Networking hardware and network-automation vendor Extreme Networks doubled its share of the $42 billion global networking equipment market today by acquiring a networking vendor of similar size and similar outl…
Corporate network directors may get a break from wireless migrations during the last months of this year, during the gap between their completion of migrations to 802.11n wireless LANs this year and the beginni…
[caption id="attachment_12056" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Datacenters avoid 10Gbit/sec Ethernet for servers but go for 40Gbit/sec in cores and backbones[/caption] Prices for 10Gbit/sec datacenter Ethernet…
Despite almost unfettered growth in technologies that allow employees to roam free while taking corporate networks and data along with them, most of the major changes (and nearly all the increases) in enterpris…
We’re all familiar with the so-called Work-Life Balance. But, this conjures up visions of see-saws that must be perfectly balanced with equal weights on both ends at all times to ensure success. I personally be…
Networks belonging to mid- and large-sized organizations will undergo a major overhaul in flexibility, speed and architecture as they replace traditional Ethernet switches with infrastructure related to softwar…
There is a growing disparity in the market for Ethernet routers and switches. Sales of Layer2/3 Ethernet switches have gone up nearly every quarter for the past two years, according to market research firm IDC'…
It's official: The IEEE has formed a study group to advance next-generation 400-Gbit/s Ethernet, with its chairman telling Slashdot that the standard could be ratified by 2017. So-called "pre-standard" products…
Dell has announced the S4820T top-of-rack switch, which provides a migration from 1- to 10-Gbit connections using twisted-pair copper connectivity, plus links to 40-Gbit Ethernet fabric uplinks. Dell's selling…
A new pair of reports paints an optimistic picture for the 10-Gbit Ethernet market—while noting that startups continue to face significant barriers to success. Released by Crehan Research and Heavy Reading, the…
Uncloaking from stealth mode, startup Plexxi has revealed technology that attempts to “flatten” the network through a mix of traditional high-speed Ethernet and dedicated optical links. Plexxi’s Switch 1 starts…
It’s considering both in-house and external resources for the best fit for a variety of tasks. Rightsourcing considers in-house options and contractors to determine the most effective course of action. With rig…