Extreme Networks Buys Enterasys for $180M Kevin Fogarty, September 12, 2013 3 min read Networking hardware and network-automation vendor Extreme Networks doubled its share of the $42 billion global...
Slow-Selling 802.11ac WLAN May Drive Move to Faster Wired Nets Kevin Fogarty, September 9, 2013 5 min read Corporate network directors may get a break from wireless migrations during the last months of this year, during the...
Despite Sales Surge, Enterprises Still Not Excited by 10Gbit/sec Ethernet Kevin Fogarty, September 3, 2013 4 min read Datacenters avoid 10Gbit/sec Ethernet for servers but go for 40Gbit/sec in cores and backbones Prices for...
Pressure Building for Migration to 40G and 100Gbit Ethernet Kevin Fogarty, July 30, 2013 5 min read Despite almost unfettered growth in technologies that allow employees to roam free while taking corporate networks...
Datacenter Networks Begin to See Higher Bandwidth Speeds Kevin Fogarty, June 24, 2013 4 min read Networks belonging to mid- and large-sized organizations will undergo a major overhaul in flexibility, speed and...
Ethernet Buyers Favor Big Switches, Avoid Routers Kevin Fogarty, June 5, 2013 3 min read There is a growing disparity in the market for Ethernet routers and switches. Sales of Layer2/3 Ethernet...
Next-Gen 400-GbE Development Set to Begin Mark Hachman, April 3, 2013 4 min read It's official: The IEEE has formed a study group to advance next-generation 400-Gbit/s Ethernet, with its chairman...
Dell TOR Switch Rides 10-Gbit Copper Transition Mark Hachman, February 7, 2013 4 min read Dell has announced the S4820T top-of-rack switch, which provides a migration from 1- to 10-Gbit connections using...
10GBase-T Market Still Strong for Giants Mark Hachman, December 12, 2012 4 min read A new pair of reports paints an optimistic picture for the 10-Gbit Ethernet market—while noting that startups...
Plexxi Flattens Networks Using Optical Links Mark Hachman, December 6, 2012 6 min read Uncloaking from stealth mode, startup Plexxi has revealed technology that attempts to “flatten” the network...