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Extreme Networks adds heavy dose of copper to 10G switches

Posted May 7, 2012 - 1:27 pm

Extreme Networks Monday unveiled 10G Ethernet copper modules for its BlackDiamond X8 core switch and new fixed copper versions of its Summit X670 top-of-rack switch.
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Alcatel-Lucent brings 40G to the core

Posted May 7, 2012 - 12:42 pm

Alcatel-Lucent this week at Interop will flesh out its data center fabric vision with 40G Ethernet and higher-density 10G Ethernet capabilities on its core switches, as well as enhanced software for its top-of-rack and core switches.
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Cisco upgrades industrial Ethernet switches

Posted April 26, 2012 - 7:05 am

Cisco this week unveiled an updated line of Ethernet switches for industrial environments, such as manufacturing floors.
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Cisco shares climb after hours despite Q1 profit decline

Posted November 9, 2011 - 7:25 pm

The struggling networking equipment vendor reports lower first-quarter earnings, but beats consensus forecasts.
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QLogic unveils upgrades to converged network products

Posted September 28, 2011 - 3:27 pm

QLogic today announced upgrades to its line of converged network adapters, as well as a new switch and router product that can consolidate LAN traffic.
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NEC to ship OpenFlow switch for Microsoft Windows Server 8 Hyper-V

Posted September 27, 2011 - 6:09 pm

Chalk up another big partnership win for Microsoft's Hyper-V from the world of virtual, programmable switching. NEC's OpenFlow-based network fabric, ProgrammableFlow, will be integrated with Windows Server 8 and Hyper-V when Windows Server 8 becomes available, NEC says.
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Force10 S4810 data center switch

Posted March 21, 2011 - 10:21 am

High port density, high throughput, and very low latency are bedrock requirements in the data center, and Force10's new S4810 top-of-rack switch delivers on all counts.
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Arista claims latency lead with new data center switch

Posted March 15, 2011 - 9:01 am

Arista Networks this week unveiled a data center switch boasting sub-500-nanosecond latency for financial market trading applications.
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Juniper up next with cloud switches

Posted February 15, 2011 - 7:26 pm

Juniper's data center announcement next week is expected to include switches based on new silicon that allows them to establish a flat fabric for cloud computing.
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Mystery open source switching company claims top-of-rack price edge

Posted October 28, 2010 - 8:33 pm

Another top-of-rack switch, based on open source code, is being offered for data center and cloud computing environments.
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IBM buys into data center switching with Blade acquisition

Posted September 27, 2010 - 1:15 pm

IBM is buying privately held data center switching company Blade Network Technologies to expand its data center portfolio into networking and heighten competition with rivals HP, Dell and Cisco.
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Cisco bolsters Nexus, Catalyst switch lines

Posted September 15, 2010 - 4:58 pm

Cisco unleashes10G Ethernet Nexus switch, plus servers, software and modules for virtual environments.
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Force10 unveils VM-optimized Gigabit Ethernet switch

Posted June 2, 2010 - 10:13 am

Force10 Networks unveiled a Gigabit Ethernet top-of-rack data center switch optimized for virtual environments.
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Review: Dell PowerConnect 8024F hits 10G paydirt

Posted February 26, 2010 - 10:40 pm

Dell's 24-port 10G switch packs a lot of bandwidth into its 1U form factor and backs it up with redundant power supplies and full Layer-3 switching -- at less than $500 per port
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Fave raves: IT pros' favorite products

Posted February 25, 2010 - 12:17 pm

We asked readers about their favorite must-have network products and found there's a lot of love for products that can automate manual processes, improve visibility and management, and speed performance for end users. Products that save money are also, not surprisingly, big favorites.
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Does a switch deal equal trouble in HP, Cisco's relationship

Posted February 22, 2010 - 2:20 pm

Hewlett-Packard Co. today disclosed that it has begun selling stackable QLogic Corp.-developed 8Gbit/sec Fibre Channel switches that are targeted for use at remote offices and corporate departments.
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Cisco unveils data center blade switch

Posted September 29, 2009 - 5:23 pm

Cisco's new blade addition to its Nexus line of data center switches is designed to aggregate multiple physical x86 blade servers from various vendors into a 10G Ethernet fabric.
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Juniper invests in data center switch vendor Blade

Posted September 10, 2009 - 9:08 am

Juniper Networks has invested in Blade Network Technologies, maker and supplier of switches for data center blade servers.
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Cisco enhances routers, switches for collaboration

Posted May 27, 2009 - 11:52 am

Cisco this week is extending its branch routers and LAN switches in an effort to improve the collaboration capabilities of enterprise customers.
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Review

Iogear MiniView KVM switch saves space, money

Posted April 29, 2009 - 10:51 am

You would think there was nothing at all interesting about a KVM switch. But if you run multiple computers and need quick access to them, a KVM can prove very handy by letting you use just one monitor, one keyboard and one mouse to control two or more systems. If you need any more convincing, meet Iogear's MiniView GCS1784 4-Port Dual Link DVI KVMP switch.
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IBM to resell Brocade’s Foundry switches

Posted April 28, 2009 - 4:40 pm

Brocade has extended an OEM relationship with IBM to include its recently acquired Foundry switches.
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100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet

Posted April 20, 2009 - 4:39 pm

Pre-standard 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet products -- server network interface cards, switch uplinks and switches -- are expected to hit the market later this year. And standards-compliant products are expected to ship in the second half of next year, not long after the expected June 2010 ratification of the 802.3ba standard.
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5 best router and switch features you never use

Posted March 31, 2009 - 4:33 pm

An informal canvass of some leading switch and router vendors found that customers use less than half of the systems' capabilities, a habit that might be costing organizations in unnecessary purchases and manpower at a time when every penny counts.
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Force10 fortifies data centers with new switch

Posted March 23, 2009 - 2:35 pm

Force10 Networks this week unveiled a new line of switch/routers designed to improve the performance, management and cost effectiveness of virtualized data center and cloud computing environments.
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Book Review: Cisco Routers for the Desperate, 2nd Edition

Posted March 18, 2009 - 3:35 pm

If you're a Unix systems administrator who every now and then has to tend to Cisco routers and switches, here's a book that's going to relieve your stress level. Cisco Routers for the Desperate is just that -- nearly everything you need to know when you don't have time to read the tomes of Cisco documentation.
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