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Test: Nortel adds layers to its stackable switch line, 06/20/05
Nortel’s BayStack 5520 stackable switch offers better performance, increased link aggregation capacity, new Layer 3 forwarding and a 25% price drop compared with its predecessor. However, this line of switches still has no routing protocol support and …
http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/062005-nortel-test.html?nl
Start-up to debut advanced server NICs, 06/20/05
Level5 Networks this week is expected to launch its inaugural product – a Gigabit Ethernet server adapters; but there’s a twist to these network interface cards, the start-up says.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-level5.html?nl
Cisco takes aim at surging XML, RFID traffic, 06/20/05
With a multi-product launch expected this week, Cisco will attempt to address two growing areas of concern for network architects: managing the expected explosion of XML and RFID traffic.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-cisco.html?nl
3Com’s China link, 06/20/05
3Com stopped selling high-end routers and switches for corporations about six years ago to concentrate on service provider and small business gear. But in 2003, the company reentered the market by forming a joint venture with China’s Huawei Technologies.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-china-side1.html?nl
Nortel to partner in enterprise routing, 06/16/05
Nortel is looking to re-enter the enterprise router market through a partnership to better compete against Cisco, according to Vice Chairman and CEO Bill Owens.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061605-nortel-router.html?nl
Proxim agrees to sell assets to Moseley, 06/14/05
Proxim, a producer of Wi-Fi and broadband wireless equipment, announced on Saturday that it has sold substantially all of its assets to Moseley Associates. Proxim has endured a steep decline in revenue and increases in deficits over the last four …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/061405-proxim.html?nl
