Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Ciena, SafeNet team to sell security bundle For those with Ethernet networks, two manufacturers have teamed to offer a bundle with switches and high-speed encryption 
Monday, March 26, 2012
Review of Arista's 10G switch: Fast and flexible 10G Ethernet is already well on its way to replacing gigabit as the pervasive data center transport. Here's one switch that can handle the traffic
Friday, March 16, 2012
Alcatel to give switch ‘multimedia fluency’ Coming software upgrades will let switch detect SIP-based traffic and individual users so Quality of Service terms can be applied
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Extreme Networks takes on BYOD challenge Ridgeline identity management software that works across LAN, WLAN and 3G/4G mobile environments
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Brocade promises mixable campus switches Network equipment maker's upcoming technology will let managers mix switches in a stack, which can be managed from a single console
Monday, February 27, 2012
Fortinet to push firewall performance with new gear Upcoming appliance and chassis blade aims to meet the needs of large enterprises, service providers and telcos shifting their data centres to 10 GbE
Monday, February 27, 2012
Cisco Q4 Ethernet switch revenue up, HP's down Latest sales figures from IDC show that in as 2011 ended Cisco Systems recovered from an earlier stumble. But the big winner was Huawei for the quarter and the year
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Quebec service provider overhauls network Fibrenoire replaced its demarcation devices and added new routers to update its network. Read how it was done 
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
New Juniper routers converge the access net ACX line will provide a single platform supporting multiple access points into a service provider's network
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Cisco expands availability of MPLS alternative Easy Virtual Network now available on two more switches, the company says, as it adds 40 GbE and 100 GbE capabilities to Catalyst and Nexus line
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Riverbed says it can boost data centre consolidation Company says its Granite appliances let organziations pull servers from branches so files can be dealt from data centres. Industry analysts are intrigued
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Riverbed increases Cascade's visibility into networks The upcoming version of the network performance monitor can now see into VMware ESX enviroments as well as application delivery controllers
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
IBM, NEC team to push OpenFlow solution Equipment makers say they can deliver the industry’s first complete high-performance commercial OpenFlow solution
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Prepping the network for VDI A vendor-written tech primer 
Friday, January 20, 2012
WAN optimization market shakeup predicted The ad hoc approach to WAN architecture has reached a tipping point for many companies, says research firm. New technologies will mean some manufacturers will be bought
Friday, January 13, 2012
Cisco sending enterprises to the cloud Router-WAN optimization bundle aimed at allowing organizations to better take advantage of connectivity to cloud services 
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Mobility, video, cloud to increase network revenues in 2012: IDC In a forecast for corporate spending this year, the research company says video will be the main driver for enterprise network upgrades
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The future of COBOL: Part 2 As COBOL developers retire, there might be shortage of new developers. And when COBOL is finally retired, what will replace it? Read more in Part 2 of this two-part series
Monday, January 09, 2012
Extreme Networks to ship 'world's fastest Ethernet switch' Coming in February, the BlackDiamond X8 can support 768 wire-speed 10G Ethernet ports - which is industry-leading density - and 192 wire-speed 40G Ethernet ports
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Extreme Networks CEO: New products in 2012 In a year-end interview the head of the network equipment manufacturer talks about his strategy and major challenges in the future
Monday, December 19, 2011
A-L to add 40 G modules to expand mesh strategy Addition will allow organizations with real-time applications to achieve faster speeds in the data centre core
Monday, December 19, 2011
Ditch spreadsheets for proper IPAM, says Forrester Keeping track of Internet addresses and other vital network information has to be automated, warns an Industry analyst
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Converging SAN traffic in the data centre A Cisco solutions architect makes the case for using Fibre Channel over Ethernet in building unified fabric networks
Monday, December 12, 2011
Startup emerges to push software-defined networking The company's product is a distributed software platform for virtualizing Layer 4-7 services including load balancing, firewalling and VPNs 
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
How to slash your WAN costs Moving to 100 Mbps pipes from a dedicated MPLS network can be done, but you have know your traffic patterns, then wade through an ocean of contracts and terms