah. The standard outlines how Ethernet will run over copper...
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July 05, 2004
3Com founder Bob Metcalfe - who invented the first Ethernet technology in 1973 - joined the Metro Ethernet Forum recently as an advisory board director....
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June 28, 2004
With all these switch-based security moves by vendors, Nortel asks "what's the big deal?" The vendor says it's been able to block users with unsafe...
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June 21, 2004
Last week was busy for router news, as Cisco and Juniper both made moves aimed at muscling in on each other's turf. Juniper kicked off...
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June 21, 2004
While Cisco was out buying Procket last week, reports surfaced on Wednesday of a vulnerability in Cisco's IOS software running Border Gateway Protocol....
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May 31, 2004
RAD Data Communications recently introduced a product that can allow carriers to deliver T-1/E-1 circuit services over Ethernet/MPLS-based carrier networks. The Ipmux is a device...
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May 31, 2004
Power over Ethernet equipment maker PowerDsine recently filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. securities and exchange commission. The Israel-based firm makes midspan...
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May 31, 2004
Both the router and switch markets saw decent growth in the first quarter of 2004, according recent reports from the Dell'Oro Group....
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May 17, 2004
A number of enterprise network equipment vendors made switch and router product launches at the Networld+Inteop show last week; interestingly, the router news outpaced the...
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May 09, 2004
Extreme Networks' CEO Gordon Stitt has managed his firm's transition from Gigabit Ethernet switch startup to a more wide-reaching systems vendor, with a new wireless...
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May 09, 2004
Greenfield Networks, which makes Ethernet switch silicon and components for systems vendors will have a new reference design at NetWorld+Interop this week, aimed at bringing...
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April 26, 2004
Vulnerability warnings went out last week around SNMP holes in Cisco IOS-based products, as well as an overall vulnerability in all implementations of the Transmission...
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April 26, 2004
Marvell, a network equipment components manufacture used widely among vendors, recently released a reference design that is targeted at WLAN switch manufactures. The referenced design...
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April 19, 2004
NASA is using Force10 Networks' E300 switch for a clustering project at its Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The switch will be deployed...
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April 19, 2004
Cisco last week announced plans to launch consulting services, design and architecture guidelines and some future partnerships around data center networking last week. The initiative...
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April 12, 2004
Capitalizing on the recent reports of a tool that can be used to take down Cisco routers, security vendor DeepNines is touting its platform as...
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April 12, 2004
Although it may be jumping the gun a bit, Krone recently released a Category 6 structured cabling system it says can support 10 Gigabit Ethernet....
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March 29, 2004
Solarflare, a maker of components that go into carrier and enterprise switch gear, brought the industry a step closer to 10 Gigabit Ethernet over unshielded...
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March 29, 2004
3Com last week released new Layer 3 switches for enterprise wiring closets. The SuperStack 3200 series comes in a 24-port 10/100M bit/sec model, and a...
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March 22, 2004
Cisco pumped new life into its Catalyst switch line last week, announcing new 10 Gigabit Ethernet products, including the first standards-based copper 10G product....
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March 22, 2004
While Cisco announced a ton of new switch gear last week, news also broke of a weakness in some Cisco gear that could leave routers,...
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March 15, 2004
Extreme and Foundry are both launching new wiring closet switching gear this week, but with very different target applications. Extreme is announcing WLAN switch support...
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March 15, 2004
Ixia, a maker of network testing equipment (primarily for network equipment vendors), recently released a testing device for emulating 803.3af PoE connections. Ixia's module can...
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March 08, 2004
At the National Manufacturing Week tradeshow recently, a new LAN technology for factories was on display for making industrial networks faster and data delivery more...
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March 08, 2004
Recent research from the Dell'Oro Group shows that routers grew 3% in 2003 to $6.3 billion. This was the first upturn in this market since...
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March 01, 2004
The tests are in, and the results are good, if not a bit mixed, on Foundry's Big Iron MG8, the company's flagship 10 Gigabit Ethernet...
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March 01, 2004
Speaking of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, the IEEE last week approved the 10GBASE-CX4 standard for Gigabit Ethernet over copper, adding the technology as an amendment to...
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February 23, 2004
Cisco this week released new power over Ethernet (POE) equipment based on the 802.3af standard, and said that it will support both the IEEE, and...
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February 23, 2004
Enterasys this week is launching a new security architecture it's calling Dynamic Intrusion Response. The technology involves existing Enterasys N series switches, which support 802.1x...
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February 16, 2004
A network monitoring and management technology called sFlow may not be the most widely-known IETF draft standard, but its proving to be a versatile tool...
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February 16, 2004
Juniper surprised many in the networked world last week when it announced its acquisition of enterprise firewall maker NetScreen. The $4 billion stock purchase of...
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February 09, 2004
Cisco last week put out a notice that a software flow could make specifically configured Catalyst 6000 and 6500 switches and 7600 routers vulnerable to...
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February 09, 2004
As the Internet engendered our current culture freebie-ism, it's fitting that one of the 'Net's core components - the router - has a free version....
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February 09, 2004
Administrators of high-end networks will be interested in checking out the latest optical/Ethernet transceiver technology from optical component maker Optillion. The company says its 4010...
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February 02, 2004
Extreme Networks debuted its new Summit 400 wiring closet switch this week with 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. The product is part of a new network...
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January 26, 2004
Dell got into the Layer 3 switch arena recently with its PowerConnect 6024 series of Gigabit Ethernet routing switches. This now gives Dell a story...
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November 10, 2003
What's in your LAN switch? That's the question Kevin Tolly, president of the network gear testing firm The Tolly Group, asked of the audience at...
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November 03, 2003
If you've got teenagers, then you know that gear from Abercrombie and Fitch is a must-have. But you may not know that that the popular...
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October 27, 2003
Two trends in Ethernet LAN technology were made apparent this week: the forces of innovation and commoditization. On the innovation front, S2IO debuted as a...
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September 29, 2003
Enterasys and Cisco this week rolled out new Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet gear aimed at desktop connections. Cisco also introduced new optical components for...
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September 15, 2003
Seems like every network vendor has three letters on the brain lately: SMB. Enterasys Networks, with such customers as Goodyear tire and the U.S. Government,...
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September 01, 2003
Last week, we learned of a strange story out of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The school recently saw a wave of suspicious traffic hitting...
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August 18, 2003
Most 10 Gigabit Ethernet customer news over the last year involved installations of the next generation Ethernet technology inside some pretty heavy-duty institutions: CERN, the...
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August 11, 2003
Nortel and HP last week said that they have co-developed a Gigabit Ethernet switch module that could bring redundant, high-speed LAN connectivity to HP's blade...
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August 01, 2003
Ten Gigabit Ethernet over copper got a little closer to reality recently as progress was made on the standards front. Meanwhile, a components maker said...
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July 21, 2003
According to Cisco, a "specially crafted" sequence of IPv4 packets sent to any IOS-based Cisco device could discombobulate the box so much that it would...
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July 21, 2003
In the LAN world, the question isn't "can I afford Gigabit Ethernet" anymore; it's more like, "how many Gig ports can I get with a...
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Does Verizon's Voyager stack up to the iPhone? Keith checks out the Verizon Wireless Voyager multimedia phone, and compares it to Apple's iPhone.
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