Latest LAN news.
Foundry pumps up 10G offerings, 01/24/05
Foundry Networks this week is expected to launch a new series of lower-cost, modular switches aimed at customers that want to speed 10G adoption in their business networks.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/012405-foundry.html?nl
Chipset to cut chunk out of WLAN costs? 01/24/05
Broadcom this week is expected to announce a multifunction chipset that could lead to a tenfold decrease in the cost of wireless Ethernet switching gear.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/012405broadcom.html?nl
Blade vendors sharpen focus on management, 01/24/05
As companies in growing numbers consider blade servers to handle critical business workloads, they are looking beyond the power and space savings they can get and are demanding more when it comes to the tools to manage these compact systems.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/012405specialfocus.html?nl
Opinion: Trusted LANs set to take off, 01/24/05
Between 1995 and 2000, two important innovations occurred: virtual LANs and Gigabit Ethernet. Now in 2005, the LAN market is about to make another fundamental transition: from virtual LANs to trusted LANs, which let secure internal networks be …
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/012405lippis.html?nl
Opinion: IBM PC sale makes sense, 01/24/05
Sadly, it’s a sign of the times that PCs have reached commodity status, and IBM’s sale of its PC business is just part of the industry life cycle. But it’s better to get out now before losing another billion dollars.
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/012405musthaler.html?nl
Wireless LAN group takes step toward high-speed standard, 01/21/05
The IEEE 802.11n Task Group last week winnowed out some proposals for a standard that’s intended to boost wireless LAN throughput, not just the overall data rate, to at least 100M bit/sec.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0121wlann.html?nl
Intel speeds up rollout of PC virtualization technology, 01/20/05
Intel will bring its Vanderpool virtualization technology to desktop PC processors several months before it had originally planned, the company announced Thursday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0120intelspeed.html?nl
Newsletter: This WLAN is really hot, 01/20/05
There’s a lot of hoopla over the wireless LAN network being built in the city of Philadelphia. But as I gaze out my office window at the snow drifting downward through the …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2005/0117lan2.html?nl
WLAN vendor Meru names new CEO, 01/19/05
Wireless LAN vendor Meru Networks has named a former Proxim executive as its new president and CEO.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0119meruceo.html?nl
Newsletter: Frame expansion moves forward, 01/18/05
The IEEE group studying the possibility of expanding the size of Ethernet frames has taken the next step: it has become a task force.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2005/0117lan1.html?nl
